Word: polevaulters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American strength. Assuming that the U.N. is like the Olympics, something to be "won," it is indeed fortunate that America has the world's greatest weightlifter, for this proves to the world beyond a doubt that the United States is economically powerful. And Rev. Bob Richards' ability in the polevault has an obvious relationship to American development to guided missiles, while the fate of the fleet rests entirely upon the well-groomed kick of our finny friends at Yale and Ohio State...
Shot put--won by Wilson (H); 2, Blair (BU); 3, Montuori (N); 4, Ray (H). Distance: 45 feet, 11 1/6 inches. Polevault--won by Mello (H); 2, Barbosa (BU); 3, Lown (H), Bishop (BU), and McLane (N) (tie). Height: 13 feet. High jump-won by Barwise (H); 2, Mazzocca (N); 3 Palmieri (BU); 4, Baker (H). Height--6 feet, 3 1/2 inches (breaks Harvard record). Broad jump--won by Mazzocca (N); 2, Geick (H); 3, Mello (H); 4, Jenkins (BU). Distance: 22 feet...