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Vol. 8, No. 2 Aug . 23, 1961 Sem i- Monthly $6 per yea r by firs t class mail E dited by Hal Bateman Page 9 Midnight Murder in Brazil National News fly Ken Norr i s, Great Br ita in ALL -CO MERS MEETS , L os Ange les, Aug . 11 -- HT, Conn olly (Stride rs) 215 11 ' . PV, Morr is (Strider s) 15'6!" . SP, (Reprh1t<:ed fr om Modern Athle tics, Norr is placed fif th il1 the O 'Brien (Stride rs) 60' 2 ". OT, Humphreys (Stride rs) 190'1}'-,;­ 10,000 m eters at th e 1956 Oly mpic Ga rn es.) O 'Bric n 186 '2 ~". HSJ, Andrews (Stride rs) 48'2¼". JT, Cove lli (una) ~38 '5" . Aug. 19 - - OT, Humphrey s 190'-; O'Bri en 189 '4"; One of the first at hl et ic resul ts I ever read when I took up run­ McGrath (Occide ntal) 165'2!" . nin g in 1948 was tha t of the a nnual Sao Si lvestre run il1 Sao Paulo, Bra ­ STAN F ORDALL-COM ERS , Stanford, Ca lif., Aug. 12 -- zil , and from that da y one of my grea test ambit ions was to com pete in 1 2 Miles, 0 Riordan (wrn) 9: 09 , 8. 30 00SC, Hughes (SCVYV) 9: 09. 4. it. On Dec. 31, 195 5, at ll: 1G p . m ., tha t amb itio n was re alized. PV, C ha se (San Jo se St) 15' . HT , Jongewaard (SCVYV) 180'7{" . Having lili ed up with 317 ot hers to have two nwnbers stamped !:!1__Fehl en (Camp Pendle ton) G'lO". Aug. 19 -- __!:!]_,Feh len 6'8". as proof of start il1g, I was her ded im o a sma ll compow 1d. Aft er 10 more tant alizh 1g minutes, we were released and there was a m ad sta mped e with no holds ba rred to tak e up favora ble po sit ions behin d a ro pe str etc hed acr oss the ro ad . Ac cust omed as I was il1 Engl and to Foreign News occupy the fro nt row, it came as rather a nasty shock to fin d myse lf with six or se\'en oth ers in front of me. ll owever , judic ial use of my cross country elbows party rec ­ 'Vester Sets World Mark tified th e posi tion and wit h bead s of sweat trick ling down my ne ck I FRA NKF uRT /Ivl/\IN, GERiVu\NY , Aug . 11 - - Jay Si l vester, surve yed the sc ene. Arc lig ht s shone down from fire engine s and ban ­ who had been fl irtin g with the wo rl d dis cus reco rd for the past two ners draped th em se lves around lamp sta ndards . Everyw here were months, cl a imed the record wd ay with a rhrow of 198'8'' , m ore than peo ple, torc hes a nd gaily -co lored cos tume s . two fe et beyond the old world mark of 196 '6~" shared by Ed mw1d T he org an ~zers had pla nned th at, as the rope droppe d, we Piat kowski of Poland and . Silv ester s cor ed a s hot vi c- would n.10vc fo rward 10 ya rds to a white lil1e pain ted on the road, and tory wi th a throw of 59'9;4'' , Silvester was one of several Ameri can when we all lined up behin d thi s, a siren would se nd us on our way. serv ic e at hl etes who was competi ng in the me e t. 100m, Germar 10.4; Alas, nerves we re on e dge and as the rope we nt lim p and then drop ped A . Williams (USA) 10, 4. 200 , :•:ais e r 21. 3. 400 , Yerman (USA) 47. 3. to the 6rro und , a gre at cry went up and a conv ul s in g mass of humanity 800, Schmidt 1:52. 2. 1500, Ymrng (USA) 3:48T; Osta ch 3:4 9. 0; Chris t surge d forward tow ards the unbeliev il1g spectato rs. The ra ce wa s on . 3:49. 7; Stieglitz (USA) 3:51.2; Schul (USA) 3:5 1.2; R odda (USA) 3:64.8, Half exp ectin g it , I nev erthe le ss he sita ted to take a fly er and 5,000, Breckenridge (USA) 14:59. 8 (3rd) . 1±00H,J anz 51. 8 . 3000 SC , consequently found myself wa ll owing il1 the lO0's after 200 yards. The Mu ll er 9:01.0 ; Jon es (USA) 9:25.0. 400R , U. S. team 42 .0. PV, Celses firs t quart er must have been covered ins ide 57 seco nds, but soon they (USA) 14•9· •; Schwarz (USA) 14'5 .l"; John ston (USA) 13'9 ,i". HS' lle y­ bega n to slow a nd I started to m ove th rou gh . Soon I was 30th, then 20th, wood (USA) 1!8 ' l0 l" . g-'-Urba ch G7 'G" (2nd) ; Keerd (USA) s2•dJ·\4t h). 10th . I could se e t he leade rs, and the n wi th 700 yard s gone I took the p_'.L__Rei mers l7C,'ll" (2nd); Keerd 169 '9" (3rd ). HT , Keercl 186 '5/'; lea d. In from of m e stretc hed the ro ad, banked by a half mi lli on peop le, Bagdonas (USA) 182'8" . - disappearin g il1to the di s tanc e. Around m e eig ht cars swerve d and ' vee red wi th telev is ion ca mera s ro lli ng a nd fl as h bulbs ex ploding. Piatkowski Throws 198'4 1-2 A camera ma n on the tailb oard thr ee yar ds ahead of me nearly fell off a s the ca r moved out to let "A Ga zeta Es porti va , ·· the Br azilia n L ODZ , POLA ND , J\ug. lG --Poland 's E dmund Piat kowski sport s newspa pel", take a pictu re. T he air cras hed amt res ound ed wit h set a Euro pean di scus recor d today with the seco nd bes t throw in the noise of ''t hw1der flashes_" a nd "whi zz-bangs. •· Rockets showered track hi story -- 19 8'4 ~" . Piat kowski's inar k broke t he liste d wor ld ::;parks as they forc ed the ir way in to the sk.