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Vol. 5, No~ 22, July i, 1959 S'emi-Monthly $6 per year byfirst clas~ mail
NEWS
NATIONAL A.A. U. , Boulder,Colo: Friday, June 19: · trr· Connolly 216'10", Law- . lor 208'½!', ·Ba9kus 19713", Hall 196'1½, Mc Williams 18l>'l0,, Thomson 181 •.s.· S~•-O'Brie~ \ 62'2¼'\ meet record; ' Davis 60'4i; Long 60'1¼; Nieder 60'¾"; Lindsay 58'2; Butt57'11¾. · · fil·Dumas 619; Williams, San Jose, 6'7; Gardner 6'7; tie, Moss, _Richnrdson, 6'7; 6, Lane, 6'7 (Wyom·mg). _fil-- Bell 26'1¼i W~~y 25'11½; Roberson 25'6;t; Boston 25'3; Shelby 25'¼; Baird 24'il; 400mH Howard 50.'7; Davis 50. 9; Culbreath 51. 7; Cushman 51. 7; Arlt 51. 8; Cawley· 51~9.' llOmH Calhoun 14. O; Jones 1_4. O; Gilbert 14. 1, May 14. 4; Cawley 14. 5; McNulty 14. 6. 10, O00m Truex 31:22. 4; Lawrence 31:35. 5; Soth 32:12. 6; J3reckenridge 32:40. 6; Bennett; · McArdl~ .• · Saturday, Jwie 20 36 lb WT- Backus 44'3½; -Connolly 43'7; Thomson 41'11; · Hall 41'; Engel 39'4; Dillon 3912½; 5000m Dellingcx; 14:47. 6; Sti~glitz 14:48,. 8; Truex 14:50 •.2; Tabori 14:51.8; Eisenman 14:52.4; :Smartt 15:25.2. 1500mBurleson 3:47.5; G~elle 3;48.4; r,· · Moran 3:48. 0; Hodgson 3:51. 9; Seaman 3:54.-2; Marden 3:58. s. 400m Southern ~6.1, Mills 46. 4; Yerm.:ui .46. 6; Dodds 46.1; tie, Spence ;md Davis '46. a. Discus Oerter 186'5; O'Brien 180'9½; Cochra.n 180'8; Silvester 178'9; Babka' 177'10½; Eilis 1721. 3000m Walk Denman 13:. 52. 2; Humcke 14:06. 7; Haluza 14:17~ 5; Macdon3ld 14:31.1 Kulik 15:32. 6; Yarcllo 15:33. 5. 200mLH T,dwell ,22. 6; Jo~cs 22. 7; Cawley 23. O; Gilbert 23. 4; Arlt 23~ 5; May 23. 7; world
record around-a turn; 3000m St. Coleman 9: 19. 3, Young,Ariz. 1 9:36. 7; Jones 9:38,. 5; · Crawford 9:46.8; Sargent 9:51.0; Zwolak 9:54.5. 809m Murphy 1:47.9; Walters .1:48;5; Cunliffe 1:50. 0; Spence 1:50.1; Katterman 1:50. 2; Carroll 1:50. 3. 200m Non.on 20. 8,Robin· son 21. 0; Carney21. 2; Hall 21. 3; Poynter 21. 3; Givens 21. 4; H.§1_.. Davis 50'6½;Stokes l 50'2¾; Sharpe 49'11; Floerke 49'7!; Andrews 49'6; Lawson 49'; IT Cantcllo 246'9; Quist 238' - · 2; _Conley 235'10; F.romm 233'9-; Seymour 232'11½; Kovalkides 227'11½; PVBragg 15'3; Morris " 15'3; Graham 15'-3; Schwarz /15.~3; Gutowski 15'; tic,Dooley and Mattos 14'9. Team: Striders - 144; NYAC 76½; Santa Clara Valley Youth Village 35½; U9TC 24¼; NYPC 22, Phil PC 22. · . NATIONAL A.A. U. DECATHLON Kingsburg, Calif., Jwie 26•27: 1, Yang,For- mosa, '1549; 2, Edstrom, Oregon, "7544; 3, Herman, NYU, 67,60; 4, Mulkey, _Mepbis, 6346; 5, Wotruba, Worcester, Mass., 6~5; 6, Paul Herman, Canoga Park , Calif., H~S., 6082; · 7c# Farmer, Miramonte,Calif., H.S., 6059; 8, Klein, Dinuba,Cal., 605'4; 9,Mince,Bakers.J,028. METRO. A.A.U., Yonkers. N.Y., JWlC13•-Fernandez 9.8, 21.8; Herman 14.8, . 22'6"; Robert Davis 47.5; Bright 53.9, 440H; Murphy 1:51.2; 6mile, Laris 31:09:6; Backus, 199'6; Hall 103'10½; Engel 182'3; B14ckus 43'11!; Thomson 41:1½; Octter 182'Q½; Ellis 172'2; . 1 · Bantum 53'6¼; Korn 52'7; NYPC 102, NYAC 92½. , , , r O'BRIEN EXHI13ITIONMEE.T, -Mt. 84n Antonio, Calif., J\Ulc 16: · Parxy O'Brien 63'8", Humphreys 57'4; Wade 54'9!. O'Brien 117'10, Humphrey~ 174'7½, Wade 167'9½. 2 events only. HARVARD-YALE a, OXFQRD-CAMBRIDGE 7, London, Jwic 6 -~Taylor, OC, 9. 8w; Taylor "21~9; Carroll HY 1:51.a; ·ttall, oo; 1:5,2.5; Blythe, OC, 1:62.5; Jnmes, qc, 4:06-.3; 1 . Gilligan, QC, 8:57. O; Parker, OOl '14.8w; L~dau., H¥, 23.9w; ~OR, HY 42.4; Markle,HY, 52'2; Exh. Ha~mcr, Ellis, _2 .oa•sa-;• \ __ , Dl)BLIN, June 16 : Luck, Yale, 9.; 9; HT ,Cross, Yale, 17•1'5; McClean ; lreland, ,
