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...Shotput. Parry O'Brien of U.S.C. and the U.S. Air Force, waiting confirmation of his 61 ft. 4 in. record (TIME, June 25), put the shot 60 ft. 10 in., and that tied his present world mark...
...Olympic berth.) Pitt's lithe Negro star Arnie Sowell easily stood off Olympic Champion Mai Whitfield in an 800-meter heat and set a new A.A.U. record of 1 :49.8. For the first time in four years, World Record Holder Parry O'Brien was beaten in the shotput, edged by New York Pioneer Club's Ken Bantum's 59-ft.1½-in. put. The standout performance of the championships: in a 110-meter high-hurdles heat, Navy Hurdler Jack Davis, a poor starter, managed to get away with the gun, and broke the tape...
...year long, American athletes have been popping records like soap bubbles, so far have set new world marks in ten events. In the 24 Olympic track and field events, U.S. athletes right now are good bets to win 13 first places, and, in a few-the pole vault, shotput, 800 meters, etc.-Americans may well finish one-two-three. Nine long-legged American Olympic prospects have high-jumped higher than the Olympic record (6 ft. 8¼ in. by the U.S.'s Walter Davis); three have tossed the shot over 60 ft. (far past the Olympic mark...
...Pushing his shotput record still farther out of reach, Air Force Lieut. Parry O'Brien tossed the 16-lb. iron ball 61 ft. 1 in. during an exhibition at an A.A.U. track meet at Salt Lake City, to break his own world outdoor mark...
...most of its other meets, the Crimson is a distinct threat to sweep the two-mile, and to score well in the middle distances, the shotput, hammer, javelin, and pole vault...