-y and th e who le a tm osphere recor d of 196 'G1" he shares wit h Rink Babka but br oke was rocked by the near continuous so und of sirens from the conv oy of that mark on Aug . 11 with a he ave ot 198'8" . 10 po lice motorc ycl es. · The cro wd screamed as I open ed m y legs down the fir st hill and Beatty Sets American Record pus hed up the otJ1er side , dr awing away with eve r y stride . Soon it be­ OSL O, NORiVAY, 1\ug . 7 -- Jim Beatt y , Fr ankBuddand came l one ly, with th e fie ld t ra il in g 50 yards be hind. Sirens screamed Ra lph Boston all turnl!d in top perforn wnc es todav at an inte c aga in and more cars appear ed from so m ewhere as we pass ed a stree t­ national rneer here to<.lay . Beatt y ran :,:40. 2 in th~ 150 0 me ters to car with some 200-300 ges ticul ating Brazil ians . As th e fur long s spe d break the llmer ica n record of 3: 40 . 9 set by Dyro l Burl eson las t by I began to think it sure ly could not be this eas y, Th en as we ap­ ycar a nd tied by Beatt y ear lier thi s seaso n, Roge r \icrheuen oJ pro a che d the 3, 000-meLer point I did no t feel q uit e so hap py and I llclgiw11 finished a good second in 3:42. 4 . Budd t ied the recog ni zed co uld hear th e pad of feet drawing close r and closer. The n Thom as world 100 -yard dash recor d of 9 . 3 to easily deka t his comp etiti on. Nilsson , the Swede , was at my side with the dang er man , Drago St.nt of o( Yugos lavi a, at his sh oulder . ' \ll came up with anothe r goo d broa d jump with a mark of 2G' 9}''. American vict ories were score d hy Ear l Youn g il1 the 20 0 C uning acr oss Lhe r oad, we tu r ned uphi ll and on to the cobbles . wi th a 21. 0 and by Jerry Sie ben in the 800 with a 1:49. 0 clock in g. Str it of mo ve d h1to the lead, dc tcTm inc d to asse n him se lf, and now the Wi lly Ra snrnsse n gave the hometow n fa n s somct hilH'; to cheer a llout hea t beg-an to tel l. We swe lt ered in the upper 70's with humidity in the whc:n he threw the javdin 2G5'10•·, a pers ona l bc:st. 200, Bwiaes 80's , Up and up w r2 climbed ov er t l1e unev e;n su rface, pick ing our way 21.1 (2nd) . -~-QQ,Larn brec hts (llelgiLt m) 1:49 . 8 (2nd). DT , Lil1droos wher e we cou ld but genera lly ju st fo llowin g Ll1e cars in (ron t. Th en the (l' inlclml) 17(; ' :'i"; Hauc:en 174 '2", -· --- (con tinu ed on back page) .?~ge 10 years ol d, rose to int er na ti ona l promine nc e toda y by th row in g the Budd Clocks 10.2; Whips Jerome javelin 264 '2½" here today . IL is the longest th r ow ever ma de by GOTHENBU RG, SWEDEN , Aug. 3 -- Villano va 's Frank anyone so yo ung . Neva la had a best last yea r of 238'}". Budd set a personal 100 me ters best of 10. 2 today by sou ndly de­ DUBLll'\J, IRELAND , Aug . 10 -- Mile, De lan y 4: 04 . :l; \Vood geati ng Harry Jerome of Canada in an international meet. Jerom e (GB) 4:64 . 9 . 880 , Kerr ry{est Indies) 1:49.3 : 3 :viilcs,Pirie (Gil) clocked 10. 5 in secon d. Iludd's previ. ous best of 10. :3 was set in 13:31.8 . -- - -·-- the Olympics last year. Ralph Bost on continued his 26 -foot jump ­ EAST BERLll'\J, GERMJ.\NY :HT , Flaka rinov (USSR) 21 8'6"; ing wilh a 26 'l'' in the broad jump and Jim Beat ty whipped Dan Rudenkov (USSR) 218 1". Waern oI Sweden with a 3:44. 8 clo cking in the 150 0, Waern was MOSCOW, RUSSIA: 5,000, Bolotn ikov 13:S3.8; Konov 13:56. 4 . c,cked in 3:45. ,) while Mike Wiggs of Gre;at Britain and Southern HJ, Kashkarov G'§i". PV,Krasovskis 15'1¼" . Iliinois was third in 3:48. 8. won the 400 in 47. 3 and - - NAANTALI , Fr'N'"LAND, Au g . 3 -- SP, Mecon i (Italy ) 5G' 8l' ' . accounted for the other 1\rnerican victory with a JT , C . Lievor e (Italy} 23 8 2 '. -- l:S2. 4 clocking .iJ1 the 800 . 400 , Ohlernann (Canada) 48 . 3 (2nd). SA VONLll'-ZNA , F L'\L AND , A ug . 4 -- JI.,_ Va ri s 252'41" . 800, l3ertoia (Canada) 1: 53 . 2 (2nd). 110[!!-!, I"o rsa nder 14. 3 . 3000 - YARK.AUS, F INL AN D , Aug . 6 - - lS00, Sa lonen 3:47 . 8 . PV , SC-,--;-redenby 8:S0. 8; Tjorne bo 8:54. 8-.-- Ankio 14 '9". HSJ , Suk.-ura i (fapa n) 31'9 ~" . HT , Okamoto (fapan ) 215'- 9!' .. JL.__ C . Li ev or e (Ita ly) 252 ' . Budd , Boston Win Again LAHTI, FINLAND, Aug. 7 - 800, Sa lonen 1: 50 , 5. 400 H, Rintamaki 52. 0. JT , C. Li evore (Ital y} 24G '2" . HT, Okamo to (fa pa n) M.AL\t!OE , SWEDEN, Aug. 4 -- I"rank Budd and Ralph Bos­ 203'G" .J:!1_,__H ellen G'7~" . --- ton turned in me top performanc es as Americans con ti nued their GREAT BRITAL'-Z B 122 t SWITZ ERLAND 881, London , Aug . toLtr through Sweden . Budd ran his second 10. 2 in as many days but 12 -- 800, Kilford (GB) 1:4 8 . G; Buch e li (S) 1:49 . 8 . 10,0 00 , Fow ler thi s time hi s nm was wind-assi sted . Harry Jero m e finished seco nd (GB) 29:4 8 .4 . JL Von Wartbur g (S) 251•21· ·. for the se;co nd stra ight time with a 10. 7 cloc kiJ1g. Boston had anoth er winning leap of more than eight m etern (26 '3 ") with a mar k ST OCKHOLM, SWED EN , Aug . 