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. Nij w s ' ~ . I ' ~ - ·. \. • ./ 1 1 · HEL..SINKIINVITATIONAL, Juny-~9: 200-foynter 21/ 3, Agostini 21.3, Carney 21.3 / ' Spence 21.4,Dodds 21. 15; two-Walters 1:53.2, St-~acke, l:53.4; _5000-Huneke 14:07.8~ Hgy.kin puro 14:-oi. 8; Stieglit7...,1 14: 11. 0 (third bes ,t by American). -~OOH-Potgieter 5.0. 8_, Howard 5i. 3; 3000St'-.Papavasiliou,Gr, S:'·59. 2~ HJ-Gardner 6 17}; BJ-Y,.alkama 24'; OT-O'Brien , 185'i¾; Coch rane 180'7¾; 1duPlessis,SA, 179'1½; Lindsay,GB, 164'2½;,Butt 163-'2; HT-Connolly 1214'7½-; Asplund ~S, , 209"1¾; June ~-0: lOOm·Poyn~er 10. 6, Agostini 10• .6; Oma~bemi~ Nig, 10. 7;v_Car- ney 10. 8; 400-Dodds 47. 2, -spence 47. 3; 1500-Salon~n ,.3:4~. 4, Vuorisalo 3:45~.9, Bards, Sp, 3r45.9; Moran 3:47,2; Huttunen 3:47.9, Stracke,G, 3:47.9. 10,oobm-:-Perldns, ,GB, 30:04. 18·,
. ... j Anentia, Kenya, 30: ~. 4; Messitt, Ireland, 30: 10. 6; Heinaal:io 30: 14. 4; Korpi 30: 16. 8;/"Eaelen, 1 Minnesota, 30:34. 8 (4th best -ever by American); llOH-Parker ; ;us, 15. (); PY-Lcllld~trqm 14' · 9¼; Gutowski 14'5¼. HSJ-Einarsson, Ice, 50'91; SP-Butt 58'4; Lindsay · 55'3,i; JT-Macquet :, Fr, 256'9"; Kauhanen 255'3; Cantello 250'6¼; Kuisma '; 245'2½;' HT-Asplund 202'2. '\ Got_eborg, Sweden, July 2: 100-Poynter 10. 4, Agostini 10. 5,_ Carney 110. 8; 400-'."" ~ ~- ~ , Spence 47. ,5, Dodds 47. 7; 800-Moens 1:51. 8, Walters 1:52.4, Waern 1:53.4; 15PO-Barris · a:·~o.Q,Mor'}n 3:50.2; 5000-Jurek,Cz, 14:26.6, Pavelka,CSR, . 14:27.4; Sti~gij.tz .14:30.4; 400H-Potgieter 50.2, Howard 50,6; HJ-Pcttersso.1,Sw, 6'9t; Lansky,CSR & Gardner 6 18¾; PV-Cutowski 15'i .. , Landstrom 14'10; SP-Butt 59'8!; Cochran 49'10; JT-Frederiks$on,Sw, , 272'2; .1Cantello 346'8½;4-,Danielsen, N, 230'9¾. OT-Cochran 179'2; d11Plessis 177'2. - , ZNAMENSKY MEMORIAL, Moscow, (this meet served as partial trials fgr Russian team :vs. US). ,Jtliy4: 100-Ozolin 10.6,Bartneyev 10.&, 5000-Bolotnikpv 14:00.4; Artynyuk 14:02.4; 400m-<3rachev 47.4', lgnatyev 47.8; llOH-~ikhailov 14.3, rBere.zutskiy 14.5; BJ/;· Ter-i10l'anesyan 25'! ..; DT-Szec~enyi, Hungary, 184'10; Lyakhov 182'2½fGrigaika 177'4; July 5: 200-Mandlik,CSR, 21.0; Bartenycv 21.3, Konovalov 21.4; ;800-Rozsavolgyi,W:, 1:49. 7; Krivosheyev 1:50. 7; 1500-lharos, H, 3:47 .. 8; Morootkov 3:48. 3; Valjavko 3:48, 4; lOOOOm Parnakivi 29:25.0; Kovacs,H, 29:25.6; PV"'Bulatov 14'9!; HSJ-Tsigankov 53'i"; Ryakhovski 52'~¼; Fedosseyev 52'7½; SP-Ovsepyan 5'8'6; JT-Kuznetsov 258'9; HT-Rudenkov 214'11; HJ-Kashkacov6'11½; SnavlJkadze 6'8¾. ~- , - . POLAND 108, USSR 104, Warsa.~, June 27: 100-Foik,P, 10.5; Ozolin 10.:,.,-Basl)- likov 10. 8; Jarzembowski,P, 10. 8; 400-Swato\i/ski,P, 47. O; Qrach~v .:J:7.e; Boz~k, P, 47. 8; Rackmanov 48. 4; 800-0ryw.al,P ,J,:5 :0.1; 1Jakubowsld,P, 1:50. 2; Galiottlit1 1;50. 7;'Momotkov 1:52. O; 5000-Bolotnikov 13:57.4; Zimny, P, 14:01. 4; Johcmau, P, 14:01.'6; Anynyuk 14:'04. o. . HH-Mikhailov 14~2; Berezutskiy 14. 8; Muzyk, P, 15. O;, S~adowskf,,P, 15. 2; ·30.00St; Rzhishchin , -~ 8:.52.4; Sokolov 8:57.0; Zbikowski,P,9:00.0; GraJ,P, 9:32.8; HJ-Kashkarov -6'11½; SaY:enko_ ' , 6'7i; Lewandowski, ·P, 6'7}; Fabri -kowski _6 14!; HSFFedosseyev · 53'~i ', Malcherczylc ; R, _ ·' 1 53'8¼; ,I r J_ 'Juru. A: 200-Foik,P,21.1; Schmidt,P,21.7; Ozolin }21.8; Zµbr~akov 21.9; ·_.1500-Le~andow ski, P, 3:44. 6; O:rywal, P, 3:44. 6; Mornqtkov 3~4&.l; Artynyuk 3:48..' 6; 10, OOO-bzog,'.P; 29; 36. 6; Pudov, 1~Q:08. 6; 'Zhukov 30:23. 6; Plonka,P, 30:~1~ 6;;400H-:l j , , ' Seye 46.6,French record; Iqii's~r,G, •l7,li _Kinder 47. 3; Weber,S,v.'itz, 47~15; 800-Moens 1:i.,7.8; - , I(laban 1: 48. 6; Schmidt 1: 48. 8; Bre~er 1:49. 3; Depastaa, Gr, 1: 49 .7;1Ctptliffe ·1: 50. l; 1500- , Cegledi,Aus, 3:48. 2; ConstantinidiS,Gr, 3:50. l; 3000-Iv,uller 8: 04. 6; Bet"11ard,F, 8:05. 8; Timm · ~:06.4; D~lnoye, Holl, _8:0 7.8; I · · , ENGLAND 108', EAST GERMANY 104, London, July 1: lOOm-Radford 10. 5, Seidler,G 1, ·'·I 10. 7; 200-Segal, E, 21. 6;_Seidler 21. 7;. 400-Wrighton~ E, 47: 8; Schuler,G, 48.1; Sampson• E, 48.3; 800-H,ewson,E, 1:48.8; Rawson,E, 1:48,8; , Matuschewski,G _, 1:-48.9; Kruse,G, 1:50.4; "-.1500-yal~ntin,G, 3:~4.8; Winch,E, 3:47.1; B~agrove~E, 3:49.9; 5000,-~ldon,E, 14:06.4; , Gtodotzld,9, 14:12. 2; Giµige1i,E, 14:13; ;Hermann,G, 14:19. 8; Stamer,G, 14:29_,."8; Ibbotson, 1 0 B,'. 15:,30._0; 10, opo-1an1ce,G, ~9:44. 6; Hyman, E, 29:50; Hea~ley ► E, 29:53. 8; Horucke,G, 30:30. 8. 3000St-Buhl,G, 8:51.6; Doring,✓G, 8;_56.2; Porbadnik,G, 9:00.2; HH-Matthews,B, 14.6; 400H-Farreij,E, 52.1; HJ-Lein,G, 6'6; Pfeil,G, '.6'6; PV-Jeitner,Gj 14'2¾; BJ-Aug:a,G,23'10 · i; HSJ-Hinze.,G, 49'10i; sp ·-Rowe, E, 58'10¼; DT-Grieser,G, 176'Sf; HT-Ellis, E, 203'1; jr ,.. Frost,G, 250'9½; Kruger,G, 248'2; 400R-England 40. 7; EG 40. 9; lSOOR-England 3: 12. 7. ' \ · ,ZtJlUCH July7: Woodhouse 10. 4; Muller, ~o. 4; Schmidt, P, 10. 4; 200-Woodhouse ' ,21.-2,;Schmidt~l.3; 400-.Carlson46.0; Kaufmann,G, 46,;~; Kinder,G, 46.9; Weber, 47.0; 800-Schmidt,G, 1:47.7; Waegli 1:48.1; Depastas 1:49.7; Cunliffe 1:50.6. Mile-Orywal,P, 4:02.3; Herrman.11,EG, 4:02.7; Konstantinidis.G, 4:08.6.; 3000-Janke 8:07; Muller 8:14.Z; · ll0rnH"Lauer,Germany, 1a.2, world reco~; MF1Y13. 6; Penzberger,G, 14. O; Mazza, Ita!ly, J 14._~;Tscqudi, Switz, 14.,4 (national record). 1. 0 meter ,per se.con.d wind; allowable is 2 mps. · ,. A,11runners broke personal record by at least two tenths. 200mHt-Lauer 22. 