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Aug. 22., 1962 Page ·9

The Luckiest losers Bolotnikov Lowers 10,000 Record

By , Aug. 13 -- Pyotr Bolotnikov strengthened his role t/>-: ...·. (Last winter the author and three other American athletes, as favorite for the European 10, 000 Championship when he lowered l~JPhnBaile, Jim Dupree and , competed in New Zea - his world 10, ooorecord to 28:18 .2 at the Russian Championships. ·'J]anch Here is an account of that tour.) Bolotnikov ran 14:04. 0 for the first 5,000 meters and 14:14~2·~­ for his second ·soooto clip six tenths of a second off the old world · , The first competition was scheduled a week after our arrival record he set in 1960. Bolotnikov 's kilometer clockings were: 2:41. 5, :tin NewZealand so we had ample time to work out, do some sight- 2:48.5, 2:51, 2:51, 2:52, 2:53, 2:53, 2:51.5, 2:53and2:43.7. Thus ,_seeing and attend· the usual television and other public appearances. his fastest five kilometers add up to 13:55. 7. Bolotnikov beat his :;,:fhe-summer season was at its peak during our four-week visit so nearest rival by almost 50 seconds. The runnerup was Leonid Ivan - 0 : -:w-~alltook the opportunity to visit the well-maintained ov in 29: 07. 6. Bolotnikov set his 10, 000 record on Saturday (Aug. 11) flea:ches. The temperature was in the 80s but the humidity was fairly and today he came back to score a double when he won the 5000 in -,ntghso we preferred to work out in the early morning and late after­ 13:56.0. f11oon.:Agfa Films, which sponsored the tour with the help of the New Two other Russian world record holders also won with ease. .ZealandAAA, ·was most cooperative in arranging for transportation Valeriy Brumel high jumped 7'3i" and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan broad \cdiie 1I1any parks and track areas, which were entirely grass surfaces jumped 25'10¾". On a comparative basis, the U.S. National AAU ·_·•~•tJiey were used primarily as cricket grounds. Bruce Tulloh of meet beat the Russian national meet, 9-8, with one event tied. t•ngl11nd and and Albie Thomas of Australia joined us for 100m, Ozolin 10.5; 2. Politiko 10.6; 3. Tuyakov 10.6. ::-•"\thefirst three meets with Tulloh remaining for the final three. 200, Tuyakov 21.1; 2. Politiko 21.2; 3. Ozolin 21.3. ··"> " My immediate reaction to the trip was very favorable for 400, Arkhipchuk 46 .8; 2. Sverbyetov 47 .2; 3. Bychkov 47. 3. ~:wtt(la small group, transportation, hotel arrangements and meals 800, Krivosheyev 1:49.9; 2. Bulishev 1:50.3; 3. Telp 1:51.2. lk}.)vereaflsmoothly handled. The New Zealand officials, both Agfa "Isoo,Savinkov 3:41.1; 2. Byelitskiy 3:44.5; 3. Pipyne 3:44.8. -~~Jhe AAA people, made every effort to see that we had a good 5000, Bolotnikov 13:56.0; 2. Konov 14:00.2; 3. Samoilov 14:00.4. 'ti~, as wen as being sure that we saw the highly spectacular New 10, 000, Bolotnikov 28: 18. 2 (world record); 2. Ivanov 29:07. 6; 3. ':~and scenery. The crowds at the meets were large and well-in­ Zakharov 29:24. 4. t-4-tmeit:.30, 000 at Auckland; 7,000 (with 4,000 turned away because 3000SC, Konov 8:36.2; 2. Sokolov 8:40.0; 3. Yevdokimov 8:41.0. h:tl~ck of space) at Hamilton; 18,000 at Wanganui (riow very famous HOH, Mikhailov 14. O; 2. Chistyakov 14. l; 3. Berezutskiy 14. 2. m·the-mile); 11,000 at Invercargill; 20, 000 at Christchurch; and 400H,Anisimov 50.2; 2. Kryunov ~0.9; 3. Chevichalov 51.4...... t 12,000 at Wellington. The meets themselves were well-run ~ Ter-Ovanesyan 25'10¾"; 2. Bondarenko 25'3¼"; 3. Dyemidyenko ;iichctconsisted of only a few special events and not the entire track 25'½". Brumel fifth at 24'3¾". . :~~field program. Women's events were included, but only on a TripleJ,Goryayev 54'6"; 2. Kreyer 53'9"; 3. Fyedoseyev 53'7f'· ,ljm.ited.basis. !::!1_Brumel 7'3i"; 2. Shavlakadze 6'11½"; 3. Khoroshilov 6'10 4 "; 4. · ·· ___. We attended the many mayors' teas, with several unexpect- Bolshov 6'10¼". . . follow-up invitations. At Invercargill the mayor arranged for our ~ Petrenko 15' l¼"; 2 . Krasovs kis 15' 1r; 3 . Dyomin 14 '5¼" . upto go trout fishing in a nearby stream with the town clerk and Ez..Lipsnis 60'1¼"; 2, Baltusnikas 56'112"; 3. Karayev 55'11¼". 1 1 etary accompanying us as guides. The total day's catch amounted Qii Trusenyov 192'9"; 2. Kompanyeyets 181'8"; 3. Jaras 178 ½'• ee good-sized trout with John Bork getting the largest. One of JL_ Lusis 269'6"; 2. Vlad. Kuznyetsov 247'10½''; 3. Tsibulenko most spectacular trips came when Tulloh, Edstrom and I flew 243'4½". . tough the New Zealand Alps in a single-engine plane. We went in HT, Baltovskiy 221 '2½"; 2. Bakarinov 218'3½"~ 3. Rudenkov 215'4½". · .AACl®t of the canyons, over lakes and waterfalls, sometimes with , Baykov 2:19:17.8; 2. Popov; 3. Roubintsyev. ~fatearance of only five feet. Edstrom told me he saw spray on the , Vas. Kuznyetsov 7891 pts; 2. Dyachkov 7337; 3. Klimov pt)uiets landing gear. All agreed that this was the most spectacular 7103. ··· .:·m_their lives with magnificent scenery and a good pilot, who 'ilf;rightening habit of turning around and talking to us as we Beatty & Co. Booed By English_ . -edthrough the canyons and the snow-capped mountains. Bork . :'lenjoyed another outdoor excusion in Christchurch when we went LONDON, Aug. 6 - - Three members of the · _J>n fishing. Each of us caught a good -sized fish with mine weighing Track Club were booed by British fans after dropping out of a speciaj 1:Jioundsand Bork's 13½. Jim Dupree was working out on the beach 2,000 meters race in the Qreat Britain-Poland dual meet. Running rJlhristchurch one morning and assisted in bringing in a man from in a downpour and with the track flooded, led the field '~'.