10 - - ll0HH, Forsand e r 14. 3; of 2G'G,(", 4 00 , Sieben 49 . 0. 800, Waern 1:52 . :3; Ohle ma1m (Can ada ) Doh e n (France) 14 . 3 . 800, \Vae rn 1:48 . 3; Jazy (France ) 1:49. 4 . JI, 1:53. 9; Be rtoia (Canada) 1:54. 3. 1500, l3eatty 3: 53 . 6. 200, Young Macquet (France) 252'1}". E_,000, Berna rd (F r ance), 14: 0G. 8 .J:!l, Pettersson G'll ti-'·; Dahl 6 '7~" . 400R , F r an ce 40 .4. Aug . 11 -- 400!:J_,_ 21. 11. _110111!!....P orsander 14 . 3. !il_~Pettersson 6'10 ~ ..- . -~ Van Praag h (France) 52. 5. HT , Asp lt md 211 ' . 1500, Waern_3: 42 . 7; Americans Win Five Events Jazy 3:44 . 7; Bernard 3:45. 0. 10, 000 , Bogey (France} 29:45 . G; J\m e ur (F rance) 29: 51.0. H~J;S a kurai (fapan ) 52 'l ': William (Fr a nce) 51 '71' '; BERLIN, Aug. ;:; -- Jay Silvester moved a little closer to J3a n:ista (France ) 51 -1'~ " . 3000SC , TedenlJy 8:4 . 4 ; TJorn ebo 8:'18. 4 . the worl d discus r ecord wi th a heave of 196 '2" he.re today . BELLUNO , IT A LY : 100111, Ber ruti 10,4, The mark was a persona l bes t for Sil.veste.r, whose pre vious bes t ATHENS, GRE ECE, Aug. 13: 200, Radfor d (GB) 21. 2; Brig ht ­ of 195 '8" came h1 the :-./ational AAU meet. Silveste r a lso won the well (GB) 21. 3; Zelinski (Poland) 21. 3. 4001:!.,Skourtis 51. 9 (equ a ls shot put with a throw of GO' 4J''. Other i\rne r ican victories were nat iona l r e cord); Wagn e r (Germany ) 51. 9. 300 0SC , Roelant s (Bel ­ scored bv Kent Floerke in the hop-st ep- jum p a t 49 '8", John Uelses gium) 8:46. 4; Papavasili ou 8:'19. G. .!:!1S hav lakadze (USSR) 6 '6] ' . u1th e poie vault at 14 '9'' and Dea con Jones in the steep lechase with SP, Sos gornik (Poland) 60 '6" ; Tsakan ikas 59 ·11 •· (national record). a perso nal best 8:42 . 4. Belgium' s Gaston Roelants was second in HT ,R uclenkov (USSR) 222 ' ll 1' ·. A ug . 14: 100m, Radford 10 . 5. the steep lechase in 8:43. 2 and Geor ge Yow1g ran 8:50. 2 . Max Tru ex 400, Jackson (GB) 47 . 4; Kowa lsk i (Poland }17T;Singh (India) 48. 2 . was third in the 3,00 0 meters in 8: 09. 4 am! flob Schu l was founh in ll0HH , Svara (Ital y) 14. 3. 8:11. 8 . l00m,Cerrnar 10. 5. 200, Kaiser 21. 3; Kaufmann 21. 3. ,100, --- WARSAW , POLAND: OT , Piatkowski 195'41", ll0HH, Kinder 1.!GT. -1, 000m, Moens- (Ilelgium) 2:21. 9; Scl m1idt 2:22 . 1; I(ia='­ Muzyk 14. 1 (national record). 1500 , Baran 3:40. 0 (nati ona l record) . ban (Au s tr ia } 2:22,2 ; L ambrecht s (13clgium) 2:22.:l; Balke 2:22 .5 . FINN ISH CHAMPIONSHIPS, Helsinki, Aug . 12 - 13: 400H , _1.3-_0~ Le hm an n 3:4 3. 0; Ve rheu e n .(13~lgium) 3:43 .1 ; F lo s bach 3: ,15. 2. Rintamaki 51.1. 3000SC,Siren 8:53.4,...!:!1..,Helle n G'9·i" ; Salminen 400H, Ja nz 50. 7 . ..fil,_ St ei nba ch 24 8 2 " . 6 '7~ ". m.,_Va l kama 24 ' 11~"-~ Tamminen 51 '4~ " . PV, An kio 14 '9"; Landstrom 14'7:k " , OT, Lindroos 172'8". JL Nev a la 255' 8½" . European , Record for Ireland YUGOSLAVIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Ljubljana, ALtg . 11 -1 3 - 3000SC , Hafner 8:55.9. HJ,M atjan G'l0f' (national record) . DT , DUBLIN IR E LAND , Aug. 9 -- An Iri sh na tiona l team an ­ Radosevic 175 '5½" . - - -­ ch or s,d by JZon Uelany s et a E uro pe an two -mil e re lay record of RE YKJAVIK , ICE LAND : HSJ , Einarsso n 53'i" , 7:21. 8 to day to de ci s iv e ly bea t a Scotti s h tea m . T he old European CZECl -IOSLOVf\l

MACQU ET T HROWS 259 '11½", TROUN CE S MACHOWINA VITTEL, FRANCE - - Michel Macquet of France continued his winning ways in the javelin by tr ouncing Poland 's Marian Machowina 259'11½" to 250' . However, Poland picked up a victory in the high jump when Czern ik beat Maurice Fou r nier of France on the fewer misses rule with both clearing 6 'Si". Adrian Metca lfe, Great Britain's latest 400 -mete r sen­ sation, moved down to the 100 meters but had to be content wi th a second place 10. 7.

RASMUSSEN , HAUGEN PACE NORWEGIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS OSLO, Aug . 18-20 -- Javelin thrower Willy Rasmussen and weightman Stein Haugen turned in two of the top performances at the Norw e gian Championships with marks of 260 '4½" and 179', respectively . Veteran Sverre St r andli , former world record holder in the hammer, won his specialty with a throw of 204' 10½". 800, Hamarsland 1:52. 6. 1500, Hamarsla nd 3:48 . 5. ll0HH,Gulbrandsen 15. 0. 400H, Gulbrandsen 52 . 7.

SUGIOKA PACES JAPANESE TEAM WITH 6 '9½" MAINZ, GERMANY -- Kuniyoshi Sugioka , Japan 's 19 -year-old high jumper, paced a touring Japanese team with a leap of 6'9½". Other Japanese victo r ies were scored by Keiki Ijima in the 400 hurdles with a 52. 3 clocking, Takashi Miki in the javelin with a mark of 239'5½" and by Takeo Sugawara in the hammer with a throw of 198 '4½". German wins were picked up by Paul Schmidt with a 1:49. 3 800 and by Manfred Steinbach with a leap of 24 '4" in the b ;road jump.

