I ,r I ' \ ' Vol. 7, No. 24 July 19, 196,1 - Semi .-Montllly $,6 per year by first class mail Edited by Hal Bateman · Page 187 . ) FORElGN NE;WS . r ,- .{ , .·. .. LEIPZIG, GERMANY, June 28: Hoykinpuro (Finland) 14:07.2; Jijannemann 14:07.4n; : ·,) I' Pfe~i'!)'7i"; Beer;'2418¾''; Milde 175'9½"; Frost 244'9". . •. ' · I · , •\ \ 1 1 ·, POTSDAM, GERMA,NY, June 24: Janke 8:08.2; A. Mikhailov (µSSR) 14.0; ,Lips~is 1 1 (USSR)' 57 8 '; ,Bukhantsev (USSR) 1~1:s."; Lyakhov .(USSR) 178'11½''; Bakarinov (USSR) 213'8". . l ' , ' f -' '1 .. . W.LAINZ,GERWu\NY,June 27: Ste'inbac)l 24'9½"; Lingnau 56'1½", ' . PARIS, July 8: 100m, Be.rruti (ltaly) ,l'.O. 3; Delec;our 10. 5. ,400H, Morale (Italy) 50. 5; > / 1r Janz (Germany) 50. 7. :~ Moens (Be~gium)•1:50.a; ,Schmidt (Germany) 1:50. 6~ Jazy 1:51,5-. .,..) :. ' 1500, Bernard 3:45 .• 8; Verheuen (Belgium) 3:45. 9.~ Meconi (Italy) 61'1"; Urbach (Ger- 1 many) 5,7'1¼". ~ Veron 24'7¼". 5,0oo, ,·Flossbach (Oermhny) 14:2-1.;4; Bogey l4;2 ,1.8.J1L 1 82 '; ' < Macquet 255 C. Lievore (Ito.ly) 251 '2½"; PV, Lehnertz (G~rmany) .14 '5¼"i Barras (Swit'- 1 zerlandr 14'5¼". 400R, France 40. 4; Italy 40. 5; Germany 40. 9. July 9: 4·001 Kaispr (Ger- ., ::~, l ' many) 46, 6; Bruder (Switzerland) 46. 6. llOHH, Svara (ItaJy) 14. 4. 3000SC ~ Bohme (Ger- . ·t many) 8:58. 4. 200t, Berruti 20, 8; Delecour 2·1. O; Germ iar (Germany) 2.~. o,·.!iJi.Idr~ss 6 18¾''\. DT, koch (Hdllabd) 17'/ '9½"; Alard 176'1½'' (natio~al record). · - 'StARBRUCKEN, GERWu\NY, July 10: Jerome (Canada) 10~4; Sardt_(Italy) 20.8; Singh (India) 147.'0; S.chmidt 1:51, 6;, Ohlemann ·,(Canada) 1:51."7ni_Bertoia ,(Canada) 1:53. 3n; Lingnau 58 t8,lt1 .. ' I ' ' . I • . ) • 4 • f •· ~ • ' ' ' . ""\ ' SOLINGEN, GER!v1ANY, July 6: Jerome (Canada) _10."4; Mcinelt 1:50. 9; Klinkenberg 1 I 1:-50. 9n; B,ertoia (Canada) 1:51. 4ni Ohlemnnn (Canadzj.) 1;52.1; Grodotzki 3:45.4; Zimny: (Pol- /' l , ,. and) 13:49. 6; Fl~s~bach 13;52·.4n; Janke 14;05, Sn; I?isI:ie 14107,4n; S,idlo (Poforid) 257'6½", L '' HELSINKI, July 5: 100m,An!:Uo (K~nya,), 10~6 (~O. 4 ~n heat). 400, Brightwell (Great ~­

Britain) 46. 6i Olis Williams (USA) ·46. 7; Piummc:i;-,{USA) 46. ,7; Singh ,(India) 46, 8',' 800 1 Snell (New Zealand) 1:47. 6; Matuschewski (Germany) 1:48. 4t Salbn9n 1:48. 7; Ketl;' (West Indies) 1:48.~; Mocns (BClgium) 1:49.2; Balke (Germany) ,1:49~8; ,0upr¢e (USA) 1:52,0, ,5,000 7-Hal,- berg {New· Zeala.IJ4) 13: 5_7. 4; Pirie (Great Britain). 14:02, 2; ,Hoykinpuro 14:05. O; Truex (USA) ,14:06, 8; Heatley (Great >~r~tain.) 14:0~;8 : (Glohessy,. Australia, lltl1Jn •i4:44. of._HOH, Chist­ yakov (USSR) 14. 3; Malan (Soutp. Africa) . M. 3~. ,·1~Avant (USA) 6'10f'; BJ, Schmidt (Poland) . 25'1½"; YaH;:ama 24'11¼"; Olod!tan (Nigeria) 24 7,,/\ SP, Silve ,st~t '(USA) 59'19-~"; Sosgornik . (Polandr 58'7j ,"; Lucking (Great -Britain) 57'10£"; Botha (South Africa) 56',10¼"; Karas~oy • (US-:-,. , 1 11 '\ SR) 56'10! ·"; ,Humphteys (USA) 54 ¾ , .J.'L.Kulcsar (Hungar 'y) 219'11½"; Kuisma 2':19!.11½'!, July ), i r" I 6: 200, Jones (GB) 21. 3.; Amu (Nigeria) 21. 3. 1500, . Beany ' (USA) 3:42. ,J; Salonen 3:,.14. •1; l Rozsavolgyi (Hungo.ry) 3:44. 6;' H~ith (GB) 3:44. 7;. Barris (Spain) 3:45. 5; Vamos r(Rurn4nia) 3:46, ,1; Sullivan XRhodesia) 3:46. -7; Waern (Sweden) 3:48. o. ,10,000 ; Magee (New Zea ,land) 2•8: 50. 8;,'Power (Australia) 28:56: 6; Anentia (Kenya) 29: 14.. O;Bulli:vant (GB) 29: l9 : 0; Vagg (Australia) 29:,13, 5. 400H, Rintamaki . 51, 6. 3000SC, Buhl (Ger,!Uarty) 8:39. 8; Krzys 1zkowia _k

