SupplementingTRACK & ~IELD NEWS twice monthly. Aug. 22., 1962 Page ·9 The Luckiest losers Bolotnikov Lowers 10,000 Record By Ernie Cunliffe MOSCOW, Aug. 13 -- Pyotr Bolotnikov strengthened his role t/>-: ...·. (Last winter the author and three other American athletes, as favorite for the European 10, 000 Championship when he lowered l~JPhnBaile, Jim Dupree and Dave Edstrom, competed in New Zea - his world 10, ooorecord to 28:18 .2 at the Russian Championships. ·'J]anch Here is an account of that tour.) Bolotnikov ran 14:04. 0 for the first 5,000 meters and 14:14~2·~­ for his second ·soooto clip six tenths of a second off the old world · , The first competition was scheduled a week after our arrival record he set in 1960. Bolotnikov 's kilometer clockings were: 2:41. 5, :tin NewZealand so we had ample time to work out, do some sight- 2:48.5, 2:51, 2:51, 2:52, 2:53, 2:53, 2:51.5, 2:53and2:43.7. Thus ,_seeing and attend· the usual television and other public appearances. his fastest five kilometers add up to 13:55. 7. Bolotnikov beat his :;,:fhe-summer season was at its peak during our four-week visit so nearest rival by almost 50 seconds. The runnerup was Leonid Ivan - 0 : -:w-~alltook the opportunity to visit the well-maintained Auckland ov in 29: 07. 6. Bolotnikov set his 10, 000 record on Saturday (Aug. 11) flea:ches. The temperature was in the 80s but the humidity was fairly and today he came back to score a double when he won the 5000 in -,ntghso we preferred to work out in the early morning and late after­ 13:56.0. f11oon.:Agfa Films, which sponsored the tour with the help of the New Two other Russian world record holders also won with ease. .ZealandAAA, ·was most cooperative in arranging for transportation Valeriy Brumel high jumped 7'3i" and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan broad \cdiie 1I1any parks and track areas, which were entirely grass surfaces jumped 25'10¾". On a comparative basis, the U.S. National AAU ·_·•~•tJiey were used primarily as cricket grounds. Bruce Tulloh of meet beat the Russian national meet, 9-8, with one event tied. t•ngl11nd and Dave Power and Albie Thomas of Australia joined us for 100m, Ozolin 10.5; 2. Politiko 10.6; 3. Tuyakov 10.6. ::-•"\thefirst three meets with Tulloh remaining for the final three. 200, Tuyakov 21.1; 2. Politiko 21.2; 3. Ozolin 21.3. ··"> " My immediate reaction to the trip was very favorable for 400, Arkhipchuk 46 .8; 2. Sverbyetov 47 .2; 3. Bychkov 47. 3. ~:wtt(la small group, transportation, hotel arrangements and meals 800, Krivosheyev 1:49.9; 2. Bulishev 1:50.3; 3. Telp 1:51.2. lk}.)vereaflsmoothly handled. The New Zealand officials, both Agfa "Isoo,Savinkov 3:41.1; 2. Byelitskiy 3:44.5; 3. Pipyne 3:44.8. -~~Jhe AAA people, made every effort to see that we had a good 5000, Bolotnikov 13:56.0; 2. Konov 14:00.2; 3. Samoilov 14:00.4. 'ti~, as wen as being sure that we saw the highly spectacular New 10, 000, Bolotnikov 28: 18. 2 (world record); 2. Ivanov 29:07. 6; 3. ':~and scenery. The crowds at the meets were large and well-in­ Zakharov 29:24. 4. t-4-tmeit:.30, 000 at Auckland; 7,000 (with 4,000 turned away because 3000SC, Konov 8:36.2; 2. Sokolov 8:40.0; 3. Yevdokimov 8:41.0. h:tl~ck of space) at Hamilton; 18,000 at Wanganui (riow very famous HOH, Mikhailov 14. O; 2. Chistyakov 14. l; 3. Berezutskiy 14. 2. m·the-mile); 11,000 at Invercargill; 20, 000 at Christchurch; and 400H,Anisimov 50.2; 2. Kryunov ~0.9; 3. Chevichalov 51.4. ..... t 12,000 at Wellington. The meets themselves were well-run ~ Ter-Ovanesyan 25'10¾"; 2. Bondarenko 25'3¼"; 3. Dyemidyenko ;iichctconsisted of only a few special events and not the entire track 25'½". Brumel fifth at 24'3¾". :~~field program. Women's events were included, but only on a TripleJ,Goryayev 54'6"; 2. Kreyer 53'9"; 3. Fyedoseyev 53'7f'· ,ljm.ited.basis. !::!1_Brumel 7'3i"; 2. Shavlakadze 6'11½"; 3. Khoroshilov 6'10 4 "; 4. · ·· ___. We attended the many mayors' teas, with several unexpect- Bolshov 6'10¼". follow-up invitations. At Invercargill the mayor arranged for our ~ Petrenko 15' l¼"; 2 . Krasovs kis 15' 1r; 3 . Dyomin 14 '5¼" . upto go trout fishing in a nearby stream with the town clerk and Ez..Lipsnis 60'1¼"; 2, Baltusnikas 56'112"; 3. Karayev 55'11¼". 