Ti1ACK lfi:;;1J;:.,L.6. 'Li,~t No. 3, Sept. 1, 1955 i~O. Box 296, Los Altoss Ca ~. & Cordner Nelson, Track & ~ield News $ 6 per year (24 issues) NEWS EUROPE Two new world records. Audun Boysen of Norway lowered own 1000 meter record to 2:19,0 at Goteborg Aug. 30, after hitting 800m in 1~51. Jerzy Chromik of Poland ran 8:1.J..lo2 .for 3000m steepl -achase at Brno, Czechoslovakia, Augo 31. (24 hours earlier Chromik had run an ''easy'' 3:45.0). Also three Eur•opean records: Heinz Futterer 20,6 for 200m on Sept. 4; Eeles Landstrom l!+-9 1/8; and Leonid Shcherbakov 53-7 3/4, but with wind. Sprints~ Bartenyev 10.4. (his third) and 10 '"5; Konovalov 10.4; Germar bea't"F utTe·r er 10 .. 6 to 10~ 7; Je..necok 21.1 & 2la0; Kaufmann beat Futterer 2ln3 to 21 .• lJ..; Hellsten ~.6,,6 (Finnish record) from Haas 47.6; Boysen 47~4 (Norwegian rec); Degats 47~3 (equals French rec); Middle distances: Marichev 1:48 ~6 (USSR rec) from Ivakin 1 : 48 " ?; Liska, CSR , 1:49.0 from Jun ~wi r th l:!!-9•4 & Dijan, Fr9-nce, l:l19~5; Hewson 2:20.6; Iharos 2:20ou; Nielsen 3:43 ~0 from Ericsson 3:1~.5~8and Aberg 3:47.0; Tabori !~:0306 from Iharos and Nielsen, both 4 ·;03~8; Rozsavolgyi 3:44.0 from Hewson 3:4506, Strzinek; CSR, 3:46.0, Ericsson 3 ~46o2, Nugosa 3:1.i.6.2 (YUgo, rec) and six others under 3:50o0, at Budapest August 20. Dists.nces: also at Rudapef;t~ Augo 20, Iharos 13!5706 (''easy'' to help coun tr ymen), from Szabo 13:59.2.., Beres 14:0l.,O, Kovacs 14:01.4, Berta 14;0l c8 (all Hungarianl ), -& Ibbotson 14.:18.6; Kuts 14:03.6 and new Russian i•ecord and second on all-time list, reported as 29:02.6 and 29:06 ,,2; Zrrtopek 14:07 , 6; Taipale 14 : 07 06 (:Pinnish rec) from Tuomaala 14:0 9 0L1.; Schade 29:41.8; Vlasenko 8: L~.5o4- (Russian rec); Hufidles: Savel 51.7; Ilin 5lc8; Bonah 5109; J umps : Foldessy 24-9 5/8; Dementyev 51-6½; '11hrows: Merta 176-9 >/8; Krivonosov 208-8 3/4; Rut 197-9 5/8; Sidlo '2~ :.[~¼; Nikkinen 2_58-1¼; Will 252-7½. (AlJ. from Roberto Quercetnni, as usual.) U.S. Hal Connolly upped his American hammer record to 206-10 at Boston Aug. 25 for third place on all-time listo(Boston paper said Hal arrived late, had few warmups, threw up hill, end his new hammer weighed 16½ pounds). Harry Br ight won a 1:5 4 .8 h alf in New York 8/25. At Toronto, Sept, 3, Santee ran !1.:11, Sowell 1 :53. 8, Golliday 9. ·6, and Richards vaulted 14-6½. All-comers, Alh ambra : (Reverse dates on Aug .. 13 & 20 results in last TN), Aug 2'"7:7Ttan ley 48.7m; Shelton 6-8; Vick 165-1 and 57-0 3/4; Howard Smit h 162-6 ½; Levack and J·Iattos 14-3½; Cook 23-2; Zz:pt.:J: .Vick 57-5, personal best and 9th on all time list (ext:;:-ia trial of 57-8); Shelton 646G in decathlon, Warren Shelton 5624; Vick 156-11½. Americans in Euroge: Brussels, 9/3, Boysen 1:49.0 from Moens & Stanley,, l:52o2; Richard l .'7 and 22.0; Maiocco 21.7; Smj_th 13-7 1/8; LaPierre 3:55.o. 1,f I ND SPR HITS Arnie Sowell turned down t he 0 1 ;1:~ :::nt European trip because he has been in army training camp and is not in shape ••• Arnie says he is be­ ginning his cross country. training now ••• under the British National Coaching system the co a ches spend 95% of their time training coaches instead of coaching athletes.