Thursday, May 7, 1964 University Daily Kansan
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Manning Strikes Back At Fiberglas Pole Critics
"People will tell you that anybody can go out and catapult over 15 feet. This isn't true. It takes more coordination and timing with glass than it ever did with metal. Possibly more speed and strength too because of the higher grip."
The speaker was fuming a little It was KU's veteran pole-vaulter Floyd Manning, who became the Big Eight's first 16-footer Saturday in a dual meet against Southern Illinois. The exact height was $16-1\frac{1}{4}$ —two and a quarter inches above the former all-time league high erected by Oklahoma State's George Davies in 1961. That $15-10\frac{1}{4}$ Big Eight Conference Championship at Boulder, was a world record at the time.
metal pole," Manning continued his dissertation on a rare note. "Sometimes these fiberglas poles shatter when they break. They're not supposed to, but they do. Another thing is that new vaulters start by gripping too high and get thrown all over the place on the snap. I've seen a lot of them get flipped back on the runway or down in the box. They don't know where they're going to land.
"Its more dangerous than the old
"I don't know if any vaulter ever learns how to use it (the fiberglas pole) correctly. Right now I'd say Pennell (John, who holds the world record at $17 - \frac{3}{4}$) is the only one using it to the best of his ability."
THE BLOND Oxnard, Calif. native became KU's first 15-footer just
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a year ago as a junior. Now he's year. And there's much of the season day against Oklahoma and his own added almost a foot to his former remaining. Manning goes into his meet record of 15-0 won't be worth school record of 15-2 in less than a final dual of the spring here Satur- a farthing.
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