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...Parry O'Brien before the meet," said Shotputter Gary Gubner, a New York University sophomore, "I might say hello-if he does. This is not a social event. It's a challenge." But World Record Holder O'Brien, his plane flight delayed by bad weather, showed up late, and Gubner had to content himself with dueling a ghost. This seemed stimulus enough for Gubner, a robust 260 lbs. at 19. He tossed the 16-lb. shot 63 ft. 10¼ in., shattered O'Brien's mark...
...dash, anchored the U.S. women's 400-meter relay team to a new world mark of 44.3 sec. Frank Budd swept to a big victory in the men's 100 meters, and helped the men's relay team set another world record, of 39.1 sec. Gary Gubner, muscular 18-year-old New York University freshman, established himself as new Prince of the Whales by putting the shot 60 ft. 7½ in. As a climax, the meet provided the finest display of jumping in track history. The U.S.'s Ralph Boston leaped to a world broad...
...Brien, 27, put the 16-lb. shot 63 ft. 1 in. to break his own indoor world record by a whopping 11¼ in., share meet honors with Miler Burleson (see above). In Manhattan, The Bronx's heavily girdered (6 ft. 2 in., 245 Ibs.) Gary Gubner, 17 (TIME, Jan. 25), finally found a gym big enough for his liking, snapped the national high school indoor record for the 12-lb. shot by 8 in. with a heave...
...Gary Gubner of The Bronx is 17 years old and big for his age-6 ft. 2 in., 245 Ibs., 50 in. chest. He is also almost too strong for his own good. Last week, at a local indoor high-school meet, they gave him the 12-lb. shot and hustled out of range. Four times in a row the massive senior from De Witt Clinton High School ricocheted his put off the ceiling...