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Boston, Thomas Score Victories 1932 COLOGNE, GERMANY, Sept. 9 -- Ralph and . By Wally Donovan . opened their latest invasion of Europe by scoring On the sun -drenched shores of the Pacific Ocean, before a victory apiece here today. record breaking crowds, the most successful and carefully planned Boston added to his list of 26-foot plus jumps with a leap Games in modern Olympic history were staged at , of 26 '2" and Thomas was an easy winner in the at Calif., from July 30 to August 14, 1932. 6' l{fos". Another top performance came from Manfred Kinder, A crowd of 105; 000, filled the colossal Olympic Stadium, ·who won the 400 in 46.2. l00m,Hebauf 10.5; Delecour (France) now called the Coliseum, to capacity on the first day and heard 10.5. 200,Germar 21.0. 400,Kovac (Yugo) 46.8 (2nd); Bruder Vice President Charles Curtis proclaim open the Olympic Games (Switz)47.0 (3rd). 800, Missalla 1:48.9; Lurot (France) 1:49.6; , of Los Angeles. Klinkenberg 1:49.9; Faude 1:50.2; Bohme 1:50.2; Eyerkaufer More than 1500 athl e tes representing 40 nations traveled 1:50.5. Brace: Hoffmann 1;50.0. 1500, Schmidt 3:47.0; Wat­ many miles over oce ans to engage in the world's greatest sporting schke 3:47 .O; Schwarte 3:47 .9. 3000, Flosbach 8:10.2. 400H, pa geant . For the first time in Olympic history , speci al housing Janz 50.4. 400R, ASV Cologne 40.7; Bayer Leverkusen 40.8. wa s provided in an Olympic Village, so that all comp etitors N.,__Molzberger24'6½" (2nd). PV Lehnertz 14'9".l!:,_Herings could live in the same compound. The athletes trained and com­ 260!9½". peted in a climate perfectly suited to building up condition. In fact, the weather throughout the Games was the finest in' Olym - pie history. More Wins For Boston., Thomas Although the Games -Were held in the midst of a world­ HAMBURG, GERMANY, Sept. 10 -- won wide depression, more than two-million spectators attl:!nded two events and John Thomas one here today as they continued the various events for an Olympic attendance record. It was their tour of Europe. the most spectacular and successful sporting event ever staged Boston as usual had little trouble in the broad jump in the United States from the standpoint of attendance, organi­ and won at 26 '1¾'' and also took the high hurdles · in 14.1. Thomas zation, thrills and records. jumped 6'l{fos" for the second straight day .but could place only · The events were staged from July 31 to fourth in the high hurdles, where he ran 15. _0. 100m, Delecour Aug. 7. The new, fast 400-meter track yielded many great per- (France) 10.5. 200, Germar 21.5. 400, Kinder 46.5; Bruder , formances. New Olympic records were set in every men's track (Switz) 46. 7. 1500, Eyerkaufer 3: 47 ._2; Ostach 3:47. 9. HT, event ·and in five out o.f the eight field events. Seven of the 20 Fahsl 205'9". IL._Salomon 253'10½'' ,. PV Lehnertz 14'5½". Olympic records were world records. In addition, three world records were equalled. World records a,lso were set in the six women's events making it a total of 13 for all of the track and Pettersson Upsets Thomas - field events. · · - GOTHENBURG, SW];':DEN, Sept. i4 --Stig Pettersson became the greatest all-around athlete by and John Thomas both cleared 6 'l{fos" here tOdaY,but the $wedish winning the with a world record 8,462,235 points ll.llder athlete picked up the victory on fewer misses. Pettersson be­ the 1912 scoring tables (Ed. Note: 6, 588 points under the 1952 came only the fourth man to _beat Thomas in the last three years. scoring tables.) again defeated his great rival, Be°n , Robert Shavlakadze and Bob Avant also ·have Eastman, creating an astounding world record of 46. 2. for 400 beaten Thomas during that span. . meters. '· · Ralph Boston continued to. win · with .a leap of 25 '•9¾"and GrEtat Britain's Thom as Hampson crashed thr9ugh another Great Britain's won t,he 3,000 meters from Gaston of trade's "barriers, ·" dipping under 1:50 with an astonishing Roelants of Belgium, 8: 07. 0 to 8: 12 .2. 1:49. 8 for 800 meters. In an exeiting ··pole vault duel, Bill Mille'r' broke the accepted world record, soaring 14 'li''. Chuhei Nam­ bu of Japan, already the world recor.d holder iff the broad ·jump, Boston Wins "Twice, Thomas Once became the first and only man in history to hold world records TAMPlc:KE,. , Sept. 15 - -Two victories by in both horizontal jumps by leaping 51'7 " in 'the hop-step~jump. Ralph Boston and one by John Thomas highlighted an inter­ Two swift U.S. relay teams broke the world records for 'the '100 national meet here today. and 1600-meter relays, docking 40.0 and 3:08.2, respectively. Boston won the broad jump ac 24' 10" and the high_hurdles _ , bespectacled, piston-legged Detroit Negro, in 14.4 while Thomas again high jumped 6'l(fos". RistoAnkio became the oruy double winner in men .'s track, : tying the world won the pole vault at a low 14 '1¼" and Pauli Nevala was the jav­ mark _of 10. 3 in the 100 meters and running one of the fastest . elin winner at 238 '2½". (21. 2) 200 meters ever run on a curve . Although he finished second, , only-a college freshman, tied the world record for the 400 meter hurdles as the winner knocked over the 185' 111-2" for 20 Year Old last hurdle and was deprived qf the record. Hardin was timed OBERHAUSEN., GERMANY, , Sept. 14 -- Jens Reimers, in 51. 9 although the time was rounded off to 52 .0. West Germany's youn 11discus find, set a .-national record today tied the world record of 14.4 in the semi-finals of the 110-meter· with a throw of 185 '11 2 ". Reimers, who turned 20 less than a high hurdles. month ago, threw only 159'9" last year. ·He .stands 6'6¾'' and Midred ''Babe" Diarickson was a double winner in the weighs 242 pounds. women's events, breaking the world records in the javelin · (continued on page 28, column one) Page 26 24 'l0 f'; Asiala (F) 24 'lOf' . [Yf, Lindroos (F) .181 '10"; Repo (F) 176'7". IT,_ Kuisma (F) 256'°; Nevala (F)-253'5"; Svanstrom Thomas lrou.ncei Pettersson (S) 249'9". 