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Vol. 10, No. 15 March 4, 1964 Page 113 O'Hara, Crothers in Snappy Victories Covelli Tosses Spear 260'7" , by Mike Lester Long Beach, Feb .. 29--Frank Covelli highlighted the first ma­ New York City, Feb. 27--Top quality performances in nearly jor outdoor me~t in southern California by tossing the javelin 260'7" every event on the program featured the New York Knights of Col um - at the Long Beach Relays . bus meet at Madison Square Garden and ended the local series of in - The javelin, which was not held in view of the 1600 spectators vitational indoor meets· on a high note. or 1600 athletes, found USC graduate !-lobSbordone beating current Tom o•ttara raced through a 3:58 .5 mile, the second fastest Trojan Larry Stuart by a single inch, 249"7" to 249'6". Fourth place ever run indoors, and pulled Candian Ergas Leps to a personal best went to Bud Held, former world record holder, who threw a credit­ oft 4:03 .6. The Loyola of Chicago senior took over the lead shortly able (for a 36-year-old) 238'7". aft~t.the halfway mark and sealed his victory with a final 880 in 1:55.9. Camp Pendleton.' s Jim Heath turned in a 46 . 8 effort which was Bill Crothers made his final indoor appearance of the season good enough to hold off the Striders' Don Webster and Arizona State's in New York a memorable occasion for the crowd of 12,602. He first Henry Carr, who sizzled a 46.5. The Marines finished in 3:11.2, · won the 600 in a snappy 1:09. 7 from Tom Farrell (1:11.0) and Jay followed by the Striders in 3:12.0 and ASU in 3:13.6. Luck (1:11.3), and then returned to the track to anchor the East York Dave Davis, also at Pendleton, competed for the second time Track Club to a spectacular come-from-behind triumph in 3:20.1 since last summer because of hand injury and produc~d a 59'0" win-: with a 47 .2 anchor leg in a special club one-mile relay. ning effort. Bob Channell, a Fresno State freshman, beat John Ram­ Bruce Kidd extended his string of indoor victories in New York, bo on the misses rule as both cleared 6'9!'~. stretching back to 1961, with a thrilling two-yard win over Ron Clarke Three sophomores and junior from UCLA combined to run a in 8:39.0. Behind the pair of foreign runners. an American trio of good early season 9:53.6 distance medley and the Striders zipped to­ Tom Laris (8:45.8)., Pat Traynor (8:47 .6), and Oscar Moore (8:48 .8) a swift 1:24.6 880-yard relay. each established career records for the event . Jeff Fishback decisively beat 67 other three-mile entrants in In other top performances on the track, Morgan State's four- 13;52.4, while Ray Hughes won an odd-distance two-mile steeplechase 0-some posted a fast 3: 16. 5 to take the mile relay, AAU 600 titlist in a relatively good 9:44 . 0 . Charlie Buchta won the 1000 in 2:08. 7 from John Dunkelberg (2:09 ,4), 100, McNeil (Compton JC) 9. 7. 3Mile, Fishback 13:52.4; 2. Mel Pender nipped Sam Perry in a 6 .1 60, and Ron Zinn walked a mile Jenkins (So Cal) 14:06.6; 3. Weeks (UCLA) 14:09.6; 4.: Rodda (LATC) . m 6:22. 1 from scratch in a handicap race. 14:18.6. 2Mile Steeplechase, Hughes (LATC) 9:44.0. 440R, Fresno · .· Com~tition in the high jump and triple jump was so close that State 41.1 (Bryant, Craig, Nickolas, Newman); 2. Striders 41.6. _ ·tii,.,brealting rules had to be used in both events in order to determine 880R, Striders 1:24.6 (Williams, Larrabee, Webster, Plummer 20.4) : . . : the winner. John Thomas and Tony Sneazwell were tied exactly on 2. C Pendleton 1:26.1; 3. Arizona State 1:26.5. MileR, Camp..Pen­ J:/~misses after having failed three times at 7'1", so each took an addi- dleton 3:11.2 (Edmunds, Metzger, Carroll, Heath); 2. Striders ' · tionatjmnp at that height and Thomas cleared the bar to gain the vie- 3:12.0; 3. Arizona State 3:13.6. 2MileR, Striders (Jennings, Far­ .· ~y. Ira Davis and Chris Mousiades each leaped 50'10" in the triple low, Williams, Pelster) 7:36.2; 2. LATC 7:39.2; 3. Oxy 7:42.4; ~:;:> jump but Davis' second-best effort of 50'8" decided the event in his 4. Arizona 7:45.8. SpMedR, Camp Pendleton 3:31.5. DisMedR, bivor. UCLA 9:53.6 (Mavrinac 49.7, Breckow 1:52.2, Clibborn 3:06.1, Day :,, Gary Gubner and John Uelses were the other winners in the 4:05.6); 2. LATC 10:06.6. . ?