TRACK NEWSLETTER Vol, 4., No. 14, February 25, 1958 P, o. Box 296, Los Altos, Cal. $6 year Published by Track & Field News El.liters: Bert & Cordner Nelson NEWS U.S. INDOOR . N. Y.A.C •• New York, Feb. 15: 60 .. Sime (6.2), Kave, Barnwell, Sydnor; 500- Jenkins 56. 6, Culbreath 57. 2, Gaffney 57. Merritt 57 G; 880 -i\1urphy_l:52. 6, Scurl_ock 1:53, 2, 4, ~ Soprano 1:54.3, Hadley 1:54~4, Bright 1:54.8; Mile -Delany 4:lt), Rozsavolgy1 4:10.4, Grelle 4: 10. 9, Grim 4:11. 2, Close 4:11. 6; 2-mile-Mugosa 8:59. 0, Macy 9:11. 6, Donahue 9: 23. o, Kyle 9: 230 6; 60HH -Gilbert 7.,4, Hoddinott, Washington, Maris-; College Mile Relay Pittsburgh :3:19~ 4, Georgetown, Villanova, Morgan State; z... mile relay- NYAC 7: 39, 5, Oxy 7:39. 6, Georgetown 7:•:l:0o1, Syracuse 7:47., 2. PV..,Bragg and Schwarz 14'9", tie, Anderson, Gray, Morris, Landstrom, Vvdbourn 14'2¼"; SP -O'Brien 61'5½" (U.S" indoor record), Cooke 5519½", Marchiony 54'10¼", Cafarella 5117¼''; HJ - Dennis & Reavis 6'7"; tie, Barks­ dale, Shelton, Wyatt 61 5". NATIONAL A.A. U. , New York, Feb. 22: GO- Collymore 6. 2, :Murchison, Sydnor, Thomas (Sime muscle pull in semi}; 600-Jenkins,-Mm:phy, Culbreath, i\forritt 1:11.8; 1000- Orywal 2: 14. 1, Soprano, Stevens, Carroll; Mile ..Delany 4: 03. 'i' (meet record), Rozsavolgyi 4: 05. 5, Grelle 4: 06. 8, King 4: 09.1; ..3-mile -Mugosa 13: 54~ 2, Macy, McKenzie, Donahue; Mile Walk Humcke 6: 55. 5, Denman, Laird, Haluza; Mile Relay- Manhattan Frosh 3:19. 6, NYPC ''A", Georgetown, NYPC "13"; ~-mile relay - Georgetown 7:44.6, Syracuse, NYAC, Manhattan; SJ2rint Medley Relay- NYAC 1:55. 3; Detroit Track Club, NYPC, Shanahan CS; 601-IH-Jones 7 .1 (meet record), Gilbert, Stevens, Hoddinott; 35 WT- Backus 65'4!" (world record); Connolly 64'5", Hall 6:3'4", Thomson 62'11¾", Engel 60 1 9¼";...fil_-f>ell25'5¼", Herman 24'3¼", Wilson 24'3", Valkama 23'5¾"; SP- O'Brien 60•1¼", Marchiony 5514½", Shine 53'7", Coates 52'10"; HJ ... Wyatt 6'7½", tie, Shelton, Barksdale, Reavis, Lcw..tndowski 61 6½"; PV -tie, Bragg,Gutowski 15'; tie, Landstrom, Welbourn, Schwarz, 141 6". Team: 1'!YAC 21, Man.15. Also indoors : Brown, Minnesota, 54'4!" and 55'8:?, Feb, 1 and 8; Edelen, Minn., 9:22. 5; Cooke, Maryland, 63'4~:, 2/9; Lawrence, Feb. 11: Tidwell, Kansas, equalled world 60 record with 6. o; Cannon 6'5l", Oerter 56'11", Skutka 4:15. 9 & 1:54. 9; Shelby 25'3!" and 6. 9. Marlde, Yale, 52'8½", 2/l5; Gardner, Nebraska, 6.1, 6. 8 for 60 lows and 7.3 for 60 highs, 2/15; Mitchell, Illinois, 7. 7 for 70 lows, equalling American record; Bowers 4:14.1, Kerr48.8andl:56.5, all for Illinois, 2/'.l.5. Nixon, Viisconsin, 49.4, 2/15. Vandenberg, Notre Dame, 1:51. 4, DiCamillo, N.D,, 4:14. 4, Johnston, PurJue, 14'4¼", all 2/15~ Coleman 4: 12, 5 from Pond, Indiana, 4; 15. 2; Smith, Indiana, 1: 55. 2; Bell 25'7", Campbell, Ind., 7. 