400R 1 Swecl,en 40.9. Sept. 10:· 1500, Salonen 3:46.1. KARLSTAD, SWEDEN, Sept. 14 .-'- John Thomas got 400H Rintamaki 51.1 • .fY,Nikula .Cf) 14'7¼" (2nd); Landstrom revenge on Stig Pettersson today by leaping 7'1" to .easily defeat (if)TI's¾"(3rd). HS), Rahkamo (f) 52 '3" ; Tamminen (F) 52'2" '. the fwedish ace. Pettersson recently beat Thomas but. he · was no !:!!,Asplund (S) 2.08 10". 1600R, Finland 3:09.8 (NR); Sweden mai,h for the Boston ·University athlete ·today and cl_eai'.ed 6'10i _". 3:09.9 (NR). . G · t Britain's Gordon Pirie won the 3, 000 meters m 8: 17. 7. and in e 200 it was thought that Ove Jonsson had set a Swedish · record ofj Z0. 9. However, later investigation showed that he ran. _3. H, Bakarinov Beats Rudenkov- m t tk rs less than the required dist ance ·. · , :- · · _ , , .KUSSIA, Sept. 11 - Yuriy Bakarinov, rated a comer in European hammer circles, continued to be a thorn in the Bitston Loses in Broad Jump ·: t/ ' the side of Vasily Rudenkov by beating the Olympic champion TUKKU, FINLAND -- Ralph Boston scored an impreiisive here today. Bakarinov, who stands only 5'6½", threw 219'4", only ~f a half inch off his personal best, while Rudenkov managed 218 '6½". low ·•hurdles victory but lost his undefeat ed record in the broad The 23-.year-old Bakarinov now has beaten Rudenkov twice this Jurri.P when he could only · leap 23 '6¼" : r.lis broad jump performance season. was not even good enough to get him in the first six. Veteran Jorm a Va lkama , who will be 33 next week, won the broad jump a t 24'10 f'. Boston ran 23.4 in the 200 lows to ea sily defeat Jus si Yugoslavia Wins Balkan Games Rintam a ki, a world class interm ediate hurdl e r who ran 23.8. BELGRADE, YUGOSLAV IA, Sept. ,15-17 -- Djani Kovac QI, Lindroos 178 'l½" . .II,_ Neval a 254 ' 7" . won the 400 and the 400 hurdl es to lead Yugoslavia to vi ctory in Balkan Games. Kovac ran 47 .4 and 51.8 as the Yugosl avian team piled up 164 points in th e m en's division. Romania finished European Record for France second with 129, Bulgaria wa s third at 94, Greece scor ed 7~ a.nd CHA TILLON ,; FRANCE, Sept. 17 -- France set a Turkey 30. ~ Tsakanikas (Gr ) 56'6¾''. 1500, Vamos '(Rom) Europ ean r ecord in the 800-meter relay today by clocking 3:46.5; lngolic (Yugo) 3:47 .2; Ba rabas (Rom) 3~47 .4. 3000SC 1 1:23.9, thr ee-tenths of a second under the old European Papava siliou (Gr) 8:49. 8; Span (Yugd ) 8:51. 2; Hafner (Yugo) mark set by in 1956, Running ori the team were 8:53. 2 ._fil,_Iv an ov (Bulg) 24'8½ " ; Ledi c (Yugo) 24 '6¾".~Khle­ Paul Genevay , Guy Lagorce, Claud e Piquemal and Jocelyn barov (Bulg) 14'10 "; ti e , L esek (Yugo) and Khri s to v (Bulg) Delecour. The same ream also r an in the 400-meter relay 14 '7¼" . !:!§h Sorin (Rom) 51 '7½". Deca thl on , Bro dnik (Yugo ) and clocked 40.4. 7, 061 pts. Mar atho n, Skr inj ar (Yugo) 2:3 3: 17 .

6'111-2" for Brumel Preussger's Record Vault Invalid · RIGA , RUSSIA, Sept. 10 - Valeri y Brumel continued LE IP.ZIG, GERMANY -- Manrred Preussger br oke his to r emain Wlbeaten in the high jump by cl ea ring 6 '11½" here own European pol e. vault r eco rd with a 15 '5" effort but will not toda y . Slava Prokhorovskiy and Nikolay Politiko traded wins get credit for the record be caus e his pole passed und er the bar, in the sp r ints. Prokhorovskiy won the 100 meters in 10. 3 which .is contra:i;y to IAAF regul ations. Hoviever, Preussger with Politiko in second with a 10. 4 but in the 200 Politiko still won the competition with a vault of 15'1" while Peter Laufer clock ed 21. Oto Prokhorovskiy's 21 . 3. ~ Krasovskis 14 '5¼''. finished second at 14'9 ½" . 5,000, Buhl 14:09,4. SP Georgiyev 58'11¾''. DT, Bukhantsev 172'1" . .lI, Vlad. Kii'"znyetsov 252'8½". -- Lievore Downs Sidlo ,__, ...... Brumel Leaps 7'3" BERGAMO, , Sep,. 17 - World record holder LONDON Sept , 20 - Russia's Valeriy Brumel continued Carlo Lievore came through with a last round throw of 266 '5" to tum in amaz~g high jump performances by clearing 7'3 " and to beat 's Janusz Sidlo here toda y. Sidlo finished second then narrowly missing the world ·record height of 7'5" at the ·with a 261'11 " effort but several of his teammate s did better. Great Britain-USSR dual meet. Russia held only a one-pomt lead Marian Foik won the 100 meters in 10. 5, Jerzy Kowalski took after the first day but opened up a considerable margin today to the 400 in 47. 0 and Edmund Piatkowski continued undefeated win, 122-102. · · with ..a throw of 187 '½". Brumel left his competition more than eight inches behind as teammate Igor Kashkarov took second at 6'6¾''. Two of the Macquet Finally Beaten bright spots for Great Britain were Adrian Metcalfe, who won the CHAMBERY, FRANCE, :>ept. 17 - Michel Macquet 400 in 46. 5, and Art Rowe, who remained undefeated in the shot suffered his first loss of the season today when he was un - with a throw of 62'8½". Sept. 19: l00m,D. Jones (GB) 10,5; Prok- , expectedly beaten by countryman Leon Syrovatski. Macquet, horovskiy (R) 10.6; Politiko (R) 10.6. 400 1 Metcalfe (GB) 46.5; who suffered only his second defeat in two years, threw 243'10 " Brightwell (GB) 46. 7. 1500, Simpson (GB) 3:49. 9. 10, 000,Hyman but Syrovatski did 245 '7". Up until today, Macquet was the (GB) 29:02.0; Khuzin (R) 29:12.6; Heatley (GB) 29:42.0. 110H, only world class javelin thrower who had not been beaten this A. Mikhailo v (R) 14. l ; Chistyakov (R) 14. 2 ; H~Jb Kreyer (R) year. 3000m, Bogey 8: 12 . 6. PV , Gras 14 '5¼" . 