\,....., HIGHLAND GAMES, Edinburgh, Scotland: SP, Rowe 61 '3¼".1:!1__ Fairbrot he r 6 '7}" . Pag e 12 i\1 E MORAl.lL E MEETS a s plit be tw een 13 . G and 13. 7. I did no t s ec the thi r d watc h. ''I was told s ome years la ter b y so m eo ne who was at th e A 13.7 Shocker by Towns IAAF m ee tin g -- I don't rem embe r wh o -- that on e thin g tha t helped m y re cor d to be accepted was th at Lav ery had a 14. 0 up for rec og­ Lly Di c k Bank nit ion and in that rac e O 'Con nor ra n 14. 2 and I had beaten th e m by In thi s age of tr ack an d fi de! exc elle n ce , al mo st not hin g , it over 15 yards in Os lo." (Ed itor's no te: T own s' r eco rd was a cc ept ed s eem s, co m es as a gr eat surp r is e to cl o se foll owers of the spor t. at the IAAF meeting in Paris on F eb. 23 , 19 38 . Th is was th e first Reco rd s a r e bro ken with a band on ye t there is no li mi t in sig ht . Two !AA F meeting SillCe th e Berlin Oly m pic s . Ju s t 11 clay s bdore the yea 1:s ago Mart in La uer of Ger man y ran the h ig h hurdle s in 13. 2, mee ti ng, Lave r y ha d rw1 14. 0 at Syd n ey in th e Brilis h E m pi r e bctLc:ri.n g the worl d record b y two -te nth s of a se cond and hi s pre ­ Games . A f ilm of Towns' r ace was s hown to the members of the viou s b es t by thre e- tenth s . Many did no t then nor do the y now be ­ rec or d c om mi ssi on at the IAAF rn ee ti.tl[( whi ch clispe ll cd a ll doubt s lieve La ue r leg itim a tel y ra n that fa s t. Thi s s ituation cl ose ly par a - abo lll the i r r eg ular it y of th e s tart. Th e wind was nil.) ll e led one th at took place 2 3 ye ar s be for e . T he post-Oly m pic yea r wa s anti-clim a cti c fo r the G'2" Spe c . Th e 27th of th is mo nth marks th e 25th anniv er sary of Spe c !-le r ern.i.ncd his NC;\A title b ut had a seas on bes t of onl y 14. 3 a nd T own s' the n - unbeli ev a ble 13. 7. Muc h li ke La ue r, m a ny did n ot be ­ los t the Nat ion al AA U at Milwauk ee to Allan To lmi ch and Ro y Stal ey li ev e it no r do the v tod ay. Th e tim e s ha ve d four -t enth s of a s ec ond when he lil t a hu rcllec,- - the fit-st time ill his ca reer that he did so. fr om T owns ' newl;r -c r eate d world r e cord of 14. 1 m ade in a sem i­ He ave n ged this fi rs t los;; in two yea r s the fo ll owiLH.; week at Ra n­ final beat at the, Berl in Oly m pic Games. He never aga in bette re d 14 . 1. da ll's Isl an d ill th e Wo rl d La bo r meet, be atin g T olm ich by illChes Ye t the re is an int r iguin g stor y su rro un di ng th a t gr ea t pe rfo r man ce in 14 . G. Th is was Lo be hi s las t oucdo or ra ce. Ind oo r s in 1938, he in Os lo that may s hed some li ght on ho w a man co uld s udde nl y dro p wo n three of .five in clu ding· the Mi llr osc and Na tion a l AAU. four- tenths of a s eco nd in a hi gh hu r dle ra ce. In 193G, T owns ra n 1'1. 1 no le ss than nin e tim es, fou r of F orr es t Gr ad y ..Spec" To w ns ' caree r was indee d a n inter ­ the m after th e Olym pi cs . They came at Osl o, Goteb org, l.loras an d e stin g one . Bor n Fe b . G, 19 14 in Fit z ge ra ld, Geor gia , be a tt end ed Ha lsin gbor g - - th e latt e r th.,.-ec ill Sweden . ll is 14. 1 at llor a s wa s Ri chm on d A cade m y where he pla yed foo tba ll b ut did not part ic ipa te on a t rac k soaked by all- clay r ains a nd ex tr e mel y s low. Sti ll , in track . Dur ing the summer of his high s cho ol g-rad uati on - - 1933 - - the re wa s n ot hin g befo re or a fter that ca me clo s e to 13. 7. H,,,.,.. h e clea re d G' i.n th e high ju m p on h om e-rt1 ade s tand ar ds in his back ­ eve r , tak e one of th e world's fa stes t t racks and a "m ad as hell" yard . Th is wo n for him, fr om tr ac k co ac h Wee m s Bask in , a sc holar ­ Ge or gian and co nsi der he beat a man who wa s a we ll -w ide r l:i. 0 sh ip to the Unive rsit y of Geo rg ia. Ba ski n wa s an NCAA hig h hur dl es hur dl er by ov e r JG yar ds . ch a mpi on a t So uth Car o.lina in 19 2 7. He , in turn , had b ee n co ac hed Do you be liev e Spec Town s ra n 13. 7 tha t day? Th is writer b y Will )ur Huts ell (pr e sen t Auburn coach}, wh o wa s a te am m ate of doe s. Bob Sim ps on of Mb so ur i when the la tte r set a wo rl d rec or d oJ: 14. S in ) 916. Simpso n was th e fir s t expo nent of th e two arm or doub le th r ust sty le d hu rd ling. So when Tow n s be ga n on the hu rd les in Bulletin Board 1934 it was thi s tec lmiq ue that he was taught . In hi s fi r s t yea r, T owns did 15 . 1. The foll owing se ason , 18 35, he im prov ed to 14 . -le. Ne xt Ncw sktt ecrs Se pt . Ii, 2 7 . T ra ck & r: ield Ne ws m ai led Se pt. 21. In 193G, Spec (a b oy hood nickname be ca use of an abundance of C onciJding _41 t hi s _issue is the ··nes t Marks by Age" ser ies . fr ec kles a nd origin ally "Speck .. but s horte ned by a n 1\t lanta sports - wr i.ter) swe pt e veryt hin g .i.n th e Unir ccl Srnte.s am ! four t imes ran 1~. 1 for th e llO meter/ 120 ya r d distance -- wo rl d record Lime . Noted With Interest After the Olv nH)ic Ga me s, the U . S . team µa r tic ipa ted ar Cologne and Pa ri s. To wns r an 14 . 2 in Par is hut d id not run at Co ­ ·what does a three -mil e r thi nk about when he's rwrni.ng? logne . ll c was th en pn:par e d to hea d for home . The following is , "Plenty , " is the ans wer Bill y :Vli lls ga ve t o Kan sa s s po rts pu bl icit y in bis word s, an ac coun t of wha t too k pl ac e afte r Pa r is. di rec tor Don Pie rce . "That r ace in O s lo was one tha t a lm o s t was no t r un . 