=.surf.-His lifesaving feat was widely written up in the newspapers through a 61.4 and 2:07 .8 but then dropped out. Also dropping out . ~thiswas the only way the rest of our group fOlmd out about it with him were clubmates Jim Orelle and Laszlo Tabori. One other . a-Iise Dupree modestly kept it to himself. LA TC runner, Bob Seaman, finished and took second in 5: 20. 0 with · As for the competitions we competed each Saturday and Wed­ Derek Ibbotson winning in 5:19.2. Dick Bank, president of the LATC, ·y, with afternoon meets in Auckland and Christchurch and early said the three runners dropped out so as not to risk further injury · " outings in the other four meets . The spirit of the crowds or illness. Beatty had a sore throat and Orelle was recovering from initely ~ared to the appearance and efforts of New Zealand's a groin injury. In the dual meet, Poland built up a 63-43 edge on the ·.1~~ plcchaxµpions, and . This was ex­ first day and held off a British challenge on the second day to win, _-~ :=t:c-;~ ~7b,owever ,- and l feel that our group and the other visiting ath­ 108-104. Aug. 4: !QQ.,Brightwell (GB) 46.6; 3. Metcalfe (GB) 48.0. '~\'were well received and cheered heanily, although we couldn't 1500, Baran (P) 3:40. 8. 5000, Zimny (P) 13: 52. 8; 2. Tulloh (GB) ·· realize the people wanted to see world records from Snell. 13:52.8; 3. Boguszewicz (P) 13:53.6. 3000SC,Chromik (P) 8:45.6; •andTulloh were very popular and Tulloh 's popularity increased 2. Herriott (GB) 8:46 .2; 3. Motyl (P) 8:53 .2. Triple]. Malcherczyk . splendid perforamnces in each meet. (P) 52 '5¼"; 2. Schmidt (P) 5.1'8". ~ Sosgornik (P) 59'7½" -~ ln·our :first meet at Auckland on: Jan. 20 Snell won the 880 in Sidlo (P) 255'11½!', 400R, Poland40.l; 2. GB40.5. Special 800, m 1:48_;2 v.mle ·l took second in 1: 50 . 2 and New Zealand's Gary Wenk 1:48.9; 2. Sqjti 1:49.4. Aug. 5: 200, D. Jones 21.6; 2. Foik · 9!.ltkicked Dupree for third, 1: 50. 5 to 1: 50. 6. In the next race (P)21.8. 10,000, t'ie, Bullivant (GB) and Hyman (GB) 29:31.6. OT, Piatkowski (P) 180t9½". .Nikul.a Defeats Cramer 9 Wins for Americans at CISM Mee;t KOUVOLA, , Aug. 14 -- World record holder -~~ Pentti Nikula of Finland beat another of the U.S. 's top vaulterij . · •h";~ 'S HERTOGENBOSCH, NETHERLANDS, Aug. 5 --American as he cleared 15'7½" to whip Washington's John Cramer, second a~:.:H!, servicemen, with sprinter Bobby Poynter scoring a double, claimed 15 '3". It was the fourth straight victory for Nikula over an Arrieri~-:~~ nine wins at the International Military (CISM) Championships. can. He beat Dave Tork three times last month. It was the second ::·~~ Poynter easily won the 100 meters in 10.4 with Abner Williams straight defeat that a Finn has handed to Cramer.· The AAU rwm~r-:21: second in 10. 7 on Saturday and today came back to win the 200 in up lost to Kauko Nystrom five days ago. In other activity, PaYl D~f:R 21.4 as Williams took fifth in 22. 0. Poynter and Williams teamed ton was a double winner , clocking an all -time best of 10. 2 for 10-0 ·· ..·· , up with Jolm Watkins and to take the 400 relay in 41. 0. meters and running 21.0 in the 200. also had a hand in two wins. He won the 400 in 46. 5 with Cassell second in 47 .1 and then anchored the U.S. team to a 3: 10. 9 first place in the 1600-meter relay. Other members of the Salonen Nips Dupree team were Cassell, Jolm Dunkelberg and Emie Cunliffe. Aug. 4: LAHTI, FINLAND, Aug. 14 -- Finland's Olavi Salonen 800, 5. Dunkelberg (USA) 1:51.8; 8. Cunliffe (USA) l:52.9 . .!:!.1z.2. gained some revenge on Jim Dupree when he beat the American Wadsworth (USA~6 '4!". RYiWadsworth 14 '11¼". Trip~e~ Hom (USA) in a 1:48.0 800 race. Dupree, who lost by inches, also was timed 47'9¼". DT, Keerd (USA) 162 '3½"; 3. Davis (USA) 157 72". Aug. 5: in 1:48. 0. Five days earlier, Dupree had beaten Salonen, 1:49dt 1500, 7. Rodda (USA) 3:53.4. ll0H,Mazza (Italy) 14.4; 2. Ball (USA) to 1: 50. 2 in Kouvola. However, three other Americans won. Bob 14.5. 400H, Haas (Germany) 51.4; 2. Frinolli (Italy) 51.7; 3. Sou­ Hayes took the 2 00 in 22. 0, loafed to a 47. 9 in the thern (USA) 52.0; 4. Thomas (USA) 52.2.J[,_Horn24'9i"._g_,_Win­ 400 and Bill Dotson ran 8:32 .4 fo~ 3,000 meters. ters (USA) 58'9½"; 2. Davis 57'7¾"; 5. Keerd 50'1¼" .JL...Nawaz (Pakistan) 244'11½"; 2. Kovalakides (USA) 243'10"; 4. W.uuiingham (USA) 235'10". Beatty Lowers American 3000 Mark AVRANCHES, FRANCE, Aug. 15 -- Jim Beatty lowered his Brumel Leaps 7'3 3-8" second American record in six days when he ran 3,000 meters in 7:54 .2. Setting his own pace, the Los Angeles Track Club runner HELSINKI, FINLAND - - 's V aleriy_ Brumel continued was far short of his goal, the world record of 7: 49. 6, but still . his <;::onsistent high jumping with a leap of 7'3-i" as Russian easily beat his old American record of 7:57 .2 set earlier in the sea­ athletes won five events in an international meet. Another Russian son. was second in 7: 56. 