. (Poland) _8:11. 6; Tcdcnby (Sweden) 8:50.4; Siren 8!50. 6. PY~La,ufer 1(Gcrmany) 14'11 ."; Preuss~ , • ger (Germany) 14'7¼"'/ HSJ~· sc ,hmidt (Pola~ .) 53' .4"; Rah~a_mo 151 'l;i'\_DT, Silvester 19,4'5½"; Malan (South Africa) 187'6"; Humphr:ey~ 185'2"; Lindroos 177'9½". HT, Cieply (Poland) 209t4"; Nikulin (USSR) 204'4"; Zsiv ,otsky (Hungary) , 202'3}"., Pa:gani (USA)' 6tih at 193'.:1". > , . -, 1 MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, Juric 24: ,Wiggs ,($alukis) 13:34~ S {3.'rniles); Rowe 60'3½". '-l f; ...h EDINBURGH, SCOT.LAND,June 24: Fnirhrother 6 18½". , , , . '...... ·. ' ,,,1" . GATESHEAD, ENGLAND, July J: Sn~ll (NZ) 1:50. 4y; Philpott (NZ) 1:51. Ohy; HaU,,erg ' -,, r, ~(~ , . (NZ) 4: 93, 4; ;Simpson '4: Q3, 7,I?.;Tayfor 4:04. On; An1erson 4: 04, 7n; Rowe 5.7'9¼"• ..••. ': ·\ , .· .. ,, 1t 11 ::t:•'i::, '~KUQPib1 F~N.Ll\ND,June 3,0: Rintamaki 5~,~8;,~uisrna 256,'ll. • ·\°\.,;, \, ' J ✓,\ • ,';-. \ ,, '. • ,, 11j ' ' l ( ' ' f 'J'' I ' ·. t . [. '\1' 1 '.,:f')\f:\,",{, < ' ; ~."' ;' ; ', , •\. \, y- , , ,J ' ,' ) ,. ',, / I ,, ' • I ~, ,• : \ ,. 1 . ' ·· J ( .X,\',I' . , . ' Page 188 i_ July 19, ' 1961

·, . JYVAESKYLAE; +FINLAND, Jµly 7: 2 MHes~ Halberg (NZ) 8:30. 0 (world record); Hoy- , .0 kinpuFo 8:44_. 6. 800, Snell (NZ) 1:48. 8; Salonen 1:49.1. 1500, V/.aern (S;weden) 3:44. 3; Barris (Spain/ 3:45.7; -Larsson (Sweden) 3:47.2 ..J:!1._Hellcn 6'8i". PV,-Ank:io 14'~". DT, Lammi 176'62'r; Malan (South Africa} 176'4½"; Lindroos 175'7". 400H,Rintamaki 51.2. · " OSLO, NORWAY, July 8: Metcalfe (Great Britain} 45, 8; Singh (India) 46. 4n. 1 11 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN,Pettersson 6 loi , . . ·, , / i . .. . MISC. RUSSIAN RESULTS: Okukov 53'1!"; Reinsprerik 58'6"; Niemanichine 10.4; " Nlkojenko 10. 4; Kodiatchcnko 10. 4; Iniac}Jine 6'8¾"; Ter-Ovan:esyan 10. 6. HULL, ENGLAND: Rowe 61'5¼''; Merriman 13:37,4 (3 miles) • 1 11 .. POZNAN, POLAND: Schmidt 10.4, 25'3½,"; Sosgornik 59 7 , :HELSINK1, RINLAND, July 10: Kerr ~Vest Indies) 46. 3; Rintamaki 46. 9n (Snell, NZ, , fifth in 49. 4); Salonen 3:48, 4; Halberg (NZ) 3:48. 4n, / BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, July 8: Kowalski (Poland) 46~ 3; Szentgali 3:43, O; Par sch 3:43. 5n; Berisford (GB} 3:43. 9n; ;vamos (Rumania} 3:44. 3n; Tulloh (GB) 13:52,. S; Rozsavolgyi 111 13! 59. 3n; Szabo 14: 00. 8n; A. Mikhailov (USSR) 13. 8w; Krasovskis (USSR) 14 '9 ; Var ju 60'4¾''; Frost (Germany) 248'3". July 9: Szecsenyi 186'3"; Bukhantsev (USSR) 178'4"; Csutoras 21.2; Korda 1: 50. 3; Simon 8:43. 6; Zsivotsky ' 212 18". · MUNICH, GERMANY: Urbach 59'3". COLOGNE, GERMANY, July 12: Jerome (Canada) 10. 3; Berruti (Italy) 20. 8; Gcrmar 21. ln; Kaiser 46. ~; Singh (India) 47. On; Snell (NZ) 1:48, 6; Schmidt 1:48, 8n; Klinkenberg ' 1:49. 5n;.Halbcrg (NZ} 7: 59. 6; Watschke 8:04. 8n; Allonsius (Belgium) 8:05. 5n; Bohme 8: 06. On; - Magee (NZ) 8:06. 4n; Janz 51. O; Wagner 51. 9n; Idriss (France) 6'7½"; Lingnau 57 1 9¾''; Sidlo (Poland} 253'3½"; Cavalli (Italy) 50 19¾". ~ . , USA 124, USSR 111, Moscow, July 15: 100m, Budd (US) 10.3; Drayton {US) 10.4; Prok- horovskj.y (USSR) 10. 5; Vinogradov (USSR) 10. 6. HT, Rudenkov (USSR) 217'7½"; B.akarinov (USSR) ~12'11½"; Pagani (US) 188 15½"; Backus (US) 183'½". 400R, US Gones, Budd, frazier, . Drayton) 39.1 (world record); USSR (Ozolin, Bartenyev, Konovalov, Politiko) 39.,1 (Euro­ pean record). 20-km .Walk, Soldov (USSR) 1:38:11. 2; Panichkin (USSR), 1:39:30. 4; Mortland