1\ft e r "IL's a lot m ore il1teres ting th an m o st people woul d th ink , " th e Oly mp ic fin al in Berli n, I was inv it ed to ru n in Oslo and I a ccept­ Mills sa id. "You ca n ma ke a mov e ill the mi dd le of th e ra ce which ed . Af terw ar ds , I was n otifi e d by Ha rr y Mehr e , Lhe head foo tb a ll m ight ca use y ou to win. Say you' re t ra ilin g a guy a nd yo u can s ec coac h at the Univ ers it y of Geor gia, that fo ot ba ll prac tic e wa s to be­ him 1Jcgilm il1g to ge t into t rouble w.i.th fat ig,1c . Ma ybe he's th ink ­ gin on Se pt. l ancl I wa s to be ther e . I trie d to get Da n Ferris to in g n ega ti vely ab ou t th at u me. T hink ing a bou t p ulli ng ou t of the subs ti tute Fritz Pollard in m y pla ce b ut he r efused to d o s o . Th is r ac e , Just the n you press h im anc! go liy . It ta kes a re al goo d man m a de m e m ad and I wa s s t.ill in th i.s fra me of mind when I .:nr iv ed to re cov er from this and catch you. You 've alw a ys got to thi 11k in Os lo. abo ut staying in co nta ct . If you lose comac L wit h th e le a ders , '"Glen n Da ws on, who wa s sub s t ituting fo r Gl enn C w111ingham , you 'r e ju s t ab out done . a nd I Hew fl ew fr om Pa ris to Co pen hag en a nd th e tr ip was r ea ll y "You've go t to th in k abo ut maki ng your m ove to wi11. You r oug h. We were held up in Cope nhage n for s eve r al ho ur s be cat ise of can have your r ace plann ed, hu t you' ve a lw ays got to be r ead y wea th er com\iti on s . Th is wa s on We dn esday and th e ra ce was to be to re -p la n it a s you run because your opponents do tmexpectcd r w1 th e next day . Afte r a long , rou glt tr ip with lots of a irp ort wa it­ th in gs . In the thr ee mi le , the r a ce a c tua ll y cloesn 't sta rt until in g we finall y com pleted the las t leg to Os lo. tlic la st mil e . E very one run s a s a gnrn p th roug h rh e fi rst m ile . "T he trac k a t Bis le t Stadium was in exce ll e n t co ndi ti on a nd In the second m ile the y begi n fa lling bac k . Th e n yo u s ta rt fin d­ I was told it was one of the bes t in the wor ld. T he clay was perfe ct. ing ou t who the boy s ar e you hav e to r ace . The pace i s to ugh I was at th e t.ime of th e race s till in an ang r y fra me of mind and in the n and you ge t tired . You fe el like you ca n't go a nym ore . You that condi ti on I u sua ll y ta ke it out on whoever is fac in g me . I a lwa ys have to b r eak rhr ou gh this me nt a ll y . Yo u don't \Ji.ink it 's me nta l cio my be st when J am ang ry. It was an ideal da y for br eak in g r eco rcb a t th e time bu t it is . Once you b r eak through you sta rt fee li ng p lu s the fa ct I was s till mad ais hell. !,e tte r. /\ t th.is s tage you ca n tes t so m e of th e oth ers b y pickil1 g ,1p "Th e co m pe titio n co nsis t ed of Ha ka n Li dm an of Swe den , who th e pace fo r 100 or 30 0 yar ds . Some guys d o it fo r 440 ya rd s. place d fo urth ill tl1e fi na l a t Be r li n; Larr y O' Con nor o f Can ada, wh o You 'll know how th ey tee ! wilen yo u do this . Lly th e n you have a wa s si xt lt a t Be rl in; a nd Torn Lavery of Sou th A fri ca , who had \'s"OLlthe half - mile to go , and you st art gettin g rea dy to rn ove fo r home . fi rs t hea t at Jk rli.n but wa s eli rnil1ate d ill the se mi - final. I do no t r e - ..I t de pe nds on how you fee l.. You can move with 66 0 to call who the other peop le were in the r ace . If y ou will remem b e r , I go or +LO. I think it is llcue r to have a lon g, s ustained kic k was famous fo r bein g a s low s tart er , but that day I wa s away fa st ra the r than a sh ort on e, b eca use Lite ear lic r you ma ke yo ur mo ve (no t a Jum p or a r oll in g s tart) an d led ove r the f,r st hur d le . 1 have a the sooner it affec ts the ot hers . T hey see a guy goi n g th at far pic wrc of th a t r ac e a s I was go il1g ov e r tJ1e thir d hurdle. o·cmmor fro m ho me and th e y thin k h e 's got a l ot .leit wheth er he ha s or was s eco nd , fo ur ya rd s back, wit h La very and an unide nti li cd man no r. It ta kes a good m an tu go with you whe n you sta rt ear ly . one stri de off the se c ond hu rd le . Lid rnan was just ge tt ing on 1.l1c gr oun d You kill off rnon .'-peo pl e that way . Dul once you start _, you' ve got off th e se co nd hu rd le. to go all th e way . "I rem e m ber tinis h in g th e race an d look ing back to sec O' ..I' ve got so muc h rncffe Lo .lear n about r a ce s tr ategy . l' ve Co nnor on top of the last hu rdle . 1 k it at th e ti m e tha t th e r ace was not been s wrt il1g a lert enou gh . Li ke i11 the Ce ntr al Col.l eg ia tes . verv fas t. Whe n the ti me was a nnou n ced I did not w1de r s tand be cau se I let Uer r y ) ,\s hrnorc ge t away 300 ya nh fr om home . 1 wa s goil1g I d i~l not kn ow the la nguage b ut Lidma n imm ed iatcl \' stane d pot mcl - to m ove out with 220 to go. I was co nc ent rating too mu ch on my in g rn c on th e ba ck and co n gra tul ati ng m e. _ Wh e n he told me I li;1d fin ish, a nd no t payi ng eno ugh at tcmion t o anyon e e l s e. He was dy­ n m 13. 7 I was amazed and j ubil ant a t the same ti me . I we nt to the in g a t the end a nd I was co rni ng stro n g . But he won by lG ya r ds fini sh an d look ed at tw o of th e thr ee o ffi c ia 1 wa tch es . Both s howed .becau se he s urp ris ed me and op ene d a goocl lead be for e I could do a n yth ing abou t it. "