5, worid record; \, 2'4.3; 400H-Galliker,S, ljJ-Pfeil,G, PY-Schwarz 15'1i; Gronowski, , , . ,,Tschudi,S ,, 52.5; 6'61; 1 ,'- . P, 14'!?!; SPtTsakanikas,Gr, 54'1; DT~BabkA ;1.81'; JT:-Frost, EG 26~'7,t; C. Lie,vor~, It, 255'10 "" 1 ,, , ,,t . MOSCOW(late June) Shavlaka • ' ~ ~ ,, >- ~ ' ~ ,\ t...,• r ~· \ ) • ,/ J I.... , I-:., y f Jfammer Throw Hal Connolly (226'1;) & Bob Backus (201 '5½) vs. Vasiliy Rudenkov (218'10) . , , & Mikhail Krivonosov (209'8i). Connolly, n great competltor, 1 should win b~ Rudenkov is a comer and Hnl will have to be in top form~ Krivonosov does hot .do best in hot competition ~ bijt he has 111orelong throws tbaJtC~lly. 1 Backus is outclas~cd. .. . : ' · , U~16, R 5 400m Relay · _Norton~ Poynter, V~ee Robinson, Hayes Jones v. Ozolm, . l}a~enyev, Yuri Kon- ✓ oval6v, Vadim Arkhipchuk. ,U.S. team is 10 yards faster but margin may be trim .m~ by sup- erior baton.passing of Ru~sians who have had more chance to work asteam ! US 5, R a: ~ End of First Day US 64, USSR 43. Last year, , US (>l, t:!SSR 45 (no fourth in 10, 000n:i). ~ 400m Hurdles Dick; Howard ·(SQ.,6) & Josh Culbreath (60.1) replacing 'Glenn Dayis .v. Yu:,:i Lituyev (51. 2) and Aleksey 'kly~ (51. 2)~ ~ituyev once held world mark but is q.ging (34) · I ' and is little threat. Howard can make hisusual mistakes and win while Culbreath, · a. stern com petitor and. before ,a hbmetown crowd, will be tough. Klyenin is o.n1,wiknown. US a,"R 3 200 meters Ray Norton (2Q!St) & Van Robinson (21. Ot) v. Leonid Barteny~v (21. lt) & Yur+y , \ Konovalov (21. Ot). Norton 1 can talk to Robinson, lppk around frequ~mdy, 'still win handily:~ _ \/ Robinson~ li:ttle ·top flight experience w)v.le R~s~i,ans haye beenaround for ,-years, but Vane~ beat better sprinters than the Russians at Boul.dcr, should repeat. . _ , US 8, ll 3 - 800meters - Tom Murphy (1:47.9) & Jerome Walters (1:48~ 5) v. Abram Kri:vosheyev (1:49.8) 1 & Vasiliy Sayinkov (1: 50. 7).-'- Russians never )mvc had a good 800 .man, don't figure tocut 1rtto 1 ., . \ · /" . 1 . two solid, ~ not great, Yanks~ 1 , 1 r· µs a,' R 3 .aooom:Steeplechase . 'Phil Coleman (9: 05) & George Yo~g (9: 3.6. 7) vs. SemyoI?,R ,~shchin (8: 37. 8) & Vfadimir Yevdokimov (8: 45. 4). Rzhishchin . is former woxld record1 holqer, should w~ ~even over Coleman at his best, wliich h~ has not been. But Rz. rfailed in recent Russian , \J 1 trws and Coleman ~s surprised before. Young is hoP,elessly out of it. U/S 3, R ,8 · ' 1500 meters Dyrol Burleson (3: 47 ~ 5) & Jim Orelle (3: 48., 4) v. J911f1sPipy:ne ~: 46-.8) & Yevge.n ~\,, , iy tMomotkov (3: 45.1). RusBian faster times d9n 't mean m'uph~s 'Oregonians haye run event · ) · fut once 'and that in high altJ,tude. This ~coukl be closest ):"ace of day but Qrelle won ,last year .. "' and Burleson beat him inAAU, although losing Inter. On a hunch, _· it's u US 8, R 3 · 1 ' 5000 meters ,Bill Dellinger (14147.6) &•Lew Stieglitz (14:11.0) vs • . Pyotr Bolotknikov (13:57.4) " & A,leksandr Artinyuk (14: 04. O). Americans are 111uchbet~er 'than 1high al,titpde ~,\U . indiq~~s but even so Russians have best performances. Dellinger just mfssed win11inglast yet;ir:a~ · . Truex took third and it would be no shock if Bill won as his best is ·to come. US-4, • R 7 1 High 1Jump Charles Dumas (7') & Errol Williams (6 9¾)v. lgor ·Kashkarov (6'11½)& Robert '._.· 1 .. Shavlakad~e (6'11¼). This could rank with Broad Jump for closeness and quality • . Dumas .is \, not likely to repeat flop of last year. Kashka.rov is steady, improving. Shavlakadzc is ne:w: 'I comer on wny _up.' Sticking with the cha.mp it's Dumas on fewer misses U$ 6, .R ·5 , i Discus Throw Al Oertcr (186'5) & Parry O'Brien (181'2½) v. Vladimir Lya,khoy (182'2½) & Kim Bukhantsev (184 ~i)~ Off best marks this -could be a thriller, but Oerter and O'Srien are experienced, formidable ~ompetitors and more consistent. · · '.·_ , US 8, R-3 " 1 Hop-Step~ump Ira Df}vis (50'6½~ & Her~ Stokes (51'10) .v. Konstantin r'"fsi~kov ~53'!") ~ . Oleg Rya ovskiy (52'~¼). This 1s a sol4l Russ.fan event and even looked for 1mprov 1em.ents - by _Americans sho\lldn't be enougl:1to cut into Soviet sweep~ : ·. , · · US. ,3, R 8 , q, ; · Ja:VelinT~w Al Cantello (282'3l) & Buster QuiS,: (238'2) v. Y;lacifmir-K.uznyetsov (260,.5) & . ,. V1ktor Tsibulenko (248'11½). Cantello nor the Russians are cons1stent at ·best marks ffsibtµ"'I-· . , · enlco did 273'5 in 1957) so ,it's a 1.,tos~-~P• But it•s two against 'one, so . \. US 4, R ·1, ' ,) : 1600m Relay SoutheI'I} MU1.s, Howard o,r , Culbrcuth, Jack Yerman vs. konstantil?- qrache ,v, ·11 Igna.tyev, Arnold Matsulevich (47, 8) & ~ino Oj:istu (48. 2). Even iuiropped baton .wouldn,'t . ma~e the differcnce 'here as slowest U.S. :man can beat Russia"s best. ,,, · · US 5~ R 3 Decathlon Dave Edstrom (7544) & Mike Herman (6.760) v. V,asiliy Kuznyets6v (8357) & Uno 1 P~u (no score 1959, '7559 in 1958). i<;vznyetsov's a cinch, bµt \Eds,;rom, ;woostu:pris~d Ru~Ides . with 1a third _la$t year, looks good for second, although could be, ,close. , · · . US ~,- R 7 . · .. , I , Second Day Score US 69. R 60. Pinal Score ' US 133, Rus~ia 103. Last year: US ·--~26, 109. i ·. \ I 1 . . , . . , ' . · • ., " . • , • . Givingthe u. ✓s. all the doubtfuls makes i 146 to 91; giving i tberil to Ruseia makes it 119 ~o 11~, stiU our 1fnvor, Actually most of the conipetitio:n tti tlic,~eet ~11 be; between , , 1 11 teamm~tes~ L Op,the -track only the ·1500 _and 5000 figure .to be \closeJr contested betw\een the _ .'., , tJ'O countries. It 1il be more fun on the ' field, tho_\lgh, with the high jump, broad jump, javelin _ and hammer _being tight, and pos~ibly . the pole vault and disc4s. Qf ,,22 events, 14 are figured 8~3 (10 to the U.S.), two ·go 5•3 . in ,the relays~ 4 go,7-4 (1 for u.s,.) and oµIytwo ev~11ts are \ ~ped as clos~ as 6-5. The women? . ·Y,'pµ'll ,havc to as .k Di~k Bank, our soµietimes women's ; '_, editor abO\lt them, ·but it's a cinch the O.,s. gals won't win, .