> field events. Gubner a&ain defeated Parry O'Brien, 62'8¼" to 61'6", 1 !:!J.,Channell (Pres St) 6'9£"; 2. Rambo (Long Beach St) 6'9¾) · and Uelses vaulted 16 4" to outdistance Rolando Cruz, C. K. Yang, 3. Park (So Cal) 6'7£". ·PV, Yang (PAA) 15'5"; 2. Ankio (Strid) 15'51';: ·and Henry Wadsworth, each of whom cleared 15'6''. 3. Hein (Strid) 15'5"; 4 .Martensen (Ariz) 15'5". ·!!hMoseley (Strid) 60, Pender (US Army) 6.1 (EMR); 2. Perry (Fordham); 3. Brown 23'7". Th Craig (Fres St) 49 ..9¼''; 2. Andrews (Strid) 47'9¾"; 3. (PPC); 4. Jackson (Morgan St). 600, Crothers 1:09.7; 2. Farrell Woods (Strid) 47'6!". SP, Davis (C Pendleton) 59'0"; 2. Mills (So Cal) (StJohn's)).:il.O; 3. Luck (New Haven TC) 1:11.3; 4. Mays (Grand 57'1¼"; 3. Kohner (C Pendleton) 56'2';; 4. Clark (C Pendleton) 55'4¼". St Boys) 1:12.1. 880, Bauer (St John's) 1:54.5. 1000, Buchta (US Ma- !!I, Mills 171'9"; 2. Neville (Oxy) 169'9"; 3. Kohler 166'11". ffi ,,"· :rines) 2:08.7; 2. Dunkelberg (NCTC) 2:09.4; 3. Duchini (George- Covelli (PAA) 260'7"; · 2. Sbordone (C Pendleton) 249'7";. 3. Stuart , ipwn) .2:11.6. Mile, O'Hara 3:58.5 (MR); 2. Leps (I'TC) 4:03.6; 3. (So Cal) 249'6"; 4. Held 238'7". HT, Pryde (SBAC) 192'7"; 2. Frenn · ;<'Schul (Miami, 0) 4:07 .9. Two-Mile, Kidd 8:39 .O; 2. Clarke (Austra­ (LongBeach St) 185'10½"; 3. Lennon(Cal Poly) 164'4½". c" ")la) 8:39~2; 3. Laris (Army) 8:45.8; 4. Traynor (Delaware Val AA) fc··,:s=:47.6; 5. Moore (NYPC) 8:48 .S. 60HH, Hicks (US Army) 7 .3; 2. · .~. ·:GilberL(BOC); 3. Rogers (GSB); 4. Bethea (Morgan St). MileR, Mor­ . :ga,..nState (Moore 50.5, Bagley 48.9, Brown 49.3, Lee 47 .8) 3:16.5 Hayes Jones' Last Race: . Record 6. 8 ~R); 2. St. John's 3:18.2; 3. Villanova 3:18.2. 2MileR, Seton Hall by Steve Gould j/( (I'olentino 1:58.1, Andrew 1:52.9, H. Germann 1:53.0., G. Germann l:50.8). Baltimore, Feb. 29--Hayes Jones won his 55th consecutive, ~·.:: ·.·. HJ, Thomas (Boston AA) 7'1"; 2. Sneazwell (Australia) 6'11"; 3. and his last, indoor hurdle race at the 18th All - Eastern Games here :"};•Nfi.Oer (Rutgers) 6'7"; 4. Palacias (Guatemala) 6'7". _TI,I. Davis tonight, setting a world record of 6 .8 seconds which even he did not t'(:"-,,(PPCJ 50'10"; 2. Mousiadis (NYAC) 50 '10"; 3. Sharpe (PPC) 49'8!"; believe. Jones said he was sore at the starter who had called what f/>4. Tate (N Car C) 47'10". PV, Uelses (La Salle) 16'¼"; 2. Cruz he thought was an incorrect false start on Russ Rogers, was feeling ·i AVill) 15'6"; 3. tie between Yang and Wadsworth (NYAC) 15'6". SP, depressed, but wanted to do his best in the last indoor race of his _['fl·~ubner 62'8¼"; 2. O'Brien 61'6"; 3. Wallin (Northeastern) 57'4¼". career. He didn't think he had run as fast as 6. 8. John Thomas cleared 7'2!'', setting another. of the eight meet records with the best leap of the indoor season. Thomas' height was j&i.~\l:erome.Returns, Ties Indoor 60 his best jump since January 1961 and his third best ever; he has done 7'3" indoors and 7'3¾'' outdoors. He had only one miss on the way up, ~fl: Portland, Ore., Feb. 29--Harry Jerome gave a strong indica- clearing 7'¾" on his first try, 7'.l¾" on his second, and 7'2£'' on his flli•,ction th~t his running days are not over. first. ]t0 :f,:,. The Canadian sprinter, competing in his second meet in 15 Pete McArdle won the two-mile in 8:52.8 beating Vic Zwolak b'E,?months, flashed to a 6. O 60-yard dash mark, which a week previous- who shadowed him all the way. National indoor broad jump champ, 12f:1fwould have equalled the world indoor best. It provided a most en­ Charlie Mays f!f.ally won, a 600, tactically holding off Nick J.,ee, Chris ~r~:¢0ll;r,:.aging sign that the University of Oregon senior is completely Stauffer, and Jay Luck in 1: 13. 5. .Rolando Cruz of Villanova reached ~.'..;::'.~cli~aledfrom the thigh muscJe tear suffered at the 1962 British Empire 16 '0" for the second time this winter . · (Continued on page 114) (Continued on page 114) (Continued from page 113) National News which put him ih a hospital for 36 days and kept him out of competition. It was only his third indoor race ever. OUTDOORRESULTS: . Minus any serious delegations from California, the Oregon GULF FEDERATION, Houston, Feb .. 22:..::-100, Stebbins (Gram.:.: Webfoots failed to score in only two of the 12 events as they piled up bling) 9 .5. 440R, Grambling (Meadows, Stebbins-:-,lagsdale, Bonds) ~a winning total of 36½ points to beat, cross-state rival, Oregon State, 40 .8. 880R, Grambling 1:26 .1 (Meadows, Stebbins, Ragsdale, Bonds) by 13½ .points in the NCAA Western Regional Indoor Championships. 