0 and two other LA TC who performed well was Pyotr Bolotnikov, wp.o won the 5000 meters runners were third and fourth, (8: 13.8) and Laszlo Ta­ easily in 13: 50. 6, his best time of the season. 100m, Ozolin (USSR) bori (8:21. 0). Michel Jazy of France, who holds the world 3000 10.5. 1500,Baran (Poland) 3:43.6 ....filz.._ Ter-Ovanesyan (USSR) 26'¼". record, skipped the race and ran the mile instead, where he won in JL_ Lusis (USSR) 258 '6½"; 2. Sidlo (Poland) 238 '2". DT Piatkowski I 4: 01. 4 with Bob Seaman second in 4:03. 6. (Poland) 188'2½"; 2. Trusenyov (USSR) 187'11"; 3. Szecsenyi (Htmgary) 185 '9". 5000, 2. Konov (USSR) 14: 03. 7. Another 7 -footer for Ni Chih Chin Duhrkop Jumps 6'11 7-8" PEIPING, CHINA -- Red China's Ni Chih Chin again went over seven-feet in the with a 7'¾" effort, his second best POTSDAM, UJ::U<.MANY,Aug. 4 - - Gerd Duhrkop of East of all time. He had previously done 7'1!" earlier in the season. Germany improved the all-German lµgh jump record with a leap of 6'1lt". Duhrkop, who leaped 6'10¼" last year, broke the old all-German record of 6'loi-" set by Peter Riebensahm in 1961. In Czech Becomes 45th 15-footer of. '62 other action, Werner Krause won the 1,000 meters in 2:21. 0 and PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA-~ Rudolf Tomasek became . Manfred Preussger pole vaulted 15'3". the 45th 15-foot pole vaulter in the world this year when he recently· set an all-time best of 15 '2". Tomasek broke the old national record James Runs 10.4, 20.7 of 14 '9½" he set in 1960. ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Aug. 4 - - American Dave James continued his impressive running with clockings of 10.4 for 100 Hayes, Drayton Trade Wins meters and 20. 7 for 200 meters at the Swiss Championships. How­ MANTIA, FINLAND, Aug. 16 -- Sprinters and ever, his performances did not count in the meet proper and t~ Paul Drayton traded victories as the American team continued its national titles went to Peter Laeng, who ran 10. 6 and 20. 7, the latte1 tour of Finland. Hayes beat Drayton, 10.3 to 10.4, in the 100 meters time a national record . but Drayton turned the tables on Hayes in the 200, 2-0.9 to 21.3. Willie Atterberry downed Ulis Williams in the 400, with both being 3,:39.4 1500 for Beatty timed in 47. 3 and John Cramer was the winner at 14 '1¼". OSLO, NORWAY, Aug. 9 -- Jim Beatty lowered his Ameri­ Hayes Clocks 10.1 for 100 Meters can 1500 record to 3:39.4 on the famed Bislet track as runners from the Los Angeles Track Club took the first four places. Beatty's time HASSLEHOLM, SWEDEN, Aug. 17 - - Bob Hayes turned in broke his old American record of 3: 39. 9 set in the Russian meet. the fastest 100 meters in the world this year with a 10 .1 as touring Bob Seaman led the first 400 in 56 .4 with Beatty a tenth back. How­ American athletes won eight events. Paul Drayton was second to ever, Beatty took over after that and passed the 800 in 1: 57_.0 and Hayes in the 100 with a 10 .2 as Ove Jonsson of Sweden took third the 1200 in 2: 57. O. He ran 57 .1 for his final 400 to post the fastest in 10 .4. Drayton came back to take the 200 in 20 .8 as Hayes edged 1500 time in the world this year. Jim Grelle and Seaman placed Jonsson for second, both being timed in 21.0. Other American vic­ second and third with personal best times of 3:40 .2 and 3:42. 7 while tors were: 400H,Atterberry 51:9. PV, Cramer 15'1¼". 800,Dupree,. :veteran Laszlo Tabori completed the LA TC sweep with a surprising 1:49.7. 1500, Dotson 3:49.6. 400, Williams 48.0. 3000m, Forman 3: 43 . 9 in fourth. 8:22 .1. In other action, Austria's Heinrich Thun threw the hammer 215' to beat Sweden's Birger Asplund's 212'8".

Nystrom Beats Cram er Beatty _Edges Grelle in 3:56.5 KOUVOLA, FINLAND, Aug. 9 -- Finland continued its mastery over U.S. vaulters when Kauko Nystrom beat Washington's LONDON, Aug. 18 - - Jim Beatty of the Los Angeles Track ']olm Cramer in an international meet. Both cleared 14 '9¼' ' but Ny­ Club continued his all-winning tour of Europe by reclaiming the· strom was given first on the countback. It was the fourth straight American mile record with a 3:56.5 performance, a mark which victory for a Finnish vaulter over an American this outdoor sea- moves him into a tie for fourth on the all -time list. Beatty 's time son. World record holder Pentti Nikula beat Dave Tork three times broke the old American record of 3:57 .6 set last year by Dyrol mJuly. However, several other Americans scored wins. Bob Hayes Burleson . •;; 'edged Paul Drayton in the 100 ,meters, 10 .3 to 10.4, Willie Atter­ Also breaking the old American record was Jim Grelle with · " berry clocked 52 . 0 in the 400 hurdles, Bill Dotson was the 1500 his 3:56.7 ~econd place. Great Britain's Stan Taylor edged Bob .. winner in 3:46.6, Jim Dupree took the 800 in 1:49.9 with Olavi Salonen Seaman for third·as both ran 3:58. O as Mike Berisford of Great .. three tenths behind and Ulis Williams was first in the 400 although Britain was fifth in 3:59 .2. The first five all set personal bests. ;, r~ only 50. 6. Beatty's previous personal best was 3:57. 9 while Grelle's was 3:~:-,,_t!$ ,-3,~ -~?~~~« -::;){:~::"~fs-:?:­ l6.andSe~man •s 4:00.4. Seaman became the seventh American to break :: . four· minutes this year.