> .Shcherbakov trains with hundreds of hops and steps and can hop a hundred in extremely fast tirne,.,. is the new father of a 7-6 boy ••• Chataway will run in the ,5000 at Moscow Sept. 11, but business will make him miss the Czechoslovakia meet Sept. 14-15 •• • .Billy Joe hlright of San Jose, who lj_fts weights and uses \....,. the O'Brien form, was over 56 feet in NCAI\ practiceooeobservers have noted that O'Brien was not coming straight through on his puts, but makes an arc ••• Athletics vJorld points out that many hammer throwers become dizzy on three turns while ballerinas can do 20 or JO fast spins and then stand without a tremor on the point of one foot. One did 121~ I S'PNJ'S Best 1000m marks of all ~: 20 (19 Landy, Australia 195L~ 2:19.0 Boysen, Norway 2:21o0n Lnwrenz, Germany 1955 2:20.2 Hewson, GB 2 : ? L,2 Ju ngw irth, CSR l S-52 2 :20.,5 Nielsen, Dcnmarl{ 2:21.3 Aberg, Sweden 1 qc.;2 2:20.8 Whitfield, US 2:2ln3 Spurrier, US lS?55 2:20.8n Lueg, Ger-many 2:21.4 Gustafsson, Sweden 19L~6 • 20 g. lharos · ,rr,,n fr ,rr•y 2 . ... ' . . , . . .,,.', '--" · •,'.' , ~ - ··'• 2:21 ~4 Ha:r..senne, France 19L~8 2:20.9n Moens, Belgium 2: .21,,5 Ha:r•bi g , Germany 19l.1.l 2 : 2 1. 5 Salsolo., 1955 Best 3000m steeplechase performers of all-time: 8 :l~l .2 Chromik, Pole.:ad 1955 8:L~O~O no zsnyoi, Hungary 1955 8 :4L1.• 4 Hinteen pa a, Finland1 95 3 8:40,4 La rsen, Norway 1955 1 8:45-4 Ashenf e lter, USA 1952 8 :,J.Oc 6 Ka zm1t :Jev, USSR 1952 8 :1+5.4 J{arvonen, F'il".land 1955 8: 1.~9~0 Kurchi1vov, USSR 1954 8:45i4 Wlasenko, USSR 1955 8:Li.9.() Koctyay k in., USSR 1954 8:)~_7.8 Segedin, Yue;o. 1953 8: /.~C).8 Brlica, CSR 1955 Hon r,; \!I ND SPTIDTTS Yuriy Lituyev is marri ed to Valen l fi1a Boc danova, winner of the 1950 European cham p i ons hip s a t 19-.'3 1/ 3, ma kin g a hus ban d and wife team second to the Zatop ek su •• Jo e l Shank le o.f Du 1rn scored 690 3/h points in three years of v ar s :l..t y track •• 6Don Hub b nrd of San Jose and Phil Conley of Caltech were s tuden t bod.y p re sidents last se meste r ••• Doug Clement cf' Ore g on, Bill Heard o f Oklnho rn.a A&i''1, Kevan Gosper o.f }Iichi g an State, m d George Hescock and Bernard Bruce of Bost on U all wore honor students ••• coach Francis Cr e t zrneye1• says his Deacon Jones of Iowa ''is so good he almost scares me. He is a sreat wor ke :r, h'.ls terrj_fic energy and inter ... est, is smart md c oach.able, .s.nd loves to ru..11. HG runs everywhere, '- wallUn g is too slow, and he c'annot st and st ill a minute •.