2. Texas Southern (Bell, Hopkins, White, Cowings) 1:26.3. 2Miles, Oregon State's Jan Underwood turned in the second fastest McLatchie (Lamar Tech) 8:59 .2;. 2. Walker (Houston TC) 9:02 .O; 3. . 1:000-yard time of the season on the fast Portland track, whic~ has Macy (HTC) 9:04.2. 480HHR, Houston Track Club Willie May as the principal obstacles between Garrett (MS) 24 '1" . 1000, Peterson (W) 2: 11.4. 60, Moreland {MS) 0hmumd a trip to Tokyo. 3.2. 600, Montalbano (W) 1:09.8; 2. Heuer (W) 1:11.5; 3. Horning '6(), Pender (PPC) 6.2; 2. Brown (PPC); 3. Roberts (NCar C). (MS) 1:11.6. 300, Weddle (I) 31.0; 2. Smith (W) 31.3; 3. Lewis ~. ldays (GSB) 1:13.5. 880, .lhchta (Quantico) 1:53.0. Mile, Tray­ (MS) 31.8. 880, Gill (W) 1: 53. 3; 2. Siesky (I) l:'53. 8 . PY, ·Berge­ nor (Delaware Val AA) 4:11.8. 2Miles, McArdle 8:52.8; 2":Zwolak mann (W) 15'¼". MileR, Wisconsin (Russell, Paterson, Montalbano, (Yill)'8:5'3.5; 3. Lynch.(Georgetown) 9:02.6; 4. Best 9:05.1. 60HH, Heuer) 3:15~2; 2. Michigan State 3:17 .8; 3. Indiana 3:17 .9. Jones (DetVC) 6 .8 (WR); 2. Bethea (Morgan St); 3. Green (DC Capi­ AAU INTERSCHOLASTIC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, NYC, tol Runners); 4. Rogers (GSB). MR, Morgan State 3:19.2 (Moore Feb. 22--HJ, tie between McClellon (Clinton, NYC) and Dawkins 1 &1.1, Bagley 49.5, Brown 49.4, Lee 49.2). 2MR, Seton Hall 7:34.0 (Somerville, Mass) 6 7". 440, Rainey (White Plains, NY) 49 .2 (new (Hennessey 1:56.0, Andrews 1:54.6, Germann 1:52.4, G. Germann national prep indoor record). 2Miles, Messenger (Kenwood, Md) .1!£>1.1); .2. Georgetown 7:34.9; 3. Iona 7:35.3; 4. Villanova 7:35.8. 9:10.6; 2. Ryan (Greg, this time) (Essex Catholic, Newark, NJ) !!I, Thomas 7'2!"; 2 • .lhry (Fairlei~h Dickinson) 6'8"; 3. Cos­ 9:15.0; 3. Knox (Adams, NYC) 9:17 .2; 4. Gustafson'.(WaJJ.ta;gh, NY) tellolMd Fr) 6'7'\ PV. Cruz (Vill) 16'0'; 2. Tork 15'6½". SP, Kur- 9: 18. 9. (All four runners under 1963 interscholastic mark of 9:23. 5) nik (Vill) 57'7½"; 2. Gesswein (Quantico) 54'7". - HARVARD 77, YALE 33, PRINCETON 27, New Haven, Feb. 22--600, Mottley (Y) 1:09 .8. HJ, Pardee (H) 6 17½". SP, Merceiri (Y) 55'5". 35 lh·Wt., Croasdale.(H) 59'10½", ·· OHIO FEDERATION, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 22--60, Nelson (Cincinnati) 6.2. 300, Heffelfinger (Ohio St) 31.2. 440, tie between Alverson (Central St) and Sellers (Ohio St) 48 ; 9 . 600, More (Ohio Marylond ·State Zips to Mile Relay Mark St) 1:12.5. PV, Neutzling (Ohio St) 15'4". MileR, Central State . Oones, H. Lipscomb, R. Lipscomb, Alverson) 3:18.8. · Louisville, Ky., Feb. 29--Maryland State's mile relay team ARMY 56, NAVY 53, Annapolis, Md., Feb. 22--60HH, Gray shattered the Aq:ierican indoor mark by five-tenths in a speedy 3:11. 7 (N) 7 .4. MileR, Army (von Freyman, Farrell, Ramsay, .Jenkins) Cort in the first NCAA Eastern Indoor Regional Championships. 3:17 .6; 2. Navy (Gray, Green, Keller, Dimmig) 3:17 .9. PV, Brown The effort erased the 3:12.2 mark set by Texas Southern in (N) 15'6"; 2. Plymale (A) 15'6". SP, Berkowitz (N) 55'7!". 35 lb. tile 1963 Mason-Dixon Games on the same fast eigh::-lap track. Wt., Gleeson (N) 57'½"; 2. Schillo (A) 56'9". (Only results available at press time . ) WESTEJ,{N MICHIGAN 150,. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 42, WHEA~ TON 21, ASHLAND 5, Kalamazoo, Mich., Feb. 22--300, Schreifer (WM) 31.5; 2. Carr (SI) 31.9; 3. Aldridge (W) 32.0. 440, Strnad (WM) 49.6; 2. Carr (SI) 49.8; 3. Fenrich (SI) 50.4; 4. Williams (WM) 50. 4 . 1000, Cornell (SI) 2: 11 • 0 . 2Mile, Burston (WM) 9: 08 . 6 . Bulletin Board MileR, Western Michigan (Strnad, Kaiser, Williams, Noyes) 3:19.6. SP, Woods (SI) 59'0". . Next Newsletters mailed March 18, April 1 and 15, May 6 and FIVE WAY, Knoxville, Feb. 22--500, Moore (Tenn)69 .1. '. 27, June 10 liµld 24, July 8 and 22 . Track and Field News mailed March 26, April 23, May 21, MICHIGAN 104, OHIO 26, LOYOLA TC 25, ANN .t\RBURTC }®e.18, and July 15. 11, TAYLOR 2, Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 22--440, Bernard (M) 48.&;· '2. Drozd (LTC) 49. 9. 600, Sugden (0) r: 11. 8. 300, Orr (0) 3L6; DACK NEWSLETTER ~- Gregg (AATC) 31.8; 3. Jarema (M) 32.6; 4. Baldini (0) 32.9. ._ postage .paid at Los Altos, Calif. Published semi-monthly '1000, Sampson,(M) 2:12.5; 2. Casto (M) 2:12.5. MileR, Michigan . :&fieldNews, Inc., P.O. hx 296, LosAltos, Calif. $6.00 per (Romain, Hughes, 139>wn, Bernard) 3:18 .1. !!I, Densham (M) 6'8.'''