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P: On his first attempt, he knocked the bar off with his knee. On the second, he hit it with his chest. On the third, he brushed it with his chest once more. But this time the wavering bar settled back and held. For Oklahoma State's George Davies, it was a new world record of 15 ft. 10 1/4 in. in the pole vault--a full inch higher than Olympic Champion Don Bragg's old mark.

P: After burning out his competition with two blazing, 59-sec. middle laps, the University of Oregon's Dyrol Burleson slipped to 59.4 sec. in the final lap, still managed a 3-min. 57.6-sec. mile at Eugene, Ore.--fastest ever by a U.S. miler. Said Burleson afterward: "I think I could have cut three seconds off the last lap if I'd had someone to hang on to. When I get ahead, I get lazy."

P: Spurning pro football offers, Ole Miss's All-America Quarterback and Third Baseman Jake Gibbs signed with the New York Yankees for a $100,000-plus bonus. It was the largest bonus ever paid by the Yankees, topping the old record of $75,000 paid to Pitcher Ed Cereghino in 1951. Cereghino was a flop.

P: Once the brightest pitching prospect in the American League, Cleveland's Herb Score was only 23 when he won 20 games in 1956. Next season Score was struck in the right eye by a line drive off the bat of Yankee Infielder Gil McDougald. Doctors saved his sight, but Score never regained his old form. Inclined to wildness, fastball Pitcher Score was traded to the Chicago White Sox last year. Last week he was farmed out to San Diego in the Pacific Coast League. Said White Sox Manager Al Lopez: "There is nothing wrong with Herb's arm. He simply has to change his way of pitching."

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