• , c'l:52.4:, Slowik, Y, ' 1!53.4; 4-mile, Mcssctt, Ireland, ·is:40.4; Benjamin,H, 18:48.4, new 1 Amer~ean rcco;-}!; Landau 21.8; _ Dublin, June 11 Benjamin 8:~5.2; Evcrett,Scotland, 4:06.8; / Markle, Y, 52'7½; Pyle. Y, 52'; . ,~ , · ) ' -· { ' ' :, ',\ . - ~ ' . ' ) I \ i', I . '. ' ' .~ ; , . ( . . .'. 1 ; MENDEN, Germany, June 27: U• .s. team: Cunliffe 1:49. 6m;. Woodhouse 10. 5; Babka 182'; Carlson 47~ 2; )May 14, 5; Schwarz 14'3½. HELSINKf Poynter 2~. 3 from Agostini and Can,,.ey;,Connolly .214 '7". . · / · · · · - ; . . KUSOCINSKI MEMORIAL ,Warsaw, June 13: Batschvarov, Bulg, 10. 5, Polle, Pol, 10.5; Delecour,Fr, 10.6; Orywal, "Pol, 3:46,4; Lewandowski,P, 3:47.7; Jochman,P, 3:48.3; . '.) .j Ua,ran,'P, 3: 48. 7; Baraldi, Italy, 3: 50. s; Sokolov, USSR, 3: 50. 9 . ...Plonka, ,P, 14: 36. 8; Zsivot- ,....,sky, H, 210'5"; Krivonosov 206'; CRut, P~ ~03'4½"; , June 14 Berruti, It, 2()e.0; Ba!schvarov · 21. o; Mandlilc,P, · 21.1; Foik 21. 2; Konovalov ~·R, 21 •.3'; 2ndr~ce: Bartneye~,R, 21.1; Schmidt,P, 21. 3; Seye, F, 47.s; W~gli,Swi~z, 1:50, 5~ Rozsavolgyi,H, 1:50. 9; Jalcubowslq, -P, 1:51. 5;- · ' .,,. 2nd race: Barnldi, It, 1:,51'. 7; aoopm :-Qrodotzki, p, 7:58. ~• NR; Zimny, P, 7: 58. 4; H~:rmann, G, 8:Q0.0; Ibbotson,GB, 8:00.4; ArtynJuk,R, 8:00.8; Bolotnlkov,R, 8:04.0; Hoyklnpuro,Fin, · 8: 04~O; Jo~chman, P, 8: 08:. 6, Janke, G, 8: 09. 6; Bernard, Fr, 8: 10. 2; Ozog, P, 8: lt. 4; lUzzo, It, 8: 14. 2; Chromik, P, 8: 15. 2; Jurek, Czech, . 8: 18. 8. Lorger 1-4.4; F abrykowsld, P, 6'·7¼; I . · 1 ) ; Petrenko,R, i4'3¼; Ter-Ovanesyan 26'3". witli wincl; (also 2s•2t!'w and 25'111"). ' G~abow,- (- 1 e si,P, 25~7}; Valkama,F ·, 25'7iW; Kropidlowski,P, !,25 ; Franszak,P, 24'111; Bravi;It { 24'10; •r ,, I Malcherczyk,P, , 53'11¼; Cavalli,lt, 52'9t, NR; Gurguschinow,Bul, 50'51; Nieder, us, 62'41; Meconi,It, 59'&1; Skobla '58'2; Varju,H, 57'8¼, NR; Sosgornik,P, 57'3f; Tsakanikas,Gr, 55'1; Piatkowski,P, , 196'6¼, ,vrorld record; Grieser,G, 179'5", 'NRrBegicr,P, 177'½"; Koch, Holland, 1 }; 175·'~½;, Si9!0,P, 255'; 1;Kul9s,ar, H, 252'; G.Licvore,~~' ,247la,1; Ditschev,Bulg, 245'4; 1 Poland 41. 5; USSR 41~8; , .1 ... · • , 1' RCSidKY MEMORIAL, Prague; June 19: Ruzieka,.,1-0~-s; 'Orywal,P, 1:49.5; Salinger ;-'"' 1 ' " 1:50. 5; Sawen~o,.R, 1:50. 7; Jurek 13_:59. o, Ozog,P, 14:06. 0; Pai,utldvi, R, 14:11. 0; Borutty 14; 14. 8. , Prague 40. 9; Valkama 25'½"; Merta 175'2; Cihak 174'5:l; ~ut,P, 210'3½; Nikulin,R, 1 200'10". June 120: l\,fundlik 20.a; Kynos 21.0; Batschva:rov,Bul~ 21.~; Zvolensky 3:49.8; , Liska. 3:50.1; Hellmich 3:50.7. 3000mSt-Zlumal 8:49.4,Brilica 8:51.4; 1 Dschou ·-jen·li,China, 1 - 14. 5, NR; .Fcdosseyev,R, 52'1¼" HSJ; Chcn,R, 51'6-k; Rehak, 51'3; .. Skobla 58'8f; Lipsnis, R, y55'4}; Plihal 54''9!; . .. . . · · .. .. : HANNOVER, Germany ,, June 20: Bcrruti,It, 10.5; Hnry,G ·, 21.4; Quantz 47.3; A;tllim 47\5; Kl:wa_n,~u~ria, 1:50._3:_Bre~er ~:50.3; Barri~,Spain, 1:50.~; Cegl~di,Austria, 1.51. o. Laufer 8.18. 6, Saloranta, Fm, 8.19. 9, Lauer 14. l, Lorger, Yugo, 14. 4, Mazza,It, . i4. 6; ASV Koln 40. 6; Bayer Q4, 40. 8; Pull 618¼; Asiala, .F, 24 13; ' Wegmann 56'1!; Lingnau 55'1,0i; Will 239,'9!; , · ' . - . BERLIN, June 21: Hary 10. 4, µiuer 10. 5; Berruti 10. 5; l3crruti 21.1; Kaufmann 47 •.6; Adam ,1.:4.0.5 LSchmidt 1:49.9; Hey~kc 1:50~3; Ostaoh 1:50.7; 1 Barris,Sp, .-3:51.9 ·; Muller 14: 14. 8; Lauer 13. 7; Mazza, ~ 1;, 14. 2, NR; ,Lorfcr, Yugo, 14. 3; Pensberger 14. 4; · Pul~ 6'8¼; Kruger 24'6ii . Wegmann 56'1!; Lingnau 155~10i; ~ · , . Other German meets: Grieser 181 '3"; Riede 21. 4; Kruse 1: 50. 8; Janke 8: 09. 8; Stamer 8:15~4; Pfeil ~•EJ¾;Valentin 1:47,6; , ,Jal}r..c13:59.8; Kuhl 177'8; Burg 10.aw; · FINLAND Strand l 0, 6; R~kola '47 ~ 8; J(rus,r, G, 1: ,w.1; Saloncn 3; 42;. 9 from VuorM ' I, ;isalo 3:45. s. Salornrita: 3:47 .'o~Dorner ,G, '3:4,8. 'i; Waem •, S, 3:40. 3; Frost, 247'l½; Salminen (- -a'B!; Landstrom 14 '7¼; Wo.ern, S, 1: 51. 8; Hoykinpuro 8: 10. 0 from Saloranta '8>15. 6; Salonen , r 3:49. 8 from\Vaern 3: 50. 4, Vuorisalo 3:50. 4 and Kruse,G, 3:51. 3. Huttuncn. 14:19. 6. OTliER Ef.JROPEAN marks: ·oepasta,Gr, , 1:51. 6, 1:51. 3; Fredriksson,S~ 258'6½; 1 ',' , 11 Pettersson,S, 6 8!; Dahl,$, 6'8£; Pettersson, 6'9!; Asplund,S, 210'4¼; 'Higgins,GB, 48,.4; ' Parkes, ~~4: 10. 6;. Clark, GB, 8: 61~~ from Hyman 8: 56. 4; Segal, -GB, 440 ih 57. 0 afte+ first 220 ' ( in 21.4; 6·mile~, Norris, 26:54.'4; 3 mile, HyJ:!!k 13:47.2; 2 mile, Evetctt 8:50.4; 2-mile, ·