. Jssues)by first class mail in the U. 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t_~:•••• ~: ••:.-:• • - r ~ ::'.~HIGAN Sl'ATE"6~; MIAMI(0)47, East Lansing, Feb. 27 0 ¥nrilmm (M) 4:08.9; 2. Cunningham (M) 4:10.9. 440, Parker 2384 Beaty '62, 20.4 (1268), 47 :3 (U16) _~4; 2. Horning (MS) 49. 7; 3. Brubaker (M) 49 . 9 .~, Lewis 2369 Jerry White (Corcoran, Calif.) '56, 9. 5 (1181), 46. 7 (1188) '~2~ 2M, Bachelor (M) 9:06 .5. MileR, Michigan State3:19 .3. 2366 Leamon King.(Delano, Calif.) '53, 9.6 (1129), 20.5 (1237) :cWJSCONSIN77, UCTC 58, Madison, Feb. 29--330, Smith Ralph Turner (Burroughs, Burbank, Calif.) '61, 9.6 (1129), :.-2; 2. Patterson (W) 31.6. 440, Higginbottom (W) 48.7; 2. 20. 5 (1237) llJW) 49A. 600, Montalbano (W) 1:11.1; 2. Heuer (W).1:11.1. 2359 Hubie Watson (Jordan, L.A., Calif.) '60, 9. 5 (1181), 20. 7 'Peterson (W) 2: 10. 3; 2. Mellady (C) 2: 11. 7. !::!J.,Holden (W) - (1178) \(5th try). SP, Merutka (C) 56'2". Ray Etherly (Albuquerque, N .M.) '61, 9. 5 (1181), 20. 7(1178) CENTRALCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE, Kalamazoo, Feb. 2353 Beaty '62, 9.4 (1237), 47 .3 (1116) estern Michigan 104, Notre Dame 58, Southern Illinois 33, 2343 Nelson '61. 9.6 (1129), 46.5 (1214) 19,WayneState 11) Mile, Cornell (SI) 4:10.6. 440, Boyle (ND) c2. :Strnad (WM) 49.7; 3. Carr (SI) 49.8; 4. Fendrich (SI) .,;SP, Woods (SI) 60'7½". 600, Boyle (ND) 1:10.7; 2. Noyes (WM) Best Prep Triplers ;,:6~ a~ Kaiser (WM) 1:12.0. 300, Schrieffer (WM) 31.4; 2. --~wright· (SI) 31. 6. 880, Cornell (SI) 1: 53. 7. 2M, Burston (WM) ;:a.. M:ileR, Western Michigan 3:18.l. - Beaty is also the best tripler in a single season, adding a 47 .3 .< NEWY5RK PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, NYC, Feb. to his 9 .4 and 20 . 4 . 1 11 ~J~JY1c-Clellon (DeWitt Clinton HS, NYC) 6 8 • 3621 Beaty '62 9.4, 20.4, 47 .3 t;J: BIGEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS, Missouri 57, Kansas 47, Okla - 3550 Nelson •~1 from 9.6, 20.6, 46.5 · tstare 27, Oklahoma 25, Colorado 19, Nebraska 17, Kansas St 3458 Cawley '5913.9, 23.lturn, 51.5 lt)WaState 9, Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 28-29--60HH, Miller 3453 Carr '619.5, 20.6, 47.8 :.4(7. 2 heat) . -60, Beldner (Mo) 6. 2 (6. 1 by Watson in heat). 3421 Owens '33 9.4, 20.7, 24'11¼" · - ws (Mo) 57'ff''; 2. Neuman (Mo) 55'7½",. ~le, Lingle (Mo) 3393 Milt Campbell (Plainfield, N.J.) '33, 9.6, 20.7, 14.1 Eddie Southern (Sunset, Dallas, Tex.) '55, 20.7, 47.2, 53.4 <$':S"~. Younger (Mo) 15'§'"';3. Holsinger (OS) 15'4'1; 4. Far­ 3241 Preston Griffin (Centennial, Compton, Calif.). '57, 9. 5, 21. 0, !'.lO)15'4". MileR, Oklahoma State 3:18 .6. 1000, Lingle 2:11.6. 24'6£'' - 3218 BobHanson(East, Wichita, Kans.) '62, 9.6, 47.1, 23.8 3199 Tommy Smith (Lemoore, Calif.) '63, 9.5, 47 .3, 24'6" "t Preps Performances-By IAAF Tables Top middle-distance doublers have been as follows; during a season: (following Sullivan) by Hugh Gardner 2186 Ulis Williams (Compton, Calif.) '61, 46.1 and 1:54.1 Dallas Long has achieved the greatest single prep perform - 2094 Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kans.) -'63, 1:52.4 (meters) and -~:according to the IAAF Scoring Tables. His 61'½" shot put ef- 4:07.8 . flile a senior at North, Phoenix, Arizona earned him 1550 points. 2082 Ryun '63, 4:07 .8 and 9:13.8 ately, there are tables for the 39 inch hurdles, 180 yard low 2068 John C arnien (Sewanhaka, Floral Park, N. Y.) '61, 1:52 .6 and ·, 12 pound shot, or high school discus, so all these perform- 4:10.1 •. canµot be included. Here are the top pointmakers with one 2048 Jerry White (Corcoran, Calif.) '56, 46.7 and 1:55.6 ~~~- exclusive of the aforementioned events: 2016 Dennis Carr (Lowell, Whittier, Calif.) '62, 1:54.6 and 4:08 .•.7 :'6.1'½" Dallas Long (North, Phoenix, Ariz.) 6/ 6/58 2006 Dave Deubner (North Eugene, Ore.) '62, 1:53.6 and 4:1L2 60'6" Randy Matson (Pampa, Tex.) 6/ 8/63 2004 Tracy Smith (Arcadia, Calif.) '63, 4:12.6 and 9:11.6 60'5" Long 6/20/58 -60~2½" Long 10/10/58 .. ·.59•11½"Long 5/31/58 Best Prep Doubles 59'8¼" Long 8/ 5/58 These are believed to be the best-ever doubles in a single sea-· 59'1¼" Matson 6/21/63 son for almost all conceivable combinations. 20. 2 Forrest Beaty (Hoover, Glendale, Calif.) 5/27 /61 58'9" Matson 7 /27 /63 100-220 2505 Forrest Beaty (Hoover, Glendale, Calif.) · 58'8½" Matson 5/18/63 '62, 9.4 (1237), 20.4 (1268) 8/ 5/63 2464 Beaty, 5/27/61,. 