,, 1 (US) 1:42:23. 6; Zinn (US) 1:44:58. 2. 800, ,Siebert (US) 1:46. 8; Dupre~ (US) 1:,.17.3; Savinkov '; (USSR) 1~47. 4 (national _record); Bulishev (USSR) 1:48. 2. 400, Williams (US) 46, 7; Plummer (US) 46. 9; Rac}?.manov (USSR) 47. O; Arkhipchuk (USSR) 47. 6. llOHH, Jones (US} 13. 8,; A. Mikhailov (USSR) ·1a. 9; Washington (US) 13, 9; Chistyakov (USSR) 13. 9. SP, Gubner (US) 60'7½"; Silvester (US) 60'5½"; Lipsnis (USSR) 59'5"; Varanauskas (USSR) 58'4". PV, Uelses (US) 15'4½"; Wadsworth (US) 15'1' 1; Krasovskis (USSR) 14'9"; Petrenko (USSR} 14'5¼'r:-To, 000, Zakharov (USSR) 29:34. 4; Virku~ (USSR) 29:43. O; Gutknecht (US) 30: 13. 8; Kitt (US) 32:47. 8. HSJ, Kreyer (USSR) 54'8¾"; Fyedoseyev ,(USSR) 52 18¼"; Sharpe (US) 51'4"; FloE!rke (US) 50'7½". July 16: - . 200, Bt1;dd20 _. 8; Ozolin (tJSSR) 21.. 1; Prokhorovskiy 21, 1; Drayton disqtt~lified. 1500, Beatty (US) 3;43, 8; Grelle (US), 3:45. 3; Byelitskiy (USSR) 3:46. 2; Savinkov 3:48.8. 5,000, Bolotnikov • ~ . (USSR) 13:58. 4; Truex (US) 14:05.4; Samoilov (USSR} 14: 14. 8; Clark (US) 14:45. 4, 400H, Cush­ ma,n (US) 50. 5; Chevichalov (USSR) 51, 2; Farmer (US) 51. 6; Korenyevsldy (USSR) 52. O. 3000- ,, SC~ Sokolov (USSR) 8:35. 4; Young (US) 8:38. O (national record); Natoditskiy (USSR) 8:58. 4; -, ... C. Jones (US) 9:09,Z. H1.__1Br,umel (USSR) 7•4t"(world record); Thomas (US) 7'2¼"; Avant ~ (US) 6'1~1"; Shavlakadze (USSR) 6'8¾''·~ Boston (US) 27'2"; Ter-Ovanesyan (USSR) 26'3¼"; , Watson (US) 25'11"; Vaupas (USSR) 25 4i '. DT, Silvester ,191'9½"; Bukhantsev (USSR) 184"10½"; ;, Humphreys (US) 182'_7"; Metsur (USSR) 175'4". JT,Tsibulenko (USSR) 272'8"; Vlad. Kuznyet­ sov (USSR} 268'6½"; Fromm (US) 229 111½"; Wilkinson (US) 229'. 1600R, US (Plummer, Frazier, Y 0W1g, Williams) 3: 08. 8; USSR 3: 11. 6. : Kutyenko (USSR) 7, 615 pts. ; P. Herman (PS) 7,484pts.; Edstrom (US} 7,293pts.; Dyachkov (USSR)6,354pts. . BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS, London, July 14: 220, D. Jones 21. 4. 880, Kerr (Y'/est In­ dies) 1:51, 5; Delany (Ireland) 1:51. 9; Salonen (Finland) 1:51. 9. 6 Miles, Power (Australia) 27:5'7.8; Heatley ~8:03. O; Eldon 28:13.4; Merriman 28:16. O; An\;!ntia (Kenya) 28:lff. O; Fowler \ 28:39.2; Freary 28:46.0; Ede,len (USA) 29:02.0. 220LH, M9rale (Italy) 23.9, 3000SC, Herriott , 8;53.6.__fil_ Oliditan (Nigeria) 24'3". DT,Malan (Southl\frica) 184'1"; Koch (Holland) 180~11½". f~ HT,Lawlor (Ireland) 201'5''. July 15: lOOy, Jerome (C~nada) 9.6. 440 1 Metcalfe 47.6. Mile, Bernard (France) ' 4:05.8; Wood 4:06.5; Taylor 4:06.8;-Wiggs 4:06,.9; Simpson~:07.2; Beris-

