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~,,~'1JS? -V-ol___ l_O_,_N_o __-24------:-Ju~ly--::2-::-2-, ""'.'1796:-4:------np4g:::"._ =e:::-_1;;8;-;f'.ti National News Foreign News \~ NEW ENGLAND Af,.U, Hudson, June 16-:-HT, McWilliams 205'3". - LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY, JT, S8.lomon 268'8½". -:~i SP, Wallin 59'2". HJ, Thomas 7'0". 6 Mile, Sullivan (BAA) 29:47 .o. BUDAPEST, HT, Zsivotski 218'6". 200, Csutoras 21.0. 5000, -·~1_•_- BRUNSWICK, June 20--HT, Nason 183'½". Mecser 14:02.2. TJ, Ivanov 52'½". SP, Varju 61'5½"; 2. Nagy , •- NEEDHAM, MASS, July 4--SIP, Wallin 57'3". HT, Corsetti 60'4¾". 19'1'11½"; 2. Mc Williams 191'7". TOKYO 400 Hayase 47 .2. 5000, Iwashita 14:09.8. 3000St,.. ,:;";~ FITCHBURG, MASS., July 5--SP, Wallin 57'9". Aoba and W;kam:tsu 8:48.6. PV, Otsubo 15'5". TJ, Kawasu 52'½tf .. <:::,':ii,; GARDENA, CALIF., July 6--PV, Kirk 15'0". ORANGE COAST, CALIF., July 8--JT, Tucker (PAA) 254'8". 1:48 ~~:~~im!~J8 ~:R~i!p~:!;n i~~~ti~ ~=:b~h/i:~~~ ~ZJ~~! NORTHEASTERN MASS, Juiy 10--SP--Wallin 57'3". 1500, Krause 3:43.4; 2. NiephaF, 3:44.0. SP, Hensse 59'5"; ·2. :c•::t LONG BEACH, CALIF., July 11- -(first competition) JT, Stuart Hoffman 59'1½"; 3. Gratz 58'104". c :i 245'6"; 2 .Covelli 242'4"; 3. Polizzi 227'5". HJ, Rambo 6'7". 880, HELSINKI, 800, Tuominen 1:48.6~ 2. Alander 1:49.6. Pelster 1:50.9. (second competition) JT, Covelli 252'7½"; 2. Polizzi REGGIO, ITALY, HH, Mazza 13.9. ' WARSAW, POLAND, 100, Foik 10.4. 400, Swatowski 47 .2. -=~ ran a 9.6 100, 22.0 220, and ran a leg on the 440 relay.) VASTERAS, SWEDEN, 400, Kalfelder (Ger) 47 .1. 3000, Tul- -,,,., SAN JOOE, CALIF., July 15--HJ, Lowe 6'10"; 2. Dobroth 6'8" loah 8:04.2; 2. Najde 8:04.6; 3. Larsson 8:05.0. HH, Forssander .,. PALO ALTO, CALIF., July 18--TJ, "\¥alker 48'5½". HT, Burke 14.1. HJ, Pettersson 6'91". PV, Ankio (Fin) 15'7". HT, Asplund "'•· 206'0>t. JT, Conley 234'5". 211'9" EAST LOS .AffGELES, July 17--SP, Mills 60'4½". DT, Humphreys TARTU, USSR, SP, Lipsnis 60'9½"; 2. Varanauskas 60'6½". }i ,''' 191'0". PV, Rose 15'6". JT, Stuart 238'7¾". HJ, Higgins 6'9¾". TROYES, FRANCE, HT. Husson 211'1". __ :TJ, Kemp 47'6". BERLIN, July 8--100, Carr (US) 10.3 (10.3 heat)~ 200t~ Carr (US) 20. 7w. 400, Trousil (Czech) 46. 5; 2. Reske (Ger) 46 .8; 3. :·.,: Schmitt (Ger) 47. 0. 800, Mitchell (US) 1:49. 0. 1500, (5. Tucke,;. Noted with Interest (US) 3:47.0). 5000, Clarke (Aus} 13:45.2; 2. Jazy (Fr) 13:49-.4;. 3. -_ _ Brian Sternberg has now been injured for more than a year. Clerckx (Bel) 13:57 .8; 4. Gamoudi (Tunisia) 14:07 .O; _5. Khahas·si )Here, Georg N. Meyers, sports editor of the Seattle Times, reveals (Tun) 14:01.2; 6. Flossbach (Ger) 14:02.0. 4001H, Wyatt (US)51.2; •l] ~- ·'"howhe has been getting along. 2. Hass (Ger) 51.8; Muller (Ger) 51. 7. PV, Reinhardt (Ger) 16~'5¾"· i A year ago today (July 2), Brian Sternbe:cg, world-record 2. Hansen 16'1 "; 3. Tomasek (Czech) 15'9". ur, Danek (Czech) :: ;:: pole vaulter, ceased to exist. The human being of the same name 200'11". JT, Stumpp (Ger) 264'7". _ _. __ _ _ }i survives on courage, confidence, indestructible faith. STOCKHOLM, HJ, Pettersson and Nilsson 6 'IO!". 3. Sletton (Nori.,2~l An immeasureable instant, which no one can calJ back, 6'9}". HT, Krogh (Nor) 204'5½". __ . _ _ _ · · __ leftBrian immobile on a trampoline, paralyzed from the neck POTSDAM, EAST GERMANY, 800, RichterJ_:48.5; 2. Holtz -:1; _---:-~- down. 1:48.6; 3. Fassinger 1:49.2; 4. Knornschild 1:49.3; 5. WeUa~ , •;~, 1:49.5; 6. Gorr 1:49.8. ,:;~ For months, a hospital contrivance cradled the dwindling WARSAW, PV, Sokolowski 16'5¾". HJ, Czernik 7-'1/'.5 ·,~, frame which had soared 16 feet 8 inches before Brian turned 20. LONDON, 100, Figuerola (Cuba) 9.4. 440/.:Brightwell- 4•i ...~5• ---~}~1 With gritted teeth, Brian vowed one day to walk from the hospital. 880, Crothers (Can) 1:50.1. Mile;' Simpson 4:01.1; 2.- Wiggs 4:01.6; : Vexed and disappointed, Brian eventually was wheeled horne i} '·in a chair. That was progress. From motionless insensitivity, he 3. Tucker (US) 4:02.3. 3Mi2le,2Bogu4szO~wR~czdan(Pol(lr) 13la:24d.)4;1322.8~8-ranIH ~-~_)._: (Pol) 13:26 .8; 3. Tulloh 13: 8. ; . 10r e n : • . , --', has squeezed out spare but treasured movements of the arms and Cooper 51.1; 2. Warden 51.4; 3. Wyatt (US) 5~.9. 3000St, Herriott - -~ shoulders. 8:40.0. BJ, Davies 26'1½"; 2. Mor~y 25·'6!'~.- SP, Varju··-(Hung) ~-~~i · Brian still does not "own" his fingers or his legs, he 61'9¾''; 2. Luckilig58'11"; 3.Lindsay58'6½". ;-;:;:'; · - pursues them with the dilligence which made him, as a University ZURICH, 400, Laeng 46.6; 2. Pennewaert (Bel)46.9. 80,0,· __ __;:z;;:; of Washington sophomore, supreme in the world at the sporting Rockaefts (Bel) 1:48.7; 2. Jaeger 1:50.0. 1500, Alonsius (Bel) 3:42._7.t;4- _competition of his choice. 2. Knill 3:43.3; 3. Jelinek 3:43.3~ 3000St, ·Roelants (Bel)·S:37.4~ =:Jl~ · Projections of the young man's future with a fiberglass pole TOKYO, TJ, Okazaki 53'3". BJ, Yamada 25!3¼' . - , - . were without calculable limit: In one year, from freshman to soph­ HELSINKI, TJ, Pedersen 268'4". PV, Ankio 15'9"; 2-. Nikula :-~ ·•_·"_\__ orno:te-, he had improved his performance by a foot. As the world - 15'5¾''. - · ·. recordholder, he hastily acknowledged that he was a learner in the FRANCE, 800, Lurot L49.3; 2. Pellez1:f9.5; 2. Durand art of levitation by fiberglass . , 1:49.6; 3. Jundt 1:49.9. 1500, Wadoux 3:43.5. 5000, Tijou 14:01.6. , _ What happened to Brian shook Seattle as catastrophe to no 2. Fayolle 14:05.4; .3. Vaillant 14:08.2, 4001H, Behm 51.4. HT, - .