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~•,v-~~~~------;::;~-::-:::-:;~;-;------~ t Vol. 11, No. 4 October 1, 1964 Page 17 ~!½lodge Added to Olympic Team Connolly Fires Hammer 231'4 1-2" (:_- _ San Dim a~, Calif., Sept. 21- -The Board of Governors of the Walnut, Calif., Sept. 26-- regained the world's C>United States Olympic Committee approved all committee selections best mark in the hammer this year with the second greatest throw of f·."made during the Final Olympic Trials on Sept. 13 except those in the all-time: 231'4½". Only his own world record toss of 231'10" against ff' . (Henry Can replaced in the 200 and the USSR in 1962 surpasses this performance, which was registered ~ ;replaced Jim Stevenson in the javelin.) The officers requested four during the final US Olympic tune-up meet before departure for Tokyo. f~1;leading candiates be kept in training and taken to Tokyo and this was Connolly's series was 218'6½'', 223'8½", 225'10", 2_27'11½", ~: -eventually passed by the Olympic Committee by telephone. 231 '42",1 and 221 '2". In the process, he defeated Al Hall, who reached,-/ ~:;:' This means that , who finished second with the 215'4"--his best mark of '64. Ed Burke finished third at 209'8" and :,fexact same score as winner of the Final Olympic Trials Dick Ember­ John Lennon was fourth at 172'7½". ~--:ger,but had been left off the team because AAU first and second continued his monopoly of the shot put with a t

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-.--.-,i..~.;.f,'_~_,_._-_E_~.-_·.E_:Qj.····.· tmva:ir.c 4AO,.OFIN;_2.LANNDorw,ayB:.,1S.4te·ru·us 25'8';. win more gold medals a~ I think the world is stronger as we11.···Art.y:c , ~ _ ~ ~ time you are a front runner, everyone is going to be shooting for you-S:; . 0 · '" · KJNGSTON, JAMAICA, 400R, Jamaica 40.3. The countrys that are the have nots will begin to improve and ifwi-U: .· t> WARSAW, 400, Badenski46.9. HJ, Czernik6'10f'. PV, bemoreobviousthanthoseinthefront. · ... , .Qs:inski 15 19". D'I, Piatkowski 190'9½"; Begier 185'9". HT Rut ,is kind of amazing. I am happy for him. H~\2-.:-,~ ;::1l'1''1-0}'';2. Smolinski 211 '1". ' has paid a price to be where he is. He is a fine individual and a finttJt~ • :FONTAINBLEAU, FRANCE, 200, Bambuck 20.7; 2. Piquemal athlete. It's good to see someone reap the reward such as hirri. · ·,;:;;.;..~ ~c;;8; 3. Delecour 20.8. 5000, Jazy 13:46.8. llOHH, Duriez 14.0. I think we have more athletes competing after college nowbe?i,}~ •'i:"'~_..-'":?1PV,l:)'Eneausse15'5". 400R, France A 39.4; 2. France B 40.5. cause of the US-USSR meets. It makes it more attractive to them;t<;"f; ,;;t\_=cts'~~MOSCOW, HJ, Sha.v)akadze 7'{"; 2. Brumel 7'!". JT, Kuznyet- It gives them a reward to work toward. I think a guy can get so mtiell:-:;~ .z:~f,.~_}sov2t1•1"; 2. Lusis 265'0". from track and field competition that he can't get anywhere else in ~>;:./1~ - ,. • ·ROME, JT, Sidlo (Pol) 279 '2"; 2. Radman 251 '4". 4001H, Mor- any other sport. ·}•-;.,-s ·a.~5l.A. · , who set a world's record in the broadjump, :_;;~- WDWIGSCHAFEN, EAST GERMANY, 400, Laeng (Switz) 46.5· I think the event should be called the long jump because it is more {~.~~~ Kialfelder46.9. PV, Reinhardt 15'9". JT, Salomen263'0"; 2. descriptive. Whenyouthinkofsomethingbroadyouthinkofsome- ·?'·lieriIJBs260'8½". SP, Birlenbach 59'7¾''; 2. Urbach 59'3¾''. thing wide. But when you think of it as long it's straightforward. ~;~.::· _ POSNAN, POLAND, BJ, Stalmach 26'1½". I knew I ought to take advantage of the wind when I saw the · · ,,,. .SYDNEY, HJ, Igun (Nig) 6 '9f'; 2. Sneazwell 6 '6!". wind meter going great guns before the big jump (27'10-f"). 1 knew ,·>. __ .. PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND, BJ, Davies 26'5"w. TJ, Alsop was over the allowable even though it was a good jump. I knew it ;,1/JiSJl>''w. SP~ Lucking 58 '6". meant a plane ticket to Tokyo, though. We had two different winds ~-~--· < lNTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC PREVIEW, Vancouver, British Co- in the CoUseum. At the beginning of the runway it was at your back :·.c::Yuri,lbia,Sept. 19--(In the rain and cold) HT, Connolly 215'4"; 2. but at the pit it was in your face since the pit was right near the tun- . Jl1rt:-e'215'3½''. PV, Chase 15'8£"; 2. Hein 15'6". BJ, Clayton Uam) nel. The wind is noticeable to me because it changes your steps and i~:~lft-. 400m, Mottley (frin) 47 .O; 2. Bernard (Trin} 48.2; 3 . Mal makes you closer to the board--when it is following you. ,; c-e(Jam) 49 .3. 400m B, Skinner (Trin) 47 .8; 2. Hoilette Uam) I think that in the very near future someone will go over 28- -· ';9; a~Mel Spence Oam) 48.0. 100m, Jerome (Can) 10.2; 2 . Ro- feet. I don't know who.it will be but I hope it will be me. Phil Shin_. ",'tts (Trin) 10.4; 3. Newman 10.6; 4. McNeill Uam) 10.6; 5 . Head- nick is one guy who can do it because he is the most powerful jumper ·def(Jam) 10.7; 6. Robinson Uam) 10.7; 7. Jackson (Trin) 10.8; 8. I have ever seen. The other guy is Darrell Horn. Because after J). Johnson Qam) 10.8. HH, Wyatt 14.5. Jf, Burns 237'1"; 2. Tip- watching him perform yesterday, Lknow he can. In my whole life, ;__~131'3½"; 3. Curtice 217'6½". 800m, Crothers (Can) l:54. 5; 2 . I have never seen anyone put on a show with such physical endurance. "Qhlemann (Can) 1:55.1; 3. Myton Uam) 1:56.0. SP, McGrath 60' 3¼',; I .knew that he was hurting and yet it didn't register on his face. So 1 ~• Ste(m (Can) 57'8½"; 3. Steinhauer 55'9"; 4. Silvester 55'6¾". really have to put off my hat to him for the show he put on yesterday~ BO_O,Ki

