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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...
Stephen Jamex of Oxford has run the mile in 4:05:1 and should win easily as should Joe Clayton of Cambridge, a 202ft. javelin thrower. Oxford's David Churchill, who has "longjumped" (broadjumped) 23 ft. 6 in., should take his event and Gilligan, an 8:84 two-miler, will win if he can hold off a determined Benjamin. Oxford's Donald Smith, who has done a 1:49.4 880 would be the favorite if he were in peak condition, but he is not. Yale's Tommy Carroll should triumph here...
Blodgett, vaulting with a borrowed pole, managed a third-place tie in the pole vault at 13 feet. Varsity hammer thrower Jim Doty, after a horrendous qualifying effort of 159 ft., 9 in. on Friday had put him in the finals by half an inch, came through with a 172 ft., 2 1/2 in. heave on Saturday to take fifth. Doty also had to use borrowed equipment, and like many others he staggered out of a 7:30 a.m. exam Friday morning before flying to New York for the trials...
John deKiewiet cleared 6 ft., 2 in. for a meet record in the high jump, and broad jumper Bob Downs, hammer thrower Jim Doty, and pole vaulter Tom Blodgett contributed wins in their specialties...
...Laris' triumphs in the mile and two-mile paced the Dartmouth freshmen to a 66-43 upset over the Yardling squad. Weight thrower Ed Bailey turned in the outstanding freshman performance with a winning 53-foot heave...