- ·other athlete ever has done. Sainte-Rose 6'9i''. PV, D'Encausse 15'5". TJ, Battista 52'8¾". The community shock and compassion rippled world-Wide. HT, Husson 215'7½". ;,,_ ·By thousands, messages of hope and cheer flooded Brian. He JENA, EAST GERMANY, 1500, Valentin 3:41.4; 2. Holtz 3:43.0;' , accepted them with surprise and the modesty which was his most 3. May 3:43.8. 5000, Herrmann 13:55.6; 2. Janke 14:05.8. 30()0St, distinguishing trait as an athlete . Doring 8:39.0. HJ, Pfeil 6'9}"; 2. Koppen 6'9}". BJ, Beer.26'½-"; ?•>~,, Invitations took him, as honored guest, to Philadelphia, Gollos 25'8". 100, Erbstoesser 10.4. 10,000, Herrmann 29:16.4; <:if ~- -Milwaukee, San Francisco, Compton--scenes of personal triumph 400lli, Singer 50 ~ 9. PV, Pr~usswer 16'1". HT, Losch.211 '~'~. -~-;:~i , inhis march to the pole-vaulting pinnacle. WARSAW, POLAND, HT, Cieply 221'5½''. >; 1tff·. _ Finland flew him there as a figurehead of indomitability to DUBLIN, IRELAND, 3Mile, Graham 13:18.3. 100, Carr '(US) {?''-illumine its Olympic Games preparations . 9.5. 220t, Carr (US) 21.2. 440, Kerr (Jam) 47 .1. 880, Kerr (Jam) :•::-<'· In all the travels, pain was a constant companion. Another 1:48.0. ~--·was the stamina to bear it. ANNECY, FRANCE, 400, Samper 47 .2. 800, Lurot 1:49 .7. :,~ · ' · -·:_ it hasbeen, for Brian, a year of public joys, private fears 1500, Nicolas 3:43. 7; 2. Wadoux 3:43 .8; 3. Bernard 3:43 .. 8;-4. ~/,:{ :.ind -secret tears . Bianchi (Italy) 3:44.0. HH, Ottoz (Italy} 14.0; 2_,.Duriez 14_.2, 3. ~~~~ ___. Toe friends rnade known to him through adversity have Cornacchia (It~y) 14.2. IH, Frinolli (Italy) 50.5. BJ, Lefevre (!~t,-'dl,_lutedhis grief but never diminished his resolve one day to walk 25'8". SP, Meconi (Italy, 58'5½". HT, Husson 209'6". JT, Macquet ~~-fi,· · (Continued on Page 186) -· (Continued on Page 187) ·\~~~-\·::- '•. ;•tlfT:Bk ~ST (Conti~uerised that we-...0·}1'l~ 3:J~1'iiortincompetition, Fretrack and field. "After the French did so poorly in stride. in the 1960 Games at Rome,,Gen. de Gaulle got a little upset about~; "" .r CC • ''I've learned an awful lot in a year, about spiritual growth. it," Hal said, "and they now have the be8t team in Western Etiropet~ · ··liv1Hearned more than I ever dreamed of about the spiritual life. They have made great strides. Everyone in Europe is shocked .. _ · __ "And it's still very confusing. But it points more and more about it." : thatTwould be a fool to give up. The only thing you've got to realize ToeU.S. men's team beat the Russians, 119 to 114, in the_ };E Js that you can't put a time limit on it." Moscow meet last year. ''Nobody knows whether they '11 be better ot:~ not in L.A." said Hal. "They've been under wraps so far. But I · ~ .... _ Hal and Olga Connolly, both Olympic champions in 1956, would ~ssume they '11 be as good or better. " ';-:are finally drawing their careers to a conclusion. Sid Ziff, sports- The American women's team suffered an overwhelming hu- - 7\Vrlter for the LA Times, tells about their track careers. miliation in the Moscow meet, losing 75 to 28. It was a shocking ,:. __ World record holder Hal Connolly, and his wife Olga, a defeat. Our girls even failed to get the minimum number of points ~~fQrnferOlympic champion, have mapped their final athletic cam - possible. All they would have had to do is finish third. But they·. ,; i'pa~ .. They want to compete in Tokyo and wind up their competi - were disqualified or failed to finish in three separate events. _.·tiye careers the way they met--as Olympic Games contestants at Charges were hurled that American girls were on a joyride. ' Melbourne in 1956. · One wouldn't get out of bed to attend a night meeting. Others wante}~.;ulminating in their marriage after Hal, by stubborn perseverance, Soviet coach Gabriel Korobkov said afterward if he had ha.a .::::::fladbroken down the objections of state officials in the Iron Curtain the American girls he'd have made them work--hard . j{•,:C:.• •country.t Olga doesn't think that was it at all. She believes our women "-= · Hal won the hammer throw at Melbourne and bride-to-be, athletes have been so completely separated from major events, Olga Fikitova; won the discus for Czechoslovakia . It would be a their meets are so informal and so relaxed, that suddenly. when -~ar¥able story if it could happen again, with Olga winning this they were thrown under high pressure, it was too much for them. >time for _Uncle.Sam. They found themselves thrown in with girls who train with •.,. ~ TheConnollys have been living in Finland for the past 22 the men, and olir gals were frightened. They weren't thoroughly, ,f~jntns•. Halas a teacher of English as a foreign language. Olga, prepared. When signals for the start of a race were given in ::.;jtt•March of 1963, gave birth to twins. increasing their family to Russian, our girls c6uldn 't understand them. ~ {htee children, two boys and a girl. ' Importantly, after the disaster at Moscow, our girls " · She returned to competition this year and won her event pulled themselves together and made a pleasing showing in tl)eir ;"",m·tmf-state championship meet at Mt. San Antonio. We expect to other meets in Europe. .;,,s~theDl both in the Times-sponsored U-.S.-Russia meet July 25- "Real progre~s has been made since then, " · says Olga • ·:·~'2.G··attb Coliseum. 