~!though there cbuld be some , \ J. · r ~dividual surprises a la last Yfr3r. , -1 · .. • , ) I / I / r ,/ '\. i \ I ._ I -c ,, \" , I, I u.s:A. vs. u.s.s.R. PREVIEW / By B~rt Nelson, with much 'help from Roberto Quercctmrl ) Doping a dual track and field meet usu:tlly can be done dozens of ways. Key events can be figured two, three or more,, ways, and when you multiply those choices byJhe nwnber J of key events the variety o# dope sheets becomes too great to be prac~ical. $ome events just · have no logical favorite and there is no use arguing over such events. Tho best system, I have found, is to split the hotly contested events as fir_~ comes to mind, theu forget about t~em. ~ Add 1.1pyour points ancl you_will find you have a reasonable dope sheet. But it is always po$sibie that you gave too many of the breaks to one team and so a check is n~ed. You figure two more dope sheets, \ giving each team the maximum points possible in each event. If the two team 's stand to gain about the same number of points from maximum come throughs then you can fi~e that the original dope sheet is reasonable. And it should be pretty solid, for very seldom does one team come up with all the breaks and come throughs. At best, thought ado~ sheet is only-a guide to what might happen and it is in this light that the big meet is doped, as follows. . ,There are 22 men's events, evenly divided on Saturday and Sunday (the complete Oly_mpic s~hcdule except the long walk and marathon). Each team has two entries per event and the scoring 'is 5-3-2-1, the European system which tends 1 to m~kc meets much closer ' than they really are~ Fµ-st a.pd second place, the best you: can do, gives you an 8-3 mar gin, wher~as it would be a-1 ·ma U.S. dual; and with three men per _ev~nt it could be 9-0. - Since the U.S. figures to score 10 sweeps ,to only four for the Russians it is apparent that under U.S. scoring the margin would be greater. And the relays will be scored 5-3 as con- · \ trasted with-the 5-0 of U.S. 'dual meets. Also it sho~d be noted that throughout Europe the scoring is 5-2, not 5-3, a fact Y1hichgives the Russians an extra two points. And they get still more -points by including the 20, 000 km walk in the me~ which is seldom done in Euro- pean dualp. · ·· . · Aflyway, this is the way it looks from Los Altos, based on the rccords ,of the -com petitors to elate but without inside knowledge of injuries, etc., \Vluch may not show until meet time. Events are listed in order of competition with best 1959 marks included: u. s. first. I - 100 ·Meters Ray Norton (10.1) :& Bob Poynter (10. 2) vs. Edvin Ozolin (10. 5) & Leonid Bar· .u teny~v (10. 3). Russian sprinters don't have good marks to start with a..'lddon't run aswell away from · borne. This shot4<1be no contest (figuring, as we must in cll events, that the contestants a:re_healtlly and noinjuries occur.) US 8, R 3 110m Hurdles Hayes Jones (13. 6) & Lee Calhoun (13. 7) vs. AnD.toliy Mikhailov (13. 9) & , ' NikolayBerezutskiy (14. 2). :'Another no·contest run, . the margin being great enough that t~ . . Ame:ricans canrun into trouble and still go onto . win. US BJ R 3 · 20, 000m Walk' RudolphHaluza, Fred Timcoe vs. Vladimir Gloubnichy & Anatoly Vedya.kov (probably). U. s. badly/ outclassed here in our worst .event of the meet. , US 3, R 8 400 Meters Eddie Sout.hem (46. 4 for 440) & Dave Mills (46. 5) vs. Konstantin Grachev (47. 4) , & Ardalion Ignatyev (47. 8). U.S. sprinters continue to dominate by a wide margin. lgnatyev one-time great but hasn't beaten 47 since 1956. . US 8, R 3 , 10~000 -Meters . Max Truex @l: 22. 4) & Both (30: 42. 2) vs. Hubert _Parnakivi (29: 25. 0) & Alek sey D~syatchikov (29: 26. O). "Both R:ussiruls ran much faster in 19-SS, must,be heavily ,{avor ed. But if Truex hasn~t lost form -from desert training ·with the Air Force he could pulverize the America.(,. record in defeat with something under 30 minutes. ' - \ US 3, R 8 · Pple. Vault Don Bragg (15'4¼) & Ron Morris (15'3) vs. Vladi!llir BulatQ,v(15'2) & Vitaliy Chern- r 'obay '(14'6½). Bulatov scored a major , upset last year and clai~ec:i anew Europe8..L,re~orcl ·· ~arly this year. But he's ,110j:a consistent 151footer while Bragg alw~ys makes it and Morris , ..does most of the time , so it should be all -American. · . , · . · " , US 8, R 3. BroadJump Greg Bell (26'1¼) & Joel Wiley (26'2½) v. Igor Ter-Ov.incsyan (26'3½) & (perhaps) Oleg Fyedo~eyev (25 '6) the world HSJ record holder who missed HSJ team with slight injury. This is likely the best event of the meet. Bell is the Olympic coomp goodenough for 26 feet in his third meet of a comeback; Ter-Ovanesyan is a fast impro~g youngster over 26'Several times this year; and Wiley will take it all if either of the other two slip. Sticking with the 7 -- cha.mp, who figures to be improved over the AAU, it's , . US 7, R 4 Shot Put Parry O'Brien (6.3'8) & Da:ve Davis (61) vs. Vartan Ovse·pyan (58'6) & Viktors Lip snis (59'3!). ""'O'Brien is a cinch and Davis is, too, if he i~ in anywhere near top form. But he .. hadihorrible mid-year slµmp, a repeat of which could cost;'bim places. · Still, he came thru ' \ ) in the AAU and should mve no trouble. · US 8, R 3 \, -- a BEST ' HAMMER . TtIROWERS ' · 1948-1958 is by Humphrey Long 1 > ·1 r Hammer throwers, like the shot-putters of my series ''Best Shot -Putters 1948•1958), have made remarkable progress yi the last ).1 years. , The world rec9rd, which stood at 193'6} from 1938 to 1948 and