Anderson 8:40~ 0 fxomEldon 8:40. 6.; ...Bartcnycv,R, 10. 3; Nagy,H, 59'7; Omagbeni,Nigeria, ) , 9. 4; . · \ , · , . _ · I' · .,JI .. · HUNGARY 102, UKRAINE 90, Budapest, June 20: Bartenycv, U, 10. 3; Kis~, H, 10. 5; · 1 1 Kovacs, ·tt, 47. 6; Rozsav6lgyi, H, 3:~41. 8~ S~e~rcs, H, 3:43. 2; Valjo.vko,U, 3:47. 5; Perepeliza, 1 " U., 3:47.6; ~o~acs,H, 14:03.6; S~abo,H, 14:03.~; Chernavskiy,,~ .14;17.2; ' Misik:U, _14:42.6;. , 1 1 , \ , Batruh, U, 1.:. 4, Retezar, H, 14. 5, ,Popov,lJ, 1 6 7½, Noszaly, ti, 6 7:t,. NemQth, H, 50 11¾, Nagy, . H, 59'7, NR; Varju,H', 58'21; Sablenko,U, 53'5; Krasznai,H, 243: s¼; June 21 Bartenyev 21.2; Szentgali. _H( 1:49. Q; Krivoseyev, U.,, 1:49. 8; BelickiJ_, l:49 e\'9;+Parsch, 1: 50. O; Mazulevic -, 1 H, ·. U, 52.0; Hecker, H, 6:44.8; Taran:,N, 8:145.q; Rycpm,U, 8:48~0; Varga,H, 8:54.6; Ter- · , Ovanesyan, 25'11¾; Si.tkin; U, 24"61; Foldessy,.,H, 24'2i; Petrenko, U, 14'-l¼; Chernobay, U, ,, 14'1¼; Szecscnyi, H • 188'11!; Kompan ey~t178'8½; Klics,H, 1,77'9~; '.Zsivotzlc.y,H, 213'11; 1 1 1 ) , J , , C.seimak, H, 2~6 9:t, Yegorov, U, 202 lt, , - 1''. " , 1 MvRErcsults on June 29 international meet at Helsinki: ctardne ,r, U.S. G'S!; Wal- ; ., . 1 :r / *rs, US, 1:53,~; Potgieter,SA, SO.Sm; Papavasilious,Gree1ce, 's:SD.2St.; , Valkama,Fin, ·' 24'; Huneke, Germany, 14:07,8. \
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a , SO THEY T-ELL US _ ./ ~---- _,. TN EMERSON CASE, Fair Oaks, Calif: ''There must be ,some long st:µtding ,g:iistake , ~ the Olympic records which show~ a·s Tony O'Donoghue -points out, exactly the same marks in the 1920 and 1920 Olympics for third through sixth in the shot. The odds are astronomical against such a situation. Surely __someo~e~ofed long ago. " " · . TN TOAR SHRADER, Enterprise, Kansas: "Elwyn Dees, not Parry O'Brl,en, invented , the backward drive aci:oss the shot put circle. I saw him put 59'7" and barely foul a:t, Salina, Kansas, in 1931 Regional H. s. me~t. His 58'10" world high school record was some •-toss in those days. Brutus Hamilton definitely knows that Dees used this style and when (1 asked ,. Elwyn recently he s~d 'Hell yes". _-, · _ TN JOE GAlJLI, AUSTRALIA, : Herb' Elliotcts study load has bee _n lightened sjnce Cambridge has dropped Latin as necessary to entrance. I am ho~ing he will soon be able to start winter training. Percy Cerutty feels confident -Herb will be back in action in 1960 and is also hopeful of thtee new top class performers in 1960. , Dean Thackeray, 1956 u. S. ·Olympic cm ratho,ner, who is now teaching at Rosebud High, about 12 miles from Portsea, is one. Dean recently ran the second fastest time , ~ver over one of Ports~ b1,1shcircuits of 1 mile 284 yards, a 5: 38. 0., eight seconds off Elliott's
record. Pid it in bare feet in soft going. ' ', ' I . . • • Denis Wilso~, Sydney miler (4: 06. 5 first}eg of world four mile relay) has run , this circuit in the third fastest time, 5: 43, may be the next sub-four mh)~tc milet. · , Ian Deck; young South Australian at present spending 12 months at Portsea~ Ran · 4:20 as schoolboy, but lack of confidence prevented him going on. Now showingfin~{orm,, . has ttin fourth fastest time over circuit, 5:45. Landy could not run under ,6:00. , _ A 'strctch of the Melbourne--Syclri.ey highway is to be named "Lincoln Causeway" in . honor ofMerv Lincoln. --Rwnors are flying that Dave Stephens, ex world record holder in the six miles,. is coming back as a marathon man. He is a schoolteacher in a small Victorian country town surrounded by rolling country which is ideal for training. " _ . f 1 TN STEVE SEYMOUR , following the AA U meet: "l foWld the Track ~tits a delightful nutty organization, and myself extremely well qualified to join. Early arrangell;lents were ma~k by the burial committee to entrench me beneath the Coliseum sod at the throwing line , when my bones a11dflesh were ready but unwilling.. Other committees formed inclu4,ed the "Com - mittee to Eliminate Baseball, Especially from the Los Angeles Coliseum". One of the. mem - - hers is little Peanut Vetne V.olf, North Phoenix High Coach, who is the size of Dallas Long's biceps. lt _was duly noted that Long was third in .this year's AAU, 2nd in last yeat's and one brash member wanted to know if college coaches will continue to succeed- in maintaining the present rate of taking one foot a year off Long's prep mark and six inches a year off Jim Br~wer's pole ,vault mark. In other words, will Long be a 56 footer on graduation day and will Br.ewer