'We were slDcked into awareness. There is no fantastic im - · · _·. Hal already has. the best throw of the year in the bammer provement in our women's track program but it is substantial." . and is working toward a new world record--at considerable sac- She favors more events for women at all major meets • ,(.,::tiftce, we might add. · Olga does not· agree with the theory our gals are a part .;c: •.: · . ~'Going to the Olympics is a monumental'.un.dertaking." of Soft America. With proper training, she believes they can be i./C-otp1ollyexplained. .The financial problem is the hardest obstacle. the best, and hav~ t_heU.S. -Russia_ meet here. will have a - ·.... _. . .. ''In our case, .. said Connolly, "my only income from now profound influence on'women 's athletics~ , _?untilSepternber willbe from part-;time employment I've been for­ 'Don't be pessimistic," she·sayd. ''We'll be better~·· ..~ tututte to get with the Culver City Recreation Department. · The Connollys· took their defeat in the Games at Rome ~ - ''We now have Olga's mother and father with us as well terribly to heart •.. ~th were shut out. Hal blames it on gfving­ ~~~_:~s~the tb.ree children. We're going to have to borrow money to up too much time (l.nd thought to be good fellows with the press

0 and public. . · )\ :.\~e-t1Sthrough-t~ OJympic period but I'm not worried about it.· ~1,<,:.-If I. had stayed in Finland it wouldn't have cost us ·anything. " 'l'll neverinake that mistake again," he promised~ ~,t:,: / _.. ·.9onnolly will teach at Santa Monica High School starting "You have no idea whit· it was like. We were terrifically sought . ·. J;-:iin~ptetnber. He will have to take a leave of absence for a month after. Everybody wanted us to pose or talk or appear some- _· ·· where . It was pressure all the time and all around. · It was ridi - culous, we foU:iJ.dout afterward. And it was very distracting. ~~~:-,: Bulletin Board Let me give you an example. A Life photographer took many pictures. Then he said: 'You know, if you win, you 're going ~} >. ;}'~ext Newsletter, first of Vol. 11, mailed July 30. Track' to be on the cover of Life--IN COLOR. That's a big thing. -" Field News. mailed August 20, Oct9ber 1, November 19. You get to thinking about it. It was that much more pressure." · _.... ··. _· NO MORE NEWSLETTERS--unless you are paid beyond this -1m1ue. This is the end of Volume 10. Next week, immediately ·.:a.ftet ~el>ig usA.:.ussRmeet, the first issue of our new Newsletter 1936 NCAA Championships · willlie air-mailed. But if your subscription ends with the volume ·~ withJllost subscribers you won't be getting next week's.News­ . by Wally DonQvan . 'l.ett"9r:--orany otller:.. -until you renew. Send your $6 . 00 now. Keep · (Author, All Time Indoor Track & Field Record Book) /~wsletteri coming for the rest .of the Olympic year. An,d until Stagg Field, Chicago, was the scene of the 1936 National Col:. cend ofth~ next track seai:ion. legiate 1:,...A. Championships on June 19-20. As one of four Olympic semi -final tryout meets, it marked'.another big step on the road to • ::'"'<-4:- _•. _ • .. TRACK NEWSLmER the Berlin Olympics for the cream of America's varsity stars seek­ ·~11t1::c1a,,postage paid.at LosAltos, Calif. P~ semi-monthly ing berths on the United States Olympic team-~ All those finishing . ·,J.yT-.dc,& FieldNews, Inc., P. o. Box 296, Los Altos,.Calif .. $6.00 per first and second in each event would advance automaticaHv to the ·:~~~!;{MJs.wes)byflrstclass mail in ,the U.S., second class mail else­ final trials filNew York City. . ~?~ l)ick·J!>r~ke,Managing·· Editor; Cordner Nelson, Editor;·Bert Jesse Owe.us of Ohio State was. the individual star of the \t'lil.~,,~er. The ~ckeye Fly~£won.four eveQ.ts,Jorthe second year in a row, -~ ..;:::...:_. - :f$e.:~hampi6nships •. ti<;f:blaz~d1,0J(riJf?ters . ...' ·.• Si\ .rJ:.eyJtOlJi~(~~()f,: ~..... }:t=~}~i~eii~(N~b;~:~r··. ·world.record and also won,·th&,_2.00,220 yard Mackey (Calli) 49"4f'~;>4. Rubow · ::si!.};~rl¾H; 5. Elsei-·47:lf· ~"''proa&jump. · Schleime,r"(lJSC) 46 '8½0. . ·. : ·.• ... •.. , , .. ·. .. •·:..1,a1anced Southern California Trojans _amassed a re­ DT:Carpenter (USC) 173'; 2. Levy(Stanfont), ..17.o't}l¼C;,a.<· "ih,-t:J:03·1;3 points for their second successive champion- Halleck {OhiotJ .) 167'; 4~ Petty (Rice) 161'1! ...; 5. Etdrellsj!vtic1tt· . St~te, thanks to Ownes'. 40 points, was seconctwith 73 154'7¼''; 6 ..~.Townsend (Mich) 149'11!". · . · · · · J1tdiana was th!rd with 42 and S~nford fourth with 32 •. JT, Terry (Hardin .,.Simmons) 226 '2¾"; 2 • Cuff· (Marq~t{e) · ?,/nopening day during the.qualifyfng trials two world marks 209'4"; 3. Thomley {Utah) 206'4"; 4. Jolmson (Idaho) Z'fil''3"~ 5. 0 3 hrq:ken, one was tied, and an American record was equalled. Milner (USC) 197'1½"; 6 .. Minsky (Iowa St) 196 '3". .·· ·.. California's Archie Williams, running with long beautiful

S, st.arted the record breaking by sprinting 400 meters ;;:"':'-.,:,~~ · one turn in 46 .1, knocking a tenth off the mark set by Bill FOREIGN NEWS (Continued from Page 185 · .~-'f,; r Jn the 1932 Olympics • 251I'9½". 400R, France 39.2; 2. Italy 39.3. i600R, France 3:0'1.'3; j~~i ./ Jn the second heat of the 110-meter hlgh hurdles, Forrest 2 . tay1 3 : 09 • 9 . .· .. .. :ns.of Georgia, deared the sticks in 14 .1 for another world BILBAO, SPAIN, 800, Iundt (France) 1:49.4; 2. Pellez (France)·; :~ _k. Harvey Wallender of Texas, tied the 100 meter mark in the 1:49 .5; 3. Esteban 1:50.0. 5000, Tijou (France) 14:00.6; 2. Ariz"'.".. , :-·;~ c ij.q ~at as he beat Sam Stoller and Charles Talley in 10. 3 sec- ~ AnAmerican record was equalled by Foy Draper of USC who m~n1~e~~~~-.~½"~\~gt.~::~::r:t.~}::6Jp!h1Artrendi 29.:52.0~ .... }J~ tfct\-le third heat of the 200 meters around one tum in 21.2. LISBON. 