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Word: trackmeet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Manhattan trackmeet, Barney Berlinger once took off so heavily for a pole-vault that he crashed through the end-board of the runway. Pole-vaulting is not his specialty any more than weight-throwing, wrestling, boxing, baseball. Considered one of the best all-around track athletes in the U. S., he won the decathlon for the third time in a row at the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival last spring, took more points than any other contestant at the Intercollegiate Indoor Track Championships. Later, he was the leading member of a U. S. track team which toured South Africa. Voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sullivan Medalist | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

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