be a 13 footer? If so, should Karl Johnstone, the other N9rth Phoeni..'C-record · breaker, cease thr9wing when he completes high school :and re-enroll at another high school in anotre r state? " · , ' , ~ "I received my National AAU old age javelin medal with good gra£_e and note it is the exact same medal I received 18. ye1;ira ago, , except it has a fifth on it instead of sixth. It's awfully disconcerting to work almost two decades for what might have been a printer's error. A slight reward, when I might have stood in bed with my javelin for 18 years , of r,est, peace and slumbe1;. I never dreamed I would _touch the javelin for weeks, but , the call came loud and clear the next day and Mighty Moose Thompson (1948 Olympic shot champ) was my buddy and victim. By noon we were on the thr_owing field, · re-rWllling the national~ to our personal
~onvenience, allowing me to foul as I pleas~, to take 20 throws in ltl1e1prcliminari~s and to 1 have all throws marked landin 'g point ,,first, or ,to throw a Held "s,port" instead oLa "l9ng ' whenever I pleased. But the results were the same and I threw no farther thau I have done' on
99 other occasions this year--the "'ever friendly 230 feet which is a,s per~anently roo ted as -•1 Hal Connolly's 216 feet. . ' . 1 _ , , ' Not to be frustrated, I found myself running both 'iorwards and backwards up _and ,; down the beach -at seven a.ni. the following morniµg. I ran 1500 yards, , paced off, in 8:56 which goes to 'show you QOW angry I was with ' almo~ anybody, including the mari I don't even know; Herb Elliott, This was a personal lifetime :record 'nnd was .over twice the course that _
I ran 10 days ago in 1:42. I have not ✓had my paces calibrated, but 1I assume it's a yard a pace ' an~ if not,_ let's pretend it was. I th'en jogged four oi; five miles in all directions and 'prep ,ared ' myself to resist, to defend myself, against the next mighty call of ~he track. i hope it does ,~ not come at midnight ;for I seem alll,lost helpless in its grip. At least I gather 1'm getting to < like the -sport." , . ,)_ "'· '>s.-'' ·- "1, -~\ ,q ., Jr;) - I• \ / f ',/
' ,, ' r, \ v )BUL,LETJ' N/ BOA. RD / \' '· I . : , - . • , Next·Newslettel:'s _July 15, 2~1, which ~nds ·volume 5. Renewals for volu.rµe·a'may be paid :- 1 ,, }_,- . now: ·-$6 per year; (: $'7 !or S. air m~; $9. 00 for European air mail. _ 10. "aest Shot Putters" series 1eµds witb ithis issue. Next we'll have a similar. series on the ',' " , ' , - .,✓ • hammer~ . . · L · < - \ \ · _, L · • · , • ; · · \ 1 ''Best Marks ) by Ase:11contm ,?~S,will be completed next issue. ,, - \ ',"All '1~ime , 100 Yard Ra~e .. ,is a new, short feature by Maxwell Stiles, who did the wonderful . Gr~ate's~ Sprffiters Series for us. 1r,, " , ""' ,, - \ r < ' \ \ c I . /) ,., ''' I ;<-; I NO'TBD WITH INTEREST .. Ii\/. ,' / , 1 ' PARRY O''BRIEN'S.63'81T1:ittii:-s1iotfs-ex.posedby Los Angeles Mirror~News ,: ' '( ·\ columnist Maxwell Stile~: ·''Parry O'Brien's so·called new 'world record' in the shot, put of ,\ 63'8tr is a farce. It sh<>uldnever be. submitted to, or accepted by, thi? IAAF if for no other _ I I ' rea~on than that it males O'Brien himself look like an unmitigated bounder, _whi~h, fine · ' ' fellow that heist be is pot. It is an intrustion ' on the rights of O'Brien's fellow competitors, contemporary as well as future generations, and -including a fellow named Parry O'arien r.r · who ought te>.beinterested in setting up a lcgiyimate world record beyond hisown presenf ,-\
1r • \ • ( \ istandard ~f 63'~". , · . 1 · ./"It is a travesty on Justice and internation,al fa.ir play. It is sacrilegious to the purity of tbc record book. It makes the track and field committee of the SPAAU, of \\hich I am a mem,be_r, loolc ,like a b'wich of street·corner fow-prfoe merchandise hawkers trying to drum up bus mess at any cost •., Who ever "heard of a. two ·event track meet? That's all there ,1 Wa,s, the ·shot and discus. It was hastily schc4_ule late Saturday afternoon after O'Brien had " officials the concx-cte puttinl{ at,'Mt.SanAntpnio College 1 t,;>l1g 'AA:U he 1iked new circle and · ~- , \ , 1 1 petition. ffh.e AAU dragged : out two half·traine,d seals named B9b1Humphrcys and Jim Wade ,- 1 .. '·, t0 ,8!,)~<;mg .With ~he a:ct and lend to it the aura df,being '~•Jffic'iaf' in .thct there were t~ee --l , ' ', ' co.mpetitfrS. - _'fh!,'!Se:~en sho~d joiJ! t.he~1how , ilfMaz:i!