100, Rocha- 10.3; 2. Bambuck (France) 10.4. {>"In,the day's only finals, two outstanding jumpers from Ohio t:e·\-Dave Albritton and Mel Walker tied for the high jump champ- -Jt~ hip and Herschel Neil, Northwest (Mo.) Teachers, who also . ifiedIndiana and Sam Klopstock of Stanford. what we did at every opportunity. Close to the hotel there is a beach. ·.,-i? · Wallender and Draper both won trips to New York but not in · It extended about 200 meters and the width at low tide was about 75 -- 5~:~;; "e.yents they'd raced to records in the day before. Wallender meters from soft sand to waters edge. On these occasions we worked-::\~ k second to Owens in the 200 rut finished a dismal fifth in the 100. hard. The sprinter and I would form one group with the ha1fmiler . • rt ·~ei finj.shed second behind Owens; in the 100 but was beaten out and three long distance runners forming another; I use the term "ha1.f 0~ '-it)lesecond spot in the 200 by Wallendar. miler" reservedly because he was only able to get third in their . _ )~~ . ~ _In the dis·cus, defending champion Ken Carpenter of Southern Nationals with a pedestrian 2: 15. 7. We ran the 200 meter sttaight- > _·· '-· · ·. omia, established the fourth world record of the two-day meet .. f!Way and trotted back getting in 6 to 8 and a few exerci,se~~ Thatwasf;:~ b:fg Trojan spun the platter 173 ft., more than a foot better than L;1eir maximum work load. Everything was going swimmingly tip._ jnark of 171 feet 11 ¾inches set by Harold Andersson of Sweden one day about 5 weeks later, when five of the most regular cam.e.to .. · . . say good bye. They ha4.been i;ele~tec;I i9r. l:lcholl:lrshi.RS-:.il_l.s~~~tt, -~;-~"-,rt.lton Terry of Hardin -Simmons broke his ~wn American re.,. various Eastern Blockcountrcies ~e).y;. Rg_sJ~. East-Ger~., : / in thejavelin throw with a toss of 226 feet 2! .inches. Czech, and Rumania::. There -went my group...... · ...... -_ : .::]r~~-· " Knew championship record in the 1500 meter run was estab­ My wife @Clb.al>y:son.a,xrived (rom vacation and lm~,,.:. d by Archie San Romani, Kansas State Teachers (Emporia). The from the hotel to a house only: 600m from the stadiu,m~ 0t1t .of.ti'!,-~: kn-successfully defended his crown by racing to a new record of I started. braving tJitfweather. and found myself .running on. the·,.· .~.~­ :.odefeating Charles Fenske of Wisconsin by 2p yards .. Third with USA on my cb~st~- D.i-J;ing'these road runs Twas alone,_. Th'Ef Don Lash of Indiana. Lash had broken Nurmi 's two mHe world 0 l"dthe week before in the rain at Princeton. Tlle Hoosier star r:k~io~:~:~di: ::fiH:a!lti:,::::. w¥te; 1~;!~~~~~~lt~,": the 5000 meter run from teammate Tom Deckard in 14:58.5. ball so in I went and shook hands with everyone which is the'cus~ ,· Summaries 1936 NCAA ,~ .. learned from the F;J;:ench. We talked~ . I did 18 chins on a bar andc ~• · 'Uoo, Owens (Ohio State) 10.2;2. Draper (USC); .3~ Stoller (Michi.,. 25 presses on a parallel bar only 5 or 6. Then the talk becam~ le$@''.', :)4. Talley (USC) 5. Wallender (Texas); 6. Doone, (USC). inhibited~ I sure.didn't venture to impress them by putting on apai~:i ;.:-,r;, · 200, Ownes 21.3; 2. Wallender; 3. Draper; 4.W~iershauser of gloves as .I wa~ sure some of them were wishing. I wa,s saved be~}f';\.ij fo:rd);.5. Neil (N.W. (Mo.)Tchrs); 6. Crane (USC). _ cause they asked if they could run with me. Naturally, lsaidyes:,;:.._,·<~~ '40.0, (around two turns) Williams (Calif.) 47. O; 2. Fitch (USC); And for the first time I had a sizable group. Off we went. You laiow~,·.;-:~ Smallwood (USC) 4. Weiershauser; 5. Ellinwood (Chicago); 6. how boxers run 41,~ USA, well they run the same in Africa -at ah)ut ;':;>i~ ~~ssin (USC). . . , 6:30 pace over a mile or slower. Anyw_ay, _it was contacts"l-was cinii ·J ,f-¥ ~.Sft":;.: .800, Jketham (Ohio State) 1:·53. O; Bush (USC); 3. Hobbs (Indiana); terested in making. ,I was challenged as we approached the ~l"/i~ {:McGrath (Notre Dame);. 5. O'Brien (Ohio State); 6. Brothers (Rice). about 3 kilometers. 1Needless to say, I had no trouble. I did straight~ :. ' 1500 1 San Romani (Emporia State) 3: 53. O; 2 •. Fenske · aways after the sessions with the boxers . The word got around a~¢: . x · tsc); 3 • Lash (Indiana) 4. Brailsford {Mich); 5. ~fothershead (Va. about 3. or 4 runners started showing up. Never any field event men ;-c"' '?:3 iy); 6. Brothers (Rtce). · : I questioned them abqut their sprinters etc .. They said they had som:e...'tt~ :5000, Lash 14:58.5; 2. Deckard (Indiana); 3. W.aite (Mich. St.); :J: Smith (Indiana); 5. Benner (Ohio State); 5. Lantz (USC). tasucallythin~ like low.20 heats···.,. They,i.n··········· toldthe. ·.nationals me they hke~u.t . distance1._1. 5 won runnmg so. .t.he leve~ and 1t ~as.· s ....mort;l·.f·a· ...n·.- ...... _HJ, Albritton(Ohio State) & Walker (Ohio State) 6 '6½''; 3. Thread­ trying as I saw to accelerate the Guineans met with frustration'after · , •>f "(Temple) 6'5!" 4. tie Cruter (Colorado), Thurber (USC) and lct'ey. (Texas) 6 '4½''. . · ...... ~~~t,<:,;.!,°ho~•;:~~o::~.~~fy•mrn;h:!h:!:;~,· i:{i,! ,. ~\f,,;5 ·BJ,:Owens 25'10-}"; 2. King _(Pittsburg (Kan)Tchrs) 25'2½"; 3. ~~... · ,,a.. sk···· (u·s·c)24•5 1 " c (us·c··)·2·4•21 " ~~~e.M-:3 8 ; 4. ·mner · · s ; 5. rane . 2.; Shortly after my arrival I made a protocol vi.sit to the Min;;; · ~.,c­ ''cc• ~)~'J:ttito'JqIU.J, 24'1fll. · . ·. . · ·. · . · · iste.r of Youth and Sports . After responding t◊ his oqu~stiQRScon- . ,, ;~: "·, HSJ:~~eil 48'51"; 2. Cardwell (Nebraska) 47' 9·i''; 3 '. Boone cerning my extended sejou:r it,1.Tunisia, he very much warited tne to~Los Angeles: outs for the trackmen anywhere? Anyway, after a daily workoµtJh,~),('_";·' .- .