which had been has high as 189'6½" .,/since 1913, started a rapid climb in 1948. Broken almost every ryear through 1958, the international record finally reached 225'4" la~t year with ~he end not yet i.n sight. And rtght _along with tl,e ,reco;rd went ,,,. performances in· depth. In 1956 alone no less than 50 athletes heaved the. 16 poW1d ball and chain better than the on<::eclassic 60 meters ( 106'10¼"). Of thcs ,,e, · 33 bettered 200 feet and · 15 were over 210'. Stich depth speaks for it~elf. · ~ 1 fa ranking the hammer throwers I have used the same system evolved for ' the .shot put rankings. The point system used..on each ofthe -20 r~ked athletes is self-explanatory, l l involving points for sta11dings in th(;:world and European or U.S. rankings, ~gh placings in , international meets, records, nnd number of throws at ce-J'.'taindistances. · -The . records are as of Dec. 31, l~!>-~-- , ) ('~ ---'\( ' 1. MIKHAIL KRIVONOSOV (USSR)' Best Perform~~ e:· 220'1oi :Points: - 347 L . Mikl~il Krivonosov has been th,;?leading Russian and European hammer /thrower for the last few yoars. He ranks second OJ. the itll-time Ii~ to Harold Connplly but leads the 1 American in the number of times he ha; beaten 200 feet. In this respect tJle big~ussian is second to ,none but his inability to· win big meets with a ,big throw has caused · him ,to .drop - points in our ranking list. In 1954 hewon the Eur'bpean championships as an outsider but has never since won a competition that really counts. He tied up in the Olympic final lof 1956 and .failed to make the grade in the US vs. USSR match in ,1958 and in the 1958 European m'eet. i These failures detract from his great record in lesser ,meets. In ou+_achieveme nt list . Krivonosov picks up a-large nwnber of points from his six world A:"ecord performances, his consistency over 200 feet and his high annual ranking ov·er .the pns't seven years. It seems, · however, that the big Mik will not have the same opportunity to shine iii the future because he was omitted µ;om the USSR team versus · Germany in October 195~ and this cpuld ,bc the - beginhi:Q.i of the end of a great career. · ( \_ 3rd Wqrld List '' 1952 8 pts 2nd Olympic Games - 195,6 '8 \ 5th World ~ist ,_ 1953 6 1st E~opean Chrunpionships 1954 -·t} 2nd World List ,- 1954 9 21XlEuropean C hampi~-isµips 195$ 3 1st World List 1955 10 4th vs. United States _ 1958 '.. 1 ,T 2nd World List 1956 9 ', " '-, 1st World List . 1957 10 World Record 207' ~ 1954 · 10 \ 3rd World List 1958 8 World Record 211 '¾" y 1955 10 / 3rd European List lll62 ' 3 World Record 211 '8½· 1955 10 ~ - 5th European List , 1953 1 World Record 217 1 9i -1956 '·10 2nd European List 1954 ,A \Norld Record 220 1 10! 1 1956 10 1st European Li.st 1955 5 V:'orld Record 216'1¼'' 1956 10 \ 1st European List 1956 5 '· 1st- European Li st 1957 5 Throws over 198' 6 6 1st Europee.n List 1958 5 'Throws over 200' ,, 7 14 I\ ' J l!) 1 l ':'hrows over 205' 1 i , 57 All Time W,orld List 2nd - 19 :brows over 210: 8 32 - ,, Throwf> over 215' 9 45 ( Throws over 220' 1 8 -, ,\ ·, ' } C ~ ;' 1 ' \ 1 1 '' )1 \ ~ ~ l.., / ' ,--- 1c,/ / ;1 _) · · ( "i" _, 1 , 'Harold Connolly, the only man, to b~at 2Z5 fe~t, ,stands ''No ,Vl on th~ all time list but ,· ~ ~ 1 ranks second _to Krivonosov, ,on our list bccausµ of limi~ed opportunity for com petition· arid a J{' ~ \ ' .cshort ,ir ·b1rccrto dat~. I The fa~t thi:;t th7re ar~ so trw hfuri~cli COplpctitions in ,the u. s. has · 1 '.\ m¢ant ,that Connplly hu~ had to travel to EtuVpe /pr competitive · expe~iencd. He has also .bef.:n . ~ ;·,\ . handicaP.pCd by 'an old injury 'which ' has lc{t Jtis lcf!: ar~ obviously shorter and thinner and, •<· ,weaker than his right. Yet de~pite ,all, i:1:ifour yea;r:S'i the AmericruJ. schoolteacher ,has rock- ,, 'trted to the ,top in hj.s event winn~g the Olympic Gafne,s final ; in 1956; breaking the world ,, L ' ,, 1. \'' record th,ree times and defeatµi'g th~ bes~ _of tl:ic Russians each time they have 'Jnet. Gonnolly . · ·- . \ i~ a good scc,ond on :,>litlist -~4t if_h~ ,kc?ps ~oing for ap.other couple of years in s.imflar vein ~his performances will establ~sh 1,h1m as tho grcgtest hammer thrower of ad-times. ~i , 1 V , v '\ l \ ' \ t- 1 (_f: 1 - - • ' ' (' l.: \. ' ·, t t '. ' ,-'\ .... (J ~ ~:' , 2nd':V{orld List , 1955 9 [ 1st OlympicG~mes < 1956 lO 1st World List ,, ' ✓ ; , 1956 10 -i lat vs. USSR e· 1958 '- 5 2nd ·world List ' t 1 1957 9 ), : 4th vs. Poland 1958 1st Wodd List 1958 10 i) . . 3rd U.S • .List ', i · ; - 1954 3 All Tim'c W~rlchList 1st 20 I ,/ ' ("} ) j I 1st u. s. ,List .1955 5 " - 1 5 a (' 1st u. s. List , 1956 5 Throws over 196' 5 1st .U. s. List \ ; ·1957 · 5 Throws over 2001 7 14 , t .... _ lstU~S. List ), 1~58, 1 5 Throws o':er205' 19 57 '-) j . , · ' Throws over 210 . 4 16 I " World ,Record 218.'.10½ \ · 1956 10 Throws over ,~20• .l '-- 2 16 1 r- Wo:dGRecord 224'10½ 1956 10 Throws over .2·25 ..r l 10 I' 1 1 )' ,,/ World Record 225'4 i 1958 10 J. ' / I '' '~ ' I I l I j Best Performance: Points: 144. '3. AL HALL _ 220':7°,.-• . ' I ' j ( (.1 1 { '. I . '1 :'-\ 1_ . ' > '! ·" / I I \, , ( ,. -Albert H improve yet to be(:omc the second American t.obcat_225' and be a serious contender for the \ . I l Olympic crown _in 1960. / , : . / .., , ' ·. . · , ,, l 'I l fl l ~-:-- ~ 3rd World .List: · ' 19,57. 8 · .4th Olympic Games 1956 4 j I; ' I_;, 2nd W01.· 1.d' List 1958 ), 0 2nd vs., USSR 1958 - 3 -"'~ . 3 ' ~1 ,, 5th U.S. List . 1955 1 2nd vs. Poland 1958~( ,,. I - j 3rd, u. s.· List \ ' . 1956 3 2nd U.S. , List 1957 4 Thr.ow.