Etn1964 Vol11 03 Final Oly Trials
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SupplementingTRACK & FIELDNEWS twice monthly. September 17, 1964 Larrabee Lead U.S. Qualifiers·· Athletes, Coaches Speak at TFN Banquet by Dick Drake Track and Field News staged another one of its Celebrity BQ_...;";;: • _ Los Angeles, Sept. 12-13--World records fell to veterans quets during the Final Olympic Trials, and was pleased to have ;ts:Jtif.r;>t a>h:Bast9n and Rex C~wley and another was matched by Mike Lar guests Ralph Boston, Dallas Long, Fred Hansen, George Young~ B,tllf-· eeas62 athletes survived the United States' sudden death final Mills, Ed Burke, Randy Matson, Sam Bell (USSR-US co.ach), Bob Titn¼~'~f!: ymptc Trials. And every athlete who placed one, two or tnree mons (coach of Jim Ryun), and Bill Easton (University of Kansas c:oac ·-~·~ S1Tiadethe Olympic qualifying standard, thus ensuring the US of Here. are some of the comments heard by the more than .100 · ~}·*" .•.. ·IID;tries in every event and making the United States the only members of the tour. Other comments will be published in the ~-;,-_:':.{j Jltlti-f to earn this distinction . Newsletter. 0 ,:,"t~ · -The New York Semi-Trials eliminated the usual heats and GEORGE YOUNG: I don't worry about the hurdles. Someotie.·-".~{l' ).lifying rounds of the Olympic Trials and as a result much of the once said I have a barrier against them, but I don't ... I was really '\j~ -··- ....a that usually accdm panies · these Trials was absent and there up for the Russians. Yesterday was kind of a let down after the Ru:s--· •fij:j refew surprise qualifiers or failures . sian meet. Maybe this is one of the reasons the race wasn't too fast. :.t~11 -··.--·The most significant heartbreak victims were veterans Ron The crowd at the Russian meet was very good to the athletes, th~ A- " ,: _..'ft! ·:r1s..;RinkBabka, and Jim Grelle (all of whom placed fourth in mericans in particular. I fell in the 1960 Olympic Trials so I reeeived<:,t~ t sp¢clalties) as well as Darrell Horn (greatly hindered by an in a tremendous ovation but here for the Russian meet it was even · · ;~1i Jeg't:endon), Willie Atterberry (who withdrew after one fal~e . greater. They were absolutely wild. _ '?!" ·tJ:,ecause of an injury), and Cliff Cushman (who fell on a hurdle) .. We had a run in with the Olympic Committee befo:tethe meet. c/;!] Ten New York winners (including the AAU decathlon champion) Just before our race, some officials came down and erased our step · 7 ·· cl.to win here but only two failed to place in the first three. Un markings. George Eastment said we couldn't use the marks. Five ;;~ d~nably, the biggest shock was the fourth place finish of Henry minutes before the race is no time to tell us not to use them •. And 1 ~.t~{i{ • the 200. Undefeated all year at the distance (excluding heats) don't know of any International rule that prohibits using marks. He • - .. er of a pending world record, he was one of those few athletes said at Rome we didn't get to do it. Well,· I did do it and so did all - , ::.?~~ • d:peen considered a certainty to make the first three. Appar- the other runners . Gaston Roelants used them before every hurdle. - ·--,,;~-~ ..a"ba.c-k injury sustained recently as well as a pitifully slow start It was the worst decision I've seen the Olympic Committee make,)).~"':~- --.~ led f-Or his fourth-place loss to Paul Drayton, Richard Stebbins I've seen them make smile pretty pitiful ones. I blew my top not just '}" ·Hayes. The Committee, however, used their prerogative because I was mad but l;>eCausetoo many athletes have sat back ana. ';;::-~ ·anced Carr to the Olympics because he was a New York winner. nson, the second New York winner who failed to place, fin ~:~v~~~e:is~i:tg o;~:;n;~:;t~l:~1t1 ::~:e~':i::~!~n~~~~ c:itl last here at 215'9½", more than 25-feet less than he threw in to do it ourselves. They're (Olympic Committee) running the meet ::~1 ·· 'i-'T:tials. Third LA placer Ed Red replaced Stevenson on the just like they did in 1960, and things have changed since them. One thing they need to recognize is the needs of married meri. As the ;tiA ./ J;imBeatty and Peter McArdle simply did not have it in their athlete grows older he has adf!itional responsibilities. They have to : ,~J be Specialties, Charley Mays was _beaten out of third place in ~:!