• coach Vern 1r.Jolfe thinks Jim Brewer can hit 1.5 fe et b efor· e he l e aves hi gh school, says he works the y ear around on h is 1,re alrn ess e s, h a s unbelievable poise and co n fidenc e , an d pos sesses a bu rni n g desire~ Has hi gh ideals, never misses a day of traini ng , an d f o l lo ws hi s workout sche dule to t ho letter ••• the week preceding his l:~ .7 ~5, Lon Spurrier had this schedule: Saturday, Mexico City, relaxed; Sun d ay; long wo1"1rnut; Mon, Tues, Hed, at the beach at Acapulco., loafed, big workout Wednesday; flew home Wednesday night, ar•riving Be.:rkeley 4 p.m. Thursday. Jogged a bit. Ran world record ti me Saturday •• ., so me, includin s; Stanford coach Jack Weiershauser, have e xpressed t he theo r y that Spurrier was helped by returning to sea level from the 7600 ft. altitud0, where, the theory goes, his lun g s b e ca me more efficient. But Spurrier doesn't think so, nor does Colorado coach Frank Potts who s ay s it takes three months for an athlete to beco me acclimated t o the jump from sea level to high altitudes ••• Leamon Kin g , Calls 9.L+-fro sh spr-lnter, has never had a bad muscle, or as much as an ache, but has hnd pneumonia three times, including his so ohomoro and seni01' yen.rs in high school. His prep co a ch, Dan Della, feels Kin:; 1 s best ev en t is the 220, though he is a possible record breaker in the 10 0 as well ••• 26 states have state high sch oc>l cross country championshj_po, not includin g Cal. i .fornia, where cross country is ex p and:l.!lg bu t h :::cs not r·sached th e state level ••• oldest marks in the wo:rl d t 3 all· ••time best p er.formers list, throu gh 1954, and gen er .'.llly to 10 ple.,;.: Gs , e.r-e ~ Ge 0Pr;e Si r•~p s on; 9.L~, 1929; Charles Paddock j_Q.2 1 921; Rolanc Lo ,~k 3 20,,5 ; 1926; 2 6 -,C¼.; Sylvio Gator, 1928; 25-11 "'--- 1/ 8 , Ed Harn..'TI, 1 928; Fr aril{ 11,y:;;.~.Cf o.ri.d Hu.bs rt Ne ier 9o4, 1930; Da."l Joubert 9o4 1931; Jess e Ower. '.'; s Hr.lpl:. :t,:2sca.''.fe S,4 1933; Geor g e Anderson 9.4., 1134; Metcalfe 10,,2 19.3c'.; Owen.:~ 10 .2 1936; Owens 20.3, 1935; Metcalfe ~20.4 1_933; Hnrvey 1Jallender c~0,5, 1935; Archle 1Jilliams 46.lm, 1936. (car. BULLETIl'I BOARD September issue of Track & F'ield News to be mailed Sept. 16. Next issue of Track Newsletter, sept~ 20. Don.1 t fGrg •et Sept o; ]3 de\:idlin.e . 1'or ~ n.ont ·e:s,t a:('L""lOUI'l.Ced in ,A"Ug~dZs~'t ·1s 'aue of - 4'&FN,. :' Ever>-y TNewsletter s ubs-er ibe r is en t it l ed to 5 entries. TN Buzz Sawyer's 906 1.J~ Ocean Vi ew Av., Norfol k 3, Va., needs April 19.50 and August 1950 i3sues of T&FN to compl e t e h is fileso Write him if available for sale or otherwise. Likewise f or Tim Owens, 958 Sherwood Road, San Marino, Calif., who wants co py of Mar'ch 1948.