1 1 etary accompanying us as guides. The total day's catch amounted Qii Trusenyov 192'9"; 2. Kompanyeyets 181'8"; 3. Jaras 178 ½'• ee good-sized trout with John Bork getting the largest. One of JL_ Lusis 269'6"; 2. Vlad. Kuznyetsov 247'10½''; 3. Tsibulenko most spectacular trips came when Tulloh, Edstrom and I flew 243'4½". tough the New Zealand Alps in a single-engine plane. We went in HT, Baltovskiy 221 '2½"; 2. Bakarinov 218'3½"~ 3. Rudenkov 215'4½". · .AACl®t of the canyons, over lakes and waterfalls, sometimes with Marathon, Baykov 2:19:17.8; 2. Popov; 3. Roubintsyev. ~fatearance of only five feet. Edstrom told me he saw spray on the Decathlon, Vas. Kuznyetsov 7891 pts; 2. Dyachkov 7337; 3. Klimov pt)uiets landing gear. All agreed that this was the most spectacular 7103. ··· .:·m_their lives with magnificent scenery and a good pilot, who 'ilf;rightening habit of turning around and talking to us as we Beatty & Co. Booed By English_ . -edthrough the canyons and the snow-capped mountains. Bork . :'lenjoyed another outdoor excusion in Christchurch when we went LONDON, Aug. 6 - - Three members of the Los Angeles · _J>n fishing. Each of us caught a good -sized fish with mine weighing Track Club were booed by British fans after dropping out of a speciaj 1:Jioundsand Bork's 13½. Jim Dupree was working out on the beach 2,000 meters race in the Qreat Britain-Poland dual meet. Running rJlhristchurch one morning and assisted in bringing in a man from in a downpour and with the track flooded, Jim Beatty led the field '~'.=.surf.-His lifesaving feat was widely written up in the newspapers through a 61.4 and 2:07 .8 but then dropped out. Also dropping out . ~thiswas the only way the rest of our group fOlmd out about it with him were clubmates Jim Orelle and Laszlo Tabori. One other . a-Iise Dupree modestly kept it to himself. LA TC runner, Bob Seaman, finished and took second in 5: 20. 0 with · As for the competitions we competed each Saturday and Wed­ Derek Ibbotson winning in 5:19.2. Dick Bank, president of the LATC, ·y, with afternoon meets in Auckland and Christchurch and early said the three runners dropped out so as not to risk further injury · " outings in the other four meets . The spirit of the crowds or illness. Beatty had a sore throat and Orelle was recovering from initely ~ared to the appearance and efforts of New Zealand's a groin injury. In the dual meet, Poland built up a 63-43 edge on the ·.1~~ plcchaxµpions, Peter Snell and Murray Halberg. This was ex­ first day and held off a British challenge on the second day to win, _-~ :=t:c-;~ ~7b,owever ,- and l feel that our group and the other visiting ath­ 108-104. Aug. 4: !QQ.,Brightwell (GB) 46.6; 3. Metcalfe (GB) 48.0. '~\'were well received and cheered heanily, although we couldn't 1500, Baran (P) 3:40. 8. 5000, Zimny (P) 13: 52. 8; 2. Tulloh (GB) ·· realize the people wanted to see world records from Snell. 13:52.8; 3. Boguszewicz (P) 13:53.6. 3000SC,Chromik (P) 8:45.6; •andTulloh were very popular and Tulloh 's popularity increased 2. Herriott (GB) 8:46 .2; 3. Motyl (P) 8:53 .2. Triple]. Malcherczyk . splendid perforamnces in each meet. (P) 52 '5¼"; 2. Schmidt (P) 5.1'8". ~ Sosgornik (P) 59'7½" -~ ln·our :first meet at Auckland on: Jan. 20 Snell won the 880 in Sidlo (P) 255'11½!', 400R, Poland40.l; 2. GB40.5. Special 800, m 1:48_;2 v.mle ·l took second in 1: 50 . 2 and New Zealand's Gary Wenk 1:48.9; 2. Sqjti 1:49.4. Aug. 5: 200, D. Jones 21.6; 2. Foik · 9!.ltkicked Dupree for third, 1: 50. 5 to 1: 50. 6. In the next race (P)21.8. 10,000, t'ie, Bullivant (GB) and Hyman (GB) 29:31.6. OT, Piatkowski (P) 180t9½". .Nikul.a Defeats Cramer 9 Wins for Americans at CISM Mee;t KOUVOLA, FINLAND, Aug. 14 -- World record holder -~~ Pentti Nikula of Finland beat another of the U.S. 's top vaulterij . · •h";~ 'S HERTOGENBOSCH, NETHERLANDS, Aug. 5 --American as he cleared 15'7½" to whip Washington's John Cramer, second a~:.:H!, servicemen, with sprinter Bobby Poynter scoring a double, claimed 15 '3". It was the fourth straight victory for Nikula over an Arrieri~-:~~ nine wins at the International Military (CISM) Championships. can. He beat Dave Tork three times last month. It was the second ::·~~ Poynter easily won the 100 meters in 10.4 with Abner Williams straight defeat that a Finn has handed to Cramer.· The AAU rwm~r-:21: second in 10. 7 on Saturday and today came back to win the 200 in up lost to Kauko Nystrom five days ago.