}eland. '"; ,: . . - 1 "There's ..i ·1clltferep.ce between .this ' · mqet" and the ones at Mwr High where Fortune ;11 Ootdi~ and-Bud Held-set thfrir world rebords in qi~q4s, and Javelin. T~ose were regularly ' scheduled su.mmer develc:>pmentsmee,ts with a, rather tull schedule of evctts both in the fitrld and on the truck. The little ;affair at Mt. 1SAO,was held only for the development of the O'Brien ego and make, it tougher for fellowsUke Dal;las Long, Bill Nia:ler, Chflrley Buttt 1 Dave Davi$ and I~aly's Silvano MecorJ.. , , -. . r ) , 1 l , ) -, • ... , 1,- - • 1 1 "Th,is is not being written as a personal attack on Parry O'Brien. He is a close ,' ' I ,. \ / ~ friend of mine and lam 100% for him, so very much so that lfind it necessary to protect _ , '- ·-1 ~m -from himself. 1 I want to be proud of"any world records that Parry s~t.s u~, and I think ~r '1Parzy does :too. Of this.one ·he Caru\Ot be proud -, for he made it iq. what wars actually little ,\ 1 1 ·r , , ! 'or no more than a get .,.together of three pals practicing before the eyes , of four AAU officials .1 1 11 \ ' ·,. and 65~ pectato;rs. ·wecan ,get along without w6rld 1records .of this nc.ture~ '.\:. • - 1 ., ' - -1.r~. _(Editor's note: A1 few day$,after;this cohunn appeared '.th~· SJ;'Al}Uannounced it " : ' , would not suJ;,n1itt _he ,record for 'approval. ) It is also noteworthy that IAAF rules state: "T~ re5=or(lmust · ,be made in bona fide scratch competition whtch has b~en duly fixed and f advertis~d -~efore the day and is included m.the printed pr _ogi'all'lf-of the meeting together With ~)' ,_ , ' 0 the names of ~the entrants \ ~or .~e ev~Il,t• ., Also, "the organise~s of the competition shall ' refi;ain from stating or , including ii1 any advertisement, pr~gram or written matter of any I '( ' ' Id.ad, SJ?.Ysuggestion that any event ~ill ,,be an a~cmpt u~11' record~ ") 1 Ii • " . RELAY WINS on the G:rand Circuit of Texas-Kansas-Drake , shew that Texas leads ,\ 1/ I /1 in total ·wm.swhile Kansas le~ds in victories in individual events ove:r the 34 years these '.c'thr~e meets hav~ _run concurren~y. Vi~tories m 'relays ahctyia' NebrasF 12' & ,162;. Rice , 28 & 4_?; Missouri _28 &~ 39; ~owa· 31 &, 27; Inqia.rui 34 ,& 1~. Texas ( ~ : l~"ds, at .~~ Texas Relay~ with 5.2 & 39 ,_has 29 & 26 at· Kansas compared lo J • j_ i, ., _400 METER HURDLES Ag-e Titn~ Name ,- Place Oate Birthdate 1 "" 17 53.1* Eddie Southern (U. s.} Boulder, Colo. 24 Jtul _ 55 4 Jan 38, 1~ 49. '1_ Eddie Southern (U. s.) Los Angeles 29 Jun , 56' 4 Jan . 38 , I 19 51. l* - Charlie Moore (U.S.) Fresno,Cal. · 25 Jwi1 49 12 Aug 29 ',, 20 50.4. · Gert Potgieter (So. Africa) :Queenstown, S. A. ' 20.'Apr 51· ,. 16 Apr 37 >: 21 49.5 Glenn Davis (q.s.) Los Angeles 29 Jun 56"- 12 Sep ,34 22 50.1 Glenn Davis (U.S.) ' Melbourne ·25 -N<>v5,t> , 12: &epr 3~ 1, 1 ,J 23 49.2 Glenn pavis (0. s.) Budapest - 6 J\ug 5 .8' 12 Sep 34 24 50.2 Josh Culbr~ath (U, s. ), Oslo , 9 Aug 57 14 Sep 32 11 1 h , 25 50. 5 J\natoliy /Vulin (USSR) -Berne ,, 29 J\ug 54 . , 9 "Mar 29 ,~ 26 51.0 Anatoliy Yulin (USSR) Bucharest 1 Aug 55 . 9 Ma~ 29-_ 27 50.7 Igor Ilin (USSR) Kiev · Jul . 56 ,,__ \\ 25 Aug 128 ~, 28 50.4 Yuriy Lituyev (USSR) l3udapest 20 Sep 53 2 'Apr 1 25 · 29 50,8 Y,uriy Lituyev (USSR) Berne 29 A~g 54 -~ 2 Apr 25 30 51.1 , -Yuriy Lituyev (USSR) '\ ' 55 2 Apr 25 -, , * = intermediate time or 440 ya.rd time less o.3 seconds. \ , ; ,·' ' j ' ' 1 r I I J I r , _, ' J ,I '~\ j :, I ) _I 1 ,, 440 YARD HURDLES I \ '\ 17 ~3.4 , Eddier Southern (U.S.) Boulder,Colo ~ 24 J~ · 5~ I 4 Jarf 38 18 ~51. 6 Eddie Southern (U. s.) Houston, Tex, 1 8 Jun' 56 ,4 Jan 38 ! 19 52.1 Gert Potgicter (So. Afr.) Sydney- . " ; 5 Dec 56 16 Apr 37 \ . 20 50.7 Gert Potgieter (So. Afr.) Queen'.EJtown, , ,'.20 Apr 57 16-Apr ,,37 , 21 49. 7 · Gert Potgieter ' (So. Afr.) Cardiff 1 22 Jul . 58 16 Apr 37 --, 22 , so.» Glenn Davis (U.S.) - Dayton, O. ) 1 21 Jun 57 ' 12 S~p . 