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Dick Williams, a pole vaulter on the varsity track team, won the University Handicap race along the Charles yesterday afternoon. Running with a five minute handicap, Williams defeated Phil Robertson, a sophomore hurdler, by about five yards...
...When the courts ordered him to sell, he talked the new owners into keeping him on as executive vice president and general manager, but last week his resignation was "accepted." Said Spike: "It was a semi-force play." ¶ A warm spring day left Olympic Pole Vaulter Bob Gutowski with a spring to spare. In a dual meet with Stanford, the Occidental College senior had the bar set at 15 ft. 9 in., cleared it by almost 4 in. Later measurement showed that the bar had sagged to 15 ft. 8¼in., still one-half inch above Cornelius Warmerdam...
...Dartmouth should, for the Crimson was hard-pressed to pull out a 60 2/3 to 48 1/3 win over the Green during the indoor season. Led by distance runners Doug Brew and Dick Schad, weightmen George Bixby and Steve Margolis, dash men Hugo Hartenstein and Joe Graham, and pole vaulter Will Springer, Dartmouth fields an imposing array of talent...
...field events, the varsity has practically conceded both the pole vault and the broad jump, for Joel Cohen, who placed second at Yale, will not attempt to broad jump, and Army has a 13-foot pole vaulter. John deKiewiet would win the high jump, while in the shot and weight, the Cadets are not that far ahead of the Crimson's Jim Doty, John Du Moulin, and Pete Harpel. If they can pick up points, the meet could swing in Harvard's favor before the relays...
...which nonetheless swept through its season undefeated. Bolstered by several outstanding members of last year's undefeated freshman team, plus the return to form of Joel Cohen, the varsity has strengthened several of last year's weak events. On the debit side, however, the team lacks a good pole vaulter, shot putter, or broad jumper. This may create the possibility of an Indian sweep in these events...