NOTED WITH INTEREST ROSS McWHIRTER, in Athletics World, surveys the 400m--440y hurdles, using 53.0 for 440y and 52~6 f or 400m as the international standard. At t he end of 194 8 there were 39 men from 10 countries who had equalled or b e ttered these fi gures--•US A 26, Sweden 3, Germany 2, Prance 2. After the 19t2 Games th ere were 59 hurdlers from 13 countries--USA 35, Sweden .5, USSR 3., GB 3, Germany, Italy, France and South Africa 2. By the end of the 19.54 season there were 78 men from 18 nations--USA 37, GB 6, USSR 5., Sweden 5, Germa.riy 4, "7rance, Hunc;.s.ry 3, Finland., South Africa 2, and one each for Eire, Ceylon, New Zealands Brazil, Australia, Rumania, Columbia., Chile, and Canada. Also 2 for Italy. Average of the top ten men was 51031 for USs 52028 for USSR, 52~74 for GB, and ,52.76 for Germany. American prominence has been achieved even though the event is not on th e coll eg e schedules. Our top ten men are: Hardin, 1934, 50. 6 ; Moor e , 1952, 50~7; Cochran., 19~.8., 5lol, Culbreath 1953, 51.J; Yod er, 1952, 51.) i., Ault, 1949, 51.4; Patterson., 1936, 51"6; McBain, 1940, 51.6; Schofield., 193 6 , 51.7; DeVinney., 1952, 51.7; and Blackmon, 1952, 51. 7. ( Fote that 7 of these mar·ks were made in Olympic years). ARMOURMILNE, in Athletics Weekly, writes of Emil Zatopek: "In his first of the season record bid, the Iron nan at last showed himself' to be human by sinking into near mediocrity with three kilometers still to be run, to finish up with a time of 29:33,,0, the ninth fas .test of his career, but 38.8 seconds outside the record. The aging Olympian looked even more distressed than usual,, a.nd was struggling more than ever before in the last stages. It is possible, of course, that I had the unwelcome i:rivilege of seeing the beginning of Zatopek on the way out, but I would not like to venture such an opinion until he runs aqain under better cor:ditions. His best previous performances were: 28:54.2., 1954; 29:02.6., 1950; 29:12.0., 1950; 29:17c0$ 1952; 29:21.2, 1949; 29:26~0, 1952; 29:28.2, 1949; 29:2908, 1951. (Ed note: In 1953 Em~.l ran 29HH.6 and 29:25.8. In 1954 he also did 28:.58~0, 29:09.8, and 29:20.8~) TOM COlJRTNEY, half-miler, on his return from Europe., told a news man~ ''Franz Stampfl told me he could get me down to 1:43-5 after a year's work. I wasn't interested, even if it were possible to wol"'k with himo Like all European coaches, Stampfl is a taskmaster. I saw whn.t those European runners had to do to become so good. They pr act ice four hours a day, every day. Som8times they do as much as eight hours of r 1.. mning in a day. I only work out three times a week and for two hour•s c Of course they get results, but there is more to it than just train:tngo The European tracks a1·e best for the 800 and mile. There is more spring in the cinder paths 8 Horever, t ;:1e crowd is always big and noisy. Turku has t h e finest track on which I have ever runo Only the Los Ang eles Col1seum in the U.S. is cornparable ••• I 1m sure one of our runners will win the next Olym!=iiCio After all, Sowell, Spurrier., 'l'id­ waJ.l and others a.r.'e younger than most Europaans and should reach their peaks about Olympic t :!.:ne. Q .. The EuropeA.."1s ar..d many of us here doubt that Ha1"big ever ran l:L1.606~ Af'..;er aJ.l., his S8C;ond best was only 1:48.8.''