34 23 ' 52.2 Bob Shaw (Great Britain) London · 17 Jun:. 56 27 Dec; 32 Roy Cochran (U.S.) 42 ·· ' 6 Jan 19 ,I 24 50.5 Josh Culbreath (U. Oslo 9 Aug 57 1 '14 Se.p . 32 " s.) 1 13 Oct 54 , 9' Mar 29 Z 25 51. _9 Anatoliy Yulin (USSR) London !) \ 't 26 51.9 - Armando Filiput (Italy) Willan · r 8 Oct 50 , ,_19 Dec 2_3 27 '51. 8 , :Vuriy Lituyev (USSR) AL-na-Ata 25 Sep 52 2 Apr-25 aa 52.4 , Gcof. , Goodacre(Australia) Melbourne 10 ,Mar 56 -18 Jun _27 29 51.3 Yuriy µituyev (US.SR) : London 13 Oct 54 2 Apr 25 30 53,;3 · Ho.rzy Whitt~~(G. B.) I:ondon _21 Jun µ2 2 May ' 22 ' ( ,-_J \.,' I , HIGH 'JUMP \ . ' ' ' 1 . 13 \ Joe Faust (U.S.) l; :i- \ ' · ,., 56 21 Sep 42 14 Joe Fau~t (U. s.) 57 " 21 Sep 42 15 Joe Faust (U. S,·) 58,, \ 21 Sep 42: 1 , 16 Paul Stuber (0. S.) Bakersfield, Cal. 2'.0 J~ 58 - ' 21Jul 41 17 John Thomas (U.S.) . Odawa-ra, Japan · ~ \ 14 Sep 58 3 Mar ~l 18 Charlie ,Dumds (U. S~) Los Angeles l,0 Jun 55 12 Feb 37 /' Don Stewart (U, S.) Dallas 3 May 56 15 Oct 37 19 ., 7'i'-' Charlie Dumas (U. s·.) Los Angeles ·, 29Jun °66 ~,12 Feb 37 _20 6'1~ , Charlie Porter(Australia) Melbourne ~ , '-24: Nov 56 ,,.,11 Jan ' 36 ,21 . 6'11'2-~ , Charlie Dumas (U-.s.) Los Angek:s '1 26 Apr ,58 ' 1... 1 ,2 Feb 37 -22 ' 6'11~ ' Walt Davis ,(U.S.) · Oayton~ o. ' 21 Jun 53 ,, , 5,Jan \ 31 1 23-' • 7'i" ~ Vladimir Sitkin (OS&R) Odessa : , ,' · 29 Sep ,,s 1 " ' ' , 34 ',\ I 24 7'1 *" Yuri Styepanov (USSR) , Lenin~ad 13:Jul - 57 l 1 Aug a2 · 2p ) 6'11¼ * Yuri 'SWepanov (USSR) • Moscow ' 28 Jul 58 1l Aug 32 , . 1 6'tlt . Richard D&;hl(Sweden) Stockholm ,24 Aug 58 :f3 "' ,, 26 6'9 - Vern Wilson (U • S.) St~kton -, 0-al. 1~ Apr 57 19 J~ 31 1 27, 6'7 8 - Ken Wiesner (U. s.) Los Angeles 27 Jtin 52 17 Feb 25 i 28 6'7.i! "' KenWiesner (U.S.) . C:imp ...,.ejew;i~,N. c. _ · 13 Jun 53 l 7,Eeb 1 25 20 · fsJ Y. Ion.'Soter (Rumania) Istanbul _ 2 JWl 5,6 1 27 1 3o , -s•st Bjprn Thqrkilsen (Norway) Bex:gen, · Norway - _'16 S~p ,56i 1 2~ : 'I i -, ( , ' '--:' I , \ BROAD JUMP - Age Mark Name Place Date Birtbdate 14 23'1 ,¼ John Simmons '(U.S.) 46 "a 15 23'6¼ S~my Richard .son (Can.) \ ./ 16 \23'11¾ John Cann (Au~tralia) Melboume 13Jan 55 15 Jan 38 r ~ 17 25'2:!. George Brown {U.S. ) Los Angeles 1 Apr 49 ·25 Jul 31 ~ 1 18 25'7¼ Willie Steele (U.S.) , San Jose, Cal._ 11-Apr _42 14 Jul 23 1 I 19 26'1 • " Emi~ S~elby (U.S.) )' Bakersfield,- Cal. 22Jun 56 14 Apt 37 " 20 .26'3¼- " Geroge Brown (U.S.) Fresno, ~Cal. 10-May 52 . 25 Jul 31 21 26'8¼ Jesse Ow.ens (U.S.) Ann Arbor, Mich. 25 May 35 ~2 _§,ept13 22 _ 26'5¼ Jesse Owens (U.S.) Berlin 4Aug 36 _12 Sep 13 '\ J ' 23 ·.26i6 Willie Steele (U.S.) ·salt Lake City, Utah 21 Jwi 47 1.4 Jul 23 24 26'3i John Bellllett (U.S.) M~co City , ; .•- 14 Mar 55 14.. Nov 30 / .. ,_ 25 26'6½ 1 Greg Bell (U.S.) Ont~rio, Cal. - 20 bet 56 7 Nov· 30-- , ... 26 26.'7 .. Greg Bell (U.S.) Austin, Tex • . 14 Jun 57 7 Nov 30 27 , 26'3 Greg Bell (U. s.) Kalamazoo, :Mich .. 10 May 68 7 Nov 30 25•4.:!, 28 , 4 Jorma Valkama (Finland) Vaasa 65ep 57 4 Oct 28 29 24'11 3 Jorma Valkama (Finland) Vaasa 4.;0ct 57 4 Oct 28 \ '1 30 24'1~ Paul Foucher (France) Niort 2 Jul 50 20 \ ) -' POLE VAULT " / / r ")_~ 15 13'6¼ ··Jim Brewer (U.S.) Phoenix, Ariz. - ~22.May 54 23 Oct 38 / - 16 14t2 Jim Brewer (U. s.) Tempe, Ariz~ 15 Apr 55 ~ 23 Oct 38 •.1.1•.4l 17 J .: ~ - Roland Ctuz (Puerto Rico) San Juan 16 Mar 57 17 Sep 39 I ..., 18 15'!" Jim Br.ewer (U.S.) - PhoenL"t,· Ariz. 17 May 57 23 Oct 38 19: 14'11¾"' Jim Brewer :·(u.S.) · Tempe, ~riz. • 30 May 58 23 Oct 38 20 15'1 Don Bragg (U.S.) Lqs Angeles ; . 18 55 15 35 L'\: ~ I Jun May 21 15•5 Bob Gutowski (U.S.) Santa Ana, Cal. ( 27 Oct 56 25 Apr 35 / / 22 ·15•01 Bob Gutow~ki (U.S.) 'J Austin, Tex. 15 JWl 57 25 Apr 35 23 15'4 Bob Gutowski (U.S.) Compton, Cal. . 6 Jtm 58 25 Apr 35 24 1st2 . Don Laz (U.S.) Columbus, o. 17 Apr 54 17 May 29 25 15'5¾ Gorny Warmerdam (U. s.) Compton ·, Cal. 6 JWl 41 22 ]Wl 15 26 ·•.· 15'7,;t Corny Warmerdam (U. s.) Modesto, Cal. 23 May 42 22 Jun 15 27 . 15'2½ Corny Warmerdan-1 (U.S.) Modesto, Cal. -- 14 May 43 22 Jun -15 28 15'4 , / Corny Warmerdam (U.S.) Chicago, Ill. 2 Jul 43 22 15 Jun ....~ 29 15'3 \ ,Bob Richards (U.S.) Modesto, Cal. 21 May 55 20 Feb 26 ,, 30 lS's°' Bob Richard .a (U.S. ) Santa Ana., Cal. 27 Oct 56 20 Feb 26 '>\ . " / .... : HOP, · STEI>i , JUMP \. 