~ ov~r 198r 4 I 2nd u, S. Li~t 1958 4 ,,, Throws over 2oot. ,, j 18 I \ Throws over 2osr 1, 36 ' 3rd 18 , Throws over 210' 16 ' -r All Time World List \ Throws over· 2l.5' 5 ""'I 1 ThrOWij over ,220' 8 ', () I -.., I t .,_ 'j ..I ' ' l 1 .., r ; }, ·~ ~r ' ) \, 1 r J ~ -!·( ' j .r I j ) :, ' ( I j,f y '-- ' r \ ( I ,. j , \ ' I ,r • I AN ' ALL TIME SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP I . J By Maxwell Stiles . (continued. )>age two) Man, these were tough! Speaking of tile four second : r~und trials in our mythical all- time 100 yards dash. Some of the great sprinters of'the history of the world .fall by the wa-y side 1as the field is narrowed to 16 super sprinters in two-semi.,fincl.s. Four men qualified in ~a.ch of these four heats in the second rowid. Ilesults follow: · Heat No. 1. 1, Bobby Mo~row, 9. 3; 2, Rolph Metcalfe; 3, Lloyd 'Ln Beach, 4, Frank Wyoff.. Eliminated: tJa~old Abrahams, Armin Hary~ Ira Murelli.son ru1d Willie Wi!liams. Morrow won breezing with Metcalfe . passL-tg LoBcach n~ar the t.pc and Wykoff,, who had con- . tested the early lead with Murchison, narrowly nipped at the tape in a blanket "finish. Mur,chi- son ran fifth and juat barely field to .qualify. · , Heat No. 2. 1, Mel Patton, 9 •.4; 2, Eddie Tolan; 3, C. W. Paddock;' 4, Leam<;m King. Eliminated: Arthur Jonn.th, Takayoshi Yoshioka,Bcmie .We{ers, Sr., and Dave Sime. Yoshioka was off. to a jet start and held a four yard lead at 20 yard~. Gradw:illy the others moved up....on him and swcpt ,past ~him in the final few strides though he beat out Y/cfers, about ~hose tru9 , c stature in the all-time list there is much mystery, and Sime, 1Who dropp~d out at 60 yards with a pulled groin muscle. Patton won by a margin of nearly ~o ya~s. Paddock, -ott:to a 1slow sta~, had to dig in and ·hurl himself at the finish lihe to s_weep past King ~d Jonath who finish· ed in that opier of Yoshioka and Wefers. ·~ "'- Heat No. 3. 1, Harold Davis, 9. 4. 2, ..Harrison Dillard; 3,Bamey Rwdl; 4,' George Simpson. Eliminated: Clyde Jeffrey, Hubert Houben, Thane Baker and Jim Golliday. " Off, like a rocket, Golliday looked like a clear ., Winner at 75 yards. Suddenly lie grilbbed one thigh, _ and_f~ll to the grmmd in great agony with a pulled musc::;le. Until this happened Golliday looked like the fastest man in any of the four heats with the possible exc..cption of Patton. The seven others finished within a yard of each other and Davis did .not get up even to a qualifying position until the last five yards when he came like a hurricane. Dillard, who had been closest to Gol liday, was just nipped by Davis and hung on gamely -to nose out Ewell, Simpson, Jeffr~y, f , Houben and Baker. ' - I . \ - • 1 1 1 \\ HeatNo.- 4. 1, Jesse Owens, 9. 4; 2, Pe.,;cy Willian1s ; 3, .Eulnce Peacoc~ 4, A:ndy - 1 Stanfield. Eliminated; ' Hee Hogan, ·Vernon Blcnkiron, Daniel J• .Joubert and J. V~Scholz. Stanfield ran with one leg bandaged and was not able to drive : with all his power. He was heard to remark that for a man with a bad leg the 220 comes easier. Hogan and Blertkiron fought it out side by side for the early lend and at one time were four or five feet ahead of Owens. But at the half-way mark Owens asserted himself and too~ a lead that Williams, B1enk iron , Peacock and Scholz were not able to thrc~ten. Hogan ran fifth withScholz, Blenkiron . and Joub~rt ~rcast inches behind him. Blenki.ron, who starts brilliantly, showed the lack of adequate coaching • . He is an untrained 10-year·old high school athlete of much proroise. · (to be continued)° · ' SHOT PUT Age Mark Name Pface · Date - Birthdate 17 61':!½" Dallas Long (U.S.) Compton, ·cal. 6 Jun.· sa .. 13 Jtlll 40 1 18 60.. 2.!"8 Dallas Long_ (U. S. ) Athens ,, Greece 10 Aug 58 13,Jun 40 19 57•9! Dave Davis (U.S.) - )..,os Angeles 14 Jun 57 20Aug 37 . 20 60'5 Dave Davis (U. s.) .. ..Compton, Cal. \ 6Jun -· 58 20 Aug 37 21 60'½" Ken Bantum (U. s.) •,Berkeley, Cal. ( 15 Jun 56 16 Mar 35 22 60'10" . Parry O'Brien (U.S.) Los Angeles J · llJWl _ 54 2s Jan ~2 23 62'2 Bill Nieder (U.S.) Lawrence. Kans: ' 20 Apt 57 1.0 Aug 33 24 63'2" Parry O'Brien (U.S.) 1 N'ov 56 28 Jap 32 ..ios. Angele~ ' 25 : ,60'10¾ . Parry O'B~iert (U.S.) Buchii.r.est / 15 Sep 57 28,Jan 32 \ 26 63'1 Par~ O'Brien (UtS~) ModcstorCal •. 31 ?vtay58 28Jan 32 1 5 27'- 59 2 '' Ji~i Skobla (Czech.) Athens ,14 Aug 57 16 Apr 30 ' 28 ss•1l~· Jiri Skobla (Czech.) Minsk i2 Jul 58, "16 J\pr 30 .. 29 56_'5¼" Otto Grigalka (USSR) Helsinki 27 Jun 54 1 Feb 25 30 55'11¼" Otto Gtigalka (USSR) ·"Warsaw 2 Aug 55 1 Feb 25 - I I • I , , f I, j I ,· l i Age Mark Name ) •, Date . Birthdate 1 1 ~ - , • '' 14 177'3" ~gil Danielsen(Norway) . 48 3 Nov 33 .·, 15 , \ 182'1 Egil Diµiielsen (Norway) 49 3 Nov 33 .. · ',i6 ?24'3¾ Wadislaw Nikiciuk (Poland), ' 17 240'~ Leon ·syrovatski,,(Francc) · Paris 2 Jun .5i3 28 Jul 38 18 243'10 Willy Rasmussen (Norway) Kongsberg l~ Sep 57 l:9 · 2~2'9-f" Carlo Li~vore ,(Italy) Bologna 15 Sep 57; , 10 Nov 37 20 264'10 : -Carlo Lievore (Itn~y) Rome , 12 Sep 58 , 18Nov 37 I l 21 2ao•2 ' Janusz Sidld (Poland) . . Kquvola, 'Finland 30 +vfu,y55 · 19 Jun 33 22 ' 27412 ·Egil Danielsen (Norw,dy)' Oslo . · 20 Jul 56' · 3 Nov 33 · 23 · 281'2½ Egil 'Danielsen (Norway) Melh<>urne 26 Nov 56 · : 3 Nov ·33 f ,.24 . -Z71'll Janusz •Sidlo (Poland) H,amar~ Norway · 22 ]Wl 57 ·19 Jun\ 33 .'25 ':, 268 111 ·· JanuszSicllo (Poland) .\Varsaw l Aug 58 19,Jtpl 33 26 · · 274 'St Vladimir IOlznyetsov(USSR) · Genoa 10 Oct 57 2 Juµ 31 27; 278'6½ . Vladimir Kuznyetsov (USSR) Nalchik : 14 Oct 58 2 Jun a1 . 28 270' · Bud Held •(U.S,) Pasndena, Cal. ·· 22 Sep 56 . 25 Oct 27 I • · 29 267'3½ Bud Held (U.S.) \ Modesto, Cai'. "' .. 