I ... Pag e 13 Profiles of Champions tic workouts down to twice a week but his running remains about the same as in fall and winter. He tries to train as much as possible in CHARLES INGRAHAM "CHAR LEY" CLARK, middle dis- th e summer but it depends on his summer job. He is coached by . ~es and steeplechase, 5' 11 ", 137 pounds, brown hair , gray Stan His er man and was coached by T ed Dziedzic and Ke ith Gilbert­ \___j s, born Mar c h 16, 1939 , Junction City, Kansas. Married. Stu­ son in high school. He has been helped by , Dutch Warmer­ dent, San Jose State College. darn, Ron Morris, Jim Graham, Aubrey Dooley, Earl Poucher and His first track competition came in the 10th grade at San - Jim Brewer. His biggest thrill cam e at the California Relays in 1960 ta Ana, Calif., High School. His best time that season was 4:44 when he vaulted 15' for the first tim e . His biggest disappointment for th e mile. Th e following year at the age of 17 he improved to cam e at the Olympic Trials when he inju re d his groin muscle. He 4:3 8 and posted a 2:02 clocking in th e 880. In his senior year majors in education and wants to bec om e a teacher. He was an All· he r an 2:00. 5, 3:12. 7 for the 1320-yard run and 4:32. He enroll ed America high school swimmer and hi s hobbies are swimming and at Santa Ana Junior College and in 1958 posted bests of 1:57. 5, the violin. 4:24 and 9: 19. 8 for two miles. The following year he set national junior college record s of 4: 11. 6 in the mile and 9: 05. 1 in the two mile s . He also ran 1:55. 2 in th e 880 and 9: 11. 6 for the 3, 000- Track Nuts' Quiz met e r steeplechase. He enrolled a t San Jose Stat e and in 1960 post ed a best of 8:58. 3 in the st eep le chase, then won the NCAA (Readers are invited to submit quiz questions and answers.) ste ep lechase titl e with a meet record 9:02.1. He injured a leg in 1. Electrical timing of track events was first used as early as: the National AAU me e t and could not compete in the Olympic a. 1896 b. 1916 c . 1936 d. 1946 Trials. His other 1960 bests were 4:09. 5, 9:04. 6 for two miles 2. What vaulter competed in two Olympics before his freshman and 14:32. 4 for the 5,000 meters. This year he set a national year in college? coll eg iate two-mil e record of 8:45. 4 in May, then took second in 3. What man holds th e most world track records? the NCAA three mil e with a 13: 51. 6 clocking. A week later he won 4. Now that 's 1948 9. 3 is gone, what is the oldest world a spot on the U. S, team going overseas by placing fif th in the Na­ track and field record? tional AAU three mile. He plans to compete until the 1964 Olym­ 5. If a bro ad jumper's spikes are long enough so that his toe ex· pic Games. tends beyond the take off board without touching the ground is it a He trains nine months a year, six days a wee k but does no foul jump? weight training. Hi s training schedule in Septemb er is: Monday, 6. May 25, 1935 was a great day in track history. What happened? 15 x 440 in 75 seconds with a 440 jog; Tuesday, 8 x 88 0 in 2: 30 7. As of August 1, 1961, how many Americans are in the top then ·with an 880 jog; Wed nesday, 15 x 44 0 in 75 seconds with a 440 jo g; of the all -time shot put list? Thursday, 5 x 1320 in 3:45 with a 1320 jog; Frid ay , 15 x 440 in 8. Who were the two double Olympic sprint winners from the Uni­ 75 seconds with a 440 jog; Saturda y, an hour jog; Sunday, rest. versity of Michigan? From September through Februar y he does the sa me workout pro­ 9. Which, if an y, Olympic events have always been won by the U.S ., gram but at the beginning of each month he drops the pace one 10. Five of the 15 foot vaulters in the 1961 NCAA have had the same second per month. F or ex ampl e , he runs the 440's in 75 in Sept­ coach. Who were the vaulters and their coach? ember, 74 in Octob er , and 73 in November. He var ies his pro­ (Answers below) gram somewhat from March to June. His usual training schedul e then is: Monday, 14 x 440 in 69 seconds with a 220 jog; Tuesday, 9 880 in 2:18 with a 440 jog; Wednesday, 15 x 220 in 32 seconds Surprisel ( . a llO-yard jog ; Thursday, 5 x 1320 in 3:27 with a 660 jog; 1':-rfday, rest; Saturday, compet e; Sunday, half hou r jo g or jus t With this issue Track Newsletter undergoes a complete change loosen up. In the fall he works on the hurdles once or twice a Print ed instead of mimeographed, the Nutsletter now brings you twice week, usually on the days when he runs 440's. In the spring, he the material in the same number of pages. And each issue, on the runs hurdles about twice a week, usually on Mond ay and Wednes­ average, will contain two pages of photos, or at least 48 pages a year day. He was coach ed by Reece Greene in high sch ool, John Ward The added spac e will give you more features; stats, news in junior college and Bud Winter at San Jose Stat e . He has been coverag e - -more of everything that has made the Newsletter most wel -· he lped by Max Tru ex, Phil Col e man and . Hi s favor­ come between issues of Track & Field News. The late news will be it e event is the steeplechase and his biggest thrill was winning the hustled along by first class mail, as always. And, despite all these NCAA title. His biggest disappointm ent was not making the 1960 changes for the bette r , the price remains the same--just .$6 a year. U.S. Olympic tea m. He majors in physical edu ca ti on and hopes to All of us at T&FN are excited ab out the new Newsletter. And become a high school coach. we ar e pleased that we can continue to pass on to our loyal readers JOHN LARRY CRAMER, pole vault, 6'2", 180 pounds, red all possible improvements in the coverage of track and fi eld. ha ir, haz el eye s , born April 27, 194 1, Bellingham, Wash. Married. Contributed articles always ha ve played a major role in the Student, Univer s ity of Washington. Nutsl ett er , and alwa ys will. Readers who have articles , profiles, He started tr ac k in the ninth gra de at Mt. Vernon High surveys, statistical lists, etc. , of int eres t are invited to contact School in Washington a nd ran the m il e until he suffe r ed a swimming Newsletter editor Hal Bateman. And we always ar e interested in inju ry during his sophomore year. He then start ed pole vaulting to knowing what the re ad er likes best and leas t, wants more or less earn a track lett er. In his first ye ar of track he ran 4:55 for the of, and any and all suggestions for imp ro ving our