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...strides of U.S. science come as rapidly these days as those of a sprinter straining for the tape. But rare is the week when the U.S. can announce two momentous steps at the same time. Last week the U.S. advanced on two fronts. One was in the realm of pure, theoretical science, the exploration of matter; the other was in the practical field of rocketry and man's urge to fling himself far out into space...
Since he swept the short dash events at the 1956 Olympic Games, 23-year-old Bobby Morrow, late of Texas' Abilene Christian College, has been recognized as the world's No. 1 sprinter. But this year Morrow has won occasionally but lost often-not because he is running any slower but because a new crop of sprinters has appeared to make a wholesale onslaught on the 9.3-sec. world record for the 100-yd. dash. So far this year three of Morrow's challengers-Bill Woodhouse, Ray Norton and Roscoe Cook-have equaled the world record...
Bill Woodhouse, 22, hardly looks like a sprinter. Heavily muscled, short-legged, and packing 150 Ibs. on a 5-ft. 8-in. frame, he is often mistaken for a weight thrower by track fans. But this year he is making Abilene Christian forget about Morrow. Son of a Mason City, Iowa, railroad switchman, Woodhouse was a promising sprinter in high school, was given a scholarship sight unseen from Abilene Christian. When he arrived, Coach Oliver Jackson got a shock. "When he got off that train." Jackson recalls. "I said to myself that if he ever ran as fast...
Tiger Pete Harwood is a dangerous sprinter and 440 man, and he and Edmunds could combine to make one-half of an excellent relay team. John Chang will be another threat to the varsity's sprint power...
...stunned Elis then watched Jay Hayden, who usually swims backstroke, pick up a third in the 50-yard freestyle, and Ian Finlayson, a freestyle sprinter all season, swim the 220-yard distance...