· · Seamanjwnped out to the early lead and led at the 220 but HUNGARIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Budapest,_Aug. 4-5: lOOni 1

0 • • GreUe, Seam.an and Beatty were in that order at the 440 in 57. 9. Csutoras.10.4 (equals NR). 200, Csutoras 21.1. 400, Csutoras 46 ,7 .. · Orelle still held the lead at the 660 with Beatty on his shoulder and (NR). 800, Parsch 1:49.6. 1500, Parsch 3:44.5. 5000, Kiss 14:07.8; t~(. . Searnan about a yard back. However, Beatty assumed the lead at 2. Szekeres 14:09. 6. 3000SC, Fazekas 8:43 .2; 2:-1Jacsar 8:49.8. ,~ the 88.0 (1:58.3) with Orelle a half yard back and Seaman still third. ~ N?gy 61 '8½"; 2. Varju 61 '2". DT, Szecsenyi 179 '2". ITi_ l{ulcsar ~~;xBeatty still held the lead at the 1320, passed in 2:58.& as Orelle and 257'5½". HT, Zsivotzky 220'5". -- Seaman still held second and third. But Taylor made his bid on the WALCZ, POLAND: 3000m, Zimny 8:00.2; 2. Boguszewicz backstretch of the last lap, passed Seaman and challenged Orelle, 8:01.0. 3000SC, Motyl 8:52.2. · who was now the pacesetter. Taylor fell back on the last turn as YUGOSLAVIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, , Aug. 3-5: Orelle still held the lead. Beatty then made his move on the final 3000SC, Hafner 8:53.9 . .!:!L_Majtan 6'9i" .~ Tomasovic 57'!". straightaway for the victory. SWEDISH CHAMPIONSHIPS, Goteborg, Aug. 9: 200, Jonsson 21.1. Aug. 10: lO0m,Jonsson 10. 5 .__!!L_Pettersson 6'loi "; 2. Nilsson 28:09.4 6 miles for Kidd 6'9½". ST. HELENS, ENGLAND: 200, Brightwell 20.9; 2. David EAST YORK, CANADA, Aug. 6 --As expected . Jones 21.1. 1600R, Team of Jackson, Wilcock, Overhead and Bright­ easily won the three and six miles at the Canadian Championships and well 3:08.9. British Empire Games trials but in the process ran 28:09.4, the OIGNIES, FRANCE, Aug. 12: 800, Bernard 1:49.5. fastest six miles ever run in North America. HELSINKI, FINLAND: !'.YiNystrom 15 '7". Kidd's six mile time was made on Saturday and today he SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, July 29: 120HH,Prince 14.3. easily won the three mile in muggy weather with a 13: 53 .4. Kidd DJAKARTA, INDONESIA, Aug. 4: 800, Blue (Australia) left the field at in the six mile and then ran against the 1:49. 7. DT, Selvey (Australia) 170 '8½". Aug. 5: 100m, Vassella clock to break the Canadian record by more than a minute. Kidd's (Australia) 10.4. 1500, Blue 3:56.4. ll0H, Prince (Aust) 14.3. previous best of 28:23 .2 was set in the National AAU meet in June. IPOH, MA.LAY.A,Aug. 9: 200, Vassella (Aust) 21. 2. 400H, Doug Kyle finished about 600 yards back. Kyle was Kidd's main Prince (Aust) 52. 5. 5000, Shah (Pakistan) 13:52 .4. opposition in the three mile; too, but again was seGond with a AUDENAARBE;l3ELGIUM,Aug. 12: 1500, Lambrechts 3:44 .2; 14:03 .3. 2. Allonsius 3:44.9; 3. Verheuen 3:46.2. Harry Jerome and also were double winners. OLSZTYN, POLAND: 100m, F oik 10. 2; 2 . Juskowiak 10. 3. Jerome easily won both sprints, clocking 9. 4 in the 100 and 21. 3 200, Foik 20. 9. TripleJ, Schmidt 53'¼". in the 220 around a turn. In the latter event he eased up because BERN, SWITZERLAND: 200, Laeng 21.2. 400, Laeng 46.4. of a broken spike·. Crothers won the 440 on Saturday in 47. 9 with PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Aug. 12: (All athletes from Lynn Eves second in 48 .4 and today set a personal best with a Germany) 100m, Gamper 10.2; 2. Schumann 10.3; 3. Hebauf 10.3; 1:49. 0 victory in the 880, a Canadian record. Don Bertoia edged 4. Wagner 10.4. 400, Kinder 46.1; 2. Reske 46.4; 3. Kaiser 47.0. Sig Ohlemann for second 1:50. 6 to 1: 50. 8 . Aug. 4: 3000SC, van 800, Matuschewski 1:48.2; 2. Schmidt 1:48.2; 3. Widera 1:49.0; 4. derWal (Kearney St) 9:12.0 (Canadian record); 2. Glyde (Colo. Meinelt 1:49.0. 5000, Grodotski 14:01.6; 2. Kubicki 14:02.4; 3. St) 9:25.2. SP, Steen (Oregon) 56'5£". 100, Jerome (Oregon) 9.4. Janke 14:03.2; 4. Herrmann 14:03.6. 400H, Janz 50.4; 2. Neumann Mile, Irons 4:04.2; 2. Reeve (Oregon) 4:05.7; 3. Bailey4:09.4. 50. 9; 3. Singer 51. 6. PV, Preussger 15 'l¼"; 2. Malcher 14 '9¼". 440, Crothers 47.9; 2. Eves (Oregon St) 48.4. 6 Miles, Kidd 28:- Triple}, Thierfelder 52 '4£' '; 2. Ruckborn 52 '£". DT, Milde 182' l½fl. 09.4 (Canadian record). Aug. 6: 4_'!Q!LShepherd 53.2. 880, Crothers HT, Lotz 213'4½". -- 1:49. 0 (Canadian record); 2. Bertoia (Wash. St) 1:50. 6; 3. Ohlemann MALMOE, SWEDEN, August 13: (All athletes from Germany)" (Oregon) 1:50.8. 220t, Jerome 21.3; 2. Eves 21.9. 3 Miles,Kidd 200, Germar 21.1; 2. Ulonska 21.1. 1500, Norpoth 3:42. 0; 2. Herr:. 13:53.4; 2. Kyle 14:03.3. PV,Groom 14'3". --- maim3:42. 5; 3. Bothling 3:42. 9; 4. Krause 3:44 .4; 5. May 3:44. 7. 10, 000,Kubicki 29:45.4. 3000SC,Buhl 8:45.6; 2. Dorner 8:47 .0; 3. Muller 8:50. 7; 4. Doring 8:50. 8. BL.Duhrkop 6'10¼" -~ Steinbach Foreign News 25'3¼"; 2. Beer 25'£". SP, Gratz 58'1£".