ford 4:07. 4; Everett 4:07. 7. -3-Miles, Pirie 13: 31. 2; Hill-Cottingham 13:iO. O; Bullivant 13:41. 4. r 440H, R.int~maki (Finland) 51. 5,J.¼ Fairbrother 6 19½".;Ridgway {Australia) ~'7". PV, ,Anld.o' , , J, (Finland) 14,'6". SP, Rowe ~0'11 "; Varju (Hunga~y) 58'6¼",..1.It_ Macquct (France) 253. ,. 11 4 \ ~ ,Page 18~ , . _ _ .. . ,· . .· July 19, 1961 1 11 1 WARSAW, POLAND: Foik 10. 2; Sosgornik 59 10 ; Sidlo 2$0 3". DUBLIN, IRELANO, July 17: 4 MileR, New Zealand (Philpott1 Halberg, Magee, Snell) 16:24. 8 (world record); Great Britain 16:24. 8. 880,Snell 1:47, 2. July 18: Halberg 13:11. 6. U.S. VS. WEST GERWlANY,(first day), Stuttgart, July 18: HT, . Wulff (G) 195'6"; Fahsl (G) 19412"; Pagani (US) 194 11"; Backus (US) 190'6½", 400R~ US (H. Jones, Budd, Frazier, Young) S.9.9; Germany 40. 2, ll0HH, H. Jones 13. 8; W~shirtgton (US) 14.1; Pens­ berger / (G) 14, 3; Nuske (G) 14, 7. 400, Y ming 46. 5; Kinder (G) 46. 7; Kaiser (G) 47. 1; Plum - mer (US) 48. 2. OT, Silvester (US) 18i'3"; Humphreys (US) 174'6"; Reime;rs (G} 165'7½"; · Klik (G) 163'. l.OOin,Budd 10. 4; H. Jones 10. 5; Germar (G) 10. 5; Gamper (G) 10, 8. 5,000, Flossbach (G) 14:08. 6; Watschke (G) 14:08. 6; Young (US) 14:35, 2; Kitt (US) 14:55. 4. 800, Schmidt (G) 1:51. 3; Balke(G) 1:51. 4; Dupree (US) 1:51. 5; Beatty (US) 1:52. 8. 1i~J,Wisch­ 1 11 meyer (G) 50 ,9½"; Floerke (US) 50'1-l"; Strauss (G) 48'10¼ ; Sharpe (US) 45'11 2 • PV, Wads­ worth (US) 15'1"; Uelses (US) ,14'9"; Lehnertz (G) 14'5¼"; Klein (G) 12'5½".

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WIND SPRINTS S't>rinter and middle distance man JerrySiebert missed the u~s. versus , West Germany dual meet because of ailments. Drayton has a muscle pull in his left leg while Siehert has a bad cold. Hurdler Fran Washington has had dental troubles but ran , anyway and pole vaulter John Uelses competed although he is recovering from an infected leg •.• middle distance man missed the US-USSR dual meet because of a stom - ach ailment, •• 's series in the US-USSR dual meet whc.re he set a world record of 27'2" was: foul, 27'2", 26 1 11½", 26 13¾'',25'5", foul. Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's series in that eveht was: foul, 26'3¼", 25'3½", foul, foul, 26'3¼" ••• the laxity of officials ,may have cost New Zealander the world three-mile record. Halberg just missed the record with a 13: 11. 6 clocking in Dublin on July 18 and following the race said he could have broken ._the record had officials called the lap times ••• high jumpers Valeriy Brumel and John Thoinb\S were forced to jump in the rain but it apparently didn't affect their performances. Brumel cleared 7 14!" for 'a world record and Thomas had a narrow miss at that height after clearing 7 12¼". "I said it would take a world record to beat ·me, "Thomas said, "and it did, I thought I did pretty wclL " ••• Canadians _Harry Jerome, Doug Kyle, Sig Ohlcmann and Don Bertoia haye been touring Europe. Others who have been competing in Europe are of Australia and Houston, Colin Ridgway of Australia and Lamar Tech, Mike Wiggs of Southern ., Illinois and Great Britain and George Kerr of the West Indies and formerly of the University of Illinois .•. Istv R_ozsavolgyi of Hungary was eliminated in the heats of the mile ~t the British Champions nips in London. He ran 4: 11. 7 while the winner of the heat did 4: 10, 9 ••• Australian Her,b Elliott, who says he is far out ·of condition, showed that he was by finishing seventhin an 880 race in Brighton, England, on July 16. He was timed in 1:59, 9, •• just be- , forethe ..Russian meet, U.S. head coach Jim Elliott was working on the form of , "I think John has been worried too mµch about ;the bar art.d not enough about the takeoff>" said Elliott. "I have been trying to get him to forget the bar. I thmk he has been approaching the bar too slowly and at the wrong angle. I have had him working in a Httle faster, and then _ approaching the bar straight instead ofat the angle he h:-J.s'·been using." ••• said that just before the Russian meet Elliott suggested that he run the 5,000 against Russia in-­ stead of the 1500,. However, B~tty sa!d he couldn't change on such short notice and went on to win the '1500 in 3:43.. 8. ·

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(. , On a dusty day in 49013.'C., .a G~eckcoufier named ,Pheidippidqs ?et a dangerous precedent. Joyous at an Athenian . v~ctory over the invading Persian army, he ran 22 miles .11, , and 1,500 yards from the Plains ofMa .rat~on into Athens with the news °' "Rejoice, we con- ~ i, 1. quer, '\ he gasped and iillmediately fell d,=ad. ,. · , ~/ His sacrifice

l I ; hemay even run it fast ap.d not prove much, ]jµt anyone who has ever ,competed in the marathon 't' ',,knows that merely .to finish a 26-mile :,:ace -- no matter how fast ·~- is a tremendous accom- ·· · , .; ..,, iplishrneI1t, '' Dt. Guild fini~hed th~ 1960 Boston ' lViarathon almost a full hour behind the win-

' ner and \Vas tickled pii1k. · . 'I j • I e \ i " ; While some people might thmk a person would have to be 'either an idiot or~ raving 1 • _ • maniac to want to submit hi,~ body to such punishm~nt, , the marathon attracts its share of • ". "eggheads," John J. Kelley, Americ~ ls be.st marathon runner, is a high school English tea~ ,',cper. ScotfHamilton, a·.marathoncr-architcct of some n0te from Little Rock, Ark., has 'spent the last year studyi3:1gin F~ajand ~nd Paris whcre•he had a one-man shoiv of mobiles he had designed, While -_a student at OJctord,;.he went mountain climbing with a British expedi .l , tion in Tibet~ "Right now, ." says Hamilton ,, . "the marathon race is my own particular Everest. " ·' . Each April rn·several hundred uthletes, · cohches arid fans assemble at a high school lgymnaSiUill in Hopkinton; •_.Mass. ' rhe .starting point .for th Boston Marathon, , A rrew of doc- ,,,.. y tRrs e.--cnmincsall the entrants for any physical defects that might prohibit them from finish- ' . . ,r \:._ J ' > -I -~✓, )