9.6 and 20.2 Matson 8/ 1/63 100-440 2369 Jerry White (Corcoran, Calif.) Long . 8/ 2/58 '56, 9.5 (1181), 46.7 (1188) John Thomas (Rindge Tech, Cambridge) 9/14/58 2297 White, 5/19/56, 9. 5 and 47. 3 Long 7 /27 /58 100-880 2040 White '56, 9;5 (1181), 1:55.6 (860) Long 7/19/58 100-HH 2.215 Milt Campbell .(Plainfield, N .J .f':53, 9.6 (1129) Charley Dumas (Centennial, Cornpton,Calif)6/10/55 and 14 .1 (1086) Thomas 9/ 4/58 2215 Campbell, 5/23/53, 10.5 metric and i4. l Ulis Williams (Compton, Calif.) 5/27 /61 100-LH · 2315 · Torn Hester (San Bernardino, Calif.) Beaty 5/25/62 '62, 9.6 (1129) and 22 .7 (1186) Dumas 5/14/55 100-HJ 2056 Bill Smith (Belmont, L. A., Calif.) 6/24/55 '41, 9. 7 (1080), 6'5" (976) Roy Hicks (Coles, Corpus Christi, Tex.) 4/14/61 100-PV 1904 Bob Maimbourg (Garden Grove, Calif.) 4:03.5 Torn Sullivan (St .George, Evanston, Ill) 6/ 2/61 5/6/60, 9.6 (1129), 13'4" (775) ML3 Williams 6/25/61 100-LJ 2243 Jesse Owens (E. Tech, Cleveland, 0.) '33, 9.4 (1237), 24'11¼'' (1006).' 2223 Owens, 6/17/33, 9.4 and 24'9½" 100-TJ 1915 Butler Avery (Fortier,. New Orleans, La.) '41, 9. 7 (1080), 45'9!" (835) · 220-440 2421 Ted Nelson (Andrews, Tex.), 4'22'61, 20.6 According to the same tables and excluding the above mention - (12 07), 46 . 5 (1214) ts, Forrest Beaty is the greater doubler off his 9 .4 and 20 .4 220-HH 2229 Campbell, 6/20/53, 20. 7 (1178), 14.1 (1051) :'i,rittimes. in a single season. 220-LH 2058 Charley Tidwell (Independence, :{(ans.) '55, · Forrest Beaty (Hoover, Glendale, Calif.) '62, 9.4 (1237), 21.2 (1051), 23.5 (1007) . . 20.4 (1268) 220-IH 2158 Eddie Southern (Sunset, Dallas, Tex.), '55, Randy Matson (Pampa, Tex.) '63, 60'6" (1476), 169'7½"(1019) 20.7 (1178), 53.4 (980) ~aty '61, 9.6 (1129), 20.2 (1!'35) 220-PV 1875 Mairnbourg 5/6/60, 21. 0 (1100), 13'4" (775) 'f:edNelson (Andrews, Tex.) til, 20.6 (12.07), 46.5 (1214) 22o~LJ 2184 Owens '33, 20. 7 (1178), 24'11¼" (1006) ~rry Williams (Berkeley, Calif.) '63, 9.-6 (1181), 20.5 (1237) 2164 Owens, 6/17 /33 20. 7and 24'9½" Je,sse Owens (E. Tech, Cleveland, Ohio) '33, 9.4 (1237}, 20. 7 440-880 2186 Williams '61, 46 .1 (1270), 1:54.1 (916) (1178) 1814 Ted Meredith (Mercersburg, Pa., Academy), Henry Carr (Northwestern, Detroit, Mich,)'61, 9.5 (1181) 5/4/12, 49.2 and 1:55.0 20.6 (1?07) 440-Mile li36 Bruce Bess (La Habra, Calif.) •62, 49. 5 (908_1:, ·:pa.v.e:Mann (Lee, Jacksonville, Fla.) '62, 9.5 (1181), 20.6 4: 13 .4 (1028) · -{1207} (Continued on page 117) Page 116 ALL TIME WORLD TRACK- AND -FIELD PERfORMANCES

by D. H. Potts 64'61!" Nieder 60 228'5½" Zsivotzky 62 · This is the final installment of the all-time world perform - 64'6½" Long 60 228'3½" Zsivotzky 62 ances list. Next issue will contain the first of a two-part series on 64'~" Nieder 60 228'1½" Zsivotzky 62 the all-time best relay teams, which will conclude the current series 64'3½" Long 61 227'3" Connolly 62 of all -time lists. 64'2£" Long 61 226 '10" Connolly 61 Corrections to this list should be directed either to T&FN, or 64'2". Nieder 60 226'7½" Zsivotzky 63 to the author at P.O. Box 95, Goleta, Californta. Rowe PB)61 226'7" Zsivotzky 63 64 '1" Long 62 110-METER HURDLES POLE VAULT 226'6" Connolly 62 63 '11½" Nieder 60 226'5½" Connolly 61 13.2 Lauer PER) 7 /7 /59 17'f" Pennel (USA) 63 DISCUS THROW Calhoun (USA)8/21/60 16'10¼" Pennel 63 226'2i" Rudenkov (USSR) 61 205 '5½" Oerter (USA) 63 Zsivotzky 63 13.3y Tarr (USA)5/19/62 16'8¾" Pennel 63 204'10½''Oerter 62 13.4 Davis (USA) 6 /22 /56 226'1½" Rudenkov 61 Pennel 63 204'7½" Silvester (USA) 63 16'8" 226'0½" Bakarinov (USSR)62 Calhollll (USA) 7 /2/60 Sternberg (USA) 63 204'4" Silvester 63 Calhollll (USA) 8/12/60 16'7" Connolly 62 Sternberg 63 203'9" Babka (USA) 63 May (USA) 8/12/60 16'6!" Pennel 63 22.5'11" Connolly 61 203'5" Humphreys (l.!SA) 62 Tarr (USA·)7 /21/62 16'6" JAVELIN-THROW Pennel 63 202'11" Oerter 63 y Davis (USA)ll/17/56 16'5¾" 284'7" Lievore (IT ALY) 61 Morris (USA) 63 202 '9½" Silvester 63 Campbell (USA) 5/31/57 283 '2½'' Nevala (FINLAND) 63 y 16'5¼ Nikula (FIN) 63 202 '8½" Oerter 63 y Gilbert (USA) 5/31/57 282 '3½" Cantella (USA) 59 Pennel 63 202'4½" Humphreys 63 y Tarr (USA)6/22/62 Lusis (USSR) 62 16'5" Yang (TAIWAN) 63 202 Trusenyov (USSR) 62 y Jones (USA) 6/22/62 '2½" 281'2½" Danielsen (NORWAY) 56 Sternberg 63 202'2" Oerter 62 y Jones (USA) 6/21/63 280'11½" Kuznyetsov (USSR) 62 Pennel 63 201 ·1o½"Silvester 63 13.5 Attlesey (USA) 7 /10/50 280'8½" Sidlo (POLAND) 59 Pennel 63 201'7" Silvester 