SCHORNDORF, GERMANY, Aug. 5: lO0m,Felsen 10.3. ROSTOCK, GERMANY: DT,Kuhl 182'5½"; 2. Milde 182'2". Bulletin Board BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY, July 31: JT, Salomon 259'4". BERLIN, GERMANY, July 18: 10, 000,Rothe 29:21.8; 2. Next Newsletters Sept. 5, 26. Track & Field News mailed Sept. 20. Scholtke 29:22 .0. 800, Krause 1:49.4-.-- HOUSTKA~CHOSLOVAKIA, July 19: 800, Odlozil 1:48.2; 2. Kasal 1:48.3; 3. Slegr 1:49.4. -- National News VISBY, SWEDEN, July 17: 3000SC, Bjorkman 8:53.4; 2. Gustafsson 8:53.6; 3. Wiger 8:54.2-.--- ORANGE COAST ALL-COMERS Costa Mesa, Calif., July 11: Humphreys (Pasadena TC) 56 1 ._IT,Flanagan (S. Calif.) SKELLEFTEA, SWEDEN, July 21-22: Nilsson 6'~". ~ ¾'' .!!L. 14 '5". July 18: DT, O'Brien (Pasadena TC) 177'2" ._RY,_Fla~an HYVINKAA, FINLAND,July 24: 800, Ohlander 1:51.8. 3000m, 14'6". July 25: QLHumphreys 188'3". ~Humphreys 55'lo½". Saloranta 8:06.0; 2. Salonen 8:06.0. PV, Nikula 15'9". --- Aug. 1: ~Humphreys 55'1". DT, Humphreys 185'2". PV, tie, Tork BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, July 14-15: 1500, L. Kovacs 3:43.9; 2. Rozsavolgyi 3:45.1. SP, Nagy 60'2". -- (Camp Pendleton) and Flanagan 15' .l!l,__ Lange (una) 6'6". ALL-COMERS, Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 1: HT, Schaefer FINLAND 219, s'WEDEN 190,Helsinki, Aug. 2: 400, Rinta­ (Milwaukee TC) 174'7"; 2. Hanley (MTC) 168'7½". maki (F) 47.8. 800, Salonen (F) 1:48.7; 2. Lindback (S) 1:49.1; 3. LONG BEACH ST. ALL-COMERS, Long Beach, Calif., Aug. Ohlander (F) 1:50.2. 5000, Larsson (S) 14:09.6,J;4/ettersson 4: DT, Humphreys (Pasadena TC) 196'10½"; 2. O'Brien (Pasadena TC) (S) 6'loifl; 2. Hellen (F) 6'9½".JJt, Valkama (F) 24'6 ". SP, Kunnas 2 188 '10". IL_ Ulrich (Pasadena TC) 246'9"; 2. Covelli (Arizona St) (F) 57'4½". HT, Asplund (S) 206 6". Aug. 3: 1500, Salonen 3:55.4. 236'4½". SP, O'Brien 60'2½"; 2. Humphreys 57'5½''. Left-handed SP, 400H, Rintamaki 51.7. 3000SC, Siren (F) 8:50.0; 2. Virtanen (F) Humphreys 41'; 2. O'Brien.40'8". Aug. 11: DT, Humphreys 198'½"; 8:50.6. PV, Nikula (F) 15'9"; 2. Ankio (F) 15'5"; 3. Nystrom (F) 2. O'Brien 187'8"; 3. McGrath (Occidental) 179'4½". Ulrich 15'5fl. Triple ,Rahkamo (F) 52'4£''. DT,Haglund (S) 180'9½"; 2. Lin- fu 245•11••; 2. Covelli 238'l½fl; 3. Polizzi (Striders) 224 112", HT, . droos (F) 1784 11".IT.z.Nevala (F) 255'10½". Frenn (Abilene Christian) 175'10½fl. KARHULA, FINLAND: .!:!L__Simelius 6'9t fl. LOS ANGELES ST. ALL-COJvIERS, Los Angeles, Aug. 3: VIENNA, AUSTRIA: l0Om,Berger 10.4. HT, Thun 220'3". HT, Pryde (Santa Barbara AC) 180 '10 fl. PV, Tork (Camp Pendleton) IZEGEM, BELGIUM, Aug. 1: 1500, Larnbrechts 3:44.8. 15'-:- ·-- 3000m, Bernard (France) 8:05.2; 2. Allonsius 8:05.4. STANFORD ALL-COMERS, Stanford, Calif., Aug. 4: .!!.I..,_ ~--PARIS, FRA7'JGE, Aug. 4: 10,000, Bogey 29:12.0. 1 Llewellyn (Oregon) 6 7". Aug. 11: .!!.I..,_Olsen (Calif) 6'8" . .IT.i,Con­ . GORIZIA, ITALY ,Aug. 6: ll0H, Cornacchia 13. 9 (NR). IT.z. 1 ley (una) 233'. DT, Weill (Stanford) 175'8". PV, Chase (SCVYV) Lievore 253 7". 1 11 14 6 • -- RIGA, RUSSIA: ITi_ Vlad. Kuznyetsov 266'11½" . .!:!L_Ziedins 6'9½fl~ (continued on page 16, column two) GLASGOW, SCOTLAND: 880, Schofield l:ff> .5; 2. Cornell .(S. Ill) 1:50.9. 6 Miles,Craig 28:35.4. ,. TRACK NEWSLETTER HAVANA., CUBA: 100m, Figuerola 10. 3 . S~cond class posiige paid at Los Altos, Calif, Published semi-monthly by Track & NANG):, FRANCE, Aug. 9: 1500, Bernard 3:42. 6; 2. Clausse Field Ne~s: Inc., P. 0. Box 296, Los Altos, Calif. $6,00 per year (24 issues) by first 3:43:6. PV, Houvion 14 19¼''. -- class ma,I m the U. S., second class matter elsewhere. Hal Bateman, Mana-ging Editor;_Cordner Nelson, Editor; Bert Nelson, Publisher. · ~8iB$.~i="$fill"~hti'l~~~it .. C.· ••• ·-.:I'fte w~µ~qn meet .qonel udedfncfiout ·@d_nt<>~t 9f group returned home. How~ve1;,·~ctstrom and~fayed bvei;-cil! where we helped stage a couple of clinics. I ran against the'>iZ :w~d-ijmiltonon-the 24th, Bork came up with a good effort as Philpott and did 1:51.4 while Edstrom threw the discus about 160 feet· ~t11~d_the;field through the first lap in 52. Bork was running behind the the shot 46 feet. · :?1~deis. and when Philpott fell on the backstretch (he was looking The New Zealand people showed us every consideratton:'()

• 0 -~l:"OWld-for Snell and hit a flag) both Bork and Snell started their-kicks trip and it was the most enjoyable trip I have ever been on.Ip:J, 'and went arowid the fallen runner. Snell took the lead and moved out the New Zealanders w~re so accomodating that our tour !eade-r,:, by_ioyards but Bork stayed with him and started to gain. But Snell coach Ward Haylett of Kansas State University, had to try and· "- had too much strength and pulled away to a 1:47 .1 win over Bork's them from giving us too much in the way of entertainment. 1:48 .5. This was the second fastest 880 of all time and set the stage The training methods I observed were not new because m for a world ·record whenever Snell wanted to try for it. coaches and athletes are aware of Snell's and Lydiard 's workout ·"·· Edstrom won the high hurdles at Hamilton in 14. 