51 'll¼ " . SP Rowe (GB) 62 '82 "; Lipsnis (R) 59 74 ' ' . HT ,Ruclenkov (R) 221'lftK ondrashov (R) 209'1". 400R, GB 40. 9; USSR 40. 9. Sept. 29: 200, D. Jones 21.1; Prokhorovski y 21.5. 800,Kilford Herings Throws 270'7'' (GB) 1:48. 7; Savinkov (R) 1:48. 7; Piercy (GB) 1:48. 9; Bulishev COJ.,,OGNP:, GERMANY, Sept . 22 - Rolf Herings, (R) 1:49.2. 5,000, Pirie (GB) 14:15.6. 400H , Chevichalov (R) another of Germany's promising young trackmen, shattered the 51.5; Klyenin ,(R) 51.6; Surety (GB) 51.9. 3000SC, Sokolov (R) national javelin record today by throwing 270 '7", ne a rly 10 8:40.6; Yevdokimov (R) 8:41.2; Herriott (GB) 8:42.0. DT,Buk­ feet beyond his previous personal best. The 21-year-old hantsev (R) 187 '7½"; Trusenyev (R) 178'2". JI.i. Sivoplyasov (R) Herings, now the s ixth be st perfo r mer in th e world this year, 254'8 ½"; Vlad. Kuznyetsov (R) 254'8". 1600R, GB '3:06.4. thr ew 260'10" earlier this s eason and had a best of 253'6 ½" in Special 4 MileR, Great Britain A 16:32 .4; Belgium 16:32. 6; 1960. Great Britain B 16:35.4. Australian Season .Opens Ankio Becomes 15-Footer MELBOURNE, , Sept. 17 -- Graeme Morrish . , SWEDEN, Sept. 10 - Risto Anki<~ be­ opened the Australian season today by leaping 6 '8" at a club meet. came Europe 's latest 15-foot pole vaulter today by clearing Morrish, onl y 19, improved two inches on his personal best. He 15'¼" in an international dual me et. Ankio's victory helped had a narrow miss at 6 '9" today after clearing 6 '8" on his first try. Finl and beat Sweden, 220½-189½. Ankio, whose performance was a national record, vaulted orily 13'9¼" last year. Sept. 9: 400, Rintamaki (F) 47 .2; H. Johansson (S) 47 .3. 800, Salonen Foreign News (F) 1:48.2; Vuorisalo (F) 1:49.3; Knuts (S) 1:49,5'; Oblander (F) 1:49.9; S. Johnsson (S) 1:50.1; Lindback (S) 1:50,3. 3000SC, HAMEENLINA FINLAND, Sept. 1: 400H, Rintamaki Tedenby (S) 8:49.0; Tjornebo (S) 8:50.2; Gustafsson (S) 8:50.4. 51.5. PV, Nikula 14'7l"; Sutinen 14'7¼". DT, Lindroos 182'7"; !:!L_H ellen (F) 6'9½"; Petterssm (S) 6 :9}" : _fil,_,Valkama (F) Repo 176'2½". I PIETARSAARI,. FINLAND, &;;pt. 2; !::!L_Hellen 6'8i". Page 27 MYNAMAKI;FINLAND, Sept. 3; QI,Lindroos 176'3". 8:5-7.4 . Gul\llar Hockert, Finland 1936 KANKAANPAA,. FINLAND, Sept. 3: lL_ lmmonen 253'8}". 8:56.0 .Miklos Szabo, Hungary 1937 !?.Y.,_Landstrom . 14'7¼''. . · .. 8:53.2 Taisto Maki, Finland 1939 . ZIELOOA GORA, POLAND : .!:!L.Czernik 6'~" (NR). 8:47.8 ' Gunder Hagg, Sweden 1942 §fi_Sosgornik60 18" (NR). HT, Rut 209'2". 8:46 -!4 · Gunder Hagg, Sweden 1944 - ULU, FINLAND: !?.Y.,_Kairento 14'6" 8:42.8 Gunder Hagg, · Sweden··. 1944 KAZAN, RUSSIA, Sept. 3-6: 100m, Vinogradov 10.4. 8:40:4 , Belgium · 1952 30?07P, Sokolov 8:50.6.J:!L.Bolshov 6 18¾''. PV, Krasovskis 8:33.4 Sandor Iharos, Hungary 1955 14 94 '; Noskov 14'5¼". !!I,Bezugliy 207'4". 8:32.0 Albert Thomas, Australia 1958 VITEBSK, RUSSIA, Sept. · 3-6: !!I,Baltovskiy 212'6". 8:30.0 , 1961 HUNGARIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Budapest, Sept. 9-10: 800, Szentgali 1:52.2. 1500, Szentgali 3:44.1; Simon 3:44.8; Evolution of the world three-mile record: Kiss 3:47. 7. 10, 000,Szabo 29:52. 0. 3000SC, Simon 8:42. 8; Mac (Note: All marks listed below were recognized by the sar 8:44.0.~Noszaly 6'8i". OT, Szecsenyi 189'1½"· HT, lAAF .) . Zsivotsky 214 l"; Csermak 203 '5". 14:17 .6 Alfred Shrubb, Great Britain 1903 FRANCE B 117 AUSTRIA 95, Klagenfurt, Austria, Sept 14:11.2 , Finland · 1923 9: 800, Klaban (A) 1:51.1. HT, Thun (A) 215', Sept. 10: 1500, 13:50.6 Lauri Lethinen, Finland 1932 Klaban 3:46.4. ~ .-­ 13:42.4 Taisto Maki, Finland 1939 METZINGEN, GERMANY, Sept. 17: 100m, Fels en 10. 4. 13:35,4 Gunder Hagg, Sweden. 1942 BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY, Sept. 17: !::!L_Riebensahm 13: 32. 4 Gunger Hagg, Sweden 1942 6'1~" (NR). 13:32. 2 Fred Green, Great Britain 1954 . KIEV, RUSSIA, Sept. 3-6: l00m,Ry _edko 10.4. 400, 13:32.2 Chris Chataway, Great Britain 1954 Arkhipchuk46.9. 800, Byelitsky 1:49.6. 1500, Byelitsky 3:48.2. 13:27 .4 , USSR. 1954 400H, Anisimov ,51. 4. 3000SC, Osipov 8:46. l; Dmitriyev 8:52. 7 . . i'3:27. 0 Vladimir Kuts, USSR 1954 !::!L_Sitkin6'7 i". PV, Chernobay 14'5¼". HSJ,Alyabyev 52'3½"; 13:26.4 Vladimir Kuts, USSR 1954 Lazarenko 51 ' 10". HT, Bakarinov 205 '3½"; Dobriyvecher 205 '½". 13:23.2 Chris Chataway, Great ·Britain 1955 .I:!:'.,_Tsibulenk o 251 '2f''. 13:14.2 Sandor Iharos, Hungary 1955 CZECH. CHAtvll'IONSHIPS, Prague, Sept. 8-10: 100m, 13: 10. 8 Albert Thomas, Australia 1958 Mandlikl0.4. 200, Mandlik21.2. 400, Trousil47.3. 8~ 13: 10. 0 Murray Halberg, New Zealand 1961 Jilek 1:50.1. HSJ, Krupala 51'5¼". PV, Tomasek 14'5¼"; Brej­ cha 14'5¼".~Skobla 58'4¾". DT,Nemec 176'6". HT, Malek Evolution of the world 880-yard relay record: 211 '3½"; Matousek 209'3". 1:27 .8 U.S. National Team 1919 POTSDAM, GERMANY: .QI.,Begier (Pol) 184'3". (Landers, Davis, Haymond, E. Smith) LJUBLJANA, YUGOSLAVIA: PV,Rojko 14'9½" (NR). 1:27.4 New YorkA.C. , 1921 DOUAI, FRANCE, Sept. 9: 2 Miles, Bernard 8: 37. 3. (Wefers, Lovejoy, Ray, Farrell) BRNO, CZECH., Sept. 15-16: 100m, Mandlik 10.4. 200, 1:25. 8 University of Southern California 1927 Mandlik21.2. 400, Trousil47.5. 800, Szentgali (Hung) 1:49,1; (House, M. Smith, Borah; Lewis) Byelitsky (USSR) 1:49,3; Jilek l:49TT500,Salinger 3:46.3; 1:25. 0 Stanford University 1937 Byelitsky 3:46.7; Szentgali 3:47 .5. 5,000, Macsar (ljung) 14:06,2; (Kneubuhl, Hiserman, Malott, Weiershauser) Szabo (Hung) 14:09.2. 10,000, Pinter (Hung) 29:35.0; Chernyav­ 1:24,4 University of Southern California 1949 skiy (USSR) 29: 37 .6; lharos (Hung) 29: 55. 8. 400H, Anisimov (Patton, Frazier, Pasquali, Stocks)

