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...Pole Vaulter Bob Gutowski, world record holder outdoors, vaulted 15ft. but could finish no better than fifth. The winner: Tarzan-like Don Bragg, 24, who tied three challengers at 15 ft. 3½ in., but got first place on the basis of fewer misses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Depth to Spare | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

...continued off the track. The Oxford men regaled the Americans with tales of beerdrinking and cigar smoking during track season and then conducted the visitors on a tour of the local pubs in an attempt to substantiate their stories. Several Americans were skeptical: Harvard's Tom Blodgett, a pole vaulter, observed, "They're just trying to psych us. The ones we see drinking and smoking aren't the one's well be running against--but they don't tell us that...

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 »

Varsity pole vaulter Tom Blodgett is just six inches away from the very first rank of college vaulters after clearing 13 ft., 6 in. in the Heps. The rest of the varsity field event crew may run into trouble, although undefeated John deKiewiet could be a factor in the high jump...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Crimson Track Team to Threaten Favorites in IC4A Championships | 5/29/1959 | See Source »

...Crimson field event crew sparkled as usual. Liles took first in the broad jump, and high jumper John deKiewiet and pole vaulter Tom Blodgett contributed wins in their specialities. Jim Doty, Stan Doten, and Roger Wilson swept the hammer, and Hank Abbot triumphed in the shot. Shot putter Steve Cohen, fighting for a letter, uncorked a 49 ft., 7 3/4 in, heave on his last attempt to beat Karl Mayer of Dartmouth for second...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Varsity Beats Dartmouth; Benjamin Excels With 4:12.1 Mile | 5/14/1959 | See Source »

Quaker Bob Reed is the choice by a slim margin in the broad jump, but the varsity's Bob Downs and Pat Liles could finish one-two with a little luck. Cornell's John Murray is far and away the best pole vaulter in the field, having cleared 14 feet...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Varsity to Face Penn, Cornell In Rugged Triangular Meet Tomorrow | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

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