63 Calhoun (USA) 11/28/56 279 '4" Sidlo 60 Nikula 63 200'5½" Oerter 62 Davis (USA) 11/28/56 279 '2½" Kuznyetsov 63 Sternberg 63 200'1" Oerter 62 Lauer (GER) 5/16/59 16''!f' 278'6½" Kuznyetsov 58 16'4"2"" Pennel 63 200'0½" Danek (CS) 63 Calhoun (USA) 6/3/60 278'3½" Lusis 62 16'4" Pennel 63 200' Danek (CS) 63 May (USA) 7 /2/60 277'8" Tsibulenko (USSR) 60 Sternberg 63 199 •71." Oerter 62 Jones (USA) 7 /2/60 277'7" Cantello 60 BROAD JUMP 199'7½" Silvester 62 y Attlesey (USA) 5/13/50 276'7" Lievore 61 27'3¼" Ter-Ov anesyan(USSR) 62 HAMMER THROW 276'4" Nevala 61 y Davis (USAt 6/9/56 1 27'2" Boston (USA) 61 231 10" Connolly (USA) 62 y Calhoun (USA)ll/17 /56 276'2" Rasmussen (NORWAY) 61 27'½" Boston 61 231 'o½" Zsivotzky (HUNG) 62 y Calhoun (USA) 5/31/57 275 '7" Danielsen 57 ' 27'¼" Boston 61 230'9" Connolly 60 y Jones (USA) 5/26/63 275 '7" Sidlo 59 26 '11¼" Boston 60 229'3" Connolly 61 y Jones (USA)6/21/63 275'3" Pedersen (NORWAY) 63 Boston 61 228'11" Thun (AUSTRIA)63 274 '8½" Kuznyetsov 57 y Jones (USA)6/21/63 26'11" Boston 63 y Lin t -~ Part V The oils avajlable in Tunisia,w.ere from olives and peanuts. Oran­ ges are very cheap in Tunisia; · so the athletes,were given as much J:ri1t~~~::' tt fresh juice as they wanted. ·Yeast and vitamin tablets were taken :t,:•_c--;;~:c_:,_,__.::-c.•; ;.~ with the juice . After this;· a green· salad with olive oil and lemon - .. ' • - - •• ~.:-:✓ ~-·"{ juice was .served with one of the following meats depending on what 2 -:,::,.was cheapest, in the market pla~e that day: liver,, kidneys, heart, t~~ _;; ,,,;,rn •, · braiQs, tripes, tongue .and muscle cuts or Mediterranean fish or erw1A , N: ., s~ood, •:all this was prepared -0ver charcoal, Whatever fruit was ' ·a\ ,, vr·t,'inseason,. nuQ:i,yogurts, fresh goat cheese and fresh honey were i:"" servcii for,desert. Skim milk/ flavored with raw brown sugar, was ....,:j~i/,/,~~~f~!f{~'i: ,'.t?> ~' ,~rved inquahtity. I attended many bf the dinners and·enjoyed them. .. 3. · ~'.;J?w..\V,esten1 'a •·.·•'a 1\::,'. 4. . F~:r(\NesternA •~ ~> &very once:in a while members of the Ministry would drop by to see 1920 . . , tC·· · what was going on. . Y9u .can imagine the disappointment of the athletes after the S:- EirsrUSC-StanforOlympic Games 100 (Kirksey r· 14. French 100m. ch. (Scholz, ~d, co<·¥- -picking in the fields and chewing on one of these red hot babies. The French who have lived long in Tunisia claim that the entire 15. Student World Games 100m. (Scholz 16. French,. Swedish & American Garnes 'J-+<' · Cc population suffers from intestinal problems and liver conditions ;~,-• • ..because of the high intake of these peepers. Needless to say, any­ 17. French, Swedish~;A!+lerican Games 2.20. '"..;~; •time 1 happened :to be talking t:r:.ackwith a Frenchman he would re­ 18. Italian champi~}~JlQ"· f~·:mind me that the situation was hopeless because of the peppers'. 19. Italian champ_~lisbi~. 200. • ;c · Upon oi.rr return from Hungary we resumed training. The 20. Swedish cha~n!hil,)_S 100. ~~.::' Olympi~ Games team was outfitted with a complete summer en- 21. Swedish challlf)to~hips,200 . ·semble so everyone would be very presentable. We were very dis­ 1 ;:,._... appointed in some marathon shoes ordered from a company in i:~osc~stamor~-~uai:~~~~~i~'. :'.;," ·Finland;· the leather was extremely thick and rough. We sent 23. USC -Stanforcf;dti~-~et2:~~.: - them drawings of all the feet of the marathoners not knowing their .. 24. National AAU 100:~ai•:PM"'d.ena (Blenkiron . cc,,_ -sizes. The Firi.riish comoanv sent rel!Lllar low qualitv warm -up )~)i,~ishoes and extra heavy at that. So, wewere off to Rome. i~~:l~l:~;t.f~~*~ l~iL~. ~\ ~: :. Imagine that only a couple years back i,ome of my mara - 2thoners were still.herding sheep: they had come to town after in­ f:t· , •.(Continued from ;iie -· dependence·neii.dng that they would make 165 millimes a day (125 J~T;t~i~~ :i\(•_; cents)· iq a labor.gang, which was m.ore· than what they were get­ 440-:LH- 2U7' Dixon Farmer (Miramoiite ~;.<.i-"~-- ._._tingwitb the-•_SJ-}6¢p.. ·Lat~r.on,- S:t1neof them _move_dup the _scale '59,. 