(USSR) 51. 6; Matsulevich (USSR) 51. 7. 3000SC I Macsar 8: 38. 2; 1:24.0 University of Southern California 1949 Osipov (USSR) 8:44,6; Fazekas .(Hung) 8:46.8. fil'Barkovsky 24'8½". (Patton, Frazier, Pasquali, Stocks) !?.Y.,_Petrenko (USSR) 14'11½" . ~ Lazarenko 50'10¼". _§f,_Nagy 1:24.0 Abilene Christian College 1956 (Hung) 60'5¼"; Varju (Hung) 60 32 ''' ; Skobla 59'2¾". OT, Szecsenyi (Conder, Woodhouse, Segrest; Morrow) (Hung) 174'11".JL Tsibulenko {l!,SSR) 246'5½". HT, Zsivotsky 1:23.8 U.S. National Team 1956 (Hung) 214'6½ "; Matousek 208 '32 " . 400R, Ukraine 40. 7; Hunga:iy (King, Stanfield, Baker, Morrow) 40.9. 1600R, Czech . 3:10 . 2; Ukraine . 3:10.4. 1:22. 7 University uf Texas 1957 TBILISI, RUSSIA: 100m, Lomtadze 10. 3. ~ Zhurkov­ (Wilson, Southern, Giiiney, Whilden)' 1 skiy 14 '7¼". IL_ Paama 254 10"; Vallmann 251 '72 ". 1:22.6 Abilene Christian College 1958 KASSEL, GERMANY:.![,_ Klein 25'2¾"; Schonewolf 25'1". (Woodhouse, Segrest, Peterson, Morrow) 1 ~Herings 57 10" • .JL.Herings 260'4½". 1:22 .6 Abilene Christian College 1961 · OSLO, NORWAY: QI, Haugen 183 'l½" (NR). (Cooley, Richardson, Clanton, Yol,lilg) · LODZ POLAND : 400, Kluczek 47 .4. JMtCzernik 6'8¾''. _fil,Gawron 24 17½".HT, Fahsl (Germany) 208 6" . .IL_Nikiciuk 251'4". Wind Sprints BELLA, ITALY: OT, Rado 180'3". Athletes who aH. unbeaten so far this season include in the 100, Dennis Johnson in the 100, Robert Hayes in the 100 and 220, in the 440 (only one major race), Bulletin Board Murray Halberg in the three mile/5, 000 meters, , in the high hurdles (not counting heats), Salvatore Morale in Next Newsletters Oct. 11, Nov. 1. Track ..& Field News mail­ the 400 hurdles (not counting heats), Valeriy Brumel in the high ed Oct, 26. jump, and Art Rowe in the , Edmund Piat­ Holes are not punched in the Track Newsletter any more .be­ kowski in the discus, in the 5,000 and 10,000 cause they would damage the picture pages. Folders will no longer be furnished with each volume. Those desiring to keep and Yuriy Kutyenko in the decathlon. Livio-Berrui:f is undefeated in both the 100 and _200 but has had only one major test ... Gar copies in a folder or loose-leaf binder can make their own Williams . will compete in the international marathon in Korea on arrangements quite easily. Sept. 28. : . Bud Edelen will compete in the upcoming Kosice Abbrevations used in the Newsletter include NR, National record; marathon in Czechoslovakia •.. Willie Williams, the former , WR, world record. Illinois sprinter, has not been running in Europe as was previous­ ly reported. TN Hal Higdon of Chicago reports that the last he heard Willie Williams was working for the park and recreation department in Gary, Indiana . .'. the New.York .A.C. won nine l#Jffl~◄ straight National AAU cross count _ry team titles before losing Evolution of the world two-mile record: to Houston in 1959 ... the Big Ten cross country team title has (Note: The IAAF did not recognize a record in this event almost •become the exclusive property of Michigan State. The until 1904.) . Spartans have won the crown nine times in the 4st 10 meets. I 10:05.0 Rfchard Webster, Great Britain 1865 Michigan cut into the string _by winning in 1955 ... Kansas has had 9:17 ,4 Walter George, Great Britain 1884 just as good success in the Big Eight. Before being stopped 9:09:6 Alfred Shrubb, Great Britain 190:1, by Oklahoma State last year, the Jayhawks had won 13 straight 9:01.4 Edvin Wide·, Sweden · ' 1926 team titles. During -that span they also won 10 individual titles . 8:59. 6' Paavo ·Nurmi, Finland 1931 with Bob Karnes, now director of the Drake Relays, winning three 8:58.4 , USA 1936 of them. -~ 1932 OLYMPICS (continued from page 25) Track Nuts Quiz and 80-meter hurdles. She threw the javelin 143'4" and ran the 1. How many points did NCAA champion . Southern California score hurdles in 11. 7. set a world record of 133'2" in the flat races in this yea.r's meet? · in the discus and set a world mark of 5 '5,t' in the 2. What two present prominent college coaches were AAU intermr • high jump. The U.S. women's ·400-meter relay team was · . . iate hurdle champions in the 1930s? .. . . . r clocked in 47. O for a world record. Stella Walsh of Poland was 3. What three outstanding athletes of the last five years were bo~ the only foreign athlete among the women to win as she set a . in Laurel, Miss.? . . . . world record of 11. 9 in the ·100 meters. · All, of course, 'were 4. Who holds the u·.s. indoor mile rec,ord and w.hat is it? . . Olympic records. . 5. Which two intermediate hurdlers won Olympic titles and broke . . The U.S. continued ·its great Olympic record in men's the worlds record but did not receive credit for the record? track and field. Of the 23 events listed, Americans scored six 6. Who was the first great sprinter to be coached by Bud Winter, track championships and five field victories, including the de­ head coach at San Jose State? · .· cathlon, for a total of 11 gold medals . All told the U. S. men 7. Who won the AAU mile seven years in a row? won 24 medals in the individual events and added eight more 8. Which is the longer, 120 yards or 110 meters? in the relays, making the total 32. They won nine silver medals 9. When was the last time Frank Budd was defeated at 100 yards and four bronze. They made a clean sweep of the 200 and took or 100 meters? the first two places iii the 100, 400, high hurdles, broad jump, 10. What is the first name of the 1960 and 1961 AAU 200 winner(s)? shot put a.11ddiscus . (answers below) , Finland made the next best showing. The Finns won three gold medals, swept tl1e· javelin and finished first in the 5, 000 and steeplechase. They won a total of 11 medals. Great Britain and Ireland each won two gold medals. The British won Profiles of Champions the 800 and 50, 000-meter walk while Ireland won the 400 hurdles and the hammer throw. LASZLO TABORI, (D.P. Hungary) middle distances, One of the pleasant surprises of the Games was the strong 5'9", 140 pounds, born July 6, 1931, Kasha, Hungary (now showing of the Japanese team, which won four medals. They fin­ Kosice, Czechoslovakia). ished first and third in the hop-step-jump, second in the pole Progression to date: vault and third in the broad jump. 1500 Mile 2 Mile 3 Mile 5000 Dr. Patrick O 'Callaghan was the only 1928 winner to re­ 1950 (19) 4: 11. 