• f I(; ..J..,-'.- ~, ) ; f-:\ ,;\i~•i -- • A !. •.• , , -. : ~ \ ~r.~- "' . ! -..\ ( :1,._ I .-l' t .. • ' : . y Page 1~1 • .,., ~,', '· _ · \_ . , · ;·_. 1 ., '· '·' •· ·' r July\_i9, 1961 ing the race. But most are in superb condition. ' ,. ' "' 14 One of America'~ marathon greats, Cl~tence De Mar, "was in 1911, warned ,by anex­ aming doctor that he had a heart murmur a_nd pr<;>bably _shouldn't tun. )"Drop out if you get tired," advised the doctor, which was .tantamount tq .telling a channelswimmer to come out ·. of the water it be ·g~ts wet, ·De Mar went on to \yin that 'Boston ;race \and-six. others, the : last in ,, , ', 1930 when he wa$ 40 years old. He didn't retire from marathon running until. a few years be- fore }:lis death at the age ·of 71, , . . ._ _ . The Boston Marathon begins at high noc;in i11· the H.opkinton town square. Until' 1957 it used to begin at Marathon Rock farther up the road, but in that year the spon~ors, with some prodding from doubters ..in other countries, remeasured their course~ They found,Jt an em - barrassing half mile short and had to shift the ,sta _rting point, thus invo.liµating all 'previous record times, Ttiis action wa0 s not without precedent. Most early marathons were 25,miles long but when London hosted the 1908 Olympics, in _deference ,to royalty, officials moved the · starting point back to where it cduld qe viewed from the ,balcony of Windsor Castle . .1"he 26 miles, 385. yards run that day has since been adhered to as the official marathon distance. "Every time I get to the 25-mile point, I ~uss out the British," says one maratQoner. ''.With'- out their meddling I could. stop." · · · · When th~ sto.rtingpi$tiol fires, the runners rush off in the Wak~ of a flci.tbetj truck re~ served for the press and two _huses filled with officials. The police -have clearea the ,road of al! traffic. From· Hopkinton the marathon course slqpes downhill pa.st the Ashland reservoir 1<~ ·;;1 1 1 and into Framingham to th·e first check point atfive miles. There, in 1907, Tom Longboat, an Onondaga Indian from Ontario, surprised the other competitors by breaking tnto a spr ,int. He crossed the railroad tracks just before a long #-rcight train held up bis opponents long enough to insure him the victory. , p , silver medalist in the 1956 Olympic 400-mcter hurdles, used to com­ plain of getting bored during his races. "I never know w)1at to. think about on that back straight­ away, 11 he used to say. Marathon runners, with 100 times as far to run, seldom get bored 1 during the race -- or if they do they don't admit it. The runners in the rear jbg along enjoy­ ing the scene;ry, occasionrllly exchanging chat, and accepting readily the ' offers -of water and oranges prov'ided at refreshment points. The runners in front are too intent on their competi­ tion to worry about boredoin. "The first half of the race is almost pleasant, ." says John J. Kelley. "You're among friends, and at first the pace does not seem too pwishing. The last

half dozen mile~ provide a ,lburnin& path of,_pain, but by the111it's too late to turn back." ~ The Boston Ma~athon has always been popular with foreign athletes, and, in fact, Kelley has been the only Am1e,rican to-win the ra~e (in 1957) in the last tl5 years. · While _describing the Boston Ma _rathon several years ago, one ~uthor mentioned that students _at Harvard and M. I. T. used to like to enter the race and sprint into the lead at Wellesley to impress the girls at that school. Obvious~y the author had ~never fried it himself \ since Wellesley is almost halfway in ,the race, Two years ago a hooded student tried to jump into the race at the 10-mile _check point in Natick only to be tackled by B.A .A. _ trainer Jock Semple. "I can't stand exhibitionists," said Jock in a burly Scottish accent. To him, mara- thon runners .aren't exhibitionists, they nre artists. Shortly after reaching the 15-mile chcc,\<:point, the runners, who by then -'are stretched out in a two or three mile long line, encounter the Newton hills -- four hills which seem quite gentle from a seat in a high-powered automobile. But fov men who have been running for o e hour and a half, they present quite an obstacle. The last of these hills 'is Heartbreak Hill, "lt so named becaus ,e many runners have reached it o~Jy to find they could go no further. , Many others have seen )their oppos _ition sprint away from tliem at i'this point, Boston College lies past the top of the hill and the _.res( of the way to the Exeter Street finish 'line has been des- cribed in most accounts as "downhill all the way, " bµt as , one marathon runner' has comment· ed: "Anyone ,~vho calls ~he last five .miles 'downhill' 'has never tried ' to rrun th'em. 11 , [

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EMERSON CASE, .Fair _Qaks, Calif .• : "It does seem as if a . 'hypodermic I;mllet, ' or, ,, something, ,could be used to disable dogs ; who bQtber runners in the ,Boston Marathon ,and other _ racE.;~·-'' ·. · · ' · \