product. mile an d threw th e javelin about 150'. He was inju red for most of his sopho more year bu t started pole vaulting and did 10'9' '. He 1. Th e Drake Relays used electrical timing in 1916, believed to impro ve d to 13 ' in hi s junior year and as a senior vaulted 14 '3" be the first on record . a lthou gh tying for 11th a t the Nat ional AAU me et. He e nrolled at 2. Roland o Cruz of Puer to Rico competed in the 1956 and 1960 the Univers it y of Washington and raised the nation al collegiate Games before startin g at Villanova in the fall of 1960 . fr es hman record to 15 '¾" while ta kin g second in the National AA U 3. Emil Zatopek still holds records at 20, 000 meters, one hour, mee t. He comp eted in the Olympic Trials but was hampered by a 15 mil es, and 25, 000 meters. pulled groin mu sc le and tied for ei ght at 14'8", This season he tied 4. Zat opek set his 20 kilo and one hour records on Sept. 29, 1951. for fourt h in th e NCAA meet at 15' and a week lat er realized hi s The olde st mark in a "reg ular" event is Roger Moens 1:45. 7 for 800 goa l for the season by cl earing 15 '4" to take fourth in the Na tion al met ers , made in 1955 . AAU mee t. He wquld lik e to compet e a t least until the 1968 Olym - 5. The jump is allo wed . However, rules require that the ground in pie Games and possibly longer. His a ll-time goals are 16' and a front of the board be ra is ed one half inch by sprinkling soft earth. gold me dal in the 1964 Olympics. 6. Je s s e Owens brok e the world broad jump record with 26'8¼", He trains 10 to 12 months a year, five to six days a week. broke th e 200m and 220y world records with 20. 3, broke the 200m He does weight tr a inin g three time s a week. In th e fa ll, he does and 220y low hurdle records with 22. 6 and tied the l00y at 9. 4. w- ',-,ht trainin g on Monday , Wednesday and Frida y , wor king on 7. Fiv e . In order, Niede r (US), Long (US), Rowe (GB), O'Brien ( J.ll body s tr ength . He practi ces va ulting on Tuesday and Thur s - (US), Davis (US), Ovsepyan (USSR), Meconi (Italy) , Varju (Hungary), cll:ry'.'He also does so me running and does gymnastics three tim es a Silves ter (US) and Nagy (Hungary). week. In the wint er he practices va ulting on Monday, Wednesday 8. Ralph Craig, 1912 and , 1932. and Friday and wor ks on weight training following his vaulting work­ 9. Only the pole vault. out. His running and gymnastic sch ed ules are the same as in the 10. Jim Brewer (tie 1st) and George Davies (tie 1st) were coached by fall. His winter sc hedule is altered if he compet es in indoor meets. Vern Wolfe at North High , Phoenix, while Dick Gear (ti e 1st), Dick During the sprin g, he does light we ight training on Monday and Kimmell (tie 4th) and Jeff Chase (tie 4th) were coached by Wolfe at pr act ices vaulting on Monday and Wednes da y . He cuts hi s gymna s - San Jos e State.

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LEFT: CU.PF CUSHMAf'l HELMUT [ANZ are alm 400 hurdles in the US.A

RIGHT: PAUL SCH!vllDT man of the 800 . was and D Behind Balke is BEA-

HENRY WADS­ FRANK with JOHM WORTH won the of Germany, followi ng th pole vault in. Lon - ta king fourth in 20. 9. N~ don at 15 '2 ", a time of 20. 9. ans

· ABOVE: MARIAN FOIK (1) runs 2 . on a rain-soaked track in sa;v with F.RANK_BUOO (secood from right}.seooo.d in 21. 1,

LEFT: (3) and :MAURlCE HERR.!CTI'Tof Great Britail1 hattle !or the lead in. the steeplech,n& at London, DB:ACOHJONE S is third. Yow1g went on to win in 8:47. 0 with Jroei,!!eceild QDd Herriott third. (Bd I;acey.photo}

l ..,. flt 1 The victory- 'stand followio.g thej 100 meters in the USA-

As of Jan. 1, 1961 By Emerson Case Ron Morris attempted the world record 4710 Lago Di Coma Way, Fair Oaks, Calif. height of 15 '11¼" at a Los Angeles State all- comers meet on Aug. 11. He missed on all '-...... ,__j' HAMMER THROW three attempts but had one close miss ... 15 147'7½" (44. 99) Stanislav Nyenashev (USSR) Baku 49 W.iar34 when Jay Silvester set a world discus record 16 164'5" (50.12) Stanislav Nyenashev (USSR) Baku 50 iV,ar 34 of 198'8" in Frankfurt, Germany, on Aug. 11 17 184'1½" (56.12) Vladimir Smirnov (USSR) the record came on his second throw. Sil- 18 193 '3½" (58. 91) Hans Fahsl (Germany) Duisburg 10 Jul 60 15 Aug 41 vester opened his series with a throw of 19 201 '3" (61. 34) Hans Fahsl (Germany) Warsaw 1 Oct 60 15 Aug 41 195'11½". Silvester, who will be 24 on Aug. 20 210'4½" (64.12) Nikolay Dobrivyecher (USSR) Nalchik 19 Oct 58 12 Nov 37 27, now weighs 230 pounds and has shown 21 211'9½" (64.56) Mike Ellis (Great Britain) Hannover 15 Sep 57 3 Sep 36 steady progress since he freshman year 22 215 '7½" (65. 72) Gyula Zsivotsky (Hung.) Budapest 30 .May 59 25 Feb 37 at Utah State. In 1956 he threw 157'10", 23 228' 1½" (69. 53) Gyula Zsivotsky (Hung.) Budapest 14Aug 60 25 Feb 37 1957 172'4½", 1958 181'8" and 1959 184'. 24 214 '4" (65. 33) Al Hall (USA) Budapest 6 Aug 58 2 Aug 34 Last year he became the first man in history 25 224'10½" (68. 54) (USA) Los Angeles 2 Nov 56 1 Aug 31 to throw the shot put more than 60 feet and 26 225'4" (68.68) Hal Connolly (USA) Bakersfield,Cal.20 Jun 58 1 Aug 31 the discus more than 190 feet. His best 27 222'8½" (67. 88) Hal Connolly (USA) Walnut, Cal. 13 Jun 59 1 Aug 31 marks in 1960 were 60'9¾'' with the shot and 28 225'½" (68.60) Hal Connolly (USA) Walnut, Cal. 23 Apr 60 1 Aug 31 190' 11" with the discus. He hopes to reach 29 230'9" (70. 33) Hal Connolly (USA) Walnut, Calif. 14 Aug 60 1 Aug 31 200 feet in the discus this season and his 30 216 '5" (65. 97) Birger Asplund (Sweden) Stockholm 6 Aug 59 21 Jul 29 all-time goal is 210 feet. He is a lieuten - ant in the army ... a name that has been JA VELJN THROW appearing in summaries of German meets 14 177'3" (54. 