6 tain his title. The Irishman won the . hammer on his · last toss 1951 . (20) 4:03.6 of the competition. 1952 (21) 3:57. 2 Many athletes competed in more than one event. Out­ 1953 (22) 3:55. 2 14:34.8 standing in this respect were two Canadians, Alex Wilson and 1954 (23) 3:47.0 4:05.2 14:25.6 Phil Edwards, who both did their college running in the U.S. 1955 (24) 3:40.8 3:59.0 8:47.4 13:44. 5 13:53.2 Wilson who attended Notre Dame, finished second in the 800 1956 (25) 3:42. 0 4: 03. 6 13:41. .4 14:05.2 and thi~d in the 400. Edwards went to l\'ew York University 1957 (26)' 4: 01. 6 and was third in both the 800 and 1500. They both also won 1958 (27) 3:43.6 4:00.5 13:38.9 bronze medals as members of the Canadian 1600-meter relay 1959 (28) 3:50.2 4:06.2 8:46.8 14:17.9 team. Wilson ran eight races while Edwards appeared in six. 1960 (29) 3:43.5 4:00.0 8:45.6 13:28.0 13:52.6 Luigi Facelli of Italy, cbmpetingtn his third Olympics, 1961 (30) -- 4:06.2 8:4~ lB:50,0 14:24.1 J also ran eight races, finishing fifth in the 400 hurdles and run - A member of Hungary's farried trio of world record ning legs on the Italian 400 and 1600-meter relay teams which breakers in 1955, he was born Talabircsuk but changed his name ' finished third .and sixth, respectively. Another veteran who to Tabori in 1954. He became the third man to break four minutes appeared in eight races was Lord David Burghley of Great for the mile with a 3: 59. O in 1955 and the same year set a world Britain. The 1928 400-meter hurdles Olympic champion was 1500 record of 3:40. 8. At the 1956 Olympics he placed fourth fourth in his specialty, fifth in the high hurdles and ran a leg in the 1500 and sixth in the 5000. Following the Olympics, he on the British 1600-meter relay team which finished second. fled from Hungary, along with his coach, Mihaly Igloi,' and . Although his races were shorter, Arthur Jonath of Ger­ came to the U.S. He placed second in .the National AAU 3 mile many appeared most often. He was third in .the 100 meters, in 1958 and fourth in the 5000 in 1959. He and teammate Jim fourth in the 200 and ran a leg on Germany's 400-meter relay Be.atty set an American three-mile record of 13:28 ..0 in 1960 team which was second, a total of 10 races. and then Tabori placed second in the AAU 1500. Thi.s year 0 In the distance events, Volmari Iso Hollo of Finland he won the AAU three-mile title. His best times at other dis­ tried a difficult double. He finished second in the 10,000 and taces are 1:52.9 for the 800, 2:22.7 for 1,000 meters, 5:03.0 then went on to win the 3, 000-meter steeplechase. Another for 2,000 meters and 8:00.8 for 3,000 meters. World Ranking; remarkable feat of e"ridurance was accomplished by Lauri 1955, first •in 1500, third in 5000; 1956, sixth in 1500, seventh Virtanen. Iso-Ho1lo 's ·teammate; who -was regarded by many in 3,000 meters; 1960, 10th in 1500. as the "second Paavo Nurmi. 0 Virtanen attempte:u a triple, _fin­ ishing third in both the 5, 000 and 10,000, but failing to finish . QUIZ AN~WERS the marathon. 1. None. The Troja 'ns scor~d -49_orit lIE!:field and 16 in the hurdles. The United States, playing host to the nations of the 2. Joe Healy, NYU .coach, w0n in·•1932 _and "Jack Patterson, Baylor world for the first time in a full-scale Olympics, made every coach, in 1937 and 1938. John Gibson, long time Seton Hall coach, effort to provide unsurpassed facilities for the athletes and won in 1927. . spectators. In addition to furnishing the Olympic Village ~nd 3. , Ralph Boston and Willie Atterberry. a fast running track, the · gigantic Olympic Stadium, bmlt m 4. at 4:03 .6. . ' . . 1923, was enlarged anhe cost of one-million dollars from a 5. F. of the U.S. won in 1924 in 52. 6 and Robert seating capacity of 76,000 to 105,000. For perfection of . Tisdall of Ireland won in 1932 in 51. 7 but both lost world records setting, ideal weather, excellence of management and brill­ because existing rules penalized them for knocking over a hurdle. iance of presentation, it was felt at the time that the 10th 6. Hal Davis, national 100m and 200m titlist in 1940 while at Olympiad at Los Angeles would never be equaled. Salinas, Calif., Junior College. . . (fo be continued) 7. , 1917 to 1923. 8. 110 meters is 11.81" lpnger than 120 yards. 9. In the 1960 Olympic Games. _· . John Thomas almost had a short career in the high jump. 10. Otis won in 1960· and Otis in 1961. When he first reported to. the high schv)l track team as a fresh­ man, he followed the other candidates u1rough a maze of track everits. All the boys were told to try the high jump. Thomas did better than any of the others so his career in this event started. Hurdler Hayes Jones could not make his high school trackO However, he didn't show much progress in the event and con - team as a freshman or sophomore but worked on the hurdles dur- sidered giving up track for tennis as a high school sophomore .... ing the summer and made the team in his junior year ... British German sprinter Manfred Germar's first track victory came not sprinter David Jones will lose about six pounds during the 24-hour in the sprints, where he has scored many victories, but in the period in which he races ... discus thrower Edmund Piatkowski high jump where he cleared 5 '5". has lifted 938 pounds in three movements.