. I ) . 1 \ ,I , ...... ,'~ _..,...... ,--.------~----:------:------:-:-:-:------\.;,. ) ... -- 1"."""" ,Pa .ge 192 . / NEW ZEALANDE ·llS VISIT LOS ALTOS July 19,1961 (Quotes from the New Zealand quintet, made when they stopped in Los Altos for three days on their way to Europe. ) ' , · ARTHUR L YOIARD, the coach: "This was a fine stop for us. The warm weather · is per­ ! fect, coming from our winter. We could use the tune-up runs nicely. And it's ·good to be among friends, where you can relax. Snell's training is a bit behind the others, but he'll be better than ever after a few good races. Halberg i.s in top condition and should break the world 5000 record on this trip. Magee is a much improved runner and will surpx-ise those who think of him only as a marathorier. Philpott has a lot of potential. But it is unfair to think of him as a cinch worlct beater, as many do at home. • Just because • he beat Peter, who beat themI all

at Rome, ..cloesn 't mean that Gary· is ready to lick the world. '' , • 1 MURRAY HALBERG: "Yes, I think I can get the 5000 record. I don't take it as hard as ,1 used too, but I still can get ready .for the big ones. When I can't I'll quit. And when I quit tra9k I might take up another sport, like sprinting-. Coach says I'm too lazy to be a marathon­ .~, er. He would like to see me do mqre of it later on, and I have run under 2:36. But he's right . : in saying that I won •t put in the mileage necessary to stick with the likes of Magee. 11 I \, GARY PHILPOTT: "I didn't sleep all the way fr~m home to San Francisco. It's my first ' trip other than to Australia q11dI didn't want to miss anything. AU I saw was thousands of miles of sky and water but I couldn't take a chance on sleeping. I love this cinder track. I've never run on anything so easy or so fast. " ' BARRY MAGEE: "Murray_ talked us into putµng in a composition all weather track back home but it's been a big flop. It's too hard. Of course Murray claims it was steamrolled far ,_ too lofig, but I'm not so sure. 11 PETER SNELL: ''I'll Jceep, on running the half until someone forces me up to the mile. And that someone might be Gary. · I liked your Olympic Games story on the 800. (He_sub­ scribed to T&FN for five years.) I love your 'cots. (He eats well for a runner--more like a ... shot putter.) The half isn't a hard race to run. The first quarter is nothing. ,It's not until about 300 yards to· go that you start feeling anytfilng, and it isn't long to the finish. But then I don't think Murray really suffers much when he runs, either. " ·

. ~ QUOTES FROM ALBUQUER~UE -;- (Made to Bert Nelson on his visit to the Albuquerque Invitational.) FRAN WASHINGTON: "Wilbur Ross is a great hurdle coach. He could go over a hurdle ··· \ in his street clothes so perfectly that he shamed us into improving our form. I thought I would sit out this season because I was so late getting started. But I surprised myself by getting into shape quiclqy. Now I'm hoping to make my first trip. I earned one before but got injured.''- . · MERLE MC GEE: (after running two-miles in high altitude) · 11I never felt this bad before."

HARRY MC CALLA (after two-mile): "Now I know what you mean about the altitude. ti JIM BUSH, Fullerton coach: "I told Leroy Neal to stick behind Bob Seaman but it looks ' ', as if I made a mistake. Bob Just didn't have it tonight and Leroy was out of position. "

BOBSEAMAN! "My legs went dead all of a sudden. It happens that way up high. ti - : "The AAU meet · seems to be the only one I can get in shape for." CLIFF CUSHMAN: "I took 20, and 18 units in the last two semesters and didn't have a chance to train. Since finals I've done not.hing but rest and train. Maybe rcan get in shape now. I still look upon the intermediates as an unusual event and I want to: see what kind of a miler I can be. I have to go into flight training, but I ~ould ,delay it for ~ year or so if I could find a good coach on the west coast to help ,me. " . . · : "This has oeen a hard month. First I hurt my knee in an auto accident ~ and lost two weeks of training. · But my baclcground carried me through Compton.. But I cc1ught 1cold and got the flu at Com·pton, and that set me ha.ck another 10 days. I lost 15 pounds." JACK YER MAN: "I wasn't able to train until I got back to California and I have no speed / I wanted to work seriously on the 880 this year. I've run some weird ones in pretty fair time and Brutus (Hamilton) thinks I ·can .run a good one. Brutus told m~ to hold back in both races in the Olympic trials, and I dic;i. I feel that if I had gone all out in just one race that day I · would have run 45. 4i , Brutus has a way of getting you ready and up. And when he tells you ·yo~ 're ready you know you are. •• , Alq. Jr, C of C: " could be a great fighter. In fact he is a great fighter. He fought 'Golden Gloves here and he's the best we've seen. He has t~e qui_ckest · , pair of hands I've ever seen, and a wicked kayo punch. A local pro,moter offered him $l00, 000 1·· for a contract but his wife won't l~t him take it. " r -.. r J ~l i .... I ,· -.t j_; {L. '--... :~• <,• • - • .:-:\_ ·1, ~ >'_/ ,. ~--\.{ }i.J'- ;,..--T ,'}/~ \ ..,_._,,- )C l 1 ,r Page 193 _ BEST ERF,ORMERS BY,AGE k{QUTDOORS) _ ·,, <( July19> ' }.961 ,1 1 1\ , By Emerson Case, 4"ll'01Lago 'Di C.oma Way, Fairpaks 1 Ck.lit. - - ' , . \ l '\ ~ .i ,l /. \ I \ ' J'; ) }{ \ \ SIX MILES 16· ~-~1: 15, 4 Tony ,Harper (Great Britain) Tooting ·-15 ;Sep 5'$ 1 Feb 42 17 33:-40. O Gordon Pirie (dreat Britain) 48 10 Feb 31 18 29;U3, 6 Bob Vagg , (Australia) Sydney ) 20 Jan ,59 , 2 Feb 40 r 19 28;15. 6 Bob Vagg (Australia) . Sydney 19 Jan · 60 2 Feb 40, 2_0 29:31.2 Boo·vagg ,(Australia.) . Perth · s·Mar 60_/, 2 Feb -40 21 _-28:28. 6*Albert ,Thomas (Australia) Sydney ' ( 1 Sep 56 · 8 Feb ,35 22 ' ~8:05, 0 Stan Eldon (Great Britain) Chiswick . 28 Jun 58 , · -1 May 36 23 28: 12, 4 Stan Eldon (Great Biitain) London 10 Jyl"' 5~ 1 May ?6 / 24-· 28: 09. 4* Robert Bogey (France) London 30 Jiu 60 25 Nov 35 28: 09. 4* John Merriman (Great Britain) ' London r' 30 Jul 60 21 Jun36 25· 27:54. O Dave Stephens (Australia) Melboi.1rne 25 Jan 56 -: 11 Nov 30 26 2_7:43. 8* Sandor Iharos (Hungary) Budapest 15 Jul 56 - ·,10 Mar 30, 27 28: 10. 2 Martin Hyman (Great Britain) ., London 15 Jul 60 3 Jul 33 28 28: 17. 6* Jozsef Kovacs (Hungary) Budapest -' 3 Jul 54 3 Mar-26 29 28: O!h 6 Gordon l;'iri@ (Great Britain) London · 15 J41 60 10 Feb 31 30 - ~8: 12. 2* Vladimir ·kuts (USSRt) · Genoa 19 Oct 57 - 1 May27 · *= made in 10, 000 meter race.

