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McCurdy will also enter Jack Murphy in the high jump against Ernie Shelton and Phil Reavis, two of the best high-jumpers in the world. Two freshmen, Barrett Churchill and Dick Williams will pole vault against Bob Richards and Don Laz...
About the most impossible task will fall to Kip Smith, in the pole vault. While Smith's 13-foot vaults are excellent in college competition, he is up against the best in the world, Richards and Don Laz, both 15-foot men. Freshman Fred Washburn will also compete in this event...
...Mello had a bad night in the pole vault, but even a good night probably wouldn't have helped him; Bob Richards jumped 15 feet, three inches to win, while Don Laz cleared 14 feet, eight inches for second...
...Mello, a three year letterman, has been an annual participant in the pole vault and stands a chance to pick up a third place in tonight's meet. Both Rev. Bob Richards and Don Laz, however, will be out to break the meet record with 15-foot vaults, while Mello will be aiming for 13 feet, 6 inches...
...three shot-putters, Parry O'Brien, Darrow Hooper and Jim Fuchs, all capable of beating the European record by a good two feet. In the pole vault, an event the U.S. has lost only once, the Americans this year have two 15-footers, Rev. Bob Richards and Don Laz, who are expected to finish one-two, with the U.S.'s George Mattos in third place. The best U.S. high jumper, Walt Davis, is in a stratosphere (6 ft. 10½ in.) by himself...