15 47'-lt Dave Norris (~. z.) ! 16 48'1o½ / 1 Dave. NorrisI (N.Z.) Hamilton 3 -Mar 56 ~17 .-, 51 'Gis Takayuki Okazaki Qapan) Kusanagi 28 Oct 57 28 Mar 40 18 49'7¼ Billy Br.own> (U. s.-r , . Milwaukee 3 Jul 37 13 Aug li3 19 49'9 3 - Ira Davis (U. s;) Los Angeles . 30 Jun 56 25 Sep 36 20 s2 1sl~ Dmitriy Yefremov (USSR) Qdessa 3 Oct 57 37 1 21 52'21 ~ Vik.tor Kobelyev (USSR) Tashkent 11 22 Oct 56 35 22 53'4 ' Vilhjalmur Einarsson(lcel)Melbourne - 27 Nov 56 · 5 Jun 34 /' 54•3tt 23 4 , Teruji -Kogake 1Oapan) Sendai . 7 Oct 56 33 -{ 24 54'5½ Oleg Ryakhovskiy (USSR) Moscow 27':Jul -5s 15 Oct 33~ . \ 52'5.! " 2!)' / Leonid ShcherbaJcov (USSR) Helsinki ' ?~.J~ 52 7 Apr 27 I 26 -53'31 ~ L~onid Shcherbakov {USSR) Moscow 19 Jul 53 7 Apr 27 J 27 54'4 Adhemar c1a· Silva@;-azil) Mexico City 16 Mar 55 29Sep 27 ~ 28 53'7! Leonid Shcherbakov .(l:Bffi) Warsaw 3 Aug 55 7 Apr 27 54' ,... . 1 ·29 Leonid Shcherbakoy (USSR) Moscow ' ' 4 Jul 56 7 Apr 27 30 52'5-k Leonid Shcherbalrov (USSR) Moscow 2 Sep 57 7 Apr 27 ,.,-_ '-~ ) ) I , ,r I , ) I ' a v 18.c-(tie) VARTAN OVSEPYAN Best Performance: 58'10' ,' Achievement.Points: 41 1/ \ ' - . . Vartan Ovsepyan, , a · 26-yeat-old Rus$lan~ is ~st appro.a9·rung the .veteran 1 stage yet has chosen 1958. to r~chbi-s best-eve~ performance .,of 58'10"--after a t~ther . -"'-·1, moderate season. Ovsepyan is a self-trained atlllete who has figured in ~rope~ ··shot .J, put circles for five yea:rs ,npwand been ranked/ second o;ver the paJt three years to~kobla 'I or Rowe. He was p:z;~venteciby _illness from going to Melbourne inl956 ·~en h.emay have gd~en:.a good uccount ,of himself as he was just hitting his be~tform. lf he can achieve more . consistency throughout 1959 he mny·risc higher th.an our ,prcsimt rating for him. - 'r \ ( - - ' ~ 5dl European Li~t ~ .' . - 1954 - l pt. , Puts /over 57' - J ~ j ; 3 3 :;-, · ~nd European/ List 1955 4 Puts over 58' 1 2 . 2nd Europeap-~Li~t. 1956 4 " 2nd EurQpean List 1 1958 4 12~ all time World List }958 8th World List 1955 3 5th Wor,ld List 1956 6 , J \ ! 6th World.List . 1958 5 J ... [ / - ~ 20 . CHARLES FONVILLE ~ Best Pcrtor.~ance: 58'f" Points: 40 Achicvemenf r ·•. ..· . One Qf history's unl~kiest atbl.et~s, , Charlie Fonville has his b,dllian( :c career cut short by injury just ast the wrong inoinent. In April., 1948 Fonville smashed 1 Torrance's world record .with 58'-i" but ~ ,doing so 1st NCAAi 1948 3 1st World List : - . 1948 ' :10 'I ( 6th World . List 1950 - 5 - World Record '58'i" 1948 10 ,\ "'· .X - r1\ 5 - - \1 1st U.S. List ( 1948 Puts over .58' , 1 2 5th U.S. List · 1950 l J \ 17th V/orld List ,1958 :, , 4 ' \ '\ 'i if \1 ·, .t ' ..._,. .,.. \ I ~ , I ' ....) L -' \ _. I ~~ I • _f \, ,n \ '\ C _;x I '\"' ~ 1 _} \-L '-- y I ',, ( '.i:-- \ I r - I '' '---' r I ., I'( ... ' "- ~ 1 \ J I " ~ ,- ( _"'- ;( L I I ·, '.f ' \ .... A; 'j . l "'\ rj, 1 : ( I , I '.' ' ( \~ \ , '•\ .. (')·- . (_ ' . \' . . . ( AN A tL ' TIME '. S·PRINT CHA MPIO '.NSHIP 'J . · By Maxw~ll Stiles . No soQnelhad .my co,mplete r:iting of the 100 greatest sprinters of ~11time been pub ... . lishedJn .t:be.Track Newsletter ihan l ,vas .askoo; for .what it might be worth, ~to plck my own idea of the outcome of an all-time race. 'This I didn't want to do· for several ·reasons. One of these is t~t my ratings we:re mathematical 'lll:ldba 0sed not on personcl. opinlon 'at all. I felt '\ that ~o intrqduce' my perfonal v~ewpoint ,voul~ be to weaken the impt1.ct of the system under , \ ·- which ~e ~ers wrote ' out\their ofn ,t~ckets. :Another was that I chrulge my .<:>piniopas to how 1 an all-:time race would come out every 15 minutes, by the clock. , · ' ·.· · · ' But, under pressure, I fin~lly relented. It was decidc.>dto run at 100 yards and th,lt heats would be rwi. , This brings into. the stqry the p~cullarities of the various runners~ -their speed, their competitive ability, their •pronencss to injury, whether or not they ~uffe:r a1 case of ..nerve~•• and)>l~w up.under pressure; their poise, - con,fidence ::indability to scare an:oppon- ent out of his best -race. All runners were considered up to the start of the 1959 season. . 