>Cornelius Warmerdam, 28-year-old San Francisco schoolteacher: the pole vault of the Millrose Games, first big track meet of the indoor season; clearing the bar at 15 ft. ⅜ in.; a new world's indoor high; at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. Outdoors, he has cleared 15 ft. 5¾ in., highest man has ever vaulted.
>American Wolf, a 17-to-1 shot: the Bahamas Handicap, first noteworthy horse race of the Florida season; before a crowd of 16,000; at Miami's Hialeah Park. Among the also-rans was Alsab, wonder horse of 1941, who was making his debut as a three-year-old. Alsab was assigned top weight of 128...
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