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...team only averages 6 ft. 1 in." Easiest of the Bulldogs to underestimate is Negro Guard Gerry Williams, who stands only 5 ft. 8 in. tall, weighs 145 Ibs.. and looks like a refugee from Biddy Basketball. But Williams' scrawny legs are like steel springs. He can high-jump 6 ft. 6 in., enjoys nothing more than snatching a rebound out of the grasp of a startled enemy giant...
...oldest on the books. No fewer than 13 pole vaulters scaled 15 ft. California Schoolboy Ulis Williams, 19, chased Veteran Olympic Champion Otis Davis, 28, to the wire in the 440, finished only 0.2 sec. behind him. An unorthodox upstart from Southern California, Bob Avant, dived headfirst over the high-jump bar, somersaulted onto his back with a crunching thud after clearing 7 ft. to beat Boston University's John Thomas. Loose-limbed Ralph Boston of Tennessee State landed only ¼ in. shy of his third 27-ft. broad jump, and three men heaved the 16-lb. shot more...
...months the young U.S. track stars had been popping records like rubber bands. Improving with every meet, the brilliant youngsters were in top form last week for the National A.A.U. championships in Bakersfield, Calif. Boston University's 19-year-old John Thomas set a world high-jump record of 7 ft. 2 in., and his youthful buddies were as fine as expected. But the real drama of the meet was fashioned by a quintet of veteran stars who had won gold medals at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. Competing with the kids for an invitation to the Olympic trials...
...world's indoor high-jump record is officially held by a Boston University freshman named John Thomas, who last month propelled himself 7 ft. 1¾ in. into space. Unofficially, it is held by the members of the Bolshoi Ballet, who last week bounded about the stage of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House like a herd of nail-tailed wallabies. In the second week of their eight-week U.S. visit, the Russian dancers proved that they can leap higher, farther and more daringly than anything north of Australia. More important, in some dazzling performances of Swan Lake, they...
...Brother John Konrads, 16, got into the act, too, set a new world mark of 2 min. 2.2 sec. for the 200-meter freestyle, now holds every freestyle record from 200 meters to 1,650 yds. ¶ Boston University Freshman John Thomas, 17, watched tensely as the high-jump bar was set, missed his first two tries, then rolled cleanly across on his last chance, set a new world indoor record of 6 ft. 11¼ in. at the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus games in Boston. ¶ To encourage more college field-goal kicking, the N.C.A.A. rules committee widened...