25 lvfay 57 25 Oct 27 ,, 1 ·30 · 262~5& , H~iner Will (Germany) Duisburg . -" · ' . i 6 Oct 57 : 22 Oct 26 · ~ . ,.,.J· . \I) I I 1' ' I · · DISCUS THROW 16 146'5½ · Yuri Balanov(USSR) . Riga Aug 57 17 . , 166'3½,. · Yuri Baldnov (lJSSR) -May 58 18 .r_ '175'8 Archie Harris (U.S.) ' Passaic, N.J. • ·21Jun 37 3 Jul 18 \ '19 183'5. ALOerter (U.S.') Manhattan, Kans. l8 May 56 19· Sep 36· '20 '' 1~6'4 1 / RinkBapka (U.S.) . Aalborg, Sweden 11,.,A.ug_ 57 23 Sep ,36 21 )188'4½ lUnkBabka (U.S.) Budapest' '. . 1 ;:- 6 1/i.µg 58 23 Sep 36 11 1 1 ,I /, 22 ,. ,~90'1 • Sim Iness (U.S.) Lincoln, Nebr. · 20 Jun 5~ ' 9 Jul 30 I , J 1 2a ·. 1~,0~8½ Des Koch (U. s.) Santa Barbara,Cal. 31 Mar 56 , 10 May 32 ' ) 24 186' Karl Merta (Czech. ) Ma11chester, Eng. lS Oct~5 · 25 Oct 30 I • 25 185'11½ Karl Merta (Czech.) Prague . , 22, Jul 56 ' 25 Oct 30 26 · 186'10{ Fortune Go~clien (U.S.) Hnmeelinna; Finl. 14 Aug 49 9 Sep 22 27 . ;J.!;n'2j , ' Jack Ellis (U.S.) ·' New Britain, Conn. ··,2•l 11ug 57 ·29 May 30 · 28 · 115'~w Ferenc klics (Hungary) 1.cipsig '' ._ _3J; May 52 20 Jan 24 1 . 29 --181'10½ Fortune Go;dien (U.S.) Santa Barbara ,,C41~ · 12 Apr 62· 9 Sep 22 30 194'6 ' Fo~c Gordien (U.S.) Pasadena, Cal 2. ~ •,, 22 Aug 53 9 Sep 22 , __.., \ i \ \. '}.. I ( HllMMER .THROW ', ,, \; ' 1 . "), \ I 15 147'7½ . Stonislav Ny~riastiev ( lBSR) 1 Mar 34 1 '1 , 16 164' 5¼ 'Stanislav Nyenashev (USSR) • Mar 34 , ) 1 'I 17 184'1¼ . Vladimir Smirnov (USSR) , I 56 , ,18 188'10 Nikolay Dob~ivecher (USSR) Leningrad 4 Nov 56 19 ~99•~ Stanislav Nyenashe y (USSR) Bnku 5 Dec 53 ):::i 20 210' , Nikolay Dobrivecher (VSSR) Nalchik 19 Oct '&8 · .Nov 37 . \ r' 21 211 '9 ' 'Mike Ellis (G,B.) Hannover 1.5 Sep ., 67 3 Sep 36 . 22 213'½" Al Hill (U.S.) - Dayton, Ohio 21 Jwi· 57· ' 2 Aug 34 1 23 220'7 Al Hall (U.S.) , Ft.Lee, Va. ,13 Jwi 58 2.Aug 34 Yr 214.H - Al Hall (U.S.)' ·-Budapest i ·. 6AUg '58 2 Aug 34 "224'10½ ·H~ Connolly (U,S.) 'Ji" , Los Angeles , 2 Ndvss lAug 31 225'4 . Hal Connolly (U.S.)· ' 1 Baker~field, Co.1. 20JW1 58 1 Aug 31 \220~10i Mikhail Krivonosov(USSR) Tashkent 2ZOct 56 1 May 29 _ 218'10 . Milcf¥lil Krivonos .o:v, (USSR) Athens • 29 Jun 57 1 May 29 219'2 · , Mikhail Krivonosov (USSR) Nalchik 11 May 58 l May 29 ~93'7½, Imre Nem~h (l·hmfJary). Tata 14 Jul 48 23 Sep 17 r I \ \\ i t .J r•'./ I I \ r \ ·; J I I'. \.. 1 I r l STATS WIN STREAK OF JACK DAVIS IN THE HiGH HURDLES - By Humphrey'" Long 1954'· 19,52 < 14.5m (2nd) Dortmund,Germany 8/7 14. 2 Los Angel~s,Cal. 3/6 - 14;4 New Orleans 12/28 1i;,.4 Los Angeles, Cal. 3/13 1953 14.4 Psadena,Cal. 4/2 14;3. Long Beach, Cal 3/14 14.1 Santa 'Barbara, Cal. 4/17 ' 14.0 Tucson,Ariz. 3/21 14. 0 Des ,Moines; Ia. \..._ 7 A/24 .· 14.5 SanDiego,Cal. 3/28 13, 8 Fr'esno, Cal~ (heat) 5/15 14~4 Los Angeles, Cal. , 4/4 13. 7 fresno,Cal. _J , · " '5/15 14.0 Stanford,Cal. 4/11 13. 9 Los .~~geles,.Cal. _~"" ~ : 6/21 14.4 Los Angeles,Cal. 4/18 13. 8 Modesto,Ci.ll. (heat) , . -\V 5/22 , 14.4 Los Angeles,Cal. 4/25 '13. 8 Mcxi1esto,Cal. , .1- ' - 5/22 . '<, ~ 13.9 Los Angeles, Cal. 5/2 14. 2 ~ Pasadena, ca1: , / ·,\ 5/29 ' , 1 13,6w Fresno,Cal. (heat) _ 5/9 13. 6 Compton, ca'l.- 6/ 4 I, 1 13.6w Fresno, Cal. 5/9 13. 8 Stoc~on, 'Cal. , 6/5 - 14.1 Los Angeles 5/15 13. 9 Los Angeles,Cal. -6/11 14.0 Modesto,Caj.. 5/16 13. 7 St. Louis, Mo (AA{J heat) 6/18 14.0 Stanford,Cal. (PCC) 5/30 14. 0 St. Louis, Mo. (AAU) - 6/18 13. 9 Compton, Cal. 6/5 1955 , , 13.6 Stockton, Cal. 6/13 14. O - Houston, Tex. - ,3/8 13. 9w , Lincoln, Nebr. (NCAA heat) 6/19 , 13. 7mw Mexico Cit;y (Pan Am Heat) 3/16 14,0 Lincoln, Nebr. (NCAA) . 6/20 14. 3m Mexico City (Pan Am) ,-- 3/17 _,, 1 13~ 8 Ann A:rbor, Mich. '6/23 14. O.tn Med~, Colombia ,3/26 , , 14~2 Dayton, . O. (AAU heat) · 6/26 ,,, 13. Sm Cali,Colombia - , 3/27 13.9 Dayton, O. (AAU) 6/27 ' 14. 4m [email protected], Chµe - 4/2 / 14,. 2m Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4/11 ( WIN STREAK TOTAL r 14. 5 (4th) Compton, Cal. ' 6/3 ~ '/'- 1952 1 1 (with~ut heats) ' 20 17 (without h~ats) ' "j 19f>3 L 1954 16 / 13 (without heats) 1955 {' . 6 _(without heats) total ,~44 -37 without heatS · .._. JACK DAVIS CA1REER REpORD, 1951 to 1957 - Year Races .. 1st 2nd . Srd 4th d. n. f. ,ellminated j , ; 19s1 20· · ~a r r 2 \, 1952 28 20 ' 7 1 1953 20 20 ·~ 1954 16 16 ( I 1955 - 12 ,9 1 2 (breaks) 1956 37 30 5 / - 1 , 1 if" 1957 3 2 - 1 ' Total 186 Ios , 195 5 4 r 2 \ ( ,\ JACK DAVIS' TIMES (including wind,ass!sted mar~) ,,. , - ) ' , 13. 4 2 , 13. 7 9 ;, ( '- 14. 0 '20 14. 3 7 14.,6 2 A, \ 13.--5 2 13. 8 15 14. 1 8 14. 4 1 14_ 14. 7 k 1 13.-6 7 , 13.9 17 ,- 14.2 ;• ll 14.5 7 J~ 14.8 _ L '-- ,,,,To~al under 14. O 1:: 52 __,, , 'total races between 14,.' O and 14. 8 i:: 71 r 11 _ \ .._. / I , 1937 WORLD RECORD IN MILE (4:07.2) HASBEEN BEATEN 521 TIMES TO.JAN. l, 1959 ~ ,,n By c.ountries: ,Great ~ritain 135, Australia 86, USA 79, Sweden 51, finland 29;- New Zealand , , , 24, Hungary 23, Ireland 14, Poland 10, South Africa 10. . ByIndividuals:· Merv Lincoln 23, Wes ·-Santee 21,_John Lindy i9; Derck lb~o~son 19, Herb . -~, Elliott ;t.8, Laszlo '1'.'abori 16, Brian Hewson 16,,'Murray Halbefg \ 14, Ron Del~y ,14, JS:en \Vpod 12, Olavi Vuorisalo 12, Gordon Pirie 10, Gordon Everett 9, Dan Waern 10, Bob Seaman 10, Don Bowden 9, Gunder Hagg 7, Arne /1ndersson 7hGunnarNielsen i, Alex, 1-Ienders.o~ 7, . ,,,.---, 1 Mike Berisford 7, Ian Boyd 7 ,-Alan Gordon 7. - " - . ' '-- · , 1 Yi 1 ( !. ) ,: ,. ( )'· I ~, . I , / ,· )_. . . ,\/' .i \ "...-~ .( ; ' ' ' ' ~ .