~:~~tthese sort of things, but I don't think they thought ~ut 51 _·<:iadjump by i", Gary Gubner failed to qualify for the final of 1 . ~~~-~;~_,: ·o.rputby½" (losing out to Parry O'Brien), and Art Walker fouled I do think the AAU- -and I distinguish them from_ the Olympic :·_·_;t_t_ ereof his triple jumps--including -two jumps in the 55-foot region. Committee--has made a lot of improvements, particularly Coloneh. __, 'c:"~fore the meet, hurdler Willie Davenport said he would run Hull . They are going in the right direction now. •;}~~ -~d the highs. He ran into a head wind, finished in 13 .6, win DALLAS LONG: There just wasn't the same electricity in the >:::;:1 :':WOri.comfortably from veterans Hayes Jones and Blaine Lindgren air like there was in the Russian meet. And I didn't point myself fo:t. •. )~1 · P{)lY_the.meet its most shocking upset. Jay Silvester provided the meet physically. But my entire goal is to be just right at Tokyo:.- j;~~: !fiiter his second loss since the 1961 AAU with a 198'7½" mark. I think Parry (O'Brien) was a little concerned. He seems to hve~;-.··~,; el;.,:0 not up for the meet," could manage only 193'4". a charmed existence. He was unaware that he just made it int-0 the · - "=;ij }.<fJtetwo youngest members of the team, Gerry Lindgren and finals by a half-inch over Gary Gubner. It was his fault. He thought · :::I~ ·o-s- , both earned their positions in spectacular fashion. they were taking five men instead of four into the finals. · · :.:-.g; ~• .{n winning the 10, 000 in 29: 02. 0, Gerry covered the distance 1 .seq{)l!d fastest time ever recorded by a US citizen. His time their in!::a~~~!!c;i:atp~;t~~:~::1~ ~e :i~e i:~:~~:::i::e!:?;:; • x\:.~--.·.•~_..=_!:r_._:.•_~.:.~_;· · .•Q seconds better than he ran in the Russian meet. In the lat usually get off their big throws in cow-pasture meets. I don't anti... .'-~: ~ of the race, he simply pulled away from Billy Mills, whose cipate any competition from them. I think it'll be between Randy.. -=-fz~;;,t.;,.~ was the fourth fastest ever by a US citizen. Ron Larrieu, Parry, and myself. Of course, the Europeans have improved, but. - "'k;,,;J "a close battle with Doug Brown, finally emerged third with we've responded even more than they have since the last Olympics. •.c~ ·ime best of 29.:20. 4. Only the Russian, Lipsnis, will challenge us. Yes, I think Parry• .. , -;:,,.t .:Ryun, · who was· only l. 5, 1 . 6, 0. 9, and 0. 7 seconds behind will hang in there. He's a great, great competitor. A lot of people - ~~ in the mfles at Modesto and Compton and the 1500s at the (f Olympic Semi-Trials, had only placed as high as third once !~\te g::1~a~rk: ~::~tu~~~ chance 10 months ago. but I always,· . "}~ was when Jim Grelle hadn't run (at Modesto). At Compton, This is my last year. I think if I'm wise I'll take a cue frc,,rn s-0.5 seconds behind Grelle but was a mere 0. 1 behind at the Randy and step aside. Although I think I could stay at the top inter,-, 1tn,io.,-o(a matter of inches) behind at the Semi-Trials. Here nationally for a few years, I think my years are numbered and I do '•tnediff-erence was only slight again, 0.0 to be exact, but Ryun have a career to think about. My school work and plans are pretty _' en Grelle in great stretch drive. In fact, it was so great ambitious . - venappeared for a while that both Grelle and Ryun might over- BILLY MILLS:. My wife is a great stimulus to my training.· ni ()11:far-a, who eventually fiiµshed second--0.3 seconds be If I don't get up in the morning and go out and run, my wife doee9't. - IJudeson's 3:41.2. fix me breakfast. And I love to eat, .so she plays animportant .,,..".__.·•.. -., Sli>n,who wasn't pressing for a world record in the broad I've been putting in about 80 miles a week but I've been 1niiur·ed:i"~2~; il-me,sailed·27'l0¼" on his very first jump. He was as- I'd like to put in 110 miles a week •.. I'll be shooting for both the 1h8 breeze, which invalidated the effort as a record. 10,000 and marathon. Eight days is plenty of time to l'll · a 26'11¼1ton his second jump and then a world re- be most aiming for the -marathon. Culver City was the Hif·}l:7-·~u• •. which was aided by only 2.24 mph of wind. He have run over ~i.mJles in competition. 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