Highest Yet

Almost every time he tries, Pole Vaulter Cornelius ("Dutch") Warmerdam of San Francisco, Calif, vaults a little higher. Two years ago he was the first man to top 15 feet, once considered physically impossible. Last year he set a new outdoor mark of 15 ft. 5 3/4 in. (TIME, June 16). Fortnight ago, at the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden, he set a new indoor mark of 15 ft. 3/8 in. But pole vaulting indoors bothers Dutch. "Here in the Garden," he said, "the ceiling seemed to press down on me." But last week in Boston's Garden, long-armed Dutch left every record in smithereens with an amazing vault of 15 ft. 7 1/4 in. After a rest, he tried for 15 ft. 10 in., barely scraped the bar off with his chest.

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