,. TRACK NEWSLETTER Sept. 27, 1961 3: 09. 6 (2) California R 2. OREGON 1961 Relay Rankings 3: 08 . 5 (2) Compton Inv it. 16:29.3 (1) West Coast R 4 . OREGON STATE 16: 32. 8 (1) California R Listed below are the best relay performances in the Uni - 3: Hi . 9 (1) Far West R 3. S. ILLINOlS SALUKIS ted States in 1961. The first six teams are listed in the order in 3:09.7 (3) Mt. SAC R 16: 33. 7 (2) California R \ . which they were ranked in the September issue of Track & Fie ld 3: 11. 7 (1) West Coast R 4 ~ ERN l'v1ICHIGAN "- .,,News. The remammg teams on the 20-deep list are ranked m 3:16.6 (2) f'ar West Champs 16:50.4 (1) Drake R order of best times. 0/o ranking for the shuttle hurdle relay was 3: 12. 5 (3) California R 16: 53. 2 (3) California R made in the News because the event is rarely run outside of the 5. DRAKE 5. OREG ON STATE Drake or Penn Relays. 3~ (1) Olda. St. Preview 17: 04. 7 (2) Drake R 3:12.4 (4) Texas R 16:48.0 (2)WestCoastR 440 YARD RELAY 2. ABILENE CHRISTLI\N 3: 10.5 (2) Kansas R 6 :-HciDsTON U • 1. TEXAS SOUTHERN 1:25.2 (1) W. Texas R 3: 11. 9 (1) Drake R 17:02 . 8 (1) Texas R 41. 0 (1) Border Olympics 1:22.6 (l)TexasR 6 . HOUSTO'.'s 1J. 17: 02. 3 (1) Kansas R 41. 1 (1) Texas Southern R 1:25.0 (2) Penn R (3) Border Olympics 16: 57. 6 (3) West Coast R 41. 5 (1) Pelican St. R 1:23. 6 (2) California R (2) SW La. R 7~URI 41. 0 (1) Kansas Relays 3. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 3:10.0 (1) Kansas R 1 7: 05. 8 (2) Kansas R 41. 2 (1) Drake Relays 1:27.0 (1) USC-UCLA R 3: 12 . 2 (2) Drake R 17: 08. 0 (3) Drake R 40 . 5 (1) Gulf AAU 1:25.2 (1) SPAAU R 7 . OKLAHOMA STATE 8. Michigan 17:16.3 40.2 (1) California R 1:25.8 (1) vs. Striders, 3/18 3:11.9 (3)TexasR 9. Harvard 17: 18. On 41. 3 (1) NAlA 1:25 .1 (1) Easter R 3: 10. 6 (3) Kansas R 10 . Pen11 State 17: 19. 611 2. ABILENE CHRISTlAN 1:23.6 (1) Mt. SAC R 3: 12. 4 (3) Drake R 11. f'ullcrton JC 17:22.5 41. 1 (1) Southwest Rec. 1:24.3 (1) West Coast R 3: 12. 8 (4) California R 12. Oregon frosh 17:24.2n 41. 0 (1) Border Olympics 4. BAYLOR 8. BAYLOR l:l . Iowa 17 : 24. Sn 42 . 4 (2) Qctad. 3/25 1:25 . 5 (2) West Texas R 3: 10. 9 (2) Texas R 14. Okla. State 17 :25 . 2n 40. 1 (1) San Angelo R 1:26. 4 (2) Texas R 3: 11. l (4) Kansas R 15. Colorado St. 17:28. On 40 . 9 (1) Texas Relays 1:25 . 1 (1) Kansas R 9 . :Vlissouri 3: 11. 4n 16. Baltimore OC 17:30 . 9 41. 8 (1) ACC Invit. 1:2·1. 3 (1) Drake R 10. Texas Southern 3:11. 9 17. Howard Payne 17: 31. ln 1±0. 9 (1) Penn Relays 1:25. 0 (4) California R Kansas 3: 11.9 18. Notre Dame 17:31. 7n 40. 5 (4) California R 5 . OREGON STATE 12. Occident.al 3: 12. On 19 . Michigan State 17: 32. 4n 41. 4 (2) Mt. of Champs l:2G.-2 (1) Far West R 13 . Emporia St. 3: 12 . 2 20. Manhattan 17:35 . Zn 3 . SAN JOSE STATE DISQ. WestCoastR 14. Morgan St. 3: 12. 5 41. 6 (1) San Jose St. R 1: 24. 0 (:l) California R 15. New 'v!exico 3: 12. 6 SPRINT MEDLEY 1. OREGON STATE 40. 5 (1) Mt. SAC Relays G~vfl:IANOVJ\ 16. Ful lerton JC 3: 12. 7 3:25.4 (2) Mt. SAC R 41. 4 (1) SJS All -Comers 1:25.3 (1) Marine Corps R 17. Northwesten1 3: 12. 8 3: 18. 4 (1) California R 41. 3 (3) West Coast R DISQ. Quec::ns -Iona R Texas 3: 12. Sn 2 .TEXAS SOUTHERN 41. 9 (1) N. Calil . lnvit. 1:24 . 8 (l)PennR 19. St. John's 3:13 . 0 (3) Texas Southern R 40.2 (2) California R 7:-fIJSIUDA A&M 2 0. Princeton 3: 13. l 3:23 .4 (1) Pelican St. R 4~YLOR 1:25.0 (l)Fla . A&MR Los Angeles CC 3: 13. ln 41. 6 (2) Southwest Rec. 1:25. 7 (1) Tuskegee R 3:23.8 (2) Kansas R (2) Border Olympics 8. ARIZONA STATE TWO MILE RELAY 3:22 .4 (1) Drake R 3:24.6 (1) SWAC Champs \. 41.2 (l)WestTexasR 1:25. 7 (2) SPAAU R 1. OREGON STATE 3: 19 . 0 (2) California R "---.,, 40. 8 (1) Triangular, 3/25 1: 25. l (2) :V1t. SAC R 7:36.0 (2) West Coast R 3~HERN METHODIST 40.8 (2)SanAngcloR 9. San Jose State 1:25. 2n 7:27. 3 (1) California R 3:26.0 (l)WestTcxasR 41. l (3) Texas Relays 10. Rice 1:25.411 2:7<.'ANsAS 3:22 .1 (1) San Angelo R 41. 0 (1) Dallas Invit. 11. Missouri l:25.5n 7:39.3 (1) OSU Preview 3:21.1 (1) Texas R 42. 0 (2) ACC Inv it. 12. Emporia St. 1:25. 8 7:33.9 (2)TexasR 3:20.9 (l)DrakeR 40.8 (l)KansasR Maryland St. 1:2]. Sn 7:30.8 (2) Kansas R 4:-TIKCAHOMA. STATE 41. 1 (1) Drake R UCLA 1:25 . Sn 7:28. 6 (1) Drake R (2) Okla. St. Preview 41. 0 (1) Quad. 6/4 15. East Texas St. 1:25. 9 3 ~A CLARA VYV 3:27. 5 (1) Arkansas R 40. 3 (1) Southwest Corti. 16. McMurry 1:26.0n 7:28. 7 (2) California R 3:21. l (2) Texas R 40. 7 (5) California R Southern U. 1:26.0n 4. DRAKE 5. OREGON Houston U. 1:26. On --- (3) OSU Preview 3:22.4 (1) Kansas R 3:21. 3 (2) Drake R 41. 7 (1) Far West R Grambling 1:26. 0 7:40. 8 (3) Texas R 3: 19. 8 (3) California R 41. 4 (1) vs. Idaho, 4/8 ONE MILE RELAY 7: 30. 0 (1) Kansas R DNF West Coast R 7:311_:; (2) Drake R 5:-AillzONA STATE 3:21.3 (4) California R 40. 4 (3) California R 1. ABILENE CIIRISTlAN 5. FORDHA~.1 6:-occIDENTAL 6~ORIDAA&M 3: 13. 5 (1) Border Olympics 7: 30. 0 (1) t,1arine Corps R 3:22.0 (1) Mt. SAC R 41.5 (l)Fla.A&MR 3:16.5 (1) Quad. 3/25 (4) Queens-Iona R 7 . Abilene Ch r istian 3:22. ln 40. 0 (1) Tuskegee R 3: 08. 9 (1) San Angelo R 7:35.G (2) Penn R 40 . 9 (1) SlAC Champs 3: 07. 9 (1) Texas R Morgan State 3:22 .1 6 . rvL\NHA TT AN Texas 1\.&Tvl 3:22. ln 7. Houston TC 40. Sn 3:16.7 (l)ACCinvit. 7:30.4 (2) Marine Corps R 10. Mt. San Antonio JC 3:22. 8 8. Southern Calif. 40. 