02) Egil Danielsen (Norway) 48 9 Nov 33 involving U.S. Army personnel is that of 15 182 'l" (55. 50) Egil Danielsen (Norway) 49 9 Nov 33 Willie Williams, the former University of 16 210'9½" (64. 25) Egil Danielsen (Norway) 50 9 Nov 33 Illinois sprinter. Williams, not to be con - 17 251 '10" (76. 76) Terje Pedersen (Norway) Kristiansund 7 Aug 60 43 fused with the Willie Williams of San Jose 18 250'3½" (76.29) Alf Mitchell (Australia) Melbourne 24 Jan 60 18 .May41 State, will be 30 years old next month but 19 260'4½" (79. 35) Gary Stenlund (USA) Fresno, Calif. 14 NiayG0 7 Aug 40 his still fast enough to clock 10. 4 for 100 20 253'6½"(7 -7. 28) Rolf Herings (Germany) Merana 16 Oct 60 40 meters. Williams ran 10.1 for 100 meters 21 270'1½" (82. 33) Bill Alley (USA) Austin, Texas 4 Apr 59 20 Apr 37 in 1956 ... Southern Illinois freshman Mike 22 274'3" (83.60) Carlo Lievore (Italy) Schio 31 Jul 60 10 Nov 37 Wiggs, who has been running in his native 23 281'2½" (85. 71) Egil Danielsen (Norway) Melbourne 26 Nov 56 9 Nov 33 England all summer, has established national 24 271'11" (82.88) Janusz Sidlo (Poland) Hamar 22 Jun 57 19 Jun 33 frosh record in the one, two and three miles 25 268 '11" (81. 97) Janusz Sidlo (Poland) Warsaw 1 Aug 58 19 Jun 33 this summer. His marks are 4: 03. 4, 8: 53. 4 26 280'8½" (85. 71) Janusz Sidlo (Poland) Berlin 5 Sep 59 19 Jun 33 and 13:34. 8. He is probably the first fresh- 27 282 '3½" (86. 04) Al Cantella (USA) Compton, Cal. 5 Jun 59 9 Jun 31 man to ever hold national frosh records at 28 272 '4½" (83. 02) Michel .Macquet (France) Paris 2 Oct 60 3 Apr 32 all three distances. 29 277'7" (84. 61) Al Cantella (USA) Palo Alto, Cal. 1 Jul 60 9 Jun 31 30 277'8" (84.64) Viktor Tsibulenko (USSR) Rome 8 Sep 60 13 Jul 30

MIDNIGHT MURDER (continued from front page) moment when he would come by me. The tape seemed so long in arriving and then, with 10 yards to go, I suddenly realized I had won uncertain light of the street iamps was drowned in a thousand candle the 31st Sao Silvestre. I crossed the line into the arms of a reporter, powers from the television car as the cameras whirred, sending the who, thrusting a mike practically down my throat, siad, "This is the news back to the watching viewers. Pan-American Broadcasting Company. How do you feel, Ken Norris?" Nilsson was dropping and I was hanging on to Stritof. At last the As the band struck up "God Save the Queen," I told him: hilltop was reached and, swinging round, we began our precarious des­ cent as holes loomed up in the semi-darkened street. Then we were blinded again as the Pan-American television service gave its watching German Juniors Lead Way thousands the latest "lowdown. " Stritof was really pushing it now, sens - ing his opportunity to get away, and I felt as if someone had violently by Roberto Quercetani kicked me in the stomach and was repeating the dose at regular 200- Germany has Europe's best crop of young track talent if a yard intermls. mythical championship based on 1960 best performers has any On and on we went, with my stomach getting steadily worse. At meaning. The ATFS list of junior performers has been used, last the bottom corner was in sight and the car behind me skidded to a giving 10 points to the winner, nine for second place, 8 for third halt as I cut across it back to the main road with l½ miles to go. I pick­ and so on. Under this system the well balanced Germans piled up ed up the pace in an effort to get away and gained a yard. Then Stritof 235 points to 139. 5 for runner-up Great Britain who showed amaz­ was three yards in front of me and I was hanging on again. The noise ing weakness on the field. Russia, weak on the track, finished was getting worse, with the crowd sensing the battle. Explosiions third with 123 points. drowned cheers and cheers drowned explosions. Suddenly we were pull - European definition of a junior, for the year 1960, is any­ ing streamers off ourselves and the car in front of us was almost sub­ one born in 1941 or later. merged in them. Les Truelove, my team manager, peered anxiously Track Field Total out of the back window of a car weaving its way through the crowd ahead, 1. Germany 116. 5 118. 5 ~ .My breath was coming in gasps and for the first time I could hear my­ 2. Great Britain 138.5 1 139.5 self groaning. 3. USSR 11. 5 111. 5 123 Gritting my teeth, I tried not to give away just how badly I felt. 4. Czechoslovakia 37.9 27 64,9 Half a mile to go ... again I surged forward and again Stritof responded. 5. Italy 57.4 1. 75 59.15 I glanced behind me ... at least I could not be worse than second. My 6. Finland 0 56.75 56.75 feet were on fire and I could feel the bloody blisters. I wanted to limp. 7. Poland 29.9 12.5 42.4 There was now 500 to go and the last corner just ahead. I swung round 8. Sweden 23.0 17.75 40.75 a foot from the crowd (held back by truncheoned policemen) and, with 9. France 15 12.75 27.75 Stritof not cutting it so fine, I had a yard lead. I only to flog myself 10. Switzerland 24.4 0 24.4 '\.___.; another 300 yards and then I could stop ... and how I wanted to stop. 11. Bulgaria, 16; 12, Spain and Holland, 15. 5; 14, Rumania 15; Gathering myself up, I gave everything I had and went. The gap started 15, Hungary & Norway, 13; 17, Austria, 10. 4; 18, Eire and to open, two yards, three, four, five, six. Then I blew up. I had Greece, 8; 20, Denmark, 4; 21, Belgium, 2 given everything and I staggered like a drunk, almost tripping over the streetcar rails with the end in sight only 30 yards away. It seemw (Junior classifications vary from country to country, hence eternity. Stritof was staggering, too, but slowly making ground. any limits must be arbitrary. For the purposes of World Junior Head back, I forced myself towards the tape, waiting for the Records an athlete must be under 19 years.)