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Englan-'s 4-mile rday record brea.,ers, l-to-r, MIKE BLAGROVE, PETER CLARK, DEREK IBBOTSON A:-iD BRI ,:-, hEWSO'\. (E . Lace))

DAN WAERN of Sweden, who lowered world record for 1000 meter run to 2:18.1 at Turku.

EUROPEAN REPORT

Great Season Ending by a.L.~uercetani

Another great European season is practically over. Late local activity in U33R rr.ay, as uaual, affect the Year Lists here and there, but is not likely to chan~e the overall picture.

~ost newsworthy item of fall meets was the surprising victory of Nest }ermany over J3SR in Augsburg--115 to 105. This promptpd several corr.mentators to conclude, somewhat hurriedly, that U3SR has lost its European supremacy. A few weeks later in llarsaw came the Poland vs. Nest }ermany affair, which was presented as the "Euro­pean Finale": this match ended in an un..isual draw--110 to 110. ( In both meets, the score for the two relays, re~ularly won by 3ermany, was a strange 7 to 4). 3ome of the top Poles were by then past their peak, but on the other hand it is interesting to note that exactly at the same time in Dresden, East Germany was disposing of Czecho­slovakia--112 to 100. This obviously boils down to the fact that a united 3erman team would be really hard to beat.

In fact, top European tracK powers are now difficult to rank, (Report contmuc:s on pagi. three. M1:.. .... le C:1stance sccuon starts below)

Record 2:18.l for Waern Dan llaern, usually at his best in fall rr.eets, used his excellent

condition to good advantage to break the 1000 rr.eter record, jointly h .. ld by Boysen dnd rtOL.tiaVolis.Y-1. with 2:19.c. Aflt:1· two fct.i.lures (2:19-3 at Vaster~s, Aug.13, close 2nd to Boysen, same time, and 2:19.8 at Lund, Sept.lo), .Yaern finally succeeded, of course at Turku, on Sept.19. After passing in 1:52.4 at the 800m mark, the Swede went on to clock 2:18.1. Zbi~niew Orywal of Poland was second in 2:18.8, and Olavi Salonen of Finland third in 2:19.4. The winner himself admitted that there is ample space for improvement at this seldom run distance.

~uropean 800rr. champion hike Rawson was beaten by Brian Hewson in a close finish at Colombes, Sept.13--both men were timed in 1:4?.0 for new personal bests. It was an evenly paced race, with laps of 53. 7 and 53 .3 for both a:en. Most successful Boor: man in fall meets was, however, Paul Sclur.idt of 3ermany, the Stockholm bronze medalist. The 27-year-old Jerman is at his best in tactical races but can also run fast, as his 1:46.8 in August well indicates. At Nuppertal, Oct. l, he won in 1:50.2 from Herbert 1-iissalla, 1:50-7, Mike Rawson, 1:58.9 and Kazmierski, 1:51.2. Four days later at Saarbrucken he did 1:49.7 to beat Missalla, 1:;0.0, 3zentgali, 1:50.1, and Lajos Ko­vacs, 1:51.~. Then came the Narsaw meet, and here he disposed of ~.akomaski easily--1:48.4 to 1:49.0. Missalla was third in 1:51.2, KazmiersKi fourth in 1:53.4. In starting his final bid at the entrance to the homestretch, Schmidt slightly hampered Makomaski, but the latter ada:itted that the incident had no decisive weight on the outcotLe of the race. Schmidt is a strong fighter, with an exceller.t finishing speed. On the second day of the liar saw meet, 3chmidt l'las at the last rr.oment required to run the 1500, a distance at which he had a personal best of 3:51.8 only. Schmidt, a 48.l 4~Qn man, was here pitted against }:arian Jochr.ian of Poland, a sub-1'+ min. 5000n u.an! The Pole had a 1500m best of 3:46.o. The /larsaw

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Four Mile Relay Record An ~n,;lish quartet consistin~ of like Bla,rove, Pete::­

~lark, DereK Ibootson and 3rian Hewson set a new world record for the --+xl rule relay at London's tlhite ~ity, 3ept.27--16:30.6. Splits were dS follows: Bla~rove --+:Oj.4, ~lar~ --+:o6.6, Ibbotson 4.Q8.6, Hewson 4.lo.o. This is not quite aa ,;ood as the world 4XlJ00m record of 15:11.c set by an ~ast ,ermany team in Au,;ust. Finland was second in the London race with 17:lo.o.

~ther 5ood relay marks: --+O.c by 3ermany (Feneber~, Lauer, Futterer, ,ertLar) a,;ainst U.331<, 40.4, at Au,,sbur;, Sept.20, and 3:0~.~ by Britain ( •~pson, ~c!saac, Jri ;hton, Salisbury) at Colom­bes, 3ept.14.

2--October, 1958

WAERN BREAKS RECORD (cont. from page one)

clash of these men was a real thriller which resulted in a photo finish decision--Jochman 1st in 3:42.5, Scheidt 2nd, same time! Th• German thus shaved almost 10 seconds off his previous best, the Pole 3.5 seconds.

Waern met Rawson over Boo meters at Rome, Oct.12. The Englishman came from b•hind near the end to win narrowly--1:49.7 to 1:49.8. Alf Pettersson, who had made a promising 80Qn debut winning the Harbig Memorial race at Dresden from a strong field in 1:51.2, sho••d lack of routin• in the Rome event and could do no better than 1:51.9.

After winning the 800n on the first day in 1:47.0, Brian Hewson aocompliahed an exc•ptional double on the second day of the Golombes m•et (Sept.14) with a 3:41.5 1500m win. Mike Blagrove was second in 3:42.2 (personal best) and Michel Jazy was third in 3:42.5--new French record.

The reault of the 150Qn final at the Balkan James (3o!ia, Sept. 20) passed al.most unnoticed in the £uropean press, yet it would hav• been considered fantastic only a few years ago. Here it is:

1.Josko Murat (Yugoslavia) 3:43.8 2.Evangelos Depastas (Jreece) 3:44.7 (new }ree~ record) 3.Simo Vazic (Yugoslavia) 3:44.8 4.Zoltan Vamos (Rucania) 3:44.9 (new Rumanian record) 5.Dimitrios Gonstantinidis(JreeceB:45.2 6.Muharrem Dslkili9 (Turkey) 3:48.2 (new Tur~ish record) 7.Cahit Onel (Turkey) 3: 51.0 Another national record fell on Qct.12 in Rome as Josef Gegledi

of Austria ran 3:45.2, behind Rozsavolgyi, 3:45.0. In this race, men like Hamarsland (Nordic record holder at 3:39.8), Blagrove and Barris showed unmistakable signs of fatigue, losing about 10 seconds vis-a-vis their personal best.

Helfried Reinnagel beat Siegfried Herrmann at E:rfurt, Sept.20--3:42.5 to 3142.6. Th• E.3ermany vs. CSR meet saw a close 1500m finish in which European record holder Stanislav Jungwirth was shunted to third (3:45.1) by Herrmann and Valentin, 3:45.0 both.

Another late season upset occurred in London, Sept.26, when Ola­vi Vuorisalo beat Brian Hewson--3:44.2 to 3:44.6. Roger Verheuen

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ll EVANGELOS DEPASTAS, Greek record holder m 800 anti 1500m now at Stan -ford, leads team agamst Germans.

German 800 meter aces PAUL SCIH'vllDT winrung, and HERBERT l\.llSSALLA. '

came close to his Belgian record at Lille, Sept.7, edging Bernard of France 3:43.9 to 3:44.7 (the latter being a personal best for the Frenchman).

No sub-4 min. miles to report, but Dan Naern easily beat his Norwegian rival Hamarsland in a mile race at Bergen, Sept.25, 4:01.0 to 4:04.4. British distance runner Peter Clark lowered his 1-mile best to 4:0l.7 at Billingham, Sept.6, beating ~verett, 4:03.9 1 and Derek Ibbotson, 4:o4.6. Save for a solitary 4:00,0 mile in September (way behind Elliott in London), Ibbotson has shown no signs of life this year--the aftermath of his exacting 1957 season?

Jonas Pipyne of Lith~ania and USSR moved to fourth on the All Time 2000m List with a 5:08,4 race at Vilnius, Sept.5. Michel Sernard lowered the French record for the same distance to 5:11.8 (actual time 5:11.7) at Tourcoing, Sept.27.

Some good 300Q:i marks: 8:02.6 by Rozsavolgyi at Budapest, Aug.31; 8:05.4 by Dan 'Naern at Goteborg, Sept.21; and 8:04.2 by Olavi Vuori­salo at Pori, Sept.9, beating Reijo Hoykinpuro, 8:05.0.

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EUROPE,\;-.. REPORT (Lontmued from page on~)

which naturally means that ~33R has lost valuable sround ln recent months. At the European Championships, the Russians cana 5ed to come out on top thanKs to their uniform stren 5 th. 3~t their mar;in 1s becoming so thin that it can be annulled Nhenever certain t~in 5s ~o Nrong, as it happened in Augsburg. ~ven ~ore alarming is the fact that U3SR has shown a marked inability to produce top performers of tne competitive variety. Keen Russian observers will ~entally a 5ree with us if we say that the results of their best men in internation~ competition have been lamentably poor if compared with the wealth of 4ualified human potential to which USSR Year Lists bear witness.

England surprisingly lost to Finland in London--110 to 120. Now­adays, the Finns have relatively little to say in European Champion­ships or Olympic Games, but they still show amazing strength in dual meets. However, some of the top Sn 5lishmen were tired after a most exacting season (anpiad and EM). Here is a recapitulation of the most significant dual meets of 1958:

Ljubljana, May 31/June 1--Yugoslavia 91.5, Hun~ary 120.5. Istanbul, June 7/8--Turkey 61, 'N.Germany 124. Athens, June 10/ll--Greece 82, W.3ermany 110. Lappeenranta, June 20/21--Finland 130, Esthonia 93. Tallinn, June 28/29--E.Germany 432, Ssthonia 286, Lithuania 230.5,

Latvia 228.5 (aggregate points for men and women; separate total for men not available).

Bratislava, June 28/29--Czechoslovakia 83, Poland 129. Brussels, June 29--Belgium 150.5, France 258.5 (three men per event

on each side). Minsk, July 11/12--Byelorussia 72, Czechoslova~ia 114. Oslo, July 10/11--Norway 99, France 113, Kiev, July 13--U~raine 99, Hungary 104. HelsinKi, July 15/16--Finland 111, France 94, Goteborg, July 23/24--Sweden 118, Norway 94. London, September 3--London 72, 1/arsaw 83. Helsinki, September 6/7--Flnland 232, Sweden 177 (three men per

event on each side). Budapest, September 6/7--Hungary 99, Czechoslovakia 112. Paris, September 13/14--France 88, Great Britain 124.

Sofia, September 19/20/21--XVII 3a1Kan Games: Bulgaria 133.5, Yugo-slavia 114, Rumania 109, Greece 107.5, Turkey 30.

Augsburg, September 20/21--H.}ermany 115, USSR 105. London, September 26/27--England 110 1 Finland 120. Saarbrlicken, October 4/J--H,Germany 112, Hunga~y 100. Lyons, October 4/5--France 91, Italy 110. Dresden, October 11/12--E.}ermany 112, Czechoslovakia 100. Narsaw, October 12/13--Poland 110, W.Germany 110.

Here is an event-by-event survey of September/October marks:

Sprints: HARY 9.5 & 10.2 1 3ERMAR 20.6 (FULL TURN) NORLD JUNIOR RECORDS FOR RADFORD: 10.3 & 20.8

Once again, the many good sprint marks are best reported in chronological order: Leverkusen, Sept.13--lOOm Hary 10.3, A1ostini 10.4, }ermar 10.5,

Fiitterer 10.5; 200m Agostini 21.l (top Germans did not run), Colombes (Paris), Sept.13--lOOm Radford 10.3, Delecour 10.3 (wind

1.40 m/s; electric timer 5ave 10.31 for Radford, 10.38 for Dele­cour); Sept.14--200m (full turn) Radford 20.8, Segal 21.0, Dele­cour 21.0, no wind. Radford's marks constitute unofficial Norld Junior (under-19) records. He was 19 on Sept.20.

Epsom, Sept.20--lOOy Agostini 9.6, Omagbemi 9.6, Radford 9.8 (down­hill track} ,Brighton, Sept.20 (Floodlit meet later in the Jay): lOOy Agostini 9.6, Qi:agbemi 9.7, Segal 9.8.

Augsburg, Sept.20--lOOm Hary 10.3, Germar 10.4, Bartenyev 10.6, Ko­novalov 10.7; Sept.2l--200m (full turn) 3ermar 20.8, Hary 20.9, Konovalov 21.5, Bartenyev 21.6.