9n 3: 17 .4 (7) Penn R 7:44.5 (1) Queens-Iona R J.l. Fordham 3:22. 9n Texas 40. 9n 3: 09. 3 (1) California R 7:37.9 (4)PermR 12. Loyola (Chicago) 3:23. l McMurry 40. 9 3: 07. G (1) Compton Invit. 7. S. Ill. Salukis 7:30.611 13. l\ew York U. 3:23 . 211 11. Houston U. 41.0n 3: 13.2 (1) '.\1t. of Champs 8.HowardPaync 7:32.0 14. Drake 3:23.411 12. Arizona 41. ln 2. SOUTHERN CALII'ORNLI\ 9. J\.:cw York U . 7:32.211 41. ln 15. Texas Tech 3:23. 5n Grambling 3: 17 .1 (1) USC-UCLA R 10. SMU 7:33.6 16. Fullerton JC 3:24. On Louisiana St. 41. l 3:12.3 (2) SPAAU R 11. Occidental 7:34. 0 41. ln 17. Houston 3:24.ln Rice 3: 10 . G (lT) Easter R 12. Perm State 7:34.211 41.2n 3:09.6 (1) vs. Oxy, 4/8 18 . East Texas St. 3:24 . 4 16. Michigan Michigan 7:34.2 41.2 19 . Yale 3:25. 5 Oklahoma 3: 07. 9 (1) vs. Ariz. St. , 4/ 15 14. SC Striders 7:35 . ln 20 . Howard Payne 3:25. 7 Occidental 41.2n 3:07.6 (1) Mt. SAC R 15. Texas Southern 7:35.211 Southern U. 41. 2n 3: 11. 8 (2) West Coast R 16. Fullerton JC 7:35. 8 41.3n DISTANCE MEDLEY 20. Missouri 3:12 . 8 (3) Quad . , 5/19 1 7. Kansas State 7:36.ln 1. OREGON 3: 12. 6 (1) AA WU 18. Texas Tech 7:37.4n 880 YARD RELAY 10:08 . 2 (1) Far West R 3. ARIZONA STATE 19. Western Ill. 7:37. 9n 9:40.6 (1) West Coast R l_ l.TEXASSOUTHERN 3: 10.4 (1) SPAAU R 20. Oregon 7:39.3 .,, 1:26. 0 (1) Texas Southern R 3: 10. 6 (lT) Easter R 2. AiillJft'\IE CHRISTIAN 1: 25. 6 (1) Pelican St. R 3:os . 1 (2) vs. use, 4/15 FOUR MILE RELAY 10 : 18.0 (3)WestTexasR 9:51. 5 (1) Texas R 1:24.2 (1) Kansas R 3:07.9 (2) Mt. SAC R 1. SANTA CLARA VYV 9:54 . 8 (2) Penn R 1:24.4 (1) Drake R 3:11.5 (1) Border Conf. 17:45.6 (1) San Jose St. R 3. NORTH TEXA.S STATE 1:23. 6 (1) California R 3:11.0 (1) Quad., 5/19 16:26. 5 (1) Pacific AAU 10: 05. 0 (5) Texas R J ,J,.,., A--:'/,J~,.. ~. (left-to-right) LARRY McCUE of Kansas, and CHARLES STRO;:--JGof Oklahoma St. the mile at Drak e ran 3: 11. 9. (]Jes Moines ~une) Ileatty . The time was -1:0-.

~~ '~- ~ Baylor's JOHN FRY wins the discus at the Drake Relays with a The javelin winner atthe National AAU meet was JOHN FROMM, who threw throw of 164 '2 J". During the season, Fry had bests of 58' 10·½" 249'111''. His top mark in 1961 was 251'10/,", 1Jic second best throw in and 172 '5 •·. (]Jes Moines Regi ster & Tribune photo) the U. S, this year. I RLE SON 'S face as he whips JL.\11.BEATTY in KEITH THOMASSEN (far right), who ran 46.1 this season, edges JACK YERiv!AN in the 4-10 mee t. It was I3urleson's first victory over at the Pac ifk AAU meeL. I3OI3KARLSRUD (far left) was founh an d DON RAMOS of San (Photo by Spons Illustrated) Jose State third. (Photo by Stev e Murdock)

-.,' TRUEX (right) has just passe d off to LASZL O GEORGE LARSON leads NORM P ONES of Oregon Sta te: and BARRIE ALMOND in the .BORI in. the four-mile r elay the Pacific AAU meet. four-mile relay at the West Coast Relays. Oregon won with the Amer ican reco r d q finished one-two in the Na ti.onal AAU three mile. time of 16:29. 3. (Ste ve Murdock photo) Page 32 THE GREATES T SPR I NTE RS •~ffltffla!8JUWffli4i4-J•

BOBBY M O R ROW (USA) 40 8 po in ts F orm er world rec ord hold er Buddy Davis started th e high Jum p be ca us e of his love of th e ou tdo ors. T exas sp ort swr iter Ac hieve ment Point s : 394 Russ ell DeV ill ier tells about the ea r ly ca reer of Davi s. The 6'8 " Da vis won th e gold 1neda l at th e 1952 Olym pic 349 Thr ough 1%8 (Pr ev iou s ly log ged) Garn es a s th e res ult of the he at: in th e bas ketb all gym at T exa s 9 Ran 100 yar ds in 9.4, Odess a, T ex . , Mar. 21 , 19 59 A &,vi College . 9 Ra n 100 me ters in 10 . 2, Austin , T ex . , Apr il 3, 195 9 "I went to coll ege on n bas ket ball sc holarsh ip, " Dav is 9 Ran 100 yar ds in 9 . 4, Fres no, Cal. , ·May 9, 195 9 01cat) s aid, "but made up my mi D.d dur ing th e sp rin g dr ills in 1949 that 9 Ran 100 ya rds in 9 . 4, Pres no, Ca l., l\1ay 9, 1959 (fina l) there must be an easi er way." 9 Ran 100 me te r s in 10.2 , Lafa yette, La. , Apr il 9, 196 0 Davis firs t tri ed the baseba ll diamo nd , s trikin g out no le ss than nin e batters in three inn in gs as a r eli ef pitch er fo r the Victory Poin t s : 134 Aggi e fr eshm an . But , tha t did n't excu se an es cape fr om the hea ted gym, because the sam e coac h handled both sport s and 5 Rod Ric har d 1 Les Ca r ney so on had Davis back on the hardwood. 4 Dic k Bla ir 2 Paul Wind er Howev er , the gang lin g Agg i.e wasn 't b eat en in his effon 26 Bill Woo dhou se 4 ]olm llai nes t o get out sid e. He de cide d to tak e a whi r l a t hi gh hurdl ing in 6 Ra y Norto n 2 Art Bragg track but fail ed. Nex t cam e t11e 44 0 -yar d dash and again Davis 9 Ira Murc hi son 3 Hecto r Hogan co uld n't mak e the grade. So, he turn e d to th e hig h ju mp pit and 8 Will ie Whit e 12 Mi ke Ago stin i was on hi s way . 7 Th ane Baker 2 Willie Willi a ms I "I had neve r jumpe d over 5'8 " at Ned erlan d (Texas ) in high 6 L eamo n Kin g 1 Heinz Put tere r s chool," Da vis recall e d, "and was only sc i ssoring th en . " Fr ank; 5 Dav e Sime 1 Manfre d Ger mar Anderson , th en coach of the tr a ck te am a t T exas A&M, too k Davis 6 Andy Stan Lie l d 1 Jose T . DeCo nceica o aside aft er he wa tch ed him s cisso r G'. 