Word: jumpers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...season undefeated. Bolstered by several outstanding members of last year's undefeated freshman team, plus the return to form of Joel Cohen, the varsity has strengthened several of last year's weak events. On the debit side, however, the team lacks a good pole vaulter, shot putter, or broad jumper. This may create the possibility of an Indian sweep in these events...
...track and field, the hard core of any Olympics, the U.S. got off to an auspicious lead. High Jumper Charlie Dumas (rhymes with humus), a lanky young (19) Los Angeles Negro, slithered over the bar in a diving roll that seemed to repeal the law of gravity, set a new mark of 6 ft. 11% in. to win. He did not have to try to better his own world record...
...springing bounce sent Indiana Broad Jumper Greg Bell, 26, sailing 25 ft. 8 ¼ in. down the jumping pit, far enough to win a gold medal with half a foot to spare...
...sniffed an ammonia ampule to get a little relief from a head cold, whirled across the ring and tossed the 16-lb. ball 63 ft. 2 in. to better his own unofficial record. The mile relay team went the distance in 3:07.3, to break another world record. High Jumper Charlie Dumas broke his own unofficial world record with a 7 ft. f in. practice jump. Husky Hal Connolly threw his 16-lb. hammer 244 ft. 10½ in. to break the world record...
...official competition a jumper is judged on style, timing, and accuracy. A typical event requires the jumper to leave the plane at 5000 feet, stabilize within five seconds, hold this position for 20 seconds, open the 'chute and land as closely as possible to a marker...