10, 000 METERS - 17 33: 13{'6 Mike Lehner (µSA) Palo Alto, Calif. 16 Jan 60 8 Nov ,42 18 · 30:32. 8 Saburo Yokomizo ·(Japan) Tokyo 12 Oct 58 9 Dec 39 : f 19 30: 17. 2 Saburo Y okomizo (Japa.µ) 'Tokyo ' 26 Oct 59 9 Dec 39 \ :, 20 30: 16. 6 Saburo Yokomizo (Japan) Tokyo 8 May60 9 Dec 39 21 29:21. 0 Albert Thomas (Australia) Sydney 1 Sety 56 8 Feb 35 22 29:03, 8 - John Merriman (Great Brit::i.in) , Stockholm rn Aug 58 27 Jun 36 23 29:08. 8 Hans Grodotzki (Germnny) ' Oslo 17 Jul 59 4 Apr 36 24 28:50, 2 (USA) - Rome 8 Sep 60 4 Nov 35 : 25 29:08. 6 Aleksandr Artinyuk (USSR) Kiev 15 Oct 60 8 Sep 35 26 28:42 , 8 Sandor Iharqs (Hungary) 1;3udapest 15 Jul 56 10 Mar 30 ; 27 as:~8. 6 Yevgeniy Zhukov (USSR) Stockholm 19 Aug 58 2q Aug 3_0 "\ 28 28:59. 2 Vfadimir ·Kuts (USSR) Bucharest 3 Oct 55 ,1 May27 I ' I , . 29 28:30. 4 Vladimir Kuts (OSSR) , Moscow 11 Sep 56 1 May27 ' I "-(•, 30 28: 18, 8 Pyotr Bolotnikov (USSR) Kiev 15 Oct 60 8 Mar3p ,· i

3, 000-Mb"TER STEEPLECHASE 18 8: 59. ~ . Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) London 3 Sep ✓58 8 Oct 39 8:48. ,G- 15Aug 59 I - .19 _Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) London 8 Oct 39 · ., ' 20 8:53. 2 Mau:ticc Herriott (Great Britain) London · ,15 JtirlJ 60 8 ()Ct39 I ' ' I , , . . \ I 21 8:52. 2 W-R. Bohm~ (Gcrm qny) Berlin 24 Jul 60 . 31 Mar 39 \ 1 22 8:37. 4 Aleksey Konov (USSR) v Moscow 17 Jul 60 '· 3 Mar 38 , 23 8:,39. 8 -- Scmyon Rzhishchin (USSR) Moscow 14 Aug 59 ; 15 Feb _33 I • 24 8:34. O Hcrmp.nn BuhL (Gcrmaµy) Moscovi 3 Jul 60 3i Oct 35 25 8; 35; $ Scmyori Rzhishchin (USSR) : • Moscow 21 Jul 58 -_15 f.eb 33 4i Sandor Rozsnyoi (H~gary) Budapest 16 Sep 56 · 24 Nov 30 '- I 26 8:37. ·L Vladimir Y evdokimov (USSR) -Moscow ' 17, Jul 60 6 :Mar 34 27 8:32~ 0 Jcrzy 'Chromik (Poland) · ,wursaw 2--Aug 58 , 5 Juri' 31 28 8:33. 6 Z. Krzyszkowiak (Poland) Moscow - 28 Jul 58 3 Atig 29 29 · -8:~2. 4 Nikola.y Sokolov (USSR) Tula 26 Jµn 60 28 Aug 30 30 8:31. 3 ,z. Kr 1ZY;$zkowiak (Poland) Tula , 26 Jun\ 60 3 Aug 29 \ . , I ' ' 120-YARD HIGH HURDLES r 15 16.4* Giorgio (Italy) \ 55 27 Sep 39 Mazza 1 ~ob Sqaw (Great Britain) 48 27 Dec 32 G io,rgio Mazza (Italy) 56 · 27 Sep · 39 ~ , _Hayes Jones (USA) D~yton, Ohio 1 1 21 Jun 57 4 Aug 38 Ray C wmingham (USA) 'Houston, Texas 10, Jun 60 !' 27 Jun 1 49 I I \.-, 1k" ' • ✓ .i \ ' ' / ' j .. '·, ; Page 194 . ,, ' July 19-, 1961 20 13. 6 )1ayes Jones (USA) - Budapest 5 ,Aug 58 .- 4 Aug 38 ·. \ 21 ~13. 4 Elia .s Gilbert (USA) J . qpmpton, Calif. 31 -May57 14 Jan 36,, 22 13, 2* Martin Lauer (Germany) · zurich 1 Jul 59 2 Jan 37 23 13. 4 (USA) Compton, Calif. 31 May57 9 Dec 33 24 13, 6 (USA) Lawrence, Kansas 17 Apr 48 8 Jul 23 25 13. 4* (USA) Bakersfield, Calif. 22 Juh 56 11 Sep 30 26 ,13. 7 (USA) Philadelphia ,18 Jul -59 23 Feb 33 27 13, 2* .Lee Ca .lhoun (USA) Bern 21 Aug 60 23 Feb 33 2$ 13, 8* 1Keith Gardner r,.vest Indies) Gothenburg 2s ·Aug 58 '. 6 Sep 29 .,, 29 13. 7.* Harrison ,Dillard (USA) Hels'inki 24 Jul 52 8 Jul 23 30 14.' 0 , Keith Gardner (:Nest Indies) Glasgow 6 ~ug60 6 Sep 29 I I *= 110 meter time.

