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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Assault on the Hundred | 6/15/1959 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Harvard-Yale Team Works Out In Preparation for Track Meet With Oxford-Cambridge Tonight | 6/10/1959 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Crimson Track Team Places Ninth As Penn State Wins IC4A Crown | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Team Crushes Princeton; Varsity Sets Four Meet Records | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Defeats Dartmouth Squad, 75-34 | 2/7/1959 | See Source »

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