8, 70HH, all 2/15. Iglesias, Columbia, 4: 15. 4, 2/19. also Shine, Penn, 54'8¾"; Gardner, Nebraska, 6. 7, 60 lows, recordt 2/21, Moran, Penn State, 2:12. 2, · 1 11 1 asGlennDavisdid6.3, 8.5, 23 6 , 7.8, 6 andrdaylap, 2/2211 King, Cornell, 6'8!, 2/22. AUSTRALIA Feb. 15, Perth, Elliott 3:59. 6 on grass truck from Lincoln, same time. 55. 6 last quarter. Melbourne-Gosper 47 q 6, Hogan 9~8, 24':;¼", Sullivan 4~11. 6. Perth, Feb. 22, Elliott 1:49. 5. Melbourne, Lincoln 1:52. •.1,c Syaney, Matthews 10. 4w (women's lO0y). BULLETIN BOARD Next Newsletters March 11 and 25. February Track & Field News mailed March 6. A.A. u. Meet Ideas have been submitted. by only four TNs. The pOWC:;rsthat be will be happy to know that the keenest of all track fans really are satisfied with this meet after all, and that the complaints aren~t to be taken seriously. 1958 High School Ammal is in the vv1orks1 will be ready about ;-/larch 15. Bigger and better than ever, and just $1. 0G. 1958 AAU Track & Field Guide should be ready about March 1, and is priced at $1. 75, the cost having been boosted $. 50 this year. TN JAMES PO\\' ELL wants best times for these men and distances: Krzyszkowiak 1500; Murray 3 mile or 5000; Clohessy 3000 or 2 mile; Foord 1500 or mile; Scott 3 mile or 5000; Larsen 1500 or mile. Send to: 764-14th St., San Pedro, Calif. TICKETS and hotel-motel reservations for National AAU will be available through Track & Field News. Perhaps NCAA also, if details can be worked out. vVatch forthcoming issues of Track & Field Nev.,s for details. Plan now to get a fJI'OUptogether. Expanded Newsletter is under consideration fo.c next year. Pkase let us know what you would like to see more of, additional subjects covered, etc. PAGE TWO 2.25.58 STATS BROAD JUMP ALL TIME LIST has 11 men over 26', 33 at 251611 or better and 91 at 25' or better, Of the 102 who have done 7. 60m (24'11¼"), 67 are from the US, 8 Germany, 6 Russia, 5 Japan, 2 Finland, 2 France, 2 Poland, one each Holland, Haiti, South Africa, British-Guiena, Brazil, Ireland, Philippines, Italy and Hungary. 26'8¼" Jesse Owens, US.A, 1935 25'101" Kermit King, USA, 1937 26'7" Greg Bell, USA, 1957 25'1~" Neville Price, South Africa, 1955 26'6" Willie Steele, USA, 1947 25'9¾" Meredith Gourdine, USA, 1951 26'4½" Ross Range, USA, 1955 25'9½" Osborne Thompson, Br. Guiana, 1948 26'3i" John Bennett, US.A, 1955 25'9'' James Holland, USA, 1950 26'3¼" George Brown, USA, 1952 25'9" Audy Stanfield, USA, 1951 26'3" Eulace Peacock, USA, 1935 25'8~" Albert Olson, USA, 1935 26'2·lt Chuhei Nambu, Japan, 1931 25'8J" Ary da Sa, Brazil, 1955 26'2¼" Henk Visser, Holland, 1956 251 8!" James O'Reilly, USJ\, 1942 26'1¼" Ernie Shelby, USA, 1956 25'7¥-" James Biffle, USJ:i., 1950 26'½" Sylvio Gator, Haiti, 1928 25'7½" Henryk Grabowski, Poland, 1957 25'11¼" Robert Clark, USA, 1936 