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...disappointed Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace quit the Harvard track team yesterday after the squad elected pole vaulter Blayne Heckel and weight man Steve Niemi as 1974-75 captains...
...Vanderpool-Wallace said that he had all of the criteria for leadership and added that he would not have quit if just one captain had been named...
...Vanderpool-Wallace, who holds the Harvard record in the long jump, said yesterday that he "would just sit back a while" to determine for himself whether it was racial considerations that caused his former teammates to elect Niemi and Heckel...
...Vanderpool-Wallace is black, while both Heckel, Niemi and most of the team are white...
...modest Vanderpool-Wallace admitted that he was happy with his victory in the long jump but expressed dissatisfaction with his other performances. "I'm embarrassed," VPW said as he heard his name announced on the loudspeaker for fifth place in the triple jump. "I should have placed higher in that...