Gladbeck, Sept.25--lOOy Hary 9.5, twice (equals European Record). Tourcoing, Sept.27--lOOy Delecour 9.8 (uphill track --equal ■ French

record). Leipzig, Sept.27--lOOm Tokaryev 10,5, Foik 10.5, BashliKov 10,5, Ja­

necek 10.6. Dortmund, Sept.27--lOOm Hary 10.2, Agostini 10.3; 200m }ermar 20.9,

Agostini 21.0. Wuppertal, Oct.1--lOOm Hary 10.3, Radford 10.4, A5ostini 10.5; 200m

Gerltar 20.6 (full turn--40Qr. track), Radford 21.0, Agostini 21,8 (eased up).

Birmingham, Oct.4--lOOy Radford 9.4 (aiding wind 3.9 m/s), Oi::a~bemi 9.5, Agostini 9.6, Segal Q.6 (Radford and Agostini won their heats in 9.5w); 220y (full turn) Radford 21.0 (breaks 44-year-old English Native record), Jegal 21,2, ,Yrighton 21.6. During the 220y the wind was reportedly within the permissible limit.

Dresden, Oct ,12--200m ~:andlik 21.(). Rome, Oct.12--lOOci (adverse wind) Agostini 10.4, Radford 10.5, 3err!!_

ti 10.5, Feneberg 10.6. It is now obvious that •:uropean champ Hary 1s "American stuff"

in the 100. His Ninning ~argin over Agostini in Lever~usen and over Radford in lluppertNl was narroNer than sU~{ested by the tine differ­ential--about a foot. At Au1sburg hP. was recalled by st9rter 3uthe­Pieper for a false start. On :he secon:i, Hary and }ermar were off even (probdbly for the first tirr.e this year) and the iuro~ean =h,mp won in convincina; manner. In the same 11,eet, 'lary tried t'le 200, snd finished in 20.9--an ample meter behind 1er~ar. The latter 3till appears to be almost invincible in tne 200--his 20.6 at ~uppertal e~uals the best Known performance for a full-turn course. This aas

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European Champ10nslup 200 meter finalists round LUrvc on a wet uay (note umbrella). From lane one out, YURIY KONOVALOV, sixth, jOCELYN DELE­COUR, tlun,, MANFRED GERMAR, the \\Inner rn 21. 0, VILEM MANDLIK, 4th, ROBBIE BRIGHTIVELL, 5th, and Jave segal, 6th. (Courtesy Sport et Vie, Pans)

on a reportedly windless ni~ht. Britain's Radford, who could only do 9.9 and 21.8 last year, is

the most sensational junior sprinter in European history. Another good junior, 4 months older than Radford, is Livio Berruti of Italy: after his 10.3 of Aug.31, he had two l0.4 1 s, Rome, Sept.13 and Balzano, Sept.28. The two were pitted against each other in a pre-Olympic meet at Rome, Oct.12. Radford had a bad start, but finally closed the gap and beat his Italian rival by a narrow but clear margin. The week before, on a rain-soaked track in Lyons, Berruti had beaten Jocelyn Delecour of ftance in both 100 and 20Q.

Mike Agostini, now 23, has acted as a thermometer to measure the expansion of Europe's sprint nobility. He met Europe's Big Three--3ermar, Hary and Radford--several times. Here are the scores for the "championship series" involving these 4 men: (loo only)

Agostini-Radford 3-3 Agostini-Germar 3-0 Agostini-Hary 0-2 Hary-Germar 3-3

\ Hary-Radford 2-i Germar-Radford 1-0 Scoring the soccer way (2 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss)

Hary is on top with 5 points, followed by Agostini and 3ermar, 3 each, and Radford, 1, It should be noted that young Radford mostly played "away" against his German opponents, but then his only victory over Hary was in a semi-final of the European Championships,

~:ihail Bachvarov was fastest sprinter at the Balkan Games in Sofia (Sept,19/21), with 10.4 and 21.2, Young Edvin Ozolin, one of Russia's most promising sprinters, ran 10.4 at Odessa, early in October. Other 10.4 men of recent vintage: Revas Trapaidze of USSR, Detlev niede of E.}ermany, and Vilem Mandlik of CSR (new Czech record holder). Heinz Fiitterer, now 27, ran l0.4 and 21.4.

John Wrighton had a good winning streak in the 400m after his success in Stockholm:

46.6 at Colombes, 9/13 (SalisbJry 2nd in 47.0) 46.7 at Budapest, 9/20 (Csutoras 2nd in 47.2) 46.4 at London, 9/27 '.Hellsten 2nd in 46.9--his best for the

season--Sampson 3rd in 47.0). 46.7 at Rome, 10/12 (Hellsten 2nd in 47.1, Giovanni Scavo 3rd

in 47.2--equal second best ever by an Italian), In the Rome meet, Dave 3egal moved to the 400m, ran 48.2 in

a heat but did not compete in the final. Carl Kaufmann equaled his best at Jortmund, 3ept.27, with a fine

46.9, beating Manfred Porschke, 47.3. Kaufttann also did 47.0 in vanquishing the Poles ( ,Varsaw, 10/12). It looks li~e Voit to Hell­sten may soon lose his Scandinavian supremacy: at Turku, Sept.19, he was narrowly edged by Alf Pettersson of 3weden. Both men were timed in 47 flat--a new Swedish record for Pettersson. Vi~tor Snajder, 24 1 set a fine Yugoslav record of 47.0 at Sofia, Sept.21-­a remarKable improvement for a man who could do only 49.5 uttil last year. Hurdler Ilie $avel was second in the Sofia race with 47.5, e 1ualing th~ ~umanian record held by .Viesenmayer and Sudrtgean. }ottfried Kliecbt of E.Gerltany ran 47.2 at Dresden, Oct.11.

Ardalion Ignatyev, only a shadow of his former self after his serious illness of 1957, could do no better than 48.4 a~ainst the ,ermans at Augsburg, and finished a distant third, behind Kaufmann, 47.l and Joh.Kaiser, 47.4 (Sept.20).

~'.al Spence of 3outh Africa coopleted his great European series

4--0ctobcr, 1958 with a metric 46.7 in London, Sept.27. 3econd in tnis race was Mal­colm Yardley of Britain in 48.2. This boy will be 18 on Jececr.ber 23!

Long Distances: MORZ .oUCCE33E.3 FOR 11KRZY.3,,

Zdzislaw Krzysz.towiak, the double :;;uropean champion, -~dded rr.ore fine victories to his fine 1?58 record. After doing 13:7).4 tHice (Polish Ch. in Byd;,;oszcz and :;;uropean ~h. in .5toc.t·:olml ,"i<rzys" was clocited in 13: :i3.2 at :;;rfurt, 3ept..25. "-le won frocr. fortLer "}reat., Sandor Iharos (13:57.2), Jan<e of C:.}ermany (14:O2.O) ana ~.arian, Jochman of Poland (14 O;i.6). :'hree days later, at Le-pzi~, "r:.r:;ys" ran 1O,OOOm in 29:1~.8 beatin 5 his 3tockholx teaa:mate Ozog (29:12.0) and E.}ermany's }rodotski, 29:23.6. Iharos cor.fircr.ed nis good forcr. at SaarbrUcken, Oct.4, with a 13:53.2--his ei 5 nth s..10-14 er.in. cloc.t-ing. .

Peter Clark ran a fine 13:53.3 at :o!o:;oes, 3ept.13, witn Stan :;;1don second ir. 14:Oo.o. 25-year-old Clar.t later beat Inaros in Rome, Oct.12, 14:14.O to 14:17,4. ~iddle J~stan=e a~e Olavi 1uori­salo of Finland turned to the 5000 &t :ur.t..1, 3ept.19, and was timed in l'+:O1.6--a new Finnish record! Rei:o -;ciy-un;:..iro .\'as a close second in l'+:O2.2.

Ludwig ~Uller was the hero of t~e ll,lerc:ar.y vs. J33R meet at Augsburg--he upset the Russians both i~ ~-e 5O0C, li+:o6.8 (Zhu1tov 2nd in 14:lo.6) and in the 1O,OOJ, 2q:72.6 (?udov 2nd in 3O:Ql.8).

Jerzy ChromiK ran his first 1O,COJ of tr., y~ar a,sainst Jermany, and almost dead-heated Nith Jz6g, both er.en recording 29:33.8. Vet­eran Herbert 3chade was t~ird in 29:46.6. One of tne apsets of the England vs. Finland =atcr was ~!:ion's defeat in tne 5000: he ran 14:10,0 but pla=ed nc better than third, behind Jorma i<akko, 14:07.8, and R.Hoy.tinpuro, 14:08.4. Eldon also lost to Srian Craig, a 20-year-old neHcocr.er, in a 3 cr.ile race at 3ir=inghac:, Oct.4--13:49.8 to 13:47.4, .. :artin Hyc:an was third in 15:50,2. Hya:an had previously won tne 10,000 a~ainst Finland in 29:36.o (London, 3ept.27). .

Other good 1O,OOOc: C"arks include: 2a:4l,O by veteran ~inalic of Yugoslavia, 29:42,9 by i,CuJe (new ::>utch record), and 29:56.4 by 3andor Iharos.

The DI a:arathon winner, Ser 5ey ?opcv, lowered his 1O,OOOa: best to 29:54,0 (3ept.l).

Serr.yon Rzhishchin, ~ussia's ,reat steeplechaser, suffered his second defeat since NoveEber 1956 at Leipzi~, 3ept,27, when ier­mann Buhl of E.lermany outsprinted nia: --8:38.2 to 3:39,3. Fritz Janke of E,Jermany was third in 8:45.4. Jyula Varga of Hungary won a close race against Czechoslova1tia in 8:40.8. BrlJ.ca, C3R, was second, 8:42.2, Just ahead of Hecker, Hungary, 8:42.'+.

KrzyszitowiaK won two important races in superb style, clocking 8:46.4 in London (.:,ept.5i and 8:41.0 in .'larsaw (Oct.13).

Hurdles: LAUER 13.8 (rare:;;)

Martin Lauer was finally extended by a :::..1ropean rival: t,~is happened at Augsburg, 3e _t .21, and the }erman was forced to run the high hurdles in 13.3 to stay ahead of Russia's 22-year-old Mikhailov, who was a close second in 13.9. Tnis no doubt is Mi1thailov's best competitive race so far. Lauer had another 13.8 at Dortmund, Sept.27, then impr.essed with a 13.9 a3"ainst the wind at ,Varsaw, Oct.12. His tally of sub-14 secs. cr.ar~ for the year is up to 9°

Stanko Larger won the 3al.tan title in 1 .. flat (.,ofl.a, .,e_ot.21) froa: Marsellos, 14.3 (new :;reeK record), and Kabourov, 1-+.4 (new Bulgarian record).•

We omitted a a:ark in giving Jert ?otgieter's series of sub-51 secs. performances last month --50,9 at '/aster~s, Aug. 1:;.

Lituyev barely beat Janz at Augsbur~--51.3 to 51.4. Fora:er Euro­pean champ Yulin was tnird in )2.1. (3ept.2O). Otner sub-)2 marks: 51.6 by Hans ::>ittner of i.Jermany (Le-pzi-;, .3ept.23), 51.7 by Boga­tov of USSR (~:oscow, 3ept.9), 51.3 by ~'.artini of Italy (3olzano, Sept.23) with Jimelli second in 51,9. In the Oct.12 c:eet_in Roue, Martini beat three European Ch. finalists. His time was ,2 flat, Trolls/ls of .3weden, the D: silver medalist, Has second in 52.3, followed by }alli.ter of 3witzerland, 52,5, licr.elli, 52.5, ~orale 52.6, and }oudge of Britain, 53.2. Norale nad previously won tne Italian Ch. title at 52.5: after his late start in n..1;.1st, ne has yet to reach his 1957 form.

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Jiri Lansity ni.;h Ju::-.ped 2,09 (6'1O"1/lt) a,;ainst ..in;;arJ ir. Budapest, 3ept,6, and 2.03 (':>'9"7/:ll in 3ucnarest, ..,e::t.15. In tne ,ermany vs. J3SR match at A..1;3bur,;, worlj rec:,r:J r.oUer !..iriy 3tyepanov co..ild do no better than L-13 (6~-+") and fi'1l.3'1e.l ::.irt-. i{ash,carov 'NOr. at 2.~8 froa: Pilll, 2,05 (6 1 :,"3/ .. ). --.,sh.<arov was surprisingly defeated by 3oris ~ioa,c at Oaessa early ir. Oct~oer--2,O4 (6• 3"3/3) t, 2.c3 (6'0"7 1 3), the latter bein; a pers:nal best for Riba1t. Theo ?illl raised tne 3errr.an record to 2.'J7 (-',•Q"l/2) at .3aarbriicken 1 Oct .5, an;:i later won a3ainst ?olan:i _at c.O6 '.6' :>"

1/3) =n Oct.13. ".3tickan" ?etters.;;on closed ni.s l-:J7;: acco..1:-:t in ~ome 'Nith a new It<>lian "All ::oc-ers iiecord" of 2.07. -le then failed tnree tirr.es at 2.13. -,tefan Lewando.'ls,a of ~ol;in:i J·.1c:-;;e:i 2.o5 (6'-,"1/8) at Zielona lora, 3ept.l4, ,a:::e as /alentl.n 3il.ti~ at LenJ.ngr~J, 3ept.7.