· ' - , !, \ " ' 1, ·,, ·' 1 ( AN ALL TIME " SPRINT . CHAMPlONSHi rP By MaxwtilJ.Stiles . · (contliiued, pagethree) •. i , Sixty-four men who were original starters in our mythical all ~time 100 yard dash have 1 • 1 now been reduced, through two preliminary rounds, to 16• . These 16 semi-finalists now meet in two trials, each qualifying for men for the eight man final. ~As in the prelimi.9ary heats, names were di-awn from a hat. These semis were held on Saturday following the Friday, trials \ and were followed two hours later, as in the Q~ympic Games, by the fina;l. Results: ' Semi-final No. 1-- 11 Frank Wytcoff,· e.4; :a,Jesse Owens; 3, Mel Patton; 4,Ralph · Metcalfe; Eliminated: ,Percy Williams, \Barney Ewell, George Simpson and Leamon King. , Wykoff, realizing h~ must get up:early or ' face ,elimination, shlOt out quickly and took an early lead which he held thmugh tlie ,tape. 10wens w.as at Wykoff's shoulder · £lll tpe way~ . 1 > I m,ade no great effort to overtake the fiyiniJ Trojrin ·whUe holding off the easy striding Patton . .., ~. 1 . and the closing rush of Metcalfe. The last named came from behind with a great rush in the last 10 yill'dS and managecl to get over the line ihcad (of Williams who was not favored by the soft track he had at Amsterdam. Simpson mid Ewell were only inches behind Metcalfe •an~ ,.\ William~. Owens also was timed in 9, 4, the others in 9. ,5. Williams' fifth place was a bit of, - l a shock to iµany who never fully appreciated the feather footed young Canadian who won both sprints rat the 1928, Olympic Games. ' '. . . · · Semi-final No •. 2- ..l,Bobb y Morro~. 9, 3; 2, Hal i;:>avis;3, C. w. Paddock; 4, Edd,ie ,, , I · TolE;Ul.,.Elil.l'linatcd; llarriso t Dillard 1 Eulacc llca~9ck, ✓Andy Strinficki. ruid Lloyd LaBeach. 1 1 , Ir • La:Beach broke once ·a11dwas warned that if he jum'ped again lie>would be thrown out of - __the ;race, This cautionary ·measure reduce(\ LaBeach to 1a mass , of quivering, jittery nerves who 'just sat there ruid let the field get away from .him at' the gwi. Stanfield pulled up midway ., in the race with a bad leg and finished seventh ahead of LaBeach. ' . ' . Dillard and Town -fought for the lead for the first 50 yards Dnd t~en Morrow began to take command. Tofan hung on but Dillard could not quite stay up as Morrow surged ahead in ' the last l,5 yards. Davis came l up with a rush in the last 10 to sweep pastTolan, Dillard and Peacotk. Paddock m~ged to get third by lc~ping at the finish line fast enough to beat out ' I , Tolan • .Da;vi~·was a yard behind ~1orrow aJd was timed in 9. 4 witllPaddock, Toland, Dillard ' \ ' 1 1 · and Peacodk all hitting 9, 5, · , . ; • , · J 11te eight ~Jnllll final field is on its marka. In lane I is 'Bddie Tolan, with Ralph .Met- I ' calfe in 2, Jesse Owens in 3, Mel Patton in 4, , FrrinkWykoff ·in ·s, Chn:rlcy Paddock in 6, Bob r ...., by Morrow in 1. and H~ Da:W:s, n~rest the stands, , in Lane 8, _ The order of finish: ' ' lat, Hal Davis, 9.3; 2nd, Bobby Morrow, 9. 3; 3, Jesse Owbns, f>.3; 4, Ralph Metcalfe, . ! ~ 9. 4; 5,, M_~lPatton ; 9. 4; G, Fr~ Wykoff; 9.4; ,7, Eddie Tolan 9, 5;' 8,Clnrles Paddock, 9. 5. • • I Patton, probably the fastest -man in the race at 100 yards, had a case of "nerves" and · worries himself out of contention for first place, No better than fifth in the London Olympics, . Patton · has the same trouble here hehad there·· worry over a sore leg, worry over not coming up to the race b;I.his best condition ., worry over having t,o run the race ot all (he wquld prefer , _ to watch from tho stands) and weariness from . the exertions of the ti:W heats. He does not , · I / \ . .·... . · .. .• . · · ··1 ' . . , · , run his t:tµe· race at any time. 1 ~ Wykoff takes the early lead fol19wed by Owens, Tolan, - Moirowt Patton, Metcalfe, , Davis ... · _,. and Padc1ockin that 1 ordc r. At 50 yards it' s still Wykoff.and Owens with .Tolan still ahe ad of • Morr;ow and Pa~on. They are running almost abreast but with Wykoff having a ·U~e more edge ovf;:r the second man than the second man holds over the third und fourth. Pad.dock is 1 hopelessly out of it ,wtth so m~h speed in the ruce and neither Metcalfe nor Davis has yet . made his move. , · · . ' . , ., At 90 yard, Owens takes 'overthe lead from Wykoff, a matter of inches,. with Morrow and Tolan still ahead of Metcalfe, Davis and Po.cldoclc. , · · • · Davis now elect:rifie ·s the 'Standing, tumultous crowd by putting on the most amazing burst of s~ed ever seen on any-track. ,With a sudden accelleration't~t leaves the crowd ./gasping, Dav.ls sweeps past eve:cything on, the track and even collars the mighty finish of C • Morrow right at the ' tape to win by a matter of•inches. . This final .burst by Morrow is enough . ' to ·beat out Ow~s, , who lost about five 'meet to Metcalfe in the last '10 ~eters at Berlin. Jesse again hokis off Metcalfe and beats •him .by a yard. ·· , ) ' .. ~ · v /' Wykoff equals the best time he ever made for the clistance (Davis and Owens had new \ personal records) but is not up ·to atanding off ~he chall~nge of a field such ns ,this. Tolan, 1 _ \\ r. , 'who ldst aboUt as tnany r£\ces as he ever won, is Llble beat only Paddock who is n~ver close I 1 to 1 1 ,.) '· onougb to y,iu by his fiying fin,ish' ~cl he never even attempts it.. · ' ' · • 1 I' /' r.,, , , Had there been only one ~~et this eight--num final with no bents / r think the Wµmer ( 1 ·, 'i , would have bcen '.Patton. t ' ' ' ' ·' ' ',, i ' ' ' ' ""'It I ' 1 11Lr ' ' I ~ . \ ' ' ' ~ ',i, ', / i ' ' NEME~ (continued) \ I ,l r 1st World List 1948 ' 10 1st Euro~an List 1948 5 ~ 1st World List 1949 10- 1st European List ~949 5 1st World List 1950 10 1st European List -1956 2nd World List 19.51 9 2nd -European List 1951 4 5th World List 1952 6 5th };:UfOpeanList 1952 1 8th World List 'I ·1953 3 \i ' ·-- \ World Record 193'7! 