110-METER HIGH HURDLES 15 16.4 Giorgio Mazza, (Italy) 55 27 Sep 39 16 14. 9 - Giorgio Mazza (Italy) 56 27 Sep 39 17 :j.4.4 -Giorgio Mazza (Italy) Bologna 15 Sep 57 27 Sep 39 18 14.1 (USA) Lausanne 13 Jul 57 4 Aug 38 !, _ 19 13.8 Ray Cunningham (USA) Houston, Texas 10 Jun 60 27 Jun 40 , ' 20 13. 6 Hayes Jones (USA) Budapest ' 5 Aug 58 4Aug38 ,,- 21 13,5 Dick Attlesey (USA) Helsinki 10 Jul 50 10 May29 22 13.2 Martin Lauer (Germany) Zurich 7 Jul 59 2 Jan 37 23 13. 5 Lee ·Calhoun (USA) Melbourne 28 Nov 56 23 Feb 33 24 13.6 Ancel Robinson · (USA} Budapest 6 Aug 58 12 Sep 33: 25 13.4 Jae k Davis (USA) · Bakersfield, Calif. 22 Jun 56 11 Sep 30 26 13~5 Jack Davi~ (USA) Melboume 28 Nov 56 11 :,cp 30 . 27, 13.2 Lee C alhouu (USA) Bern ~ 21 Aug 60 , 23 Feb 33 --~8 13,8 Keith Gardner (West Indies) Gothenburg 28 Aug 58 6 Sep 29 , 29 13.7 Harrison Dillard (USA) ~­ Helsinki 24 Jul 52 8 Jul 23 30 l~.1 Yevgeniy Bulanchik (USSR) -·-Stalinabad 21 Sep 52 3 Apr 22 , KeitqGardner C,.VestIndies) Fontainebleau 10 Aug 60 6 Sep 29 ~ -.. 400-METER HERDLES . 17 53. 1 * -Eddie Southern (USA) Boulder, Colo. 24 Jun 55 4 Jan 38 18 49. 7 Eddie Southern (USA) Los Angeles 29 Jun 56 4 Jan 38 •. 19 50. 6 RexGawl~y -(USA} ' Palo Alto, Calif. 1 Jul 60 6 Jul 40 , 20 49. 8* (USA) Albuquerque, N. M. 18 Jw1 60 18 Mar 40 , 21 ' <:\9.5 Glenn Davis (USA) ._ Los Angeles 29Jun 56 12 Sep 34 22 49. 6 .Cliff Cushman (USA) Rome 2 Sep 00 2 Jun 38 23 49. 0* Gert Potgieter (S9uth Africa) I3loemfonteiw 16 Apr '60 16Apr 37 24 49. 8 Dick Howard (USA) Palo Alto, Calif. 1 Jur 60 22 Aug- 35 25 49, 3 .(USA) Rome 2 Sep 60 12 Sep 34 ... \ 26-. 49.J) Helmut Janz (Germany) Rome 2 Sep 60 llApr 34

- I -27 50. 2 (USA) Palo Alto, Calif. 1 Jul 60 14 Sep 32 . 28 50. 4 Yuriy Lituyev (USSR) ·Budapest 2-0 s'cp 53 2·Apr 25 ' . 29 50. 8 · · Yuriy Lituyev (1/SSR) Bern 29 Aug 54 2 Apr 25 130 •,51. 3 Yuriy Lituyev (USSR) 55 2 Apr 25 *:;:i,ntermediate time or 440 yard time less o. 3 seconds. (_ , I I 440"'.'YARD HURDLES 17 53.4 Eddie Southern (USA) Boulder, Colo, 24 Jun 55 4 Jan 38 is 51. 5 Eddi~ Southern (USA) Houston, 'Texas 8 Jun 56 4 Jan 38 (USA) .Ft. Wayne, Ind. 6 Jun 59 · 6 Jul 40 \ 19 52.1 Gert Potgietcr (South Africa) Sydney · 5 Dec 56 16 Apr 37 20 50.1 Don Styron (U.SA) , . Albuquerque, N.M. 18 Jun 60 18 Mar40 .21 49. 7 Gert Potgieter -(South Africa) · Cardiff 22 Jul 58 16Apr 37 , 22 50.2 Gert Pa;tgieter (South Africa) Bloemfontein 14, Nov 59 16 Apr 37 23 49. 3 ,Gert Potgieter (South Africa) Bloemfontein 16 Apr 60 , 16,Apr 37 24 50.1 Dick Howard (U~A) Albuquerque, 'N. M, 18 60 22 Aug 35 J Jun

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