Word: jumpers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although the Crimson will have only one sure place in the high jump, that place will undoubtedly be a first. But Bob Blake, a six foot two inch jumper in the K. of C. meet indoors, will not be supported by his indoor mate Fletch Hodges, who is ineligible for outdoors competition...
Finding even one top man in the rest of the field events might be a problem. Pole vaulter Kip Smith, an 11 foot 6 inch performer, is weakly backed by Ken Swan and Don Richards, who have not yet gone over 11 feet. Broad jumper Bob Hill, who hovers around 20 feet, is the sole man in that event who could even place against strong opposition...
...jump on skis is not merely a leap into space. It might also be called flying without a motor, where the jumper understands completely how to utilize the air resistance so as to float, so to speak, on the "press" of the air . . . The sensation lasts only a few seconds, but it feels like an eternity...
...admits that he "went out and got" the best players he could lay his hammy hands on. Walter Dukes, a Negro who made a name for himself at East High School in Rochester, N.Y. in basketball (center), football (end), baseball (first base), track & field (as a sprinter and high jumper), was Russell's prize catch. Dukes was almost the big one that got away-to the track coach; at the Penn Relays in his freshman year, he ran a sizzling 51.9 quarter mile on the winning Seton Hall relay team. Coach Russell rehooked his big catch by threatening...
...Curran in the weight and Gil Murray in the shot should have little trouble winning for the Crimson, but the broad jump finds the Green's Dick Harlor, a 23-foot jumper, a heavy favorite...