-. · · 100: Trenton Jackson, Gerry Ashworth, Charles Greene, Mel track is literally covered with'. empty orange husks. The accumula:t..~t,;? ~i•(/<-Render, Bernie Rivers, Darel Newman, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes. until someone, usually a member of the political party tells the guarPaul Drayton, Larry Dunn, of the stadium strongly, to clean the place up. Water is unheard of :_;f/ - , Don Webster, John Moon, Bob Hayes. to use in the care of the stadium, so the dust accumulates. making_ . , -;i~, ~~": Bob i~~~e~l:k~a~;~~~~~s Williams, Theron Lewis, Bill Boyle, clouds when you run in .it.· The sand of the broad jump * was emp"'.\2;t;:i tied to rebuild the walls of.the pit. It hadn't been refilled after the •?\:f~ ~?:-l:.-_-,- 800: Jerry Siebert, Morgan Groth, Barry Sugden, Tom Farrell, 3rd month had passed since the sand was removed. I had tried to do-;c,ii Darnell Mitchell, Francis Smith. things around the stadium but was told politely, but with no room ,fmtji,tt 1500: Dyrol Burleson, Tom O'Hara, Jim Grelle, Jim Ryun, Ar­ doubt, that they had special teams which were responsible for thi·s otJ,:iy chie San Romani, . Jr., Bob Day. that under the political party control. The political organization is so;.!5;~ 5000: Bob Schul, Bill Dellinger, Gerry Lindgren, Oscar Moore, finely broken down that there were committees reporting upon other - ;:~,• James Murphy, Tom. Rodda, Oim Beatty may be added.) committees' activities ad infinitum. There were neighborhood'politi--<, 10,000: Peter McArdle, John Gutknecht, Oscar Moore, Frank cal meetings which were held twice weekly after work. Role was P.fl.aging, Dick Weeks, Norbert Sander. taken, reprimands were administrated to those who were tardy or Steeplechase: Jeff Fishback, George Young, Mike Lehner, Vic absent .. All were obliged to attend, women too, with 99% of them •~ Zwolak, Bill Silverberg, Ron Davii;; • with a baby strapped on her back. These sessions always interfered High Hurdles: Hayes Jones, Blaine Lindgren, Willie Davenport, with our training. Elias Gilbert, Russ Rogers, Bobby May. · Most of all, the big bogey-boo for sports in these Moslem ..: Intermediate Hurdles: Jay Luck, Rex Cawley, Chris Stauffer, countries is their holy celebration of Ramadan. This is a fasting _ ..:_~~­ Billy Hardin, Tom Wyatt . month usually falling in the spring time, but not always, the periodi~;:r . High Jump: John ·Thomas, John Rambo, Otis Burrell, Gene determined by the position of the moon. For Guinea, Ramadan of ";; ' Zubrinsky, Lew Hoyt, Ed Caruthers, 1962 was February and if you think the laziness was bad before, it Pole Vault: John Pennel, Dave Tork, Billy Pemelton, Ron Morris, was impossible then. fasting starts at day break and continues till Fred Hansen, Gerald Pratt. you can't tell a black threa4 from a white one in the evening~ Then ,_½ Broad Jump: Ralph Boston, Darrell Horn, Bill Miller, Charles all hell breaks lose; they eat, drink, and make merry till dawn. -Mays, Gayle Hopkins, Phil Shinnick. They can't even drink water during the fasting time. In the <,., Triple Jump: Ira Davis, Darrell Horn, Charles Craig, Bill tropics this really takes its toll. The real measure of one's Sharpe, Todd Gaskill, Art Walker. patience is tested at this period. Tempers are short . Training Shot Put: Dallas Long, Randy Matson, Parry O'Brien, Dave Da - is out of question. You might as well write that month off. .The vis, GaryGubner, John McGrath. Moslem world extends from Morocco to the Phillipines so you can . Discus Throw: Al Oerter, Dave Weill, Jay Silvester, Rink Bab­ see Ramadan affects a considerable number.of the world's popula-·:·/;' ka, Glenn Passey, Larry .Kennedy. tion. · _... Jave)_in Throw: Jim Stevenson, Jan Sikorsky, Bob Sbordone, Ed Walking down the street in Conakry you can see terrific Red, Buck Kipe, Frank Covelli. specimens of developed manhood. Huge pectoral, tricep, bicep, Hammer Throw: Hal Connolly, Al Hall, Ed Burke, Bill McWil­ latissimus and deltoid muscles are in plain evidence. Narrow hips liams, Alex Schulten, Bill Corsetti. and equally muscular legs. Almost everyone is in shorts. There Decathlon:, Paul Herman, Don Jeisy, Russ Hodge, Bill Toomey, is" we know, specialized musculatures . The development of these Richard Emberger, J. D. Martin. people is from hard daily work from early childhood 9n throughout Other athletes may be advanced to the Finals by the Olympic their lives . A very small percentage go to school . The schools Committee. follow religiously the French system which calls for 2 hours of "' physical education a week. The Physical Education classes are in­ variably m.µ;s excercises with little or no training or instruction in ·TR.AC.ICIN GUINEA (Continued from Page 187) throwing, jumping, or the techniques of running" Physical Educa - . before for two weeks through interpreters . As hard as I looked I tion as we know it in the USA. is unknown here. Even in France, the couldn't find any trace of their teachings. They did, upon their re­ early development of_childr~n and adolescents is jealously guarded turn to East Germany, publish their remarks in Der Leichtathlet and.inhibited. The formative years when Neuro-Muscular coordin­ · is1;1ues of 6 and 13 April, 1961 .. These articles made interesting ations are developed and perfected are all but ignored in the French .reading and we::.