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Out to break his own world decathlon record in the Olympics last week, Bob Mathias, the U.S.'s one-man track team, felt "pretty licked" after the first chilly, overcast day. He took second in the 100-meter dash, then won the shotput and the 400-meter run in...
As the second decathlon day dawned murky and cold, the friendly Finns, concerned with Bob's performance, gave him a helper. A "wonderful little Finnish official," whose name Bob could not pronounce, trailed Mathias with a scoring book, told him "just how well I had to do to break...
At 10:30, Bob Mathias left a mob of newsmen and radio sportcasters in his dressing room, came out and trotted once more around the track to the roar of 5,000 diehard fans. He had racked up a total of 7,887 points, 62 points better than his own...
Other winners of the week: ¶ The University of Southern California's Sim Iness, one of Bob Mathias' Tulare neighbors, setting an Olympic discus mark of 180 ft. 6.85 in., breaking the 1948 record of Italy's Adolpho Consolini. ¶ Parson Bob Richards, who set an Olympic...
Back home in Tulare, the folks were following his every move. Said one admiring Tularean: "You know, we'd be just as proud sending Bob over to Helsinki even if he couldn't score a point. He's just a good American kid, and I think more...