3 Eddi e Sou th ern 2 Bori s Toka ryev By hi s junior yea r, Dav i s had crac ked the South wes t Con­ 5 Bob Poynter l Glenn Da vis ference record at 6'9 " and di d 6' 10i" the following season be fore 6 Ed Collymore 4 Dean Smi th goin g to th e Olym pic s . Da vi s ' gre ate st thrill cam; in Helsinki 1 Ji m Gollida y 1 Maria n P ai k whe n he jum ped 6 's¼". l:lut th e best was ye t to co me for Davis. i\t the Natio nal Defeat Pen al ties: 120 AJ\U meet in 1953 he cleared 6'llt" for a wor ld record. 'That was al ways my desi re," he sai d . "So I th en quit l Ro d Richard (2) Ra lph Al spaug h co m peti ti ve jump in g and got down to the business of earning a 1 Di ck Bla ir (2) Mel Barnwell li ving by playing prof ess iona l basketba ll. " Th e las t jum p by 7 Ilill Wood hou se (2) Henrv Wi ebe Davis was in 1954 at Port Arthur, T exas, when he went ove r 8 Ra y Nort on (2) Wa rc.i' /vlill cr the bar a t 7 ' in an exhibi .tion . 5 Ir a Murc hi son (6) Jim Weaver 1 Will ie White (4) T ed Woods Starting techniqu es used by profession a ls in the U . S. 1 Tha ne Baker (2) Billy Holli s many years ago were quite unusual , according to a treatise 5 Le amon King (4) Da ve Styron published by Australia's Victo rian A .A .A. 6 Dav e Si1ne (2) La rry Duim One met hod of sta rtin g was for the rw mer to li e down 1 And y Sta nfi eld (2) Ji m Oma gbem i w·ith his he ad on the start in g l ine and his feet aw ay from i t. 1 Eddi e Southern (2) Adolph Plu mm er Whe n the pi stol was fi re d th e run ne r tur ne d over and fo und 1 Bob Po)rnter (2) Willi e Williams II hi m se lf in a posi t ion s im ilar to t he prese nt da y crouch sta rt. 1 E d Collymore (2) Doug Smith As the oppon ent was us uall y a no vic e (presumab l y a newco m er 3 Le s C:l.rney (2) Vic Hall to the pr ofe ssiona l ranks) an d use d a stan d- up sta rt, the runn er 1 Paul Win der (2) Fred McCoy who star ted from th e cro uch usua lly won . 2 Charles Tid we ll (2) John Pet ers In th e "ra il st a rt" the professional carried a fence r a il 6 (2) Dave Jam es on hi s should er for abou t 20 ya rds and dropped it at the startin g l Ha rry Jerome (2) Georg e Gr een line, where his oppo nent wa s stan din g. A s th e pro fe ssio nal was (2) Ro scoe Cook (2) Oll.a n Cas se ll r unn ing at spe ed a t the scratch line and the novice had to be (2) Sid Garton (2) Earl Glaze started b y a judge from a statio nary start, the a dvantage s uppo se d­ (6) Dee Givens (2) Vance Ro binso n ly wa s with the fo rm er. (2) Paul Co llil: s (2) Ralph l:'abian Patien ce play ed a part in the "mut ual co ns ent" star t. A (2) Ron Alt enb erg (2) George Peterso n line was dr awn ac ross the tr ack 15 to 20 feet beh ind the sc rat ch l ine. The com pe ti tors we r e placed be tween th ese lin es an d told to start by agreem en t. When ever b·oth men touche d th e gr ow1d in Score front of the scra tch lin e it wa s consid ere d a star t. In many cases ~ AP s uch s ta rts laste d quit e a whil e an d thin gs we r e eve nt ually m odifie d 134 VP so th at if the co mp etitors were not off wi thil 1 one hour, then a 52 8 pistol woul d be used. T he pi stol becam e nece ssar y so often th at it -120 DP be ca m e stand ard pra ctice . 408

12 . Pu r due 10:0 1.Zn 10:27. G (1) Nort h 'fexas R The fir st NCAA un iver sity di visio n cro ss countr y me et 13 . San Ma te o JC 10:0:L6n 9:49 . 3 (1) Kansas R was held on Nov . 28 , 1938 at Mic higan State in E ast L ans ing and 14 . Howa r d Payne 10:03 .9 10:lG . 7 (5) Drake R the meet ha s been held there ever sin ce . .. if Hous to n' s Al L awr- 4 . YALE 15. Arkans a s 1_0:04.0n 16. Ca lifo rn ia 10: 04. Sn enc e wins th e NCAA indi vidu a l cross cow1try title thi s fa ll, he will 9:53 . 9 (1) Penn R 17 . Nort h Car olin a 10: 05 . O be th e fi r s t ma n to ever win it thr ee tim es . Lawre n ce als o has 5 . UCL A won the Nation a l AA.U cr oss cow1t ry title for the last two tim es 18 . Penn Stat e 10: 05 . 3 DISQ-:- Mt. SAC R 19 . Dartmouth 10: OG. 6n but he has a l ong way to go before settin g an y rec ord for con sec - 9:52.1 (2) West Coast R uti ve titles. Don La sh won seven straig ht titl es from 1934 t o 20 . Sout hern Illinois 10: 07. ln 6 . KANSAS 1940 . . . Law ren ce, Dra ke's Fred Peil er , Rh ode Is la nd State 's 10: 18 .0( 1) Okla . St . Prev ie w 480Y SHUTT LE HUR DLE RE LAY Bob Blac k and He rb Semp e r of Kansa s ar e th e only m e n to win the 9:53. 8 (2i Te xas R l. Nebraska 59. 7 N CAA individual cross co unt ry two years in a row ... the re cord 9: 57. :3 (3) Kansas R 2. Has til1gs 1: 00. ln for the mo s t con se cuti ve NCAA cr oss co untry team titl es belon gs 7. HOU STON :J. Iowa l:0 0. 2n to Drake , whi ch won three in a ro w -- 1944 -45 ·-46 . In 1944 Drake 9:54. 0 (3)Texas R 4 . Vill an ova 1: 00 . 8 s cor ed only 25 po int s, st ill th e re cor d low sc ore . Th e mo st points ~ 9:59. 6. (3) West Coa st R 5 . Dartmou th 1:00.911 ever sco red by a winning team we r e Notr e Dam e 's 121 in 1957 . . . 8 . Miss ouri 9: 53 . 9n 6 . Marylan d 1:01.0 German hurdl er Martin Lau er, who shares th e world hi gh hu rdles 9 . "ull erto n JC 9:5 4. 2 7 . Wm . & Mary l :02. 4n r ec ord and i s a top deca th lo n man , was re ject ed by the We st Ger man 10. Wes tern tvlich . 9: 58. 7 8. Notre Dam e 1: 02. 4n army in 1957 because of a weak knee cap which did not a llow hi m to 11. Vill anova 9: 59 . 7n 9.Nort hwestc:rn 1:02.9 mar ch.

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