-e sent to me by Bert Nelson, T &F News . system which has in its tum· influenced education methods and tech - Then in November, 1961 at about the time the sports year niques upon millions of people in Francophone Africa. The results was to be started with a mass sport.s activity, just when school had are all too obvious. The neuro -muscular development of the aver- - gotten under way only 3 weeks late, and just when we were about to age 18 year old student in the lycees of France and more es:r:ecially ·have the coaching school started, a counter-revolution got underway. the ex -colonies is roughly comparable to our 14 year old group in . The federation of teachers union and the 2500 lycee students follow- the Junior school of the United States. It is my contention that the - ing them, tried to overthrow the leftist regime of Sekou Toure by low position of physical education and sports as practised in schools force. It failed and was v1got1rously and forcefully squelched. :so in Francophone Africa has retarded the millions who have been ex­ were the lives of several students. The Russian Ambassador was posed to it by an immeasurable number of years . This is a judg- declared Personna Non Grata for his too concerned assistance ·to the ment based on 7 years observation in the field. A simple comparison · teachers-students union which was more to the left of center than of the athletic records between the ex-English colonies and the ex->• · Sekou Toure and his government. All this took six weeks to settle. French colonies shows a glaring difference in favor of the Anglophone· This stopped all activity, especially activities like sports. My pro­ countries. Maybe, one can say the British colonies are staffed with gram stopped, my condition deteriorated because no one was allowed better coaches. I don't know. I believe that athletes are formed all out ofdoors, everything was guarded with berp-gun armed guards in­ through their childhood and adolescence long before the coaches ever cluding the stadium. get their hands upon them. After normalcy returned to Conakry we resumed daily train - I am not one of those American coaches who enthusiastically ing in the Stade de Donka. The stadium has about 10 rows of seats report the coming wave of world domination in sports from the Dark _ hacked out of mounds of dirt and the floor of the stadium is sub- continent. I would rather say more reservedly that up to now there . _merged s_omewhat. The rainy season produces a thick crop of green have been some outstanding contributions from Africa like Bilka · grass which turns to dry straw with the coming of the dry season. Abebe and his teammates, Rhadi, Ambu, Mimoun, Seye, Antao, This grass becomes infected with every living thing even though the Elende, Brakchi, Idriss and Maiyoro. These athletes in several stadium is filled daily with athletes and spectators. The dry season cases have been direct products of European influence whether in produces a dust bowl of the track. After a workout you have to scrub Africa or more often in Europe itself. The environment for inte.n - ~he thick red dirt from your legs . sive year round development in Africa is extremely difficult to find~ , _Oranges are plentiful in Guinea and women vendors sell large The multiple rainy season, 3 in some areas, the prolonged satura - quant1ti~s of them all over the place including the stadium, right at tions like Guinea, the desolate areas of North Africa, the rain trac!c~s1~e. The~ are p~eled by knife by the women vendors so you and the steaming port cities are not conducive to training, not to can l>1te mto one 1mmed1ately. They sell for the equivalent of 3 speak of the unbearable interiors . In some cities, _very few, the cents for two. The manner of eating whem is really bourgeoise. training can takf place in the evenings under lights. Even so, after Bite a hole and suck the juice, chucking the squishy hull, where?On you have worked all day in the inferno you are not ready to Jump the track, where else? Now, you must understand that we shared on the track and start reeling off the laps necessary. C~~;,'!t,,.;,",l:__

~-"'-_:::- " ~ -- ;j/ ' ' 8:42.2 Bob Schul (USA) - n BtJ.i,Y~u~er(USA) J9~4 World" Indoor Performers List 8:45.2 n Ron La::trieu (USA)· 15'7-i" Don Meyers (USA)· f,JJ.,· .· - (Compiled by R. L. Quercetani and Dick Drake) 8:-45. 8 n Torn Laris (USA) 15.'7" Maurice HQUViori(Fr) 8:47 .6 n Chris Williamson (USA) 15'6½"n Dave Tork (USA) · •·~•·GO-YARD DASH , 800-METER RUN n Pat Traynor (USA) . 15 '6¼" Kauko Nystrom (Fin) r .9:. Bob Hayes (USA) (* 880 yards time less 0. 7 sec.) 8:47 .8 n Tom O'Riordan (Eir) 15'6" n Risto Atikio (Fin) [,•>-6.0 Billy Foster (US_A) ('Made during an 880 yards race) 8: 48. 8 n Oscar Moore (USA) Mike Brown (USA) • " Terry Williams (USA) 1:49.5' Bill Crothers (Can) 8:49 .3' Albie Thomas (Aus) Note: Mike Flanagan.(USA) did Jerzy Juskowiak (Pol) 1:49. 7*n Noel Carroll (Bir) THREE MILE RUN 15'3 on Dec. 27. 196~ n Charles Greene (USA) 1: 50 .1 Gilbert Iundt (Fr) 13: 18 .4 Ron Clarke (Aus) LONG JUMP Harry Jerome (Can) 1: 50. 2* Bill Cornell (GB) 13:26 .3 Albie Thomas (Aus) 26'1½" Charley Mays (USA) Herb Carper (USA) *n Ralph Lingle (USA) 13:31.4 Bob Schul (USA) ' 25'10" Ralph Boston (USA) Darel Newman (USA) 1: 50. 5*nJohn Dunkelberg (USA) 13:32 .4 Bruce Kidd (Can) 25'6½" Lyllll Davies (GB) Paul Winder (USA) 1:50 .6*nCharles Buchta (USA) 13:32.6nPeter McArdle (USA) 25'4fn Wellesley Clayton Oam)' Tom Robinson (Bah) l:50.9*nDel Hessel (USA) 13:35 .2nChris Williamson (USA) 25'4 2"n John Morbey (GB) n Bernie Rivers (USA) 1: 51. 0 n Francois Chatelet (Fr) 13:35 .4nPat Clohessy (Aus) 25 '32 "n Bill Miller (USA) n Willie Williams Il(USA) *n Ed Duchini (USA) 13:37 .8nGerry Lindgren (USA) 25'3½"n Rainer Stenius (Fin) n Sam Perry (USA) 1:51.2 ,nJean-Claude Durand (Fr) 13: 40. OnTom O 'Riordan (Bir) n Darrell Horn (USA) Nate Adams (USA) 1: 51. 