48.2 :'~ 1 and were' rlom:g other sorts of labor, but ·still working _hard and 2089 8oh Hans· ·_with a very low salary. Now,· with· a new suitof dothes and a ·47 .1 and ~";: plane trip; they had really ar~ivecL 2108 Southern ~c·· Sbortly·priorto our departure one.of the marathoners came 2302 Tommy S ;f-S,:~• down-with the Jf}ost classic symptom of VD. He received treatment (1116), 2 •1:¥ 'but his training and·condition faded quickly. This was reported to 2302 Tom Sull · ~~ ~--f;; -, the Mini'atcyand I-recommended that he be eliminated and replaced 1:50.6 (1 . :03_'.5 (1242) {~:'} . .by a healthy.marathoner, but this was a matter of rapid decision 2030 Jim Ryun ~~. Vf~ita, Kans . )°.\5/ 'if:t • · making and nothing was done about it. . 8 it/ Life in the village proved very interesting as we all lived :f~tric {956), 9~~;,s ~::2.• ·~-· within severaI rooms with three to six a roo~ sharing one bath­ ·.,''.}:~S:~~tl/o~1i.%~ ~,,/.:··i2082·.VR~;f63,'.;4.~7 .&.t~~38),_ 9:13.8 i&:44)}:J.· 2t ~:; room, shoWer etc .. I-got the sick marathoner to go and see the ,\1805 ~'irown]R~,~ge, Mont.), · 6ff~p '""··.,,' ooctor with me, but before we would be: permitted to see him, the boy had to answer dozens of questions like ''Were you breastfed f~~.t; Mile:$1\l!qij? ti-~~~~~-<_-;antj"ifSo·wl~iCh Side?-" he couldn't hold up to it and refused to con­ i:~!f$s:\~l\~1iF "' r;('Jirure. Superstition·is not something easily overcome and such per­ 4: 13; O and:*$:(}~~• ~,~~:: sonal questions just scared away mysick man. Anyway, he didn't 2·:Mi, Stplch. 1813 Smith '63/~~;f1'),&:~ll: ~30.5 (8 <~·-, finish the marathon. He spent the night in the. hospital after being 2'"'~;.:5,.,km. 1817 Mike Ryan,,~~i>'x:, SantaClar~~i ...... ··.·. •· ~·•·<· ; ~~; ., picked up oil the Appian Way by an ambulance. I was sitting at the 6 0 8 ~~':;- finish oneht:mr after the end of the race waiting for him. 2302 ~ :~ J~:i::\:~~::~.:i!:;~i~Q'i~it-1t.l (116.,4), 23.1 turl:1(1138) • , ... · V >· been out of his country before to watch guys clear 6' 6¾" with their 2207 Cawley, ,6/6/59, 14. l·and 51. 5 ~t' ·sweaters on. Our big advantage was being scheduled for training HH-HJ 2046 Joe Batiste (Tues-on, Ariz;) '39, 14.4 l98:J.)i. ~,f,)-: sessions at the same track and time as the American team . Ima - 6'u¾" (1063) ~i;,-t{'\:~ine my 22. 9 200 meter sprinter meeting Wilma Rudolph. My 400 LH~IH 2294 Cawley '59, 23.1 turn (1138}, 51. 5 (U-56) ti.rir_: hurdler was really overjoyed to meet Dicky Howard and Glenn 2226 .Cawley, 6/6/59, 23.3 (half-turn) and 51.5 E~fc_;~\Pavis and both of these'champs worked with him and encouraged LH-LJ 1965 SteveTu:tner (Glendale, Calif.) '50, 23.5 ~? >him . Our 1500 meter runner, when introduced to Al Cantello in (1007). 24'6!" (958) il"~~;.the village, burst out in French: "Is it really Cantello' the world HJ-LJ 1925 Bill Smith (Belmont, L.A., Calif.) ~~-(- record holder?", and he grabbed hold of his arm and practically 6/23/40, 6 1 6" (1027), 24'½" (898) sboo_k it off. Same thing with Parry O'Brien. Howard introduced LJ-TJ 1~1 BillyBrowil (Baker, La.) '37, 24'8¼ .. (.976), .· \2:my. boys to Ralph Boston and they couldn't say a word, they just 49•z¾llDon Bragg complain at the LJ--jI', 1:166 J6hnYaney· (Wilson,· Long Beachj, Calif.,). 2\CV:auJtpit or listening to John Thomas say that he wasn't going to \if '6~, 24.'3"(9~2J, .. 212,'5'' (~4J).·. . t'cjwnp once more in that pit until they took the sand out and filled it Shot-ITT 2495 Randy Matson· (Pampa~ Tex.) '63, 1>0'6" · (Continued on page 120) (1476), 169'7½" (1019) (Left to right, starting with top row) Mike Larrabee, 440; Chris Williamson, two-miles; George Kerr, 440; Herb Carper, 60; John Uel es, pole vault; Jim Dupree, 880; Rainer Stenius, broad jump; Joe Faust, high jump; Ulis Williams, 440; Norm Hoffman, 880; Blaine Lindgren, high hurdles; Jay Silvester, shot put. (Left tc right, starting with top row) Bill Crothers , 880; John Pennel, pole vault; Mahoney Samuels, triple jump; Charles Craig, triple jump; Gene Johnson, high jump; Morgan Groth , mile; John Uelses, pole vault; Bill Dotson, mile. ol an 0 ~,:;:: ,::..-,-~ ~11., ::i:-e hu il •· ;--::-"r ,r; n,.. r,...,.. 