Few =lassy pole vc1..1lt :::ar,cs to repo-t :hi3 :::cn:r. On ..,ept.21, :'reuss?;er did 4.50 (14 1 9"1/8) at irfurt, an:i :lo.10,1n::.s inn thP 3al.tan title at ➔ .46 (14'7"5/:3) in ,ofia. J.{nlebarov .vas secon:i in tne latter :r.eet at ... ➔O (1 ➔ 1 5"l/4l--a neN 3.1~,;arian r~cord.

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Yevgeniy '.::hen sc~red a fine "d'.luble" at Leipzi~: on 3ept .27 he hop, step, Jumped 1,.71 (71'6 11 1/2), on .3ept.2il he broad Jumped 7.68 (2,'2"3/81--t!'·e latter bein~ a personal best. Vladimir :,it~in, a 7' ni.;n Jumper in t"le era of free enterprise in the shoe business, .va.; sec;n:i in tne br::,ad Jcimp at 7.51 (2-+'7"5/3).

L;;or 'Ier-Ovanesyan 11as an easy winner a.;;ainst ,era:any, with 7. 55 (24 1 3"1/2). Zenon Francza.t of r'oland beat t'olc:ber.;;er, tne }erman chac::pian, at Leipzi.;;, 5ept.7 --7,57 (2-.'10") to 7,56 (2-+'9"5/8).Jor­cr.a Val,ca:na of Finlan:i ,:on ir. t110 ir.;portant u:eets, ,vith 7,;;>9 in Jresden and 7.40 in Rorr.e, in the l~tter frJcr. Bravi of Italy, 7,37. Val,cama also did 24' 7"1/2 l 7,5O) on the .Vhite ::ity pit in London.

J6.t.ef 3chmi:it of ?olan:i :-is jear praduced the finest nop-step­JU=ip series in nist'.lry--9 ::iar,cs over 16 meters (52 1 6 11 ). 'iis 3th was at Tur,cu, Sept.19, 16.27 (53'4"1/2), his 9th at '.::racow, Oct.5, 16.Ol (;,2'6"1/4), Ferer.er Zuropean .::hamp Leoni:i 3hcherba.tov had an­other fine effort at 1-'.:Jscaw, ..,ept.7, 16,O-+ (72'7"1/2).

;,cc:,rdin.;; to Russian so..irce..;, t-;e real "comer" in this event should be Yevgeniy t"i,cnailov, ·N-io Juc:ped to promJ.nence this year. At i{rasnodar, .5ept.10, ne im~roved to 15,90, and later in the month at '.:har,cov he reacned l7.Q9 ( 72' 7"1/2). Lyuben ,ur 5ushinov was Balkan champion with a neH 3e11.5arian record, 15.37 (52' ''3/4), ;it 3ofl.a, 3ept .21.

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European shot put cnampion Arthur ~owe i~proved on his personal best by a tiny fraction at '.:olombes, 3ept.13, with a throw of 17,96 (53 1 11"1/3). :..;;ainst Finland in London he was content with :i7'3" (17.45). Jiri ..,.tobla was bJCk in stride in fall meets, doing 17.74 U3 1 2"5/3) at 3uaapest, 3ept.7, 17.34 (:d•6"3/8) at Leipzig, '5ept.,:!7, and 17.65 (,7'10"1/8) at Dresden, Oct.12.

~ilvan:, 1-'.econi of Italy moved to no.3 on the European All Time List with a fine 17.81 (5~'5"1/8) at Lyons, Oct.5. His second best on this occasion Has 17.80 (58''+"3/4). The-. he did 17,55 (57'7") in -'ome, Oct.12.

,/lc1diu:ir Loshchilov mi..,sed the Russian record by less than 3" as he threw 17.60 (53 1 ) at i{rasnodar, ,~ot.7. Later, both he and record holder Ji,ctors Lipsnis failed badly a?;ainst the }ermans at A..1.;so..1r.;, 3ept.20. In this u.eet Lingnau won at 17,30 (56'9"1/8) fro::-. LJ.psnis, 1 7 .13 ( J6' 2" 3/3), .'le .;;:r,ann, 17 .09 ( ;:,6' "7 /8) and Losh­e i lo v , l 7 • 02 ( ;;> J ' l O" ) •

,.:1olfas Varaneiusitas of LJ..huania_i got one off to 17,52 (57'5"3/'+) at :<a..inas in 3e,.tel!.oer --fourth best ever by a Russian. Karl-Heinz .'/e~ann oarely z:;issed tne 1eTa:~n r,~ord at .'/arsaw, Oct ,13 as he won ;i.;ainst :,oland Nith 17.49 (:i7'4 11 5fm •

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A 3Urprisin.; Jiscus rr.ark was reported from '.::har,cov: competing a;, a ",;uest" in a nigh school iteet th4lre on .,ept.26, Otto Jrigalka tnreH tne discu., J6,9'+ (136•q 11 3/4), less than 2" shy of ·'.::onsolini's ~ur;pean record. 7he 53-year-old ,ri.;;alka had a previous best of J5,5O (1~2'1"), a:ade at the U.33R Champi'.lnships in 1955. However, his lon~est tnro• this year, prior to the :::nar1tov :neet, was only 53,74

European championship 1500m fieL flows past the 740 meter mar:~. LAJOS KOVACS, leaJs, followeu by ULF LUNDH, DAN WAERN, ISTVA:S: ROZSA-

(176 1 3"3/4). Of course, the '.:t:ar«ov rr.ark is a new U33;< record. Some pf the best E:ast C:ur:,pean discus tnrowers met at :::rfurt, 3ep

25 and al Leipzig, 3ept.28. In the forrr.er meet, Russia's Kirr. Bukhantsev pulled an upset, beating 3zecsenyi, Todorov and ?iat«o­wski with a fine 54.90 (180 1 l"l/2). Szecsenyi was 2nd at 5-+.'+5 (178'7"1/2), ahead of 'l'odorov, whose 54.12 (177 1 6 113/4) 'Has a new Bulgarian record, and .;:uropean chaa;p ?iatKO'NSJti, 53.76 (176 1 4" 1/2). The Pole turned the tables on his rivals at Leipzig with a fancy 55.15 (180 1 11"1/-+) tru-ow. 3zecsenyi was second at 5:..;:o (178 1 5"). :'he bald-headed .-!ungarian had other fine marks in fall a;eets: ;i6.31 (l0-+ 1 9") at 3uC1apest, Sept.5, and 55.07 (1)0'3") at Saarbrilcken, Oct.4.

21-year-old Kaupo ~etsur o: isthonia raised his personal best to 54.73 (179 1 6 11 3/4) at Tallinn in 3eptember. Old warrior '.:onsoli­ni threw 54.60 (179' l"l/2), his secona oest for 19.58, in his horr.e­town of ~ilan, 3ept.28.

Gees Koch of Holland, 22, irr.proved on his Dutch record several times--last with a 53.90 (176 1 1~•) effort at Rotterdarr., Oct.12. Al­gis Baltusni,rns threw 53.7.5 (175'4") at 3.icharest, 3ept .15.

.:,A¥.OT3ViTOV 216 1 11"1/2

Best :lussian in the rr.atch a,sainst 3era:any at Aussburg was J.na­toliy Sarr.otsvetov (a hard luck «:J.d in 3tocknolrr.): he threw tr.e hammer 66.13 (216'11"1/2). il.1denkov was second at 64.36 (211'2"). Yuriy Ni~ulin won at Leipzig, 3ept.27, with a personal best of 65.00 (213'3"). 3amotsvetov and .Nikulin ar~ now respectively 5th and 8th in the All Time List. (Note--Samotsvetov's mark was on Sept .21).

3yula Zsivotzky, who is only 21, raised his Hungarian record first to 63.84 (209'5"1/2), 3ept.7, then to 64.10 (210'3"1/2) Sept.21, both tirr.es in Budapest. Rut and Cieply of ?oland won easily against 3ermany, formerly a great hammer power, ·,nth 64.03 (210 1 1") and 63.82 (209'4"1/2) respectively. Right after Stock­holm, naa;ely at 3oteborg, Aug. 28, Rut suffered a defeat which we failed to mention last month: he did 62.70 (205' 8111/2) but v.as b•aten by young Zsivotzky, 63.29 (207'7"1/2).

VLAD.KUZNYET30V 278 1 6 111/2; LiFTHANDER JOES 20-+ 1 10 111/2

Vladimir Kuznyetsov came up with an amazing Javelin throw of 8-+.90 (278'6"1/2l--second longest in history--at Odessa early in October. Kuznyetsov, now 27, is one of C:urope's rr.ost inconsistent spear throwers. Usually he has a wide range--say bet,,een 2c0' and 280•. His previous best was .:33.73 (27'+' .3"!/2).

'.hovanni Lievore, an Italian lefthander, tnrew ::io.73 (_;.;4'10"1 '2) in Rome, Oct.12, clearly beating :wo ::J·'. finalists, t·ac:;.iet of France, and Kulcsar of Hun-,ary. LJ.evore, who was sixtn in t'le l·.elbourne Olympics, had a previous beat of ?o.05 (2:..,2'-+"3/ ➔' •

:s;il :Janielsen of :lorway ,11d 01.2-, (.cc,617 ") ~t ,Jovi«, .:,ei:t.21. Vi«tor Ovchinnik, a 21-year-old ,1oenan, did 77.:2 (27') 1 S"5 '-+l at }:osco'I/, Au-,08, and veteran V1.<tor ~sib.iler.«o : re,; 7 7 .?CJ (c ,;'2") at ~iev two days later.

Decathlon--~alter ~eier once , ~in l.~~rovei on ~ls lerrr.an rec~rd, 'NJ.th a t'.ltal of 73£,q ooints (Le1c>.a:;, ,ept .15/1-+l. 'nc ?al.1 of ~sthonia, tre .,tocKholm silver ~edalist, r3ised his all-tirre best to 7366 (~dllinn, lept.20/cl'. Yuriy K.1tyen«:o unsuccessfully tried to reacn t •1e -l<Y)O r:JJ.nts leve~ ;it ,irr.fyeropol, ,ept .-:i '7· un.1er poor conditionJ ce nad to oe content with ?3a7. finally, Ae sno.1ld rr.entio· ,lavkov's new :3ul;arian record: ..-,1-+6 (.,ofJ.a, ->eot.l.J 201,

Corrections--Hewson's 2-19.c for 1000m, reported last rr. ~tr, was on Aug.3c. Or..a;bec:i's 10.3 for l~Oa: was wind-assisted. LJ.psnis' 17.72, J3Srt -;-hot put record, was at rartu, Au;.13. 3«:obla's 1; • .:36, his best for tne season, was at ~'.insk, July 11. ,::utyen«:o's 7989 decathlon score was on Aug.27/28. -

Arr.ericans in Europe: Ernie 3nelton ,u~h Jua;ped c.!.00 (6 1 6 11 3/4) at Brussels, A.i,;-.31. Chuck Holdin~ J.J said to have done 6 1 6 11 (1.981) somewhere in England in June. Both marks were in service meets.

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Americans Win in CISM Games Fiv1.. Amenc.an victories were scoreu m Lhe 13th CISM Gamc.s (mt..:r­

nallonal r.ulitary champnnshlpsJ hdu m Brussds at tilt.! en,. of :\ubrust. Th..: U, S, team, wider Coach EarlThomson of th..: '.\aval Academ}, -11< .. not represvnt tl1L bvst available.. talent, as not all top traLianen m the s..:rv11....: \,er1.. S<'nt over for the mec:t "hJ.ch saw 10 reconis fall.

American winners were Arrue Sowell, S00m, 1 50. G from BaralJ1, Italy, 1.30. ban~ Carafns, US, 1 50. 1>. Erm..: Shelton, HJ, G'll1. Earl Poucher, PV, 13'11J · Ken Banrum, shot, 5-l'S (Bill :-.wucr had to niss th~ meet, Jeath Ill tne family). and the lG0Um relay tc.:am of Perr,,Carafns, Schermerhorn anu Sowell, 3: 13. 1.

Other winners wc.:re· Nielsen, 1'.on,ay, 10. 6 anii :!l. 7. D1bom.ia, France, -I00m m 47.u, Jazy, France, 1500m m 3;-16.1 from Baralui, ;J:-16.3 H10us, G revcc.:, 5000m m 14.30. 6, Torgensen, '.\orway, 1 O, 000m L' 30: 3G. :!, 3000n1 st., lhous,Greec..:, 9 1-1, 2, HH, Raziq, Pa,;istan, 14.4, -10011, Silv,anom~·n, Fmla.,-.., 53. :,, BJ, Bravi, Italy, :?5'f', HSI, Cavalli, Ital}, 30'4 OT, Lu<.hessc, Italy, 156'1'', JT, C. Lievorc, Ital}, 246'4'' Cantcllo, CS, 2J7'1 HT, Iqhal, Paiastan, 20:i' 400 Relay, Italy 41. 3 from US, 41. ;J • ,-------------------------------------

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Stausucs an, thL heart am.. soul of trac;__ Who wins 1s of vital 1mpor tan ... c, of Luursl.. But nu kss vital arc the umes and 1.llstanLLS, Worlt.1 anu other rccoru lists arc stat1sucs. So, too, arc the all· umc a.nu yearly lists of best performi..:rs.

