UNSCHEDULED PERFORMANCE.—The American pole vaulter. Chuck Morrow, heads for the pit still clutching the short end of his fibre-glass pole after it had snapped as he jumped during a meeting at Madison, Wisconsin, early this month. The lower half of the pole is at right Morrow was none the worse for his experience (the bar was at 13ft 4in) and went on to win with a height of 14ft 3½in.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29829, 23 May 1962, Page 11
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70UNSCHEDULED PERFORMANCE.—The American pole vaulter. Chuck Morrow, heads for the pit still clutching the short end of his fibre-glass pole after it had snapped as he jumped during a meeting at Madison, Wisconsin, early this month. The lower half of the pole is at right Morrow was none the worse for his experience (the bar was at 13ft 4in) and went on to win with a height of 14ft 3½in. Press, Volume CI, Issue 29829, 23 May 1962, Page 11
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