5 Michel Samper (Fr) 13: 45. 2n Oscar Moore (USA) 25 'o½" Gayle Hopkins (USA) Bob Moreland (USA) Note: Jim Dupree (USA) did 1:51.0*n 5000 METER RUN 24'11¼" Igor Ter-Ovanesyan(SU) · n Larry Dunn (USA) on Dec. 27, 1963. 14:23.4 PyotrBolotnikov (SU) '24'10" Alain Lefevre (Fr)· John Roderick (USA) 1000-YARD RUN 14:24.8 Vladimir Komarov (SU) 24'9 3 " Wolfgang Klein (Ger) George Aldredge (USA) 2:07 .6 Bill Crothers (Can) . 60 YARDS 1-ilGHHURDLES 24'9½"n Clarence Robinson (USA)\ Trenton Jackson (USA) 2:08.5 Jan Underwood (USA) 6 . 8 Hayes Jones (USA) 24 '9" Clifton Mayfield (USA) · Mel Pender (USA) 2:08. 7 Siegmar Ohlemann(Can) 7 .1 Jim Miller (USA) n Godfrey Moore (USA) Anthony Watson (USA) Charles Buchta (USA) 7 .2n Dee Andrews (USA) 24'8½"n Hans~Helmut Trense(Ger) n Dave Blunt (USA) 2:08.8n John Garrison (USA) n Blaine Lindgren (USA) Jean Cochard (Fr) Roger Sayers (USA) 2:08.9n Ralph Lingle (USA) Ralph Boston (USA) Andrezej Stahnach (Pol) Start 2:09 .3n Bruce Bess (USA) Sid Nickolas (USA) 24'7¾'' Klaus Beer (Ger) 6. 0 Darel Newman (USA) 2:09 An John Dunkelberg (TTSA) Roy Hicks (USA) V. Baikovskiy (SU} 60-METER DASH 2:09. 7 Noel Carroll (Bir) n Elias Gilbert (USA) Reijo Toivonen (Fin) . · 6 . 5 Wies law Maniak (Pol) 2: 09 . 9n Ed Duchini (USA) n Mike Hewitt (USA) Note: Phil Shinnick(USA) did 25'6½:'. . 6 Claude Piquemal (Fr) 2: 10 .2n Dennis Carr (USA) Richard Davis (USA) on Dec. 27, 1963 • n Jurgen Schuttler (Ger) 1000-METER RUN Willie May (USA) TRIPLE JUMP n Gerd Metz (Ger) 2:22. 0 John Whetton (GB) 110 METER HURDLES 52'9½" Olyeg Fyedoseyev (SU) n Jacques Bernard (Fr) 2:23 .3n Francois Chatelet (Fr) 14.2 Anatoliy Mikhailov (SU) 52'8¼" Viktor Kravchenko (SU) n Marian Foik (Pol) 1500-METER RUN Aleksandr Kontaryev (SU) 52 '7" Mahoney Sam~els Oam) !at Zbigniew Syka (Pol) ( 'Made during a 1 mile race) 14.3 Yuriy Chistyakov (SU) 52'3¼" Michael Sauer (Ger) 100-METER DASH 3:41.6' Tom O'Hara (USA) HIGH JUMP 51'5" Serban Ciochina (Rum) .,,1.0.4 Edvin Ozolin (SU) 3:50.2 Siegfried Valentin (Ger) 7'2£'' John Thomas (USA) 51'3f Klaus Neumann (Ger) 300-YARD DASH 3:52 .9 n Jurgen May (Ger) 7'1" Lew Hoyt (USA) 51'1 " Yevgeniy Mikhailov (SU) 11 2 ~(- 30.7 Roger Sayers (USA) Note: O'Hara's 3:41.6' was re- 7'~ Edward Czernik (Pol) 50'lO¼"nHans-Jorg Muller (Ger)• ;~'.- 3cO~8 Mel Blanheim (USA) gistered by an insufficient number 7'0 4 " n Tony Sneazwell (Aus) 50'10" Ira Davis (USA) --Gary Gubner (USA) John Cox (USA) (e = estimated non -winning time) n Andrey Khmarskiy (SU) 63 'O" Viktor Lipsnis (SU) 480-METER DASH 3: 56 .4 Tom O'Hara (USA) 6'loi" Robert Shavlakadze (SU) 62'10"n Parry O'Brien (USA) (*440yards time less 0.3 sec.) 3:58.9enJim Grelle (USA) 6'10¼" Bob Densham (USA) 62'5" Randy Matson (USA) '". 47 .6* Bill Boyle (USA) 4:01.9 John Camien (USA) Jim Oliphant (USA) 61 '1½" Vihnos Varju (Hun) 1 11 * Elzie Higginbottom (USA) 4:03 .6 nErgas Leps (Can) 6 10 n Paul Stuber (USA) 61'1 11 n Dick Crane (USA) '47.7* Wendell Mottley (Tm) Ralph Lingle (USA) Mark Brady (USA) 60'7½" George Woods (USA) - 47.8 Jean-Pierre Boccardo (Fr) 4:05.4 Ben Tucker (USA) n Gene Johnson (USA) 60'5¼" Wladyslaw Komar(Pol) 47. 9* Bob Tobler (USA) 4: 05. 5 nArchie San Romani (USA) n John Rambo (USA) 59'9" n Danny Roberts (USA) 48.0*il Charley Mays (USA) 4:07 .9 Morgan Groth (USA) 6 '9i II Djordje Majtan (Yug) 59 '7¾" Dick Steen (Can) 48.2* Tom Thomas (USA) nBob Schul (USA) 6 '9¾'' Cornelius Miller (USA) 59 '5¾" Dieter Urbach (Ger) * Al Washington (USA) John Whetton (GB) 6 '9 11 Ross Tunnell (USA) 59 '42 "n Don Castle (USA) Note: Mottley was unofficially 4:08. 0 nDan Tonn (USA) n Grant Krow (lJSA) 59 '3½"n Alfred Sosgornik (Pol) clocked :i,n 47 .2* (actually-47 .5 for 4:08.2 nVic Zwolak (USA) n Roy Hicks (USA) 59 '3" Mike Berkowitz (USA) 440 yards) during a 500 yards race 4:08.4 nKeith Forman (USA) n Teodoro F .Palacios (Gua) n Carl Wallin (USA) on Jan. 11 Ron Clarke (Aus) Chri.s Pa~ee (USA) _ 59 '0½"n Jay Silvester (USA) 500:.YARD DASH 4:08.5 nPat McNeal (USA) Note: Kjell-AKe Nilsso11 (Swe) did , 111 - 55,5 Wendell Mottley (Trn) 3000 METER RUN 7'00" on Dec. 28 1963. 58 102 nPat .Kelso (US:A) 56.2,, Charley Mays (USA) (' Made during a 2 mile race) POLE VAULT ' 58'10" Heinfried Birlenbach(Ger) 56;3n Earl Young (USA) 7:57 .2 Michel Jazy (Fr) 16'41." John Uelses (USA) 58'9¼" Adolfas Varanau,skas(SU) n Ray Saddler (USA) 7: 58. 6 Siegfried Herrmann(Ger) 16 •4f II John Pennel (USA) 58'7¼" Rudolf Langer (Ger) 57 .0 Jay Luck (USA) 8:05 .4' Ron Clarke (Aus) 16'11" Jeff Chase (USA) 58'6f' Nikolay Karasyov (SU) Barry Sugden (USA) 8:06.3'n Gerry Lindgren (USA) 16'1~ n Rolando Cruz (PR) 58'5'; ;nJoh..'l.son (USA) Bill Boyle (USA) 8: 10 .2 Vasiliy Savinkov (SU) 16 •~" Mel Hein (USA) 58'4¾'' nBoris Georgiyev (SU) .57.3n Charles Buchta (USA) 8:11.6 n Viktor Kazantsev (SU) 4 n Ron Morris (USA) 58'.4"3 ..nEd Ko?1,er (U~A) . •..... ; 1 1 0" Yang Chuan-Kwang (For) 57 11~ nEugemuszKwiatko~ski(Pol}i:tl •.600-YARDDASH 8:12 .6 n Yuriy Tyurin (SU) 6 1 -1:09 .2 Wendell Mottley (Trn) 8: 12. 6 n Fred Doring (Ger) . n Henry Wadsworth (USA) 57 11 Euegene Crews (USA) -~· Bill Crothers (Can) TWOMILE RUN Penni Nikula (Fin) 57'8½" Ken Patera (USA) 't'"' Ron Madaras (USA) ( 'Made during a 3 i;nile race) 15'10½" Wlodzimierz Sokolowski(P 57'8¼'' Yul Yos_t (USA) . ·1J:-~ 15 '9½'' Gennadiy Bliznyetsov (SU) , nSeppo Simola (Fm) Al Montalbano (USA) 8:31.9 Bill Baillie (NZ) 3 11 Earl Rogers (USA) 8:36.9 Ron Clarke (Aus) 15 '9 11 Wolfgang Nordwig (Ger) 57 .7'i.. n F!ank Ma~za (USA) Roger Kerr (USA) 8:37. 