Many a Tra ... k Nut throughout till ,~urlu 1s mvolvcu m th ... stat1sucal entl of the sport. And to them we all owe a trcmenuous vote of than,;s. Comp1lmg a hst, say of tllL best U.S. marks for 1958, mvulves a huge an1oc1I1t of work. Gettmg th ... mar,-s from 48 states is a Job ill Jtself. Checlong them 1s even more of a JOb. Factors whJch must be ascertained accurately arc first an..1 la,,c names, aff1llat10n, meet, Jocauon, date, mark, and leg1umac::, of the mark, 1. e., whdher there was an aiJillg wmu or not, whether or not a discus throw 1s Jownh1ll, etc. Try thJs for a LOillltry as big as the U.S., m 20 or so events, am! for 50 or more athletes m each L vent, and the Job assumes the status of monumental.

Fortunately, there are those who will do tlus monumLntal Job m most cvcrf track country m the worl..J. The var10us nauonal lists thLn arc made into a worh.1 hst by Roberto QuercetanJ and Don Potts, Trac., Ii: F1dd !'<c,,s' European an,, A:,sociatc etl1tors. As1cle from the fact that thcsL two Jetl!catetl men arL the world's top i.tat1st1c1ans, their efforts bear thc m.irk of authenticity bel.aUSL of the ATFS. ThJs 1s the Associauon of Track & F1du Stat1stJl-1ans, an intC'rnauonal bOJy of which Qucrcctaru 1s president and Potts the U.S. mem · her of the execuuvc committee. ChJcf proJect of the ATFS is the .\TFS Annual, anu th~ overall aim 1s a gcm:ral ra.ismg of track staust1cs throughout the worlu. One recently completed pro Jed 1s a new system of convcrs10n of meters to feet and mches, anu VILe versa. TherL arc more comphcauons to such a convers10n than one woulu suspcLl, ai1u ..,J.ffcn.:nt results have been obtauwd m the past. Now 1t 1s expel.teu that th,' one system, wuversall:,· .JSl.'1..1, will protluu: the sam ... results un1versall::,, TracK & Field News plans to ;1t.blish the com· pletc conversion table, hstmg every cenumctcr up to 300 feet.

But as important as 1s the WJ rK of the ATFS, there 1s a grc,at amount of stausucal wor:-: that the ATFS can't hanule. Dick Bank, for mstanc<.., has made a most s1gnlf1cant contnbuuon to track stats wlth lus wonderfal L,. S. all-ume !ugh school list. Emerson Case 1s han.: at work on bcst performances by age, T &FN soon will publish a list of unoff1c1al worh.1 JunJor (unuer 19) recorui,, and also all-ume hsts for all the relays. A.nu there arc many more mu1v11 .. uals who have their pet proJccts. Some arc mere duplications of p.ibhsheu lists, such as the fastest miles of all nme. Others, I hope, are uruquc an..! s1gruflcant aml 1t 1s these stausucs that T&FN would hk(.. to know about.

There ar ... a number of stat1st1cal proJects that shouh .. be earned through to pubh<.aUon. Sum<.. of them may have been complctctl. othLr~ may be untler· way, an .. sull others may nectl only a spark to set them off. In an> case, I wouL lik.: to hear from stat1st1c1ans wor,-1.llg on S!JCClal projects with the aim of publish.Ing them in Track & F1elJ News or Track Newsletter. AnJ I woulu like to hear frum anybo•Jy mt...rcstcd Ill comp1lmg any of the followmg stausucal pro­Jects

All umc college freshman hst, all-11me Jwuor collcbL' list, best uoublcs, tnpks, qo.1ao.1ruplcs, etc, ... olkgiate r.Jcon.s by class, im.:oor all-ume hsts, broken jown for hanked boaru, flat boar..i ~ u1rt tracks, brother ~ fathc.r­son acts, state recorJs, womLn's all·ume 11st, U.S. anJ worl..!, y<..ar lists, U.S., wor!J and hJgh school for the years pnor to 1948, bLst throwmg perfor· manLeS in vanous ,ve1ght u1V1s1ons. mches high Jumpeu over head. 1500-mile .. 1fkrcnuals, spins for hLst -!40s, 880s, miles, two-miles, etc, broad Jump marks of lead.Ing hop· step- Ju,npers. splits m HSJ, sprint and !ugh Jump bests of kauing broau Jumpers. cor.tpar,son of school recorus, maJor U.S. colleges.

Ther~ arc oth<.•r posslb1hucs, of <..ours..:, but tlus is a pretty gootl ~tarter for stausUl.al oro1ects of llltl-r..:st. Bv coor-1mat1ng efforts through me perhaps wasteful duplil-auon can be avolllctl.

CROSS COUNTRY PENT ATHLO1', Craig DLxon, the former hurt.Ile brrcat who now coaches the UC LA cross

l-Ountry squa-1, has Jevcloped an mtercsung test for his harriers. It 1s a pen· tatltlon, w11h all Lross Lountry ruruwrs competing at the enJ of th<. season. The iJea 1s to see how well they perform in the shorter track events after a season of ov'-r c.1statll-<- training with no appreciable emphasis on these events. McJals arc a,~arucu and records are kept.

Thc L'vents arc run on successive da,s, startmg with the mile anJ con­Unu1ng with thc, -!40, 2-nulc, 880 ant.I 1J20 ill order. Thc lA.\F scoring table is uscu for the 1111le and t\\o-m1lc, and for the mctnc equ1va.lcnt of the 4-!0 and 880. A smular table, cspeLiall> preparcu, 1s u~etl for th<. 1J2U. Bob Scaman totallc, 4·!02 pumts rn 1955 for a recoru. Last year he S<..On:d 4206 to 4175 for Bob l!ollan..: and 3944 for Ken R1Llillg. Seaman's tm1<..s ,1Lrl..' -1..!U.J, 30.6, 9·-!7,0, 135.6, :J:07.3.

I ,~ould h;.;.L tu set.. uthcr schools l-Ompett.. m th1i. event an .. T&F;-.. will glaul, publish tl1L rci.ults. In fact, 1f enough ~ ... hools show mt<.r~st "e will run 1t as a national postal compeut1on with T&FN Honor :\\1ards to the ,,inners. IAAF sconng tables arL ava.1labll..' from T 1,F;-.. ($2) anu Dixon ,~111 supply the tables for scor1ng the 1:.120.

TRACK IN VIRGD/l:\ (cont.) 1n rLsponsc to .. m> query about the atutuJc of the• Nauoaal .'1.\l; towarJ

scgrc;at<..•u tra<..,, a:.. sponsorcu by the \'1rgillta ·\AL, nauonal sc<. rctary Jim Simms writes:

"I adv1s<.. that the \:\U of thL US has alwa~ s been a!,;ainst ulSLnmmatwn of am sun lJ1 spurts. You arc wl..'11 awarc our :'\auonal Champ10nsl1Jp:, arc open to ali re 5ar,,Jcss of raLe, color or ~rceu. Thl' L'ntry lists IJ: our n'an~ ;'l;auonal Cha.-np1onslups, as well as thl' pcrsonr.l..'i ._umpnsmg our tLam,, sc,nt allroad, an the hest l..'VJuLllC<. of tllL pos1con of tl1L AAl_j un tlus qucsuun,

Th.ti. .1s all well anJ goo•-· -as far as 1t goes. It has bc.cn obv10u,, that th ... :'.\atwnal A.\U shows no Ll1sLnminat10 1. But sull unanswe r..:u 1:, the qucst10n

Southern Mctl1ouist' s big one-two high Jump punch of last season, left, and BERTIL HOLMGREN, flank coach J. M. Keaton.

of obvious anti flagarant d1scnminat1on on the part of the Virguua Association of the AAU. Docs the Nauonal AAU conuone this act1on by one of its member associations? Docs lt not conJonc the segreation, but is unable to do anything about n•) Or doc? it simply ignore the problem?

TRACK CLUBS (cont.) More track and field clubs, some for athletes, some for non-athletes,

some for both: , Tarrytown Spike and Shoe CltJb, c/o Thomas Talbott, ::!37 B1ckfo~d Ave.,

Yonkers ·1, New York. L1ttlc Rock Track Club, c/o Scott Hamilton, 3304 Hill Road, Little

Rock, Arkansas. Seattle Olympic Club, c/o Jim Fields, 912 North 48th, Seattle :J, Wash. Kentucklana C1nuer Club, c/o George Gibson Jr., 902 Starks Bldg.,

Lou1sv1lle 2, Kenrucl..')', Balumore Olympic Club, c/o Bill Jimeson, 3508 Sussex Rd. ,Balumore 7. Mianu Valley Harriers, c/o Keith Garman, Box 329, Troy, Ohio. Cincl.llllaU Track Club, c/o Robert MacVe1gh, 2766 Montana Ave.,

Cmcl.llllan 11, Oluo. Vancouver Track & F1eltl Club, c/o Clem Eischen, 309 Shreveport Way,

V ancouvcr, Washmgton. Vancouver Olympic Club, 4587 Marguerite, Vancouver, B.C., Canada CONGRATULATIONS To Bob NewlanJ, Oregon A/,U track and field chairman, for the Track

& F1dd Digest pubhsheti monthly under his leaiJersh1p. The mimeographed ti1gest mcluues trairung ups by "Oregon's finest coaches, athletes and track enthusiasts." Also schedules, et<...

To Al Buchler, Duke U. cross country coach, who 1s ed1nng a new Atlan · Ile Coast Track Newsletter. The weekly data goes to all interested coaches in the area a.ill.I gives results, Sl-hedulcs and rosters.

To D1z ~1111er, nc1\ cross country coach at Mira Costa H. S., Manhattan Bcad1, C allf., for ]us small but informative press book on cross country, and for the amazmg size of his squall. He has 104 candidates, which might be some sort of recorJ for sheer numbers. Can anybody top it?

See Olympics for $838! TentaUv<.. !tmcranLS have been prepared for the 1960 Olympic Games and our first pru1tetl folders are now ready. All those on the Track Tours malling hst will n:l-c1vc tlus lllformanon promptly. U interested in JOm.1ng one of the famed Tra ... !, & F1c!Ll i,ews Olympic Tours, and not on the hst, Just as.: to receive th.ls

1 free mfonnauon. WntL Track Tours, Box 296, Los Altos, Calli.

Present 11lans <-all for several tours to the Rome Games, Aub. 25 to Sept. 11, 1960. Pnce of tllL tours will start at $838 and the: length will run from 14 to 35 Ua} s. There will be changes in plans between now and 1960, but the interest 1s ruruw1g so !ugh that 1t 1s necessary to put out semi-final plans now. And 1t 1s a1..1v1sea!Jle to make your ticposlt for a tour reservation now, as accommo - . Jations will be lrn11ted anu pnormes wlll be cstabl.tshed by the order of deposits.