'h ,,;r 1... c:~ competitive eason and Olympics in Finland. In a pecial to the , 'ew York Times, Werner v iskari tell of the Conn ollys. Ed Friel of the e, ark (NJ) Ev ening ews asked Horace Tampere, Finland, Jan. 16 - -A barn near here echoe these Ashenfe lt er and Fred Dwyer how they felt about days with the clangor of hammer -thr owing by Haro ld Connoll y of selected for the 196 Olympic Games. Santa Monica, Calif., and of discus -hurli ng by his wife, Olga. Without any thought of being unpatriotic, I must admit not Crashing their proj ect iles into a huge chain -li nk fenc us - being in the least upset when exic o City beat out Detroit for the pended as a screen f"rom the eiling, the Connoll ys are training for honor of conducting the 196 Olympic Games. Immediately I re­ the Olympic Games in Tokyo next October. Har old fit hi prac ice called three delightful weeks spent in that alluring metropolis south se sions into a schedule that also includes teaching English to adul ts of the border, covering the 1955 Pan -American Games . But what and public school boys and serving as the national coach for Finni sh about the athletes was my next thought. The high altitude, the h ammer -throwers . feared dysentery and respiratory infecti o we re problems that had Harold, who set the world hammer-thr ow record in 1962 of to be considered. ext came the rec oll ection of two of my favorite 231 feet 10 inches, said he and his wife would retire from ompetit­ athletes - -Hora ce Ashenfelte r of Glen Ridge and Fred Dwyer of East ion afte r Tokyo. The would like to retire in triumph. Orange. Ho would holding the Olymp ics in exic o Ci str ike them? They met at the 1956 Olympic in Australia , where Har old Ashenfelt er , then 31-year -old FBI agent with hop of defend ­ , on a gold medal for the United States and he, then Olga F ikotov a , ing the Olympic steeplechase crown th e fo llowing ye ar in 1elbourne , won one for Czechoslovakia. ustralia , ran second to Oswald o Sua rez of Arge ntina in the 5, 000 The y were married in 1957 and competed for the Cnit d me te r s. A fe w days late r he was a dismal 10th in th e st eep lechase States at the 1960 Olympics in Rom e. But Har old faded to eig hth ev ent that he had won in the 1952 Olympics at Helsinki. Dwyer , a pl ace. He attributed the dec lin e to the pressure of be ing the over - 23- year -old Arm y pri vate who was worried only about his t eamm ates .vhel ming fa vori te. Olga dr opped to se venth . 'e s Santee and Bob c Mill en in the 1,500 meters, strug g led over o, , however , Harold is confid e nt of inni ng another g1.,d th e line in thi rd pl ace beh ind Sante e as Juan Miranda of Argentina won medal . Lounging in a cha ir in the Connolly ap artment , he aid the in the m ediocre time of 3: 53 . 2 . c. illen, second in th e Helsinki pre s sure was off, th at he was no long er a decided favorite. Besi de me ic mil e , was four th in th e s ad time of 4:04.4. Sant ee as clock­ he said. he an Olg a had le arne d to cope with the stre ses that ed in 3·53. 2 an d Dwyer in 3:53 .2. bothered them in 1960. Both of th ese pr ize footracers hav e hung up their spikes. Harold, 32 ye ar s old, is buoyed by his triumph at the 'ru e Ashenf elt er, now 40 and a tec hnical sales representative with the States -Sovi et Union meet in Moscow l ast July despite a bac mJur, Eng elh ardt Corp . and Dwyer 32 and a teacher -track and cross that had pl agued him all year. An anesthe t ic helped him to •in and country co ach for Ess ex C atholi c High, didn 't need any prodding to provide a 3 -point margin of victory for th e United States. talk abo ut their Mexic o City expe riences . And both were poli e The Connollys hav e a 4-year-old son and a twin boy an g ir· eno ugh no t to s ay, "Ans we r you r own questions. You were there.· · of 10 months. Returning to compe it10n aft er the twins were bo n. Ashenfelte r st art ed with his races. l had started to tail off Olg a manag ed a dis cus throw of 161 fee t. This was good for by the n and a heel was giving me troubl e . But I wanted to try ag am mer can wom en, sh e said, 'but all Europ e ans go o er 170 feet . " in the Olympics the foll owing year and ran well enough indoors to Th e Co nnolly s , here s ince Aug ust of 1962 have von v t qualify for he Pan -Ame rican earn. I mad e the mistake of going popu arity with th e F inns . ere fairly compl acent thlilld ng I could in. I turned out differently, Harold is on a leave o absence from his no ition a u.,.r,.;~ -- ~ah.; ~ ~ ~...!~~..:~ !'rv~ ~~~~ ~~~~~!~:; --··.::~~ ~...:.:-.L6-:::;;~9·.·~!.!. i11nior hiO'h ~c-hool teacher in Sant::i onic::i. hav~ obtained a l! an '1'm all for the 1968 Games going to Mexico City and I hope from a c'i:tltural exchange fund set up by the United States Go ern - the As he nfel te rs can g et there as spectators. I '11 tell you right now ment from war repara tion payments made by Finland. He said hi that the e rican athl e te ar oing to like it a lot bener than they only income here as t~e .. 7 000