7, revers - schedules. The runners do take the long runs in the hills and this'': ~.:."ing a close loss he had suffered at Auckland. He also placed third is not the imagination of a good press agent. None of the U.S. runn · tllird in the low hurdles and for a busy night's work. The attempted to do these workouts but all were impressed with them.,. two mile was a sple?did race with Tulloh showing great promise in Perhaps this type of work explains the world record times of Snell"._: c1c,ckil12"8: 33. 7 to 8: 33. 6. Veteran Neville Scott led the first 440 in for certainly marathon type training develops strength. However,•J.-.. IO.L1ov.reaby Tulloh and Halberg in 63 . The 880 found Scott still assure you that Snell does do track interval work after his weeks oL the lead with 2: 07. 5 but the others were close in 2: 09. Tull oh iong distance volume. Lydiard sharpens his runners with speed wor~ the lead and led Power, Thomas, and Halberg in before the track season begins. Too, I do not feel that the Lydiard -'­ and a good mile of 4:20. Then Power took the lead and held a typework out is suited for all runners. My closest exhibit of this 5:_27and 6:32 pace. At the bell, Halberg burst out, slightly bumping would be Tulloh. He told me that he rarely trains more than an hour· Thomas as he gained the lead. He held a five to seven yard margin a day and does strictly interval and continuous running for not mQr~' over Tull oh. Perhaps due to the bumping of Thomas, Tulloh couldn't than this hour time. He has the marks, 3:59.3, 8:33.7 and 13:-12to see Halberg open the lead for by the time.he passed the two Austral­ indicate his versatility but I can help but wonder what would he run ians Halberg was off on his sprint. But to the amazement of all, if he trained more using the Lydiard or Mihaly Jgloi workouts?_ ..· and to the roar of the crowd, the Englishman, too, began to sprint I also saw Snell after I returned home and that was after he and unbelievably cut Halberg 's lead to three, then one yard. When he set a world indoor 1, 000 record in Los Angeles. This was fine exce . caJlle up on Halberg's shoulder the noise was deafening as the two he took the record away from me. But since he was our guest this . · fought down the last 100 yards. Halberg won by a tenth as Tulloh ran time, I couldn't help but extend congratulations to him in partial pay.~ more than 10 seconds faster than ever before. His last lap of 55. 8 ment of a marvelous trip. Snell was the overall winner on that Newt was truly a great moment for him and our group, for we had adopted Zealand tour but we certainly were the luckiest losers for being abitf: him, or had he adopted us? to make the trip. Then came Wanganui on Jan. 27. Everyone knew that Snell would break four minutes but the question was by how much? He had two other sub-four minute milers in the race, Thomas and Halberg and I had a best of 4: 00. 4. Also in the race was a very confident Profiles of Champions Tull oh·, who predicted a sub-four -minute mile himself. Snell follow - ed the modest 60 seccnd pace by Barry Cossar and took the lead DAVID ERNEST 'DAVE" TORK, (USA) pole vault, 6', 155- at about 900 yards after running about a 2: 00 at the half. I was fifth pounds, born August 25, 1934, Fairmont, West Virginia. Lieuten-;t in 2: 01. The track measured 385 yards so lap times were given at ant, Marine Corps . · various places . Halberg surprised many by not challenging the pace Progression to date: and it was Tulloh who jumped Snell on the bell lap. Snell ran 2:59 1956 21 13'10¼'' 4.22m at the 1320 with Tulloh about a second back. Tull oh sprinted ahead 1957 22 .,13I 3; 96m a yard or two at the most but Snell caught him with about 250 to 1958 23 14'1¼" 4.30m . Now here was the making of the race for Tulloh ran about 29 1959 24 14'5" 4.39m 30 on his last lap for a 3:59.3. Snell toured in next to last in 1960 25 14 '9" 4 .49m but then unloaded a final 26 .7 for a world record of 3:54.4. At 1961 26 15' 4.57m the annm.mcer made the statement that Snell's time equalled the 1962 27 16'2" 4. 93m world record listed in the program. However, Coach Arthur Lydiard Although a veteran pole vaulter, little was heard about Toxk: pointed out that 's record was 3: 54. 5 and that the printer until this year when he set a world record of 16 '2" (since broken) · had made an error. So the crowd gave out with an even bigger cheer at the Mt. San Antonio Relays. He didn't vault 15' witil last year as this drama unfolded. in the National AAU meet and even that performance was little . The 880 was a good race, too, for Bork ran 1:49. 0 in beating noticed. He tied for sixth with four others and was one of the 13 '~}'.:I.ft Dupree 's 1:49. 7 with the early pacesetter, Philpott, fading the stretch vaulters to clear 15' that day . He opened the 1962 season with a la' ff ·yet clocking 1:49. 9. Edstrom was third in the hjgh hurdles in 14. 8 but on Feb. 24 but impro~ed to 15'4½'' on March 17. He set another . J?l 1 11 ,i:::f~ felt a slight leg strain. This strain gave him a lot of trouble in the personal best of 15 84 on March 31 but took second to John Uelses'. : °2\,,' tt-~:nlnexth:mfeet anhct finally clnausedhimillto scJratch tro m the final two ~aleets. 