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When he turns out in uniform of the day for his regular chores, Corporal John Uelses (pronounced Yule-cess), U.S.M.C., is a run-of-the-regiment marine. When he strips to his skivvies and turns out for a track meet, the dark, handsome, Berlinborn pole vaulter is the pride of the corps. Last month in Washington, he hoisted himself 15 ft. 10¼ in. and broke Don Bragg's world indoor record. Fortnight ago in Manhattan, he became the first pole vaulter in history to clear 16 ft. (TIME, Feb. 9). Last week Uelses issued an open challenge...
...most important thing," says Pole Vaulter John Uelses, 24, "is having the crowd with you.'' Last year at the Millrose Games the crowd had hardly noticed the crewcut Marine corporal. This time he heaved himself aloft on his new fiberglass pole with neat precision-and the crowd was with him all the way. When the pole unbent to give him a final boost, Uelses became the first man ever to vault 16 ft. He had cleared the bar at 16 ft. ¾ in. (Next night in Boston he beat his own record, went over...
...Vaulter Lame...
When Jay Mahancy, the Crimson's leading vaulter, pulled up lame, Forte rose to the occasion, tying Dennis Hasset of the Jaspers at 12 ft., 6 in. Mahaney took third at 12 feet, to give the Crimson an event which Manhattan considered private property. Finally, Beckwith's 23-foot broad jump (which led another Crimson sweep), and Ed Meehan's authoritative grasp of the two-mile, helped pound nails into the Jasper coffin...
Both squads will be near will-strength, Harvard missing only pole-vaulter Jay Mahaney who was injured Thursday landing in the Cage...