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...paid bonuses of $100 for every inch they soar over 17 ft. 6 in., a height easily within the range of top performers; the world record is 18 ft. 8¼ in., and the vaulters can pick up a tidy sum before the going gets serious. One former Olympic medalist once hinted to a shoe manufacturer that he wanted a new car. A few days later he was given the cash to pay for it. At the U.S. Olympic trials last summer, some track and field stars first ran their qualifying heats, then dashed into the stands to dicker with...
...what is being purveyed is merely conventional wisdom. Not long ago Runner's World, the amiable and authoritative magazine subscribed to by just about all serious foot flappers, published an article alleging that alcohol has not hurt the performances of several distance runners. Frank Shorter, the Olympic gold medalist, is said to have swallowed 1½2 to 2 liters of good German beer the night before he won the '72 marathon...
...finished ninth in the NCAA New England area qualifying tournament, played at the Pleasant Valley Country Club earlier in the season. Only the tourney medalist and runner-up qualify for the NCAA automatically, so it looked like Yale's Peter Tervainen and Holy Cross's Fred Radcliffe had beaten Vik out--at least until the selection committee decided he merited an invitation...
Tervainen meanwhile three putted, which sewed up the medalist spot for Prendergast. However, he still needed to sink the putt to win the tourney for Delaware. He coolly bladed the putt and stared it down into...
While Vik was racking up the low round for the tournament, Prendergast and Tervainen were engaged in a tooth and nail battle for medalist honors. Tervainen was comfortably in front of the green in two while Prendergast hit a drive that hooked to earth like a shot grouse. "He just quacked the sucker," said Donovan. "It was the worst shot I've ever seen. Everyone was gasping...