2 n Julio Marin (CR) n Don Jeisy (USA) 57 h Dick Kurnik (USA) Kent Bernard (Trn) n Keith Forman (USA) Rudolf Tomasek (CSR) 57 :6j :: Micha~l Lindsay (GB) Jay Luck (USA) 8:39 .0 Bruce Kidd (Can) n Dick Plymale (USA) . 57 .~t.nLes Mills (1':Z) George Kerr (Jam) 8: 40. 0 n Gerry Lindgren (USA) 15 '8½" Floydl.1anning (USA) 57 42 nJa.roslav Sm·.. id (CSR~. 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--~ / 1 P•rformonces ':tl(f:tt.- ~ ~rfflances r~:• .17'2¼ ..,- by Hugh Gardner Fred Hansen (USA) 12/29/40 17'1" 17' (Only the top mark per meet is included for each athlete.) 16'4½" 16'2" 1:ierb Elliott' (Aus) 2/25/38 3:35.6 3:36.0 3:37.4 Jolm Pennel (USA) 5/27 /40 17'o¾" 16 1 10¼" 16'8-f' ~\~ 3:38.4 3:39.6 l6 18£tl 16'8½" 16 16~" Michel Jazy (Fr) 6/13/36 3:37 .8 3:38.3 3:38.4 16'6" 16'6" 16 151'; 3:39.5 3:39.8 3:39.9 16'5·" 16'5" 16'4½" . Stan Jungwirth (CSR) 8/15/30 3:38.1 3:39.0 16'4½" 16'4" 16'3" · Tom O'Hara (USA) 7 /5/42 3:38 .. 1 16'3" Dan Waem (Swe) 1/17 /33 3:38.6 3:40.0 Wolfgang Reinhardt (Ger) 16 '9¼" Sfogfried Valentin (Ge:r) 2/23/36 3:38.7 3:38.9 3:39.3 Don Meyers (USA) 3/28/40 16'9" 16'5" 3:39.4 3:39.7 3:39.8 16'2½" 3:40.0 3:40.2 Brian Sternberg (USA) 6/21/43 16 18" 16'7" 16 15" Michei'Be:tnard (Fr) 12/21/31 3:38.7 16'4£'' 16'4" ~-\,:\ ,-~tvan RozSavo1gyi, (Hun) 3 /3 O/29 3:38.8 3:38.9 3:39.2 Dave Tork (USA) 8/25/34 16'8'·' 16'2" 16'2.,_ 3:39.3 3:40.0 Ron Morris (USA) 4/27 /35 16'5¾" 16'5" 1-6'4½" ,-~ Mutta.y ~Iberg (NZ) 7 /7 /33 3:38.8 3:39.4 16'3¾'' 16'3" 16'2' 1 Dyrol Burleson (USA) 4/27 /40 3:38.8 Wladimir Sokolowski (Pol) 16'5¾" ,\"{ Jun Gtelle (USA) 9 /30 /36 3:38.9 3:40.2 Pentti Nikula (Fin) 2/2/39 16'5" 16'3" - 16'2½" "~ . Jim.Ryun (USA) 4/29/47 3:39.0 Yang Chuan-kwang (Taiwan) 7 /10/33 16'5" P~er Snell (NZ)_ 12/17 /38 3:39.3 3:39.4 Mel Hein (USA) 1/10/41 16'5" Ju:rgen May (Ger) 6/18/42 3:39.3 Gerald Pratt (USA) 7 /17 /41 16'4½" 16'2" Cary Weisiger (USA) 9/8/38 3:39.3 Manfred Preussger (Ger) 7 /20/32 16'4½" JimBeatty (USA) 10/28/34 3:39.4 3:39.9 3:40.2 Floyd Manning (USA) 10/10/40 16'4½" ,Jolm Davies (NZ) 5/25/38 3:39.6 Rolando Cruz (PR) 9/17 /39 16'3½" Arne Hamarsland (Nor) 7 /24/33 3:39.8 Jolm Uelses (USA) 7 /14/37 16'3" 16'3" Siegfried Herrmann (Ger) 11/7 /32 3:39.8 Sam Kirk (USA) 5/14/42 16'3" John Camien (tJSA) 12/23/43 3:39.9 Rudolf Tomasek (CSR) 8/11/37 16'2½" · Witold Baran (Pol) 7 /29 /39 3:40.0 Billy Pemelton (USA) !6'2" Olavi SaJsola (Fin) 12/26/33 3:40.2 Olavi Salonen (Fin) 12/20/33 3:40.2 All Time Discus Performances -AH Time Broad Jump Pel'.formances Al Oerter (USA) 9/19/36 206'6" 205'5½" 204'10½'' _ Igor Ter-Ovanesyan {lJSSR) 5/l~/38 27'3¼" 26'lo½" 26'~" 203'6½" 202'11" 202'8½" 26.'9" 26'5£" 26'5!" 202'2" 201'1½" 200'5-½tr 26'4½" 26'4½" 26'3!" 200'1" 199'7½" 198'10½" 26'3½" 26'3½" 26'3" 198'6" 197'2" 196'81' Ralph Boston (USA) 5/9/39 -27'2½" 27'2" 27'0½" Ludvik Danek (CSR) 1/6/37 204'10½" 203'11" 200'0½'' 27'0¼" 26'11¼" 26'11¼" 200' 199'6" 199'5½" 26'11" 26'lo½" 26'10" 197'7" 197'7" 197' 26'9~" 26'9" 26'7!" 196'11!'' 196 '10" 26'7½" 26'7¼" 26'6" Jay Silvester (USA) 8/27 /37 204'7½" 204'4" 26'6" 26'5" 2_6'4¼" 201·10½" 201'7" 26'3½" 26':W-; 26'3½'' 199'2½" 199' Gayle Hopkins (USA) 11/7 /41 26'9¼" 198'10" 198'8¼" Jesse Owens (USA) 9/12/13 26'8¼" 26'5¾" 197'9" 197'4" Bo Roberson (USA) 7 /23 /35 26'7¼" Rink Babka (USA) 9/23/36 203'9" 196 '6½" GregBell (USA) 11/7 /30 26'7" 26'7" Bob Humphreys (USA) 3/30/36 203'5" 202'4½" .Godfrey Moore (USA) 4/2 /39 26'6½" Vladimir Trusenyov (USSR) 8/3/31 202·21·~ Willie Steele (USA) 7 /14/23 26'6" Dave Weill (USA) 10/25/41 200'2" 197'6½" Pentti Eskola (Fin) 7 /16 /38 26'4½" Jozsef Szecsenyi (Hun) 10/1/32 199' Roy Range (USA) 11/25/33 / 26'4¼" Ed Piatkowski (Pol) 1/31/35 198'4½" 197'2" 196'6½" Qarrell Horn (USA) 8/5/~9 26'4" 26'3¾" John Bennett (USA) 11/14/30 26 '3½" Best US Distance Runners Charlie Mays (USA) 2/3/41 26'3½" . George Brown (USA) 7 /25/31 26'3¼" by Peter Matthews , L~ Davies (Wales) 26'3¼" These are the best US long distance runners as determined by combining the scores of the Portugese table for the best (or 5000 meters) and six miles (or 10, 000 meters) for each athlete. Put Performances m=metric distance. 3 Mile Pts 6 Mile Pts Dallas Long (USA) 6/13/40 66 '7¼" 66'3½" 65'11½" 1. Max Truex 13:49.6m 966 28:50.2m 972 65'10½" 65'5¼" 65'2,i'' 2 . Ron Larrieu 13:43.0m 980 29:33.8m 932 64'7~·· 64'11½" 64'9½" 3. Gerry Lindgren 13:44.0m 978 29:37 .6m 928 64'7" 64 '6½" 64'3½" 4. Danny Murphy 13:49.2m 967 29!37 .8m 928 64'2¾" 64'1" 63'9¼" 5. Peter McAi;dle 14:07 .8m 928 29:03.4m 960 63'9" 63'9" 63'8½" 6. Jim Keefe 13:59 .2m 946 29:28.4m 937 63'8" · 63'7½" 63'7" 7 . Buddy Edelen 14:14.8m 914 28:00.8 958 63'7" 63'6½" 8 . Charles Clark 13:27 .6 948 28:47 .6 914 Bill Nieder (USA) 8/10/33 65'10" 65'7" 64'10" 9. Billy Mills 13:56.9m 951 30:08.0m 901 1852 64'9¼" 64'6!" 64'5!" 10. Ned Sargent 14:13.0m 917 29:39.2m 927 1844 (;4'2" 63'11½" 63'11¼" 11. Doug Brown 14:10.8m 922 29:52.4m 915 w-37· 63'11" 63 'lQ¼" 63'10" 12. John Macy 13:46.1 909 28:51.4 911 1820 63'6½" 13·. Gene Gurule 14:19.8m 904 29:56.4m 912 1816 ~:RandyMatsort (USA) 3/5/45 64'11" 64'10½" 64'1" 14. Lew Steiglitz 14:11.0m 921 30:19.2m 891 1812 63'6!" 15. John Gutknecht 13:55.5 890 28:39.8 921 1811 :G~ry G!llJfler (USA) 12/1/42 64'11" 63'9£" 63'6½" 16. Bob Soth 13:38 .8 924 30:26.5m 885 18()9 _Arthur Rowe (GB) 8/17/36 64'2" 63'11¼" 63'9¼'' 17. Oscar Moore 14:17 .8m 908 30:11 Am 898 1806 63'5½" 18. Merle McGI · 13:49.4 902 30:l 1.2m 896 1798 -~~~Jadyslaw Komar (Poland) 63'11£'' 19. Ma~ Robert n 13:49.0 903 30:3u.4m 881 1784 'l:3rien' (USA) 1/28/32 63'10"· Pal."i:yO Ireland Sloan 13:57 .4 8.86 29:05.2 898 ll8:J .. Vihnos Varju {Hun) 6/10/37 63'8½" 21. Horace Ashenfelter 13:47 .5 906 30:45.5m 868 177:4