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...regular New England AAU competition, Boo Morcom, "the barefoot boy from New Hampshire," won the pole vault championship with a hoist of 14 feet; Rudy Forbert, a barrel-chested Tufts junior, took the broad jump at 21 feet, 6 1/3 inches; and Olympic hammer thrower Bob Bennett won the regular 35-pound weight throw with a loft of 52 feet, 1 7/3 inches...
Felton's former teammate here, Pete Hardwood, finished second to Morcom in the pole vault. He did 12 feet, 6 inches. No varsity entires competed, since track coach Mikkola is resting his team for tomorrow's meet at West Point...
Best performances of the afternoon came in the exhibition pole vault and weight throw. In the former, Olympic vaulter A. Richmond (Boo) Morcom beat out Harvard's 1946 IC4A champion Pete Harwood with a hoist of 14 feet. "The barefoot boy from New Hampshire" was invited to come here by Sam Felton, who took time out from his studies at the Business School to heave the 35-pound weight 54 feet, 11 3/4 inches...
...competition in the pole vault, Morcom will have Pete Harwood, who won the IC4A title for the Crimson two years ago, two members from the current varsity squad, and athletes from North-eastern and Boston University...
Considered the outstanding indoor polevaulter in the nation, Morcom is currently training for the big invitational meets coming up at the Garden and in New York...