25'6!" Jackie Robinson, USA, 1938 251 11r• Edward Hamm, USA, 1928 25'6!" Lambert Redd, USA, 1932 25'11" Luz Long, Germany, 1937 25'6~" Pat Turner, USA, 1940 25'11" Lorenzo Wright, USA, 1948 25'6l/' F. i:v1organTaylor Jr., USA, 1952 25'10i" DeHart Hubbard, USA, 1925 25'6" Jorma Valkama, Finland, 1956 25'6., Igor Ter Ovanesyan, USSR, 1957 The most outstanding characteristic of this list is the preponderance of old marks which have stood the test of time--much more so than in any other event iI1 track. Three of the marks were made in the 20s, 9 in the 30s, 5 in the 40s, 6 in the 1D50-54 period, 4 in 1955; 3 in 1956 and 3 in 1957. Vthat is the answer? Have we reached the ultimate in broad jump• ing, with no more room for iJ).lprovement? Or is a breakthrough overdue, and what will bring it about? Let's have your opinions. BEST JUMPING NATION for 1957 is determined by adding metric marks for national leader in HJ, BJ, PV, and HSJ. USA, with Don Stewart 2. 10, Greg Bell 8. 10, Bob Gutowski 4. 82, and Bill Sharpe, 15. 74 totals 36,. 76 (100'11") narrowly leads Russia's 30. 74 (l00'lo¼") by - Yuriy Stypenov 2.16, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 'l. 77, Vitaliy Chernobuy 4. 52, and Oleg Ryakhov­ skiy 16. 29. Other countries: Poland 30.10, Finland 2V. 95, Japan 29. 72, France 29. 68, Iceland 29. 61, Czechoslovakia 29. 40, East Germany 29. 33, Bulgaria 29. 25, Yugoslavia 29.19, South Africa 29.14, Itlay 29. 00, \-\est Germany 28. 87, Hungary 28. 79, Red China 28. 89, Sweden 28. 76, Australia 26. 63, Greece !>.8.53, Romania 28. 41, Norway 28. 27, Switzerland 28. 23. WORLD JUNIOR RECORDS (under 19 years) are not of.l:icially recognized, but an unofficial list should be established so that juniors of all nations may be compared. Mike Kearley of South Africa has started us off with the following list, which is open to adjustment. We especially request help from TNs Emerson Case, Dick Bank, Roberto Quercetani, Joe Galli and our several English allies. This is a worthy project, so please contribute. l00y, 9. 4, Mike AgostiI1i, Jim Jackson. 800m, 1:49. 2, Tom Carroll 220y, 20.5, Leamon King 1000m, 2:25.5, TomCarroll 2i0yt, 21. 1, Mike Agostini 1500m, 3:47. 8, Herb Elliott 440y, 47. 0, Eddie Southern Decathlon: 3000m, Roly Langridge, 8: 22. G 880y, 1:49. 9, Bob Seaman 7055, IVlilt 5000m, Dave Fife, 15:02, 8 Mile, 4:04. 4, Herb Elliott Campbell 10, 000m, Ivan Chernyevskiy (1953 ?) 2-mile, 9:-01. 0, Herb Elliott 120H 39", 13. 9, Geo. Hearn 42" Ed Southern 3-mile, 14:14. 8, George Knight 14. 4; llOmH, 14, 4, Gi~rgio Mazza 6-mile, 32:32, Gordon Pirie, 220Ht, John Cann, 24. O; 220H? Marathon, 2:33:06. O, Takayuki Nakao 400ml:I, 49. 7 & 440H , 51, 5, Ed Southern 100m, ·10. 4, Franco Galbiati, Preston Griffin, HJ, 6'10¼, Dumas; BJ, 25'4¼", Monte Upshaw Carl-Friedrick Bunaes, Livio Berruti.