'l .. , . · ·. ·..l m_a~ no.bones ~o~ o~c thin~. I think that at · 100 yards, if just one final racew5~ illv-0lved :witb no trial hoots, and if he didn't know whom he 'was running against, the race woF be won by Mel Patton. Hal Davis might well have been \secon'cl, but how do we know? Davis · nev~r bad 9:chance to·~cst his competitive ability in an Olyrnp~ Garo~s. Dr. Potts has rated Davi~ the lbcst competitor of them all, at least he did before the appearance on the scene of 1 - Bobby Mon,:ow,. \iYith that cstimatt'~>nI woul,d never attempt toargue. I have always been an ... ardent Davis ·man. , 1 .__ Wehave to considet; the fact that a man who ·might be better titan another at 1_()0meter { or · .in the 220 might IlOt beat that man :it 10 0 yards. I have sclec~ed 64 runners and drawn the,ir 'I I numbers . out pf a hat, 'putting eight men to a heat, ·eight heats. The second round consists of I four ·eight-man heats, the ·~ei:ni-finals of two cight•man races. Eight wfll be in the final • \ I J . . . ..-1lt is co~'ldcred that eachman is in his prime and th~t some of thc 'Qld-timers like Ii - dh·ar,les .Paddock / Jackson V. Scholz and Bernie wcfers have ,the' benefit of modern training ' ;. ~etliods ·, m~crn ~quipment .µicludin,g'starting 'blocks, and t~at the tr;;i.ck is fa~t and firm. It I ' is a windless, hot day in late summer. The first two rounds arc rUI,1otl ·Friday, the semis .and~ final the next day. The stands are crowded and the heats begin, The men who survive are . , dloscn as a. result .of my own personal opinion. I do not ask anyone to agree. A note of caution ,..,. ' rWlllers who: arc , picked to lead others across the finish lfne in the heats may not be picked to · do so in the semis or final. ' '· " 1 FIRST ROUND Heat I- 1. Willie Williams(9. 5, 1-0.1), time 9. 7;r2, Thane Baker (9. 4, ., -10. 4); 3, Andy Stanfie ,ld (9. 5, 10, 3); 4, Daniel Joubert ($. 4, ·10~6). Eliminated: H, F .y~ Ed· 1.' wards (10. 8), Martin Osendarp (10. 4), Georg' Lammers (10. 4), Helmut Koernig (10. 3). , ~cat 2 ~ 1. Hal Davis (9. 4, 10. 2) timo o.5 ,; 2, Perpy Williams (9. 6, 10. 3); ~. Frank Wykoff (9~4, 10. 4); 4, Eulace Peacock (Q. 5, 10. 3); :Eliminated: Eric Borchrneyer (10• .3) ," Ohti;r~ 1 ' les ..Borah (9. 5, -10. 6h Mozelle Ellerbe (9. 5, 10. 4), Morris Kirksey (9. 6, 10. 6). ' ...... ,. \ , . Heat 3 .. 1. Bol::>byMorrow (9. 3, 10. 2) ~ time 9. 4; 2, Hubert Houben (9. 5, 10. 4)'; 3, . ,, LeE.lll1onKing (9. 3, 10.1); 4, Hee Hogan (9. 3, ; 10. 2); Elimimted: George Anderson _(9.:4, 10. 4); ' Linday ' Remigino (9. 5, 10, 4); McDonald ijailcy (9. 5, 10. 2); Jack London (10. 8)~· ' , , · ,- Hoot 4-- 1, Barney Ewell (9. 6, ·10. 2) time 9. 6; 2, Ira Murchiso~ (9.3,. 10.1); 3, Ver- . t; - J nonBlep.ldron (9. 6, 1.0.. 3);.J.1, Bernie Wefci;s Sr (9. 4?). Eliminated: Eric Liddell (9. 7); Payton / L Jordrui (9. 5, 10, 3); Ray 'N>rton (9. 3, 10, 4); Heinz Futterer (10. 2). . . · · ~.( r1 , • ' Heat 5 ...1, Mel Patton (9. 3, .10. 3) ,till"1c9. 6: 2, Jesse Owens (9. 4, 10. 2); 3, Jim Gol· . ,.. · liday (9. 3, 10. 3); 4, Clyde· Jeffrey (9,. 4, 10~4); Eliminated: l,lod Ri;ci,prd (9. 5, 10.. 3); Peter 1 1 RacJtord (9. 4w, 10!· 3); Claude Bracey (9~5, 10. 4); Willie White ,(9. 4,. 10. 3). , 1 · · 1 1 Heat 6 - 1, Dave Sime (9. a, 10. 2) time 9. 4; 2, Ralph Metcalfe (9. 4, 10, 2); 3, Arthur Jonath (10. 3); 4, Harold Abrahams (10. 6); 'Eliminated: John Treloar '(9. 5, 10. 5)i Dean Smith (9. 5, 10. 5); J~es Johnson (9. 5, 10. 4); Mike ,Agostini (9, 4, 10: 2),; ;, . . · · . Heat 7' .. 1; C~W. Paddock (9. 5, . 10. 2), time 9. 6; 2, · Eddie Tolan(9. 5, 10. 3); 3, Geo- . i:ge;Simp~on (9. 4, 10. 3); 4, · Armin Hary (9. 5,10. 2); Eliminated: Manfred Ger.mar (9. 5, 10. 2); ' RoU41dLocke (9. 6); Emmett Toppirio (9; &, 10. 4); Loren Murchisqn (9. 5~, 10. 6). \ .. · Heat 8.- ,1, Takeyoshi Yoahiokc;l(10. 3) time 9. Q; 2, Harrison Dillard (9. 4, 10. 3); 3-;- 1\ , Lloyd LaBe.ach (9.4, 10.1); 4~· Jacr~on V.Schol~ (9. 5, 10~6); Eliminated: Art Bragg (pulls µiuscle);HowardP.Drew (9.6); ,RalphC.Craig (0. ·s, 10.S)'; Christian Berger (9.7, 10.3). 1 1 1 • • , .- , , .•• ;, · ,,, I . (continued) < ' I '"" I, 'I I ' •