7\. "t~;~~~ :;->:-gf;-11ih'2;·f= ?- thelong training period. . . An--t1me·100~'Pt.~p UsfbJ~f~i,'J\t . es.it is time the committee take int<>consideration . t:oblem •. It probably would have been possible;. he be- Gardner . .···• x. ,, ... , . cute accommodations for families afspeciaLra:tes for by Jiugir ~ The following chart indicates the number of athletes t~)'lf~f;, the AU-Time high school list (generally 100 deep) f:r;om ea.ch not ask the Olympic committee to pay for anything. state.;/ ::;' .:cto The totals at the bottom of each column show how deeptlie · ,~:if,,5,; n 't feel that we should be compelled to live apart from our listing goes . There are shorter lists in the two-mile, triple Jump,.•}.. ~~: "Young said . 2 and hammer throw because participation isn't truly national. No . · · - · . wives have to make enough sacrifices for us. We go off windy marks are included. At 100 yards, 45 boys have done 9 .5 or ., ·~;~ . : te in meets leaving them for days at a time. We train long better but 102 athletes have run 9. 6 so the list must go 147 deep. ~Y-9come home exhausted and don't want to go out in the even - Four athletes are included in four events: Milt Campbell ~-::; ''e'give up time that we could use at work in order to compete. (Plainfield, N.J.) with 9.6 and 20.7 in the dashes and with 14.0 and ;">: , AWe come to a major event, such as this, and they don't 19. 0 in the hurdles; John Howard (San Bernardino~ Calif.) 9 .6, 21 .o;'<>:':.,i ~ to have our families around. 1 18. 7 and 24'2½"; Eddie Southern (Sunset, Dallas, Tex) 20. 7, 47 .2, ;,(f Iborrowed enough money so that I could take my wife with 14.1, and 19.0; Fred Banks (Jefferson, LA)·9.6, 47.0, 23'11½", and · ~;.~ Rome and I'd like to borrow again to take her to Tokyo. Wey tt.it pave been in order to set up charter planes at reduced 19.0. ·~ Eight schools have placed ten or more boys, as follows: Los. <·:s: o t~t we could do this without too great a hardship?" Angeles Jefferson 18 in 23 events; Long Beach Poly 13/18; Compton-< ~?~ body pays the way for an Olympic athlete until he has made and Pasadena Muir and Compton Centennial 12/15; Los A.ngeles Man;; · ,:..t:1 is .on his own when it comes to transportation to cmd :;; He. ual Arts 12/13; Phillips Academy of Andover, Mass 11/3 (9 in.ham:" ·•;;.

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