16 '¾".The~ came his Mt. Sac record. A user of the fiberglass pol.e; ; · -. "'·"·' ·.. • t e ourt meet, at vercarg on an. 31, 8ne 11 won a tactic he graduated from West Virginia University and was Southem Confeti:; ~°'•'": 8~0 in. 1: 52 . 2 with me second in 1: 53. 5 and Dupree third in 1: 53 . 8. ence indoor and outdoor champion in 1957 and 1958. He has been in .,;;-:: the Marines since 1958 . if>E8f :i~~~·~~:E~.i=:tt:'~E ::1:i,~ ~E.; VLADIMIR TRUSENYOV, (USSR) , 6'3½", 242 pounds, born August 3, 1931, Buinsk, Russia. Toolmaker. it~ turri an~;:~:Oi~t ~:i~tchurch on Fev. 3 was quite a race but I Progression to date: 1954 23 141 '2" rr"!edn~:::O!\.n!dt~~~:~ !: t~:b!~f~~:~f1:a~ ~~t~~a~c!;;;ed 1955 24 161'10½" • ••, through the field events but won the running events with ease to take 1956 25 178 '5½" fi:c;cSeeond with 2721 points. There was a tight battle for second until the 1957 26 180'5½" 1958 27 185 1 8 11 t~t:=~-lSOO m~t;:e w:S~~1~~1 ~~~fd;~d the speedy 50. 7 set by 440 man 195·9 28 184 '7" · Barty Robinson but Snell then passed him on the inside and increased 1960 29 184'6" - - his lead with every step. He had a 30-yard lead at the 660 and then 1961 30 189'9" J)C)uredit on to smash the world 800 and 880 records with clockings 1962 31 202 '3" · of 1:44. 3 and 1:45 .1. Dupree was distant second in 1:49. 6 and Bork He has always been a good, but not exceptional, (too much.salmon fishing) finished a poor third in 1:53.5. until this year when he held the world record for a brief Wellington (Feb. 7) was cold and so were most of the times. His best competitive showing was in the 1958 European c.;11iart1Pi0J1· . . I.ran a fast 53. 6 first lap but really ran down the last 300 yards and ships when he placed third, only seven inches behind the ·> ·Snell and Bork passed me. Bork got the jump on the Olympic champion He did not win a USSR title until this year. He placed .1.m:n•Jn ..r:ne· .JM and he got a quick five yards on the final straightaway. But Snell went Olympics with a 173 '7½"effort. He plays the trumpet as a · by with no trouble and won in 1:49. 9 to 1: 50. 8. I was a tired third in .and he compet~ for the T:rud (Labor) Sports Society in. Le:nmrta~/< ;

L LL oi the-. c ~ Yor.· :\ . '.c :.i.i11ed the db .u,-,rield, :219'3' thrO\', . Page 16 NOTED WITH INTEREST (continued from page 13) U. S. All-time 3-Mile list Bausch also beat Jarvinen in the competition as a wpole, scoring 13:21.0n (USAF) London 7/21/61 8,462. 23 points for a world record as Jarv:inen placed second. 13:28. 0* Jim Beatty (SCVYV) Compton, Calif. 6/.3/60 Bausch was the sort of rare competitor who would rise to 13:28. 0* Laszlo Tabori (SCVYV) Compton, Calif. 6/ 3/60 ·the challenge as he did at that Los Angeles party. Once when needled 13:37. 5* Dale Story (Oregon St.) Fresno, Calif. 5/12/62 that he couldn't throw a discus over the north rim of the Kansas U. 13:38. 8 (SC Stride rs) Long Beach, Calif. 8/ 5/60 stadium by a Lawrence, Kansas, sportswriter, Jim fired the platter 13:39.Sn* Charles Clark (SCVYV) Fresno, Calif. 5/12/62 out of sight on his third attempt. The stadium was then 42 rows -high 13:40.9n (USAF) Bakersfield, Calif. 6/21/58 topped by a five-foot concrete retaining wall. Jim stood in the north 13:46.6 Lew Stieglitz(US Navy) Houston, Texas 6/ 6/59 curve of the running track and let go with his typical roaring snort, 13:49. On* Mal Robertson (SCS) Modesto, Calif. 5/28/60 then collected the steak dinner which had been offered as stake for the 13:50. 9 Miles Eisenman (Okla .St) Austin, Texas 4/ 3/59 feat. 13:51.8 Charles Capozzoli(G 'twn) London 8/ 4/52 . In 1930 when Kansas won the football championship in the old 13:52 .1 John Macy (Houston) Houston, Texas 6/ 9/61 Big Six, some folks were saying unkind things about Bausch. One of the 13:53.2n Jerry Ashmore (W. Mich) Philadelphia, Pa. 6/16/61 taunts was "All-American Yellowbelly." The stinging reached acres­ 13:54.2n* Merle McGee (LATC) Compton, Calif. 6/ 2/62 cendo just before the Kansas State game. Jim hauled the opening kick­ 13:54.4n Bud Edelen (Chelm .AC) Leyton, England 5/ 3/61 off 95. yards, then turned end for 45 yards and a score in leading a 13:55. 5 John Gutknecht (BOC) Baltimore, ~. 6/ 9/62 14-0 victory. 13:58.5n (New York AC) Dublin, Ireland 6/ 9/49 13:58. 5 Keith Forman (Oregon) Eugene, Oregon 5/19/62 . 13:58 .6 Mike Lehner (Oregon) Corvallis, Oregon 3/31/62 The late Dink Templeton was not a full -time coach in recent 13:58 .Sn* Harry Mccalla (Stanford) Compton, Calif. 6/ 2/62 years but he was always available for advice. sports - 13;59. l Paul Whiteley (Emp. St) Lincoln, Neb. 6/13/59 writer Art Rosenbaum tells how Templeton gave an assist to Harvard. 13:59. 3 (UCTC) Chicago, Ill. 6/ 8/57 The track coach of Harvard University believes the record 13:59.6n (USAF) London 7 /21/61 should be set straight on the late Dink Templeton. 13:59.Sn Bill Boyd (Oregon St.) Corvallis, Oregon 3/31/62 Bill Mccurdy, who ran the quarter and half mile for Dink at 13:59. 