Word: niederer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...made himself into the best shotputter in the world. Few men in Melbourne this week are really close, and his toughest competition will come from his own teammates, Ken Bantum (the only man to beat O'Brien in competition in the last four years) and Bill Nieder. Both have the physical potential some day to surpass Parry's mark. But it is doubtful that either man has the stom ach for Parry's solitary practice, not to mention willingness to gulp honey-andwheat-germ cocktails and pay the infinite, microscopic attention to the details of shotputting...
...injured had recovered; they bore down and won six out of eight events, swept the first three places in four of them. Parry O'Brien, world's best shotputter, got off a 60 ft. 4½ in. toss to stay in front of Teammates Bill Nieder and Ken Banturn. California's Bob Richards and Bob Gutowski cleared 14 ft. 8 in. and George Mattos reached 14 ft. to dominate the pole vault. Lanky Charley Dumas, only man ever to high jump 7 ft. officially, settled for 6 ft. 6 in., two inches ahead of Teammates Phil Reavis...
...Head Man in the stretch. After the race, Arcaro agreed to ride Head Man in the Kentucky Derby next week at Churchill Downs, where highly favored Needles and Career Boy are already working out. ¶ While World Champion Shotputter Parry O'Brien outtossed Newcomer Bill Nieder (60 ft. 2⅛ in. v. 59 ft. 7⅛ in.) in the feature event at the 31st annual Kansas Relays, a University of Texas team whirled to a new world record in the 440-yard relay. George Schneider, Jerry Prewit, Bobby Whilden and Frank Daugherty ran the quarter-mile...