.. SO TI:J.i:Y TELT, US , broad jumper: 1'I lea.:.'ned a lot about jumping on my European tour, some po J nts th at are g oi r:0 to help me a lot next year. Courtney was a big att ra c~~i on on th~ t ~Ye::' ., His legs tm•:::i.ed to rubber \.....,., midway, but still could bet ·cer ~-~50 eaEiJ.y" Semn an and Reiser tired badly., as distance r-i;nn er s do on thes0 t c1.1.'l'.'s,. TJ:-...ey we~e no match for Europe's best, but they gave it th e o:..d colJ.ege -~-r:-yever •ytime. The Czechs welcomed us and you could eariily s e a -chat they envy our freedom. They have some good athletes _, bu t t h ey rarely leave the country., only the very best. There wers r~ughly 45,ouo--50i0•.) at our two meets.•• TN AL BUEHLER., new cross co untry c os.oh at Duke: ''I hope to do a thesis on 'The CardJovascula: !'."'Ff:f e~ts oi' Dista.YJ.ce Ruiming'., and I am following Stampfl! s b a sia reas01 :i.:L1.g on :J.so:..ic acid and its effect on muscular con tract ion ( a::; no7.od i n Juaa 'l':ScI..,U )., 1-i'rankli:::i Henry of Cal has done considerable :r>oseaPch ::n t h e phy s iology of' . His work is publ i she.d i n t h e resea:; :•ch qtrnrterly and Athletic Journal and wot~ld be of interest to any truck nut o '' TN ALLAN BANGS, Monterey Park, Calif: ''The answer to Fred Wiltt s proposed committee to assux•e t :':le cont1. ~1.us.nce of runners and field men is to be found in the small o.11-comers meets. The meets have been a -success and are as surretl for next year, but what about 1957? tJhen I came out of high school and was unable to go to college I could run in only 3 meets a year. Now., with the all-comers season of 8 or 10 weeks, I can get in same real competition': TN JOE GALLI, Australia: ''Rumor has it that Lnndy will be running next summer. I don't wh at there is in it, and it would be useless to ask Jobn. The answe ·r would be either evasive, or a straight-out denial. He likes privacy .... In my opinion, coaching is only 10% of the reason of success in the US., and some other countries. It is mass participa­ tion. · Ji th this., t h e fac ili ties., big numbers taking 9art, the competi­ tion to get to the top is fierce, and so the standards keep going up. I don't see how coachin¼ is responsible for Brewer vaulting 14-2 at 16., Ray Eartin beating 57 feet at 19~ There is more to it than that-­ perhaos some natural capacity your people have fo~ it. There is food for thought in the whole mattcr--why ~n ericans attain such fabulous field marks at a very early age., while others take years to get marks ,not as high.'' TN BILL JIM8SOJ\T, Baltimore: 11Let me sound off about Texas. Everyone is always saying they get some pretty fast ti ue s down there ...-they must use fast watches. I believe their times. I was in Texas for the 1946 AA1J. Everything was perf ect. You could ask for no better running con­ di -:ions. We don't get Texas conditions in Baltimore until July. I cn ce told Art Bragg that if he lived in Texas he would be the world's record holder. His best ln Balti n10re is 9.5. In Texas that would be a 9 o3 or maybe 9.2. If some of our real great sprinters were to go to '11 exas we would have a new world's record.'' TN EMERSON C.I\.SE., Scbnectady: ''I have been extremely puzzled to reE ,d .h1g of how slow the L.A. Coliseum track is. I recall reading durinc t :-i.e Jc~ Olympics of how the track was so fast that its speed threw: .:::;11 t !:-:.egr e e.t American trio of hurdlers--Beard, Keller and Saling-•-off t he::1r ert::r,ides and caused them to hit the hurdles badly. Has the track d ~~:E-1-ric:: ' :-:<..ted in some manner? Or have other and suppos edly faster track b e (,n J e ...r e: .09ed or i n.proved since? · (Ee. note: T:::-iacks do deteriorate g:r.arluaJ ..l ·:r but regul arly; le s i n g life and sp ,:3ed over a period of years. T~1e Co2-l ;:;eum track has been .,__"ec~one ·t,.,rj_ ce in the last few ycs:rs., but '-- ev::1.den -cly somet h in g 1.3 :i..e.c,king s·\5. 2.:1..,,) •• , Cou2..d Rob €rto Qucrcetani give us 2. lis t of Euro p e an tr 2~k.-; wi th :t::iforrr..9.t:!.on on si ze., length of s t :::--Bj_gl.r: .s:ways, sha r-_pr!e :JE of' ~.,J.r•va s, cc 1r.pof,i t ion, etc.? It would be vt=J:."'y hel p ful in evaluating European times o '' I I j