9n Curt Stone (Shanahan CC) Dublin, Ireland 6/ 9/49 Stanford, read the obits which said the former Stanford teaching *=made during 5, 000-meter race. genius was ou_tof track in recent years. "Without reservation I consider Dink the finest coach who ever lived," says Mccurdy. "For the past few years NATIONAL NEWS (continued from page 11) Dink has been closely associated with the Harvard team. He came to Cambridge each year for a week or more and this April met us BALTIMORE, MD., July 30: HT, Thomson (New York AC) in Puerto Rico when we inaugurated our spring vacation training 174'11". 35 lb. WT, Thomson 55'2¾~ lb. WT, Thomson 36'3½". trip. NEW CANAAN, CONN., A~. 5: SP, Wallin (una) 54'7". "His influence on the Harvard team was impressive. He not DT,Bare (Central Jersey TC) 177'2 2 ". JT, Kiwitt (una) 221'8". only gave technical help but imparted the eager competitive desire Trifl~J, Mousiadis (NYAC) 48'6½". HT, Dyer (Conn. Central AC) that I associate with Stanford teams. Our Harvard athletes, when 179 9 . they performed well, would always say, 'Please tell Dink.' Two ALL-COMERS, Wilmington, Del., July 19: 2 Miles, Zwo­ years ago we defeated Yale in something of an upset and I think lak (Villanova) 8:59.8. ALL-COMERS,Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 4: J::L_Kipe (De­ some of the fastest running of the day was to a telephone booth to 1 get the word to Dink. Pauw) 235 1". "Dink was not a coach of the past . He was more advanced than any of us . His coaching was based on the event and the individ - Wind Sprints ual ... if he had been in charge of a select American squad for a Athletes currently competing on a four-week tour of the Scan­ long enough period to have true impact, I'm convinced the results dinavian countries are high jumper , broad jumper Ralph would have been amazing. " Boston, sprinters Bob Hayes and Paul Drayton, 400 man Ulis Williams, Dink Templeton's theories were often ridiculed and more hurdler Willie Atterberry, half miler Jim Dupree, miler Bill Dotson, often copied. In 1950, forexample, he decided the lazy run-up and pole vaulter John Cramer and miler Keith Forman. Southern California then the explosion were not the best high jumping techniques. He Stride rs coach Chuck Coker is in charge of the group ... 13 members brought forth the idea of approaching the high jump bar with all of the Pasadena Track Club will compete in several meets in Hawaii possible speed. That theory was adopted by the who have in early September. Slated to make the trip are shot putters Parry developed some of the world's best. O'Brien, Dave Davis and , hurdlers Brian Polkinghorne, Back in 1938 Dink read of African jumpers who took off from Dixon Farmer and Tom Hester, sprinter Tim Russell, pole vaulters a mound. Reversing this principle, he introduced his "pit" theory, Dave Tork and Mike Flanagan, javelin throwers Ken Yob and Ron forcing the jumper to run into a depression before lifting off. If a Ulrich and discus men and Bob Humphreys . fellow could jump out of a hole, think how easy it would be in compe­ tition when the turf was level . Only one jumper got the hang of this technique - - Les Steers . Though Steers was never intended for Stanford, Dink coached him Statistics anyway - - as he did hundreds of athletes and coaches. Steers went to Oregon U. and became the world record holder. All -Time pole vault list: (as of July 31) Templeton's tormenter was Southern California coach Dean 16'2½" 4.94m Pentti Nikula, Finland 1962 Cromwell, who recuited high school stars by the dozens . Trojan 16 '2" 4. 93m Dave Tork, USA 1962. depth won meet after meet. Templ~ton tried by strategy and by use 16 '¾" 4. 89m John Uelses, USA 1962 of one all -around star to win . 16'¾" 4.89m Ron Morris, USA 1962 The 1937 Stanford-USC meet sticks to mind. USC was heavily 15' 10¼" 4. 83m George Davies, USA 1961 favored, as usual, but Dink had plans for sprinter Jack ~eiershauser. 15 '9¾'' 4. 82m , USA 1957 After winning the 440, Weiershauser surprised by entering the 100, 15'~" 4.82m Dick Plymale, USA 1962 arid won. He was back shortly to win the 220. The next event aft;er 15'9¼" 4.80m , USA 19-60 the 22 O was the 220 low hurdles . The 10 minutes between events 15 's¼" 4. 78m John Cramer, USA 1962 had elapsed but a fuming Cromwell suddenly realized no hurdles 15'8¼" 4.78m JohnBelitza, USA 1962 had been set up by the Stanford student managers . He raged about, demanding action, and one Stanford student jumped up and answered. All-Time discus list: (as of July 31) One by one, the student set up each hurdle, measured them for 204'10½" 62.45m , USA 1962 height and design like an artist with an easel. 203'5" 62. 00m Bob Humphreys, USA 1962 Soon the entire USC team realized that the delay was intended 202 '3" 61. 64m Vladimir Trusenyov, USSR 1962 to give Weiershauser more rest, and about 40 then rushed trackside 199 '7½" 60. 85m , USA 1962 to "help" the procrastinating student-manager. 198 '4½" 60 .47m Edmund Piatkowski, Poland 1961 Eventually the race got away, but Weiershauser was no match 197'6½" 60.21m Rink Babka, USA 1962 for the Trojans' great low hurdler, Earl Vickery . After losing that 195'1½" 51j.47m Kim Bukhantsev, USSR 1962 race and all chance for the meet, Weiershauser was withdrawn from 194'6" 59.28m , USA 1953 his 440 lap of the relay. 193'8" 59.03m JozsefSzecenyi, Hungary 1959 It was a typically dramatic Templeton failure against the odds . 193 '2" 58. 88m Parry O'Brien, USA 1962