U.S. REPORT By D.H.fott ■

Long Beach, 16 October. It i• getting about time for thi• department to run a 5C baat US liet for 19;,E. And I plan to do ac in the next ieeue. I aant a preliminary liat to my intrepid ■ tatiPticien friend, Joe Fruhling of New York City. And, a■ per ue~el, he ■ent back e lonr liet of merke I had miased or otherwiae overlooked. Since meny of theee merit ■ oa:e men­tion in thie coll.lDn I have li ■ ted the ■e below along with a few mark■ made during the ■ \&!Iler which are per ■ onal aeeeon beet end which have not been reported here before. Cne correction, t~e msrk of c2.6 for Calvin Cooley will not appear in the lt ■ t ■ ince it~•• made in an intraPquad meet. ~erk■ mad■ in intreaquad meet■ end poetal comvetiticne are not eligible for the liet. fles ■e aend any additione, correction■, gripee, or cOlllment ■ to1 D.H.Pott ■, Box ;412, Lonr Beach ~,Calif.

lCC yard ■ BI.IDper liateon(rlorida)

9,5 (l}va.Mismi 4;19 Dick Cole(Union)

9,6 (1) 5/lC

22C yard ■ D.O.heney(CS Army)

21.C (2)2nd Army Ch 6;14 Allen Uhrig(Rice)

21.l (l)ve.Tex,TAX ;,1 1 li.Hall(USAP')

21.l (1) '.;;24 Bob Magby(Msrch AFB)

21.1 (1)1:;thAFCh ;;~l Steve Jcrdan(N~ Ls)

21.C w (l)ve.laa:.Tech 4, ~ Don Voorhie• (Fren~er)iluth,~'.ich, HS)

a.c w (l) ;,1 c4

44C yard ■ Joe Gavaghen(St.Joeephe)

47 .e (;;)~id-A tl. Conf. '.:1 lC Jim Norton(fenn St)

47.e (2)ve.l-itt ;;17

EEC yerde Herry Bright(llYPC)

l:;2.C (l)fenn A~ JlllB.

l a:ile 'Ron Pelen,,(Villanovs)

~1;7 .; • (~)(Dublin)

2 rr ilee Gordon ~·cMn1ie (~;n C)

9:CE.E (!)(New Ycrk~ 1fete ~.cArdle(;-.;YAC)

9: 2C. 7 (1 )(Hew York) Dick Enfelbrink(renn St)

91cl.C (2)ve.~anhattsn Tom Lsrie(unattached)

9:21.4 (l){New York)

12C yards nurclee Hsye ■ Jonee(Eaet.~ich)

l7.6 (l)(BudapeEt) Anc;l Robineon(Freeno)

1!.6 (2)(Buda?eet) 'Keith G~rdner(!lebraeks)

l~.c (l)(G~teborg) Jim Bell (LSAF}

14 .4 (l} (Ssp~ ro) Eddie LovE(Col~rR~o)

14.~ (l)vs.N.¥ex. J.Sturjiv~r1(ls Tech)

14,5 (1) •.Jo~necn(t:.d Frosh)

14.5 (l)L~ AAL L~rry JU lfcrd(Santa Clsrs HS)

14.'.'., ~ (2)Cent.CAl,AAl

22( ysr~e nurdlee Lon Joodroe(So.Caroline)

2!,l (4Wt. of Ch

High JU!!:p John Thc~ee(Rindre Tech ~S)

611C";;E (l)(Sap?ro) Floyd Sroit~(LCT:)

6'7"' ➔ (l)(Chicero) Ron ~it'c~ell(Illinoie)

6'6"7 1 c (2)3iz lC Ind. Ernie Shclton(free11io)

6 16" (;,1)~eet Coeet R

6; 21

E; 7

l, 7

1/ 11

Del Schoef!'el (Cx:; Frosh) 6'6" (2T)Cxy lnv.

Don Smith(Ssn Jose) 6'6" (lT)(Sen .;oee)

E.•eeley(LS Army) 6'6" {l),nd Arry Ch

J.Toa:er(unatteched) 6 16" (1)¥.ic~.AAt

J.Jeffereon(LSAF) 6 1 6" (1)

croad J1.m:p Ernie Shelby(Kensae)

26 1 •1;2 (l)ve.USSR Irv Robereon(Cornell)

25 12• (l)(Dreghede) Abbott(Butler}

24 1 5•1;2 ( ) Godfrey Y.oore(Criole TC)

2,•11•1;2(l)Eaetern AAL aob S~ith(Co~pton)

2,•1c•1;2 {~)Cal JC Ch uon Sendere(Texee •ertern)

25 1 11•w (2)aorder Conf. 'Al ihillipe(Indiene)

25 1 1C"l;4 ( )

Shot i:ut Ed ¥.cComu (Bal til!'ore CC)

55 1 2• (2)Ea ■ tern Aftl Larry Cafarelle(Boeton L)

541 11• (l)ve.Tufte 1Eino Keerd(Boeton l)

5~'4"1; 2 (2)ve. Tufte

Liecue Throw Rink Bsbka(LSc)

lfc'4"1/2 {l){Budepeet) Clyde Northrup(Ckls St)

161 'lC" (l)A (Stilheter) Byrl Thomp ■ on(unattac~ed)

161 ';"1;2 (l)(t:.innespolie) G.DuBoie(unatt~ched)

16C 16" (l)RY. AAL •~ino Keerd(Boston L)

16C';" (l) Aen Scarboroug~(Notre Ce~e)

1;9 1 9"1;2 (!)Cent.Coll. e.dward ~;..rtin(Conn)

1~9•9• (l)ve.~e,leyan 1-,ike Lewie(CCSF)

1?(: 1e•1, 2 (5)Cel .;c Ch Dave Csvie (LSC)

1~71 11" (;)fCC Hermen Johneon(LS Anry)

l;,7 17"1/2 (1)2nd Arrry Ch

Hemmer Throw Al Hs l l (NYAC)

2::c 17• (1)2nd Arrr.y Ch 'John Le~lor(coeton L)

211 1 11" (l}(Lublin) ~'.ertin Enrel (:,Yfe)

1c;517• (l)(!le~ York) :iob 3eckue(.;YAc)

1c;:~•1c•1;2(1) Stew Tnomson(.lYAC)

lSC':C"l/2 (l)(Yo~o,qro~) Ji~ Loty(Harverd)

171'2"1/c (2)ve.Yele

.ievelin T~row Al tqntello(LS~C)

249 1 5"1,~ (l)(~ure~beri)

6;17

51 lC

5/lC

6;7

l 1 14

f., 7

5, 17

6/29

9;4

~/lC

Bill Alley(Short Hille AC) 24c'5" (l)Eaet.AAU 7/2C

R.?.Snyder(Cle~aon) 221 15• (1) 5/,

Cbuck Harlow(Stridere) .:191 2• (4 )Sf AAL 6; 15

Jerry S~ith(Junction Gity,Ksne,HS) 217 1 91 1/2 (l)Y.V AAl 5/!l

Jlenn •inninzha~{Grant 1 e faee,Cre,r.s 215 111 • (l) 5/~l

Dick Bartulski(Jeenette rlerriere) 21515"1;2 (1) 6;1C

Gery Stenalund(Lou£lee HS,~ortl8nd) 21;'1" (l) 5t!C

Ayree (•ld Froeh) 21'.°; I • ( ) 5/

role Veul t Ron horrie(Stridere)

15'!" (l)(Athene) E/lC oon arser(Sbftnahan CC)

14 1 11 "l/2 (l)(Athene) !;26 Jim Hsrrinrton(unattached)

14 12"1; 2 (l )Eaetern AAL 7; 2C George Appel{Honolulu Sfi~eetere)

14 1 "!;4 (l)Hanian AAL ;;24 John Leleee(Ala~a~e)

14 1 "1;4 (l)ve.Ge.Tech ;;le

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Where They Are Going Uruvets1t, of Southern C ..J1fora1a brrabbec.l off the ,1ri~e, reµ tra<..,, anJ

field plum for thL second consecuuve year \\ hen we1ghtrnan Dallas Long of ;-...orth Phoenix cast his lot with the TroJans. J1r.1 Brewer, the first aa .. on!} ,>re,, to scale 15', ant\! also from lsiorth Phoerux, Lnro!lc-i at USC last ~-'-ar.

Long is perhaps the most fabulous performer of all UmL. Ile sd a nal:lonal reco~ rn the 12 pound shot at 69'J;·, but even mor'- 1:emar.,a.ule \\as his 61'i" wit the 16 lb. bulb. He also \\as tops among pre,; ~1s..:us thro,\ers with 17!J'6". allas 1s reporte<.1 to have lut 62'2' ill prad11..e tl..is fall.

Pun.tu , Oregon anJ Tennessee A&l claim the other of11ua.l ,1at1°n_a.l recoru bre~rs of last spnng. Dave Mills, Lake,\Ood, O., ,, ho •. 1- ·IG. 6 tor the 440, 1s at Purdue. Dyrol Burleson,Cuttage Grove, Ore., .; 1:.?. 2 rn the mile, 1s with 811! Bo

1vcrman at Oregon. and Mel Cl,pper, :!.0. 6 ill 220 for ;-.luir af

Pasadena, 1s at Tennessee A&I. Tom Laris, Washlngton of :--e,•, Yor~:, who sLt an all-ui 1e nest of

9.23. 5 for twor.ulcs, went to Dartmouth, and John Thoma;., Rmub'- T .:d1 of Cambridge, Mass, who leaped G'lOs" this summt..r m Japan, 1s at Boston L'.

Below are listed the co.liege choices for preps who ma,-e our 19.;t, fill,al list. U we have missed any of the outstanurng om~s II isn't !ie<..aU!,<-\\e .... 1-in t try.

Sprints Siu Garton, New Boston, Tex. (9. 5, :!.0. 8), bast Te..•-:.as State, Jim PucKCtt, Cov'-, Ore. (9.•h\, 9.;:i), Orc 5on Md Clipper, .Muir, Pasadena, Calif. (9. 6, 20. 6, -,8.1), Tennessee A&l StatL, Frank Bt•Liu, Asiiur} Park, \., J. (9. 6., 21. 0), V1.llanova, Ed Buchanan, Kearny, San Diego (!l. li), San Diego JC, John Fernandez, Bishop Dubois, l'sYC (20. 7), Manhattan, Jim Bates, Manual Arts, Los Angeles (9. 4rs, 9. 7, 21.1), East Los Angeles JC Jun Bob Thomas, North SiJe, Ft. Worth (9. 4w, 9. 6, :W. 9w), TCU, ,ltonThberson, Pampa, Tc:--., (9. 6, 20. 9) Uta.l1 State. Lynn Gray, Baytown, Tex. (20. 9 as Jr.), TLxas, Jim Richardson, Tyler, Te..x. (20. 6w), Texas, Bruce Mwm, North Hollfwocx.:, Calif. (20.9w, 21.1), USC, Larry Dwm, Fr-emont, Los Angeles (9.7), Harbor JC, Tommy Mt.nter,Gladewat'-'r, Tex. (!J. 7, 20. 9, 19. 0, 24'3.'l) Baylor, 8111 Ernest, Hellx, La Mesa, C a.ltf. (9. 7), Glendale JC, Eu Washington, Sc\\ anhua, Floral Park, NY (9. 7w, 20. 9,y), Emporia State, Roy Smalley,Gre~nv11le, Tex (9. 7w), Baylor. ,

•140: Dave ~ills, La.l,ewqod, O. (46. 6, 9. 7w, 21. 2) Purtlue, Steve Schwartz, St. Francis, La Canrufa, C allf. (48. 3), Notre Dame, Bruce ;,,,1cCull­ough, Pomona, Calif. (48.4), M~.San Antonio, Pat McDonald, Luilboc;;., Tex. (48. 4), Texas, Tim Curos, Low 11, Saa Francisco, (48. 6), Sanjose State, Doug Tynan, St. Franc1s,Brooklyn(4 .8, 1.57.6), Fordham, Wilhe·,v1Ihams, Comp ton, Ca!J.f. (9. 7, 49. O), San Jos~ State:.:, Joey Hernandez, Gru·c'-s,Bakersfleld, Calif. (48. 7), Ba..;crsfieIJ College.

880 Bill Crowley, Compton, Ca.hf. (1 54), Compton Lollege. Jon Dante, Uruon, :S:J (1. 55. 2), Villanova, Milloru Da.ltl, Santa Ana, C Dllf. (1. 55. 5), UC LA, Warren Farlow, Hollywood, CaW.(155.5), USC, FrankHe~ai·t,·, St. Francis, Broo:ayn, l'.'Y (1.55. 7, 1.55. 0 as Jr.), V1llanova, Rich Klier, Castlemont, Oak­land, C altf. (1. 55. 7), Stanforu, 8111 Stone, East, W1cluta, Kans. (l · 55. 7), Ok­lahoma State; ReaganGasaway, Graham, Tex. (1:55. 9), TC!J. Denn; Boyle, Bellarmillu, San Jose,Calif. (1.56.4), :S:otre Dame; Norm Fones, Grant, Port­lad, Ore. (1. 56. 7), Oregon State; J:..:en Taylor, Lee, Baytown, Te)';. (1 36. 8), SMU; Ron Chase, University, Los 1\ngeles (1:57.1), Stanforu.

Mlle: D-yrol Burleson,Cottage Grove, Oru. (4:12.2, 1 53. 7), Oregon, John Cooper, Tech, Ft. Worth (4:17.9), North Texas, Tom Laris, Washlngton, NYC (4:18.9, 9 22.5), Darmouth, 8111 Dotson, Concoruia, Kans (4.20.2), Kansas, Woody Covington, Compton, Calif. (4 22.0), California. Tom Dempsey, Archbishop Stepinac, White Plarns, NY (-l..22), Notre Dame, Bob :\le!lgren, El Monte, C;,lif. (4:22. 6), Baylor; Da1my MetLaU, Altus, Okla. (-!::!.3.-l.), Abilene Christian, Bobby Barrett, M1Jlanu, Tex. (4.23. 7) TCU, John Eschle,Groom, Tux. (4:23. 9), 1 exas.