11948 101 I- ! \ 1st Olympic Games 1948 10 World Record 195'5; ' , 1949 10 3rd Olympic Games 1952 6 World Record 196'5 1950 lP " 7. ANATOLIY:SAMOTSVETOV (USSR) Best Performance: · 216' 11t• Points: 113 ~~ Of all the gr¢at throwers produced by Russia $ince the war An~toliy Samo~svetov is by far the most consistent and successful after Krivonosov. A man of cheerful disposition, Samotsyetov has risen to 5th on the all-time list _and is currently rated higher than his team - mate Krivonosov inside Russia. Anatoliy has been throwing well since 1954 but really came to the fore in 195,6 when he made fourth place in the world list and took the 'bronze medal in " r 1 ~ the Olympics. Since then the Russian has hnd a comparatively poor season in 1957 followed by a good year in 1958 which was marr .ed by his fouling-out in the European Games when he may easily have won. At 26 he is three years younger than Krivonosov so may-still have time for future improvement incompetition with the rising Russian stars. ,. '(_ 4th World List 1956 - · 7 Throws over 198' 4 4 ~ 6th World List 1958 5 Throws over 200' 11 22 2nd European List - 1956 4 Throws over 205' 7 21 4th European List _ 1958 2 Throws over '210' ,5 ".-20 1 Throws over 215 1 5 ,- / / i 3rd Olympic Games , 1956 6 ....,.,..-· 3~ v. USA . 1958 2 All Time World List .6 15 1 }- a. JOZSEF CSERMAK (Hungary) Best Performance: 205'4 ' f eints: 109 I ✓ 1/ ···Although now only 26 years of age Jozscf C sermak is already considered a veteran -~ performer because at ~oin -1952 he won the Olympic gold medal with a then world record , performance. Since then he has been consistently in the top flight of European throwers • without quite r&iching the heights again as his ranking position here shows1 Cserma~'s best throw came in 1956 when he failed even to make the--top 10 raUng list and could plac ~ only fifth in the defense of his Olympic title. This pupil of th_e great Nemeth has not shown , -1'- the improvement expected of him in 1952 and there have been sig$n recently of---a.falling off in his throwing distances. - J 7th World List 1951 4 1st Olympic Garnes ., 1 952 ' 10 _; 4th World List 1952 7 5th Oly·mpic Games , 1956: 2 4th World List 1953 I 7 3rd European Championships 1054 l \. \ 4th World List 1954 7 .i ' ' 4th Workr List 1955 7 , Throws Over 10a' 8 .8 ~ . 4th European l,;ist 1952 - 2 Throws Over 200' ).7 34 4th -E-ur,:opeanList 1953 2 Throws over 205' 1 3 4th European List 1954 2 / .. 11 "' 3rd European List · 1955 3 World Record 197'11½ 1952 ,.- 10. __r r" ,,: ./ \ \ ( \ \ ) ·J ,~ . , ' i --1 \ ' '\_ , - ? -\ ' < V .. .,~ ' j l' \ ._/ .' l · 'l · 4. SVERR.E,-STRANDLI (Norway) 1 _!3estPerformand~ -206~6¼1' Points: 129 ' One of the most dominant figures in the early years ofJthis survey and the first man to beat 200 feet w.as Sve-rre Strandli who accomplished , this , feat in,J..952. 1 Str,andli started throw ing : '""'.·in 1948 'and, placed in' the world's top ten every year to 1956. '1Th~ early 1950s Were , his best years when he won the European championship in 1950, place °'.':, I \' ,' , ·s. TADEUSZ RUT (Poland) Best Performance: •~i3'6½'' . Points: 127 ' . \ L • I -. . In the ris ,e of .Poland as an athletic power the improvement -of her, hammer throwers has plflyed a signilic9-11tpart. The most successful of these has peenTadeusz Rut who has developed rapidly into one of the leading throwers in Europe. Rut now ra."lks seventh on the all-time list nnd fourth on.the European list. He has been tlµ:owing sin<::e1953 and 1008 was J his most successful year ,because he won the European title in Stockholm and also beat the American throwers in the Poland v$. USA match. The Pole fif-st beat 200 feet in 1956 but has 1 "only improved five ':feet in two years and beaten the once magic mark only 14 times. Now 28 years old, , Rut is approacru.ng the -veterans stage so may have left_it too la:tc to overtake Krivonosov as Europe~s No. 1 thrower and ·challcnge the world's best in 1960. ~ 6th World List 1954 5 1st European Championships ,958 6 ,W l .. 9th World List \ 1955 2 , ·. ·1st vs. USA 1958 . 5 I • ) .5th World List I ' 1956: , 6 I ' ') ' $th World List 1957 J 3 · 'Throws over 198' 6 6 ,7th World Li~t , 1958 . 4 Throws over 2001 12 : 24 ' ' )', Throws over 205 • / ' 7 21 , 3rd European List 1956 - 3 Throws over 210' . 7 28 • I ( I 5th European List I 1958" 1 / ', f \ All Time ·world List 8th 1 1 6. IMRJ3NEMETH (Hungary) r. Best Performance: H>1, 10!" Point~:· 114 ; I In the ycar~3'iml1Jediately following the war' Imre Nemeth. Was the :worlds leading hammer thr9wer. In 1948 at 31 years of age he won the Olympic title : and four years later i: took the bronze medal ~ith a supbrior throw. It is this rem~rka:ble c_onsistency in the top bracket that ea.ms Nemeth his high rating ron our achievement list when his best distance is looked on ·as commonplace today. Three times he improved the world mark and was ·not I J I -_ , ., ,. . , - · 1 displace$19-s worl!=}No. 1, until 1951. 1 Nemeth was not very successfulin the European Cham- _1 l)i9nships, gain:'ing orµy fourth in 1946 8;11dsixth, nt 37, in 1954. There is no doubt but that .for the war the deceptively small looking Hungarian would have smashed the world standard long before 1948 and ma,y even _have broken 200' before ~arino domini finally caught up With him. His. high position : on our list is a tribute to a ;remar 'kably co{lsistcnt career ranging r I ,,,, . .., , over 17 years. · · , , · • ; : · , Record on,next page · : t, . \. , ' J • J l.