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Johnson leaped an excellent 47 ft. 2 3/4 in. to win the triple jump, and came back to capture the 120-yard high hurdles with a time of 15.2 seconds. He missed being a triple winner by inches as teammate Skip Hare edged him out in the long jump, 22 ft. 9 1/2 in. to 22 ft...
...least surprising wins of the day were Dick Benka's in the shot put (55 ft. 2 in.), and discus (165 ft. 6 in.). The Crimson's Frank Champi, hero of The Game, was victorious in the javelin with a 205 ft. 5 1/2 in. toss, followed by teammate Bill Rosenburg with a throw of 176 ft...
...remaining Crimson victories were turned in by Ben Lounsbury in the 440-yard hurdles (54.1), Pete Lazarus in the pole vault (13 ft. 6 in.), the 440-yard relay team (43.0 sec.), and the mile relay team...
...lots of tournaments. Indeed, though he was the fourth-highest-ranking pro golfer last year, with winnings of $150,972, the 29-year-old Californian is one of the least-known top players on the tour. It's not that people don't notice him; at 6 ft. 6 in. and 185 lbs., he sticks out on the greens like a pin placement. It's just that he is short on glamour. "People tell me to grin more," he says, "smile at the TV cameras, show some emotion, wear flashier clothes...
...Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer were getting lost in the Georgia pines. Archer was in trouble only once-on the 15th hole, when his second shot plopped into a pond for a one-stroke penalty. After coming back with a precision-wedge shot that dropped 13 ft. from the pin, he relied, as he had through the tournament, on his putter. Hunching over the ball, he holed the 13-footer to save his par-and the match...