Two Mile. John Northway, Palo Alto, Calif. (9 44. 5), Stanford. Hurdles: Danny Lee, Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, Pa. (14.1, 14. Ow),

Kansas, JtllltOr Howard, San Bcrnardillo, Calif. (18. 7, 9. 7, 23. 7), San.Bernar­dino Valley College, Rex Wilson, Snyder, Tex. (14.1), Texas, Danan Calhoun, Inglcwoou,Callf. (14.2), El Camillo JC, Lloyd Willston, Merced,Ca.lif. (14. 2), SantaMorucaJC,BobbyBernard,Graham,Tex. (14.3, 14.2w), TCU, Larry Guilfo.rc.l, Santa Clara,Calu. (14. 3, 14. li over 42"), Monterey Pcmnsula Coll .. Bill Hultz, Lincoln, San Diego, Ca!J..f. (14. 3, 19.1, lb. 9w), San Diego JC, Ron Leitch, Grand Junction, Colo. (14. 3), Kansas, Bucky Epps, Brazosport, Freeport, Tex. (14.2w),TCU, RayCunrungham, Refugio, Tex. (14.3w, 19.0\\), Texas, Bennie Sankey, Centennial, Compton, Calif., (19. 0, 1i;. 8w), Harbor JC, George Williams, Mwr, Pasaut:na,Calif. (19. 0, 18. 9w), Olymp1a, Wash., JC, B1Hy Coates, Compton, C allf. (19. 1), Compton College, Ron Gre}, Lmcoln, San Diego (19.1), San Diego JC, Jim Mu<ell, Monrovia, Calif. (l!J. 1), Citrus JC. Ronnie Bull, Bishop, Tex. (19. lw), Baylor; Jim Brown, La OllL, St. Louis, Mo. (23. 9), SMU, Leon Pras, Dover, NJ (14. 0), Villanova, Ken Pr<.!tzer, Roosevelt, Fresno, C llf. (14. 0), Stanford.

Pole Vault. Tom Colton, St. Ignatius, San Francisco (13'7), California, Gary Price, Fullerton,Ca!J..f. (13'6.'J),Callfornia. Jim Man,mrg, .\nahe1m, Calif. (13'6&), Fullerton JC, Baylus Bennett, Amanllo, 1 ex. (13 3~) Texas, Bob Jdlnson, Glendale,cahf. (13'6, 13'6i as Jr.), Glendale Colleg 7.

Broad Jump: Steve Rogers, Brawle}, Calif. (24 6), Santa Ana JC, Dan Moore, Salem, Ore. (23'loil),Stanford, Jess Sirles, Poly, San Francisco (23'10), CCSF Bobby Wyatt North,Dallas, Tex. (23'8l), Texas. Winston Doby, Fremont,

, J • 3 l.os Angeles (23'5), UCLA, Terry Baker, Menlo-Atherton, Callf. (23 44), Pomona, Cliff Stahl, Dinuba, Calif. (23'4J), Reedley JC. ,

5 High Jump: John Thomas,Rmuge Tech,Cambndge, Mass. (6 10s), Boston

U., Carl Burnett, iefferson, LosAngeles (G'G), LACC, James (Ivory) HowarLI, Jefferson, LA (6'5-'8), Trade Tech JC, LA, Marlin Walling, El Cammo, Sacra· mento, C alll. (6' 4) Stanfor..i.

1 Shot Put: Dallas Long, North, PhoenLx, Anz. 69'3A, 61' 2°, 179'6"), USC,

,;,,, ·-· P \RR, O'13RIE:\, left, smiles ill the r,rcscnce of comer DALLAS LONG, nght, a~ 01. ,•pi. .. c.1s<..us thro,\er DES KOCH JOulS them at Com;.ito,1. (M.1= Ohveau)

PREP PANORAMA By Don Nash and Fran Errota

Box 781, San Jose, Calif. Irrt<:rc,st 1s llwlumg m the TraLk & Fwlc.l News national two-mile team

race for prer,s (see last issue for complete ueta1ls). W1cluta East, headed by Arduc San Ro;naru, started the ball roll!.ni; by 1..hallenging Pclo t',lto,Cal1f., to a postal meet late m O..:tobc,r. East 1s the nat10nal one mile team racu chamr off its wrn last sprmg, anu \Hth San Romaru rumorelt to have 1un 4· 13 tlus fall they \\Ill bL l:arJ to beat.

Boi:J T1r,1mons, East Loach, well<..'" "thLse postal compcut1ons in distance rwuung arc cc.rta1nly having a llc,1efl<..tal effect on our bo1 s' • :\ml Don Berry, coach at Sanger, Calif. says "we an! look.lllg forward to the postal two-nu1e race. I can say nothlllg but flllc t!1illgs for cross country. OLit of seven boys I had tl:at qualified for the sectional finals, five were cross cow1try men. Thanks for helping to builu ur, a very 1n1portant sport."

C I :S: DE R A ;-.1 A Two of 19j7's top preps have enrolled at Stanford after speniling six

montl:s rn the servtce. Ti1cy arc Don ll-:11, 17:l':!.J and 130' 11 J1scus thrower from Alameda, C ahf., an..t Russ Ray• 1 55. 7 half-miler fro;n James Lick in San Jose, Calif •••• several of the to11 l!J38 compeutors arc hoiwng tiown Jobs with the mtcnuon of gomg to school ill F ..!i:Jrnary or next fall. In tlus category are 1-!eri:J Games (1-1.J,Casa Grande, Anz., who has Long Beach City College in mill<l, Al Gentr} (1.53. 4 and 1.54. O as JUruor), Fremont, Los ,\ngclcs, who hopes to. attend Compton or Hru·bor Ill February; and Bobby

1 Gill (14. ), Edison,

Fresno, hopmg to attend San JosL ••• Henr, Agwrre, 13'10 0 ·,aulter at Belmont Ill Los Angeles, ,s work:mg with no uefillttc plans for the future ••• Willie Davis, 25'5w an•J 25'~ broad Jumper at Roosevelt of Los Angeles, Si[;Ileti a baseball contract with the Dougers. He was all cit-1 ill baseball as well as track and basketball. Teammate J<-rry\V1lls, .J.!J. 0 in 440, '.\ill graduate m February with attendance at east Los Angeles a possilnhry •••

Orugon grabbed off Al Andrews, crack half-miler (1 53. 5) and Sig Ohlcman ('18.), both of Klllg hJwarJ High ofVancouver,B.C •••• KenOverhol­ser, C a.l1forma state meet .:harnp Ill the !ugh hurJles Ill 1357, has completed a service hitch and 1s attendrng Glendale College. He has done 14. 2, 1-1. lw, 19. 2w, Dallas Bucha'lan, San Marino, C allf., senior went as high as 13'~ vaulting off the ,vrong take ·off foot last sprillg. He spent the summer conccntratUlg on his vaultini_;. Result~ He ti1c.l 13'6" m the final all-comers meet at El Monte ••• Karl Johnstone, next m the lrnc of :S.orth Phoenix superaces, hit 195 ,v1th the discus this summer, anu coach Vern Wolfe, who correctly calk<l Brewer's lG' and Long's GO' with the 16 pounder, says Johnstone should Jo !:.00 feet •.•

DECATHLON KIT Vince Reel, founder of the lui;h school DuLathlon Kit, 1s !:Ja..:k from his

one year ..:oachmg sunt m Iraq and 1s now coaching at Clare1:1ont Men's College, C larcmont, C allf. He reports !us suppl), of kits 1s exhausted uut more are ill the makmg.

Before prilltillg the revised records section he wants to knm·, about any boys \,ho bettered th,~ following records (through 1957). 100, 10. 0, 220, 21. 7, 660, 1.24. 6, HH, 8. 6; LH, 13.1. HJ, 6'3i, BJ, 22'7!, HSJ, ·13' 11, rv, 13'; OT, 138'·1. JT, 13S', SP, 54'3. Pomt score· Dave Edstrom, Sherwoou, Ore., 5410; Fred Sharj)<.!, Long BeachW1Ison, 5390; Glen Lewis, DeSoto, .\1o. 5300.

Both Rafer johnsoa and Eustrom, Airenca's two best ,Jecathlon men, were or are record holders ill the Decathlon Kit compeution.

Henry Korn, StepmaL, White Plallls, :S:Y (65'10t 31'8J), Manhattan, Jack Slo­combe, ;-.ltlhkan, Long Beach,Calif. (G1'4L 50'1L 164'3!), LBCC, will trans­fer at 1md-term to Occidental, Jim Smith, Poly, Long Beach,Cclif. (61'2~),Long BcachCO. jahl1 Chamberlam, R1vers1ue,Callf. (60'4!, 4!J'7~), UCLA, Gerald Nordstrom, Dos Palos, Calif. (59'7A, 4!J'Jj, 167'9J),Callforma, Tom Seifert, North Sic.le, Ft. Wayne, lnc.i. (59'1]), /,liclugan, Bob Batdorf, Mercersburg Acad­..:my, Mercersburg, Pa. (59'1, ~UG'8j), Penn •. Chet Rooters,Ec.l1son, Fresno, Calif. (59'1) Frusno JC, Dick Bro\,a,Grant, Portland, Ore. (58'94 1 167'91), Oregoil, tlob rllbnght, Mt. Lebanon, Pltlsburgh, Pa. (58'2J), Kansas, Bill Hook, Uklal,, Calif. (37'7~, 166'8, 152'1l), Humboldt State.

Discus. Bob Vernon, Oberlm, Kansas (175'11!, 15:!.'), Colorado, Jim Brown, ~IcCallum, Austin, Tex. (174'8J), Texas, Dick Stafford, Matador, Tex., (170'1~), Texas Tech.

Javdm. Jerry Snuth, Junction City, Kans. ( 217'91), Kansas, Gary Stens­lunJ, Douglas, Portlanu, Ore. (215'1.\), Oregon State, Haruy Spurgeon, Marsh­fwld, Coos Bay, Ore. (210'4~, 164'3),Grays Harbor JC, Aberdeen, Wash, Tim BullarJ, Marshf1dc.l, Coos Bay, Ore. (203'3i), Washmgton, Marvlll Tyler, Lake­view, Ore. (199'2~). Oregon State, Tom Erlandson, Bellingham, Wash. (194'1), Washill!;ton State, Dick Clark, M1les Citv, Mont. (209'7"),Colorauo.

Final 1958 Frosh-JC List All JC's in Califorrua unless noted. V = freshman competing for 'varsity. p = made m a postal meet. 100-9.4 John Moon, Tenn. A & I

9.5 p

Rudy Jackson, W. Contra Costa JC Paul Williams, Kansas Frosh Tom Robinson, Michigan Frosh

9. 6 Bruce Land, Cisco (Tex.) JC Doug Smith, Occidental Frosh Pat Garrett, La. Tech Frosh Roscoe Cook, San Diego JC Len Noles, Oakland JC Bobby Staten, San Diego JC Fred Lucas, San Diego JC Frank Taylor, ACC Frosh Ralph Alspaugh, Texas Frosh

n Dave Styron, NE La. St. V p Stan Levenson, Houston Fr. p Andy Anderson, Houston Fr.

with wind: 9. 3 Land 9. 5 Alspaugh

220-20.5p

p 20.8 20. 9t 20.9 21. l

Levenson Williams Jackson Robinson Staten Smith Alspaugh Moon Taylor Jones, Rice Frosh

p Norm Jehle, Houston Frosh Charlie Cobb, Harbor JC

n Lucas 21. 2 Taylor

Jerry White, Mt. San Antonio J Rusty Weeks, BYU V Styron

with wind: 20. 7 Staten 20. 8 Alspaugh 21. 0 Don Ramos, Sacramento JC

440--rn. 7n Staten

47.0n White 47.4 47.5n

p 47.6 47.7n 47.Sn

Dick Edmunds, Princeton Fr. J.C. Philhps, Bakersfield JC Jehle Norman Monroe, Compton JC Chuck McNiff, Yuba JC

47.9 47.9n 48.0 48.ln 48.3p

Bob Covey, Kansas Frosh Walter Johnson, No. Car. Col. F Ron Bach, Valley JC Mel Spence, Arizona St. V Mal Spence, Arizona St. V Ken Riley, No. Car. Col. Fr. Levenson

880-1:51.0n

n 1:52. 3 1:52.4 1:53. 0 1:53. 3 1:53.6i 1:53. 7 1:53. 9

1:54.1 1:54, 2

1:54. 3 l:54.4p 1:54. 5

Mile­~9.0

4:11.8 4: 14. On 4:16p 4:16. 3 4:17.0n 4:17.4n 4:17. 7 4:18.0n 4:18. 3p 4:18. 5n

4:18.6n

Jim Cerveny, Oxy Fro,sh Tom Carroll, Yale Frosh Mal Spence Ramon Sandoval, Lamarr T V Mel Spence

Lundell, BYU V Ron Gregory, Notre Dame Fr. Tom Brown, Modesto JC Ron Larrieu, Mt. SAC 1'eville Christian, N. C. Col. F Dave Kemp, Glandale JC White Charley Belcher, San Jose Fr. Dennis Hester, El Camino JC Morris Patterson, Missouri F Jeff Beaubier, Stanford Fr.

Sandoval Jan Ahlberg, SMU Frosh Jim McGowan, Arizona St. V George Harvey, Purdue Fr. Paul Patton, San Francisco JC Clyde Carpenter, E. Wash. V Gregory Cerveny Dave Emery, Ohio Wesleyan F Dan Ralston, Kansas Frosh Miles Eisenman, Bakersfield J Tim Roelen, Pierce JC Rene Rogers, Oakland JC

CAL COOLEY, ace frosh huruler.

4: 18. Sn 4:19p 4:19. 6 4:19. 7n

2-mile-

Paul Welborn, Oxy Frosh Larson, Oregon Frosh Francis Colavna, Md. Frosh Fernando Leon, USC Frosh

9: 15. 7n Ahlberg 9: 19, 5 Larrieu 9:19. 7n Eisenman 9:20.Sp Harvey 9:21. ln Chuck Clark, Santa Ana JC 9: 25. 3ip Billy Mills, Kansas Frosh 9: 25. 4ip Ralston 9: 27. On Marvin Coleman, ACC Fr. 9: 27. 9 Brian Matravers, Modesto JC 9:28. 5 Leon 9:30. ln Jerry Mabry, ACC Frosh 9: 31. 6p Patterson 9: 34. 3n Patton 9: 34. 6 Ed Fabisak, San Diego V

H1~h hurdles-1 . in George Hearn, NC Col. Fr. 14. 2 Jerry Tarr, Bakersfield JC 14. 2n Paul Lowe, Compton JC 14. 3 Cal Cooley, ACC Frosh 14. 3n Jim Johnson, Santa Monica JC 14, 5 Bill Johnson, Maryland Fr. 14. 5n Don Styron, NE La. St. V

Art Wright, Compton JC 14. 6 Bob Campbell, Victoria(Tex)JC

Billy Wells, UCLA rrosn 14. 7 Maurice Jackson, Sequoias JC

Dave Ross, Cerritos JC Jim Thomas, San Francisco JC

Low hurdles-22. 6 Cooley 22. 8 Don Styron 23.1 Jesse Bradford, Bakersfield JC 23. 3 Bob Curry, Harbor JC 23. 3n Sam Perry, Oakland JC 23. 4 John Mallery, Glandale JC

Lowe 23. 5t Dickie Howard, Compton JC 23. 6 Chuck Canter, Whittier Fr.

n Rex Stucker, Kansas St. Fr. 23. 7 Cebron Russ, California Fr.

n Art Gilmore, Riverside JC 23.8 Wells,

p Darwin Ashbaugh, Kansas Fr. e Del Hodge, Arizona V

Hi~h Jump- I 6 8¼" Bob Avant, USC Frosh 6'7~" Ed Costa, San Francisco JC 6'7" Lorenzo Goree, Sequoias JC 6 '6~" Wil Gasper, San Francisco JC

6'6"

6'5i" 6'5!'' 6'5"

Anderson, Clark JC (Wash.) Dave Perry, Compton JC Rudd Schoffel, Oxy Frosh Ben Grundy, Harbor JC Angris Alexander, Arizona V Dave Haase, Glendale JC Norm Grundy, Harbor JC

6'4~" Hank Wadsworth, Fla. Fr. 6'41" Eura! Bell, California Fr.

Ron Ross, Hartnell JC Pole vault-

1411lt' Jim Brewer, USC Frosh 14'8~" Phil Paquin, Oregon Frosh 14'4" Wadsworth

October, 1958--9

Track Talk by Cordner Nelson

A man who 1s Olympic champion and world record holder has moved to Cal.J.fornia and wants to compete, but his event is not on the program! Harold Connolly, now teaching in a Santa Monica junior high school, is training with the weight and plans to compete indoors, but he'll have to wait for the AAU meets before he has a chance to improve his world record unless the California promoters add the hammer to their programs. Even without Connolly (and Al Hall, who will be out West later), this would be a good season to add the ham­mer, because it has been added to the NCAA program for 1959. With Connolly, it 1s almost a must, because what promoter can fail to see the advantage of scheduling a potential world record?

DALLAS LONG was the most outstanding high school athlete of all time, and, If his recent 62'1" practice mark means anything, he will be the outstand:­mg freshman of all time. In fact, it is within the realm of possibility that this huge young man could become the greatest single-event athlete of all time, during his freshman year. Off hand, I'd say a put of 66 feet would earn him that title, and who is to say he won't reach 66 feet in 1959? This almost fan­tastic possibility recalls a conversation last spring with Vern Wolfe, the little ex-USC vaulter who coached both Long and Jim Brewer. Knowing Parry O'Brien had been less than fully developed as a 57'9½" 12-pound shot putter in high school and believing Dallas Long to be developed to the utmost possible for a high school boy, I felt safe in saying, "Of course, we know Long won't improve as much as O'Brien did." Vern Wolfe instantly said, "Don't be too sure of that." I looked at him to see if he was joking, then said, ''Why, he'd have to do over 70 feet to match O'Brien's development." Wolfe nodded his head, in complete agreement - a prediction beyond anything within comprehension, for this conversation took place before Dallas Long had ever competed in an open meet with the 16-pound shot!

VERN WOLFE is my nominee for the title of coach of the year. I doubt if anyone thought Wolfe would ever, in his entire career, do better than a Brewer. Yet in 1958, along came a Long. For 1959, Wolfe's best prospect for high school athlete of the year is a discus.thrower named Johnstone. Wolfe thinks Johnstone should throw the high school discus about 200 feet next season. This is about 16 feet farther than Al Oerter threw, two years before he became Olympic champion, but Wolfe does not predict that kind of future for Johnstone because Johnstone weighs only about 160 pounds, too light for the college dis­cus. Whatever Johnstone does in the future, I, for one, intend to watch care­fully the activities of Vern Wolfe, a coach with an exciting future.

14'1½" Voyce Hendrix, Fresno JC 14' Don Jeisy, Arizona St. V

13'8½" 13'$" 13'6½" 13'6"

t

Tim Helms, Sacramento JC Gasper Bradford Al Harris, Los Angeles JC Dave Servis, Oxy Frosh Dan Capp, Oxy Frosh Bjorn Andersen, Md. Frosh

Rudolph, Iowa St.F Rich Kimmel, San Jose Frosh Eddie Taylor, Harbor JC Mickey Byers, Long Beach JC Ray Duerr, Compton JC Ivan Hartsell, Hartnell JC Jim Broom, Bakersfield JC

Broad jump-251 Bill Jackson, Harbor JC 24'6f' Mack &lrton, San Francisco J 23'11¾" Jim Johnson, Santa Monica JC 23'10f' Darrell Horn, Oregon St. Fr.

23'10½'' p

23'10" 23'9"

54'½" 53'11" 53'8:l" 53'4½'' 53'½" 52'6 1

"

52•5}" 52'5" 51 '10"

51 '3½''

51 '3¼" 51 'l"

Luther Hayes, USC Frosh Brooks Townsend, Stanford Fr Bobby Smith, Compcon JC Williams Ray Hood, Fullerton JC Russ Bob Knaub, Nebraska Fr. Henry Andrews, Long Beach J Don Lee, Cisco (Tex.) JC

Rayford Mcllhaney, ACC Fr. Homer Robertson, San Bern.J Mike Lewis, San Francisco JC Jim Wade, Taft JC Bill Cleves, Glendale JC Clark Branson, UCLA Frosh Mike McKeever, USC Frosh Mike Lindsay, Oklahoma Fr. Marlin McKeever, USC Frosh Jim Allison, Texas Frosh John McCarrier, Wichita Fr. Dick Verdon, Redlands V Ed Nutting, Geo. Tech Fr. Buddy Tyner, Baylor Frosh Bob Atkinson, Stanford Fr.

Discus-16819½" 160'½" 159'3"p 159'2½" 158 ·s~" 158'8" 157' 156'8½'' 155'6" 154'7" 154'5"p 154'1½'' 153'3½" 153'3" 153' 152'9½" 152'3½''

~-214'9" 213'9" 211'4½'' 210'5/." 207'6 f" 205'6½" 198'3½'' 197'

Lmdsay Floyd Gross, Sequoias JC Dave Chelesnik, Kansas St. F Frank Eller, Fresno JC Lewis Doug Wright, San Bernardino Jim Burke, Arizona V Marlin McKeever Doug Cotterman, Ohio Wes. Don Esperanza, San Jose JC Vin Bono, Kansas Frosh Harold Tomlin, Bakersfield J Mike McKeever Jerry Foos, Kansas Frosh Wade Dan Ficca, USC Frosh Hoy Rogers, Victoria(Tex)JC

Carl Ayres, Maryland Frosh Bob Sbordone, Valley JC Andersen Dave Mead, Mt. SAC Nick KovalaJcides, Md. Fr. Reid Crawshaw, Conn. Frosh John Douglas, Washington Fr Jan Chapman, Arkansas C.JC Chuck Wll.lcinson, Mt. SAC.

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10- -October, 1958

Why Not Hop-Step-Jump? by Frank Wetzler

(Coach, La Salk, College, Pluladelplua, and developer of 51'11 hop-stcp­•umµ<.r Ira Davis.) • Tlus 1s an appeal, a LrtUc1sm, or, If you will · a call to arms' for the hop-step-Jump. It 1s one of the more exciting, spectacular anu intricate _,,_nts found Ul track and held, yet 1t 1s seldom seen in the U.S. It should be a regular event in the U.S., a,; 1t 1s dsewhere in the world, and hence this call to arms.

Ever s111cc I was a boy ani did -10' on the pavements of Phtladelplua streets the HSJ has fascinateu me. However, the opporturnt, to coaLh It ,uJ not curne unul 1952 when I coachcu the first of two La Salk College athletes who showed some aputudt! for tlus event. The first was Jim Webb, La Salle's first IC4A 1111.ioor anJ outuoor !ugh Jump ... hamp10n, who f11ushe<l sixth l1l the 1952 Ol,mp1c trials HSJ. The other athlete, Ira Davis, rnaJe the Olympic team m 1956, won the tnals with 51'-1~", am.1 estabhsheu a new Amcncan n:coru. In 1958 he won the Penn Relays, AAU and made the Russian team.

It was also my pleasure to be Ul contact with 8111 Sharpe who placed fourth 1n the 1956 Olympics an .. was the iirst American to go over 52'. Thus I've been fortunate in hav111g been associated with the two bcst men the U.S. has ever had. Tlus, of course, 1s the reason for my great interest, for my desire to learn about the success of the Europeans, to stuJy every techrucal aspect of the cvcnt by means of film, to try to encourage athletes to learn tlus event, to suggest It bc Ulcorporateu 111to the lllterscholasuc anJ intcrcollegiate programs, anJ, above all, to try to arouse the mterest of American coaches, to sur them out of their apathy, out of their complaLeny, to get them to work with a&lctcs, on a planned an<l prepared basis, on one of the most fascinaung and lllteresung cvcnts lll the sport.

In 1957 I had the goou luck to be lilVlted by the Austrian Track and F1elu Assoc1auon to work with their coaches and athletes. Some of the quesuons most as!;ed were. "Why doesn't the U, S. do sornethmg about the HS]" Why does the US w1tl1 its vast reservoir of sprinters and Jumpers allow someone else to dominate an event which by all standards should be strictly American? Why aren't American coactcs inten:stclP Why the lack of lllterest?'

European coaches would Just shake their heads lll wonder, in amazement at our attltuue of "n uocsn 't matter l.f we have someone who can perform well lil thl! HSJ s1ncc we have athletes who have the ability to win gold medals 1n other events' •. It was rather ulff1cult to explain our position, to explain that bes1Jes two or three coaches such as Johnny Morns of Houston, who developed Jack Smyth, Jack Clockey, West Chester STC, the coach of Bt.l.l Sharpe, and 8111 Easton of Kansas, who coached Kent Floerke, no one was willing to sacrtfice the ume, make the effort and the stuuy necessary to develop a top flight man who 1s capable of lllternauonal compeunon. It 1s Uldeed a sau commentary on us, the coaches of the US, when out of the vast nwnber of men who devote their hves to coaching track and held, onJy a few make the effort to prepare men for thls event to that the US has some men who can make a decent show mg m inter -nauonal competition. It shoulu not be thus. We shoukl be the lcaucrs m this event, wluch 1s made to order for us smce we have so much God-given talent.

Some course of acuon, rather than a pohcy of doing nothmg, has to be taken. Smee the US always has participated in lllternational compeutions and 1s expandmg 1ts program, it is essential that we take the necessary steps to have good representation in this event. It 1s most d1scouraglllg for athletes to compete v.,ith httle or no prcparauon. What is true of the HSJ 1s also true of other events such as the 400m hurules, steeplechase, hammer, etc., all events regularly found 11\ meets outside the US. At the present time, the athletes in the US have the opporrunity of compcung lll these events once a year in the AAU. In an Olympic year, and now for 1959 too, the NC AA Ulcorporates those events mto the rrogram. A few meet directors, such as Ken Doherty of the Penn Relays, put an event or two on their program. Tlus 1s a step forward, but not enough to prepare an athlete tor lllternatlonal competltlon. How can we do it?

Among other steps, the two most necessary for tlus preparauon are: 1. Get the NCAA to reqlllre that the HSJ become part of the intercolleg­

iate probrram. If this were done then the vanous conferences throughout the 1,..ountr~ will qlllckly follow sun. But lt seems impossible to get the coaches to agree to the inclusion of this event. Each coach has the dread of overtaxing a sprlllter or a broad Jumper. But that's not what I have in mmd, My suggesnon 1s to spec1allze, prepare some4<.ne who has sprinting-Jumping or hunilmg-Jump­mi; ab1ht,·. It \~Ould give those "\thlctes who are not quite top fhght sprmters, Jumpers anJ hurulers the opportumty to concentrate on one event, the HSJ. Put -tmg the HSJ m the mtercollegiate program would cause absolutely no hardsh.lp anu no expense, and the n:sults would be astorushmg.

lithe :--c :\A would mclut.c tlus event in uual 1111d champ10nslap meets, lt woulJ ,tot be too long before the h.lgh schools would uo thc same. If ever we gave th: thousands of American, boys the opporturuty to compete lil the HSJ, the level of Amcncan performance woulu !,>O m onJy one uirecuon--up. My 1Jea 1s to turn the !·ugh school boys loosc and very quickly the u1stances would improve simply because of the vast number who would compete and wouh.l be exposed to compeunon and Just as quickly we woulJ have boys who woulJ ucvelop--w1th or without coachlllg-am.I eventually become top fltght college men able to give us the type of representation we should have.

2. Shake the Am enc an coaches out of their state of lct har1.,-y. Most of us arc sLt m our ways, m our methods of coaching, uo not readily accept new ideas an-. techruques, do not try to unuerstand the "why" of an acnon, and we all hatL to 1.,ev1ate from our stan..ard pattern. That 1s true of the HSJ, not that lt 1s a new event, It isn't. It 1s s1111pl, one which we utterly neglect. The coaches woulu have to taKe on the adi.:e<l responslb1hty of anothcr event, This lll itself 1s a challenge and the faClllf:; of each new coachlllg challenge 1s one of the reasons why we coach. The Hop-Step-Jump is suLh a challenge. Why not meet it?

As n now stands, the cvent has no futun. m this countr,. Why1 Most

On Your Marks 8111 Alley, Kansas, threw the Javcllll 230'6" indoors recent!, ••• Wes San

tee, obv10usly cxLneu at the prospeLtS of a possible pro tour with Herb Elhon, took a ume trial at the mile, ran onJy -1: . .n ... Leamon Kmg, 1056 Olympic sprlllter who rolled out of Cal1forma, has cnrollcd at Bakersfield College, says he wtll try for the 1960 Olympic team .•.

Death has taken Walt Christie, hcau track coach at Callforma from 1900 to 1932. He ,vas 90 ••• Tod Wlute, Occidental d1stan<-e man, \\as badly mJured lil an auto accident, may not run again although he says he will ••• Bobby Morrow has enkred the Sugar Bowl meet, 0cc. 2S, and will compete inuoors. He and coach Oliver Jackson are on a s1.x-weeks good,vtll tnp for the State Department: v1s1ting Venezuela, Colombia, Haiu, DomuucanRc-pubhc, El Salvador, Guata­mala,Costa Rica, Panama and Cuba •••

Detroit has been chosen as the onJy \mencan city permitteJ to make a b1u for the 1961.i Olympic Games. The final dec1s10n will be made next year ••• Hal anu Olga Connolly have settk<l lll C allfornia where Hal 1s tcaclung at Adams Jun10r High in Santa Moruca, The hammer throw world recor..; holder says he hopes to popularize the hammer in the West ••• Dean Thackeray, 1956 Olymyic marathoner, wlll move to Australia wnh lus Australian-born w1k. He will tram under Percy Ccrutty for the 3 and 6 miles before moving up to the mara­thon aga.rn •••

The IAAF has agrt!<-'U to hrn1t paruc1pauon m Olympic events by setting standards for second and third stringers lll each event. Evcry country will be enutled to one man per event, but a seconu or third man must reach standards which will be worked out by the IAAF council. In return for !muting the number of entnes the IAAF asks that a women's 800 meter and pentathlon be added to the program ••• the IAAF also amenJed its rules to permit athletes who are profess10nal Journalists to write, lecture or broadcast about sports without losing thcir amateur status, prov1dcu th-!y get pnor perm1ss10n •••

Dan Ferns reports the U.S. 1s working up the greatest program lll the history of Amcncan track for 1959, The re will be the rematch wllh the Russians lll Ph1ladelplua, July 17 and 18, and the Pan AmenLanGamc s lll Clue ago. Pitts­burgh 1s plannmg a big meet as part of its b1 -centenmal celebrauon in Sept. , and will feature Pan Am stars, plus invited Europeans. There 1s hope that a Russia-Poland-US triangular can be arrangcu for thL west coast, an.I that the lll-fatcd ScanuinaVla vs. So. California meet can be brought off at last .••

DATA ON DUBLIN RECORDS

For the record, here 1s adu1t1onal data on the three worlu record races run at Dublm thls summer

Three mlle, 13: 10. 8 by Albie Thomas on July 9. Lap nmes were 65, 67, 67, and 68 for 4:27 mile, then 66, 66, 66 and 67 for 8 52 at two miles, and 66, 66, 64 and 62. 8. Thomas and Merv Lincoln alternated lll the lead for the first rntle and Lmcoln leu throughout the second mile. Thomas ran the last two miles m 8.43. 8. Lincoln's time was estimated at 13:41, Mcss1tt ran 13:44. 0, Jimmy Douglas 14: 12. 8, M1c1C Connolly 14: 19. 8. Other finishers were Tom Dunne, Noel lremonger a= Eddie Richardson, whlle Tony O'Donoghuc u. n. f.

Mile, 3:54. 5 by Herb Ellion, Aug. 6. Bchllld Thomas m fifth place at 3:58. 6 were· A. Pumfrcy of Wales, 4:04. -1, unofflc1ally, as are all followlllg umes. 7, Jim McLoughlm, 4: 10, 4, 8, Dan Carbery, 4: 14. 0, 9, M1c,; Connolly, 4:16.5, 10, Mick Hoey, 4:18.5, 11, TonyO'Donoghue, 4.19.7. Allofthell runncrs except Hoey turncu lll their best ever umes lll thls race.

Two mile, 8:32.0 by Thomas, ,\ugust 7. Elliott led for thL miie, with laps of 63, 67, 67 anu 65. Then Thomas blazeu through a 61 lap before Elliott took over on the sixth circuit, slowmg to 67. Thiru 11\ the ract! was Frank Wh.lte, 9:06, 8, 4, Mick Connolly, 9: 20e, 5, 8111 Dunne, 9:32. 0e, 6, Tony O'Dono­ghue, 9:36.0, 7, EuJ1e R!Lhardson, 8, Sean O'Neill. One other starter 1s not 1denuficd.

Four mile, 18.22. 6, unofficial world recoru by Murray HalbLrg, Aug. 7. Third was Berne Mess1tt of Ireland with 18:33. 6, also better than Pine's for­mer best on rt!cord 18: 35. 6.

coaches tJunk of it as a step ch.lid, arc not llltercsted, and woulu rather not be bothered except in an Olympic year when there 1s an opportumty to literally "sneak' some sprinter-Jumper or huniler- Jumper onto the team.

We who have the greatest sprinters, Jumpers anu hur ... Jers in the worlu have not been able to Wlll an Olym 1llc title in the HSJ smce the turn of the ccn -tury. There are few events in which we've done worse. la tl:ls instance we should be head and sroulders above the other nations. As I seL it, only one groupof men 1s to blame--the coaches, If they wanteu tlus event to become part of our program they would have started a movement lo,1g abo• 111ey would have yelled loud and long enough to have been hearu by ever; collc!,riate bouy goverrung trac:-- anll f1dd. They woulu havL tai-en positive aLt1011 rather than a pohLy of passive wa1tmg. This has not been the case. T:1e:.r, the coaches, have auopteu the slogan, "Let George Do It' •

Other nauons have spec1al1sts m this event. We coul- l1ave tl.em too. If we took some of the many !J. 6 uash mcn :.!4' broaJ JUmpcrs - -tJ:cy arL a u1mc a dozen 11\ tlte US- -an.., rLal!y preparc:d them, lt \~ould not be too Joni:; beforc we would aclaevc performances worthy of our ability, talent, tcc!liULal .mowlcuge and cornpcuuve sp1nt. So, Why ;>.oc Hop-Stc,1-Jump?

NCAA Placers NC AA victory stand scenes with win­ner on kft, nuuung to sixth place on nght. All photos by staff photographer M1k.<. OllvLau.

100 YARDS. L-to-R, IRA MURCHISON, RAY l\.ORTON, CIIARLES IIDWELL, BILL ~007, ED COLLYMORE a '" DEEG IV ENS (!au d ru,g," '" 7'h/,

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220 YARDS. L-to-R, ED COLLYMORE, RAY NORTON, KEITH GARDNER, BILL WOODHOUSE, IRA MURCHISON and IRA D,\VIS.

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--440 YARDS. L-to-R, GLENN DAVIS, ED SOUTHERN, JACK {ERMA,,, l'/AN RODRIGUEZ, NICK ELLIS, JOHN ZETZMAN.

880 YARDS. L-to-R, RON DEL.A_NY, TOM MURPHY, JACK WILCOX, DAVE LEAN and MAYNARD ORME. Ty lladlcy, 6th, not shown.

Mile. L-to-R. RON DELANY, JIM GRELLE, GAIL HO!X,SO:S., DON BOWDEN, PETE CLOSE, ED MORAN.

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rwu MILE. L-to-R. ALEX HENDERSO!'., DEACON JONES, MAX TRUEX, JERR"1 SM,\RTI, GARY GRIFFETil, FORDDY KENNEDY.

lll(,fl l•uRlJLhS. Lt•, K. rLIAS<,ILlsERT, KEITH GARD:--.EP., \'-IILLIL vl·\'{, L!Ol.l LAWSO!\, Fll:\1'. W.-'SI IIN(, 10!\. ;\ii,,:;ing, ChuLl Cr,hli, ',II.

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HIGH JUMI'. L-to-R. DON STEW ART, CHARLbS OU:--.IAS a:1J !:.R '-.LI· HAISLEY, nc....1, tied, TOM WHETSTINE, BOB CANNO:S-, RON rvl!TCHELL. Rcav1,; mis,;mg.

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SHOT PUT. L-to-R. DAVE DAVIS, JAY SILVESTER, BOB IIE'-.R , jOr :\IAR­CHIONY, Rr\Y HISCOCK, GLEN JOHNSO:--..

JAVELIN. L-to-R. JOHJ\. FROMM, BUSTER ~Ul5T, jO:S. JM,11S0',, JJRl CE P,\RKER, WAY;-.;E MORRIS, :\IlKE PAGE.

12- -October, 1958

U.S. Women Make History by D1cK Ban~. Women's Eu1tor

History was made m women's tra...k and f1dd t111s past summer when Linde Sam sent a full tLamto Eµrope to er.gage lil meets rn :\1oscow, Warsaw, Budapest, anJ Athens. As1dc from the OlympK Games and Pan American com­petitions, tills country has never assl.!mbkd a full team for an 1I1te_rnat1onal meet. Co1I1c1dentally, tills was by far the strongest femuune contmgt.!nt ever to wear the red, white and blue.

Women's athlctu_s 1n tlus nauonal has never rece1veu anytlung but cursory attenuon. The number of mt!t.!tS stageu for the gals uurme: the season 1s so p1ufull.) small that It 1s a wonder we have any women's trac,- at all. If It were not for the Olympic GamLs, our female paruc1pauon woulJ haVL' tllcd long ago. Most mstrumental lll ,-eepmg the mterest alive has been Teruwssee State A&I, University of 1'.ashv11le, unuer thL uirccuonof coach Ed TLmplc. There 1s much that can be uone to provide.: an 1mpctus for the future, for 1959 will bring thL return match with the USSR at Pl11laJclplua, an..i the Pan American Games at Clucab'l.l• Tre following year, of course, Rome will host the Olympic Games. At a latL r date WL hope to present a plan that could help sur up llltcrest among our grcat untappeJ ri:servo1r of talent.

Tlus 1s the team that wt:nt abroau. Barbara Brown, BJ, Nc,\ Yor.,, Earlene Brown, SP & OT, Los Angdes, Isabel Danwls, sprints, Jaion, Ga., Lauretta Foley, hurules, Jamaica, i:'.'Y, Lillian Grccn, -100 an..: 800, NYC', Martha Hudson, relay, Nashv1llc, Barbara Jones, 100, Clucago, Pam Kurrell, OT, San Francisco, MarJOnL Lareny, DT & JT, Woodhaven, l\'Y, Florence McArdle, 800, Jama1ca, NY, Doris McCaffrcy, hurllles, Pawtucket, Rl. Sharon Shcphen .. , SP, Mapleton, Ore., Annw Smi:th, BJ, Nashville, Verne..ia Thomas, HJ, C!uca!5o, Amd1a Wers­hoven, JT, R1ugef1eld Park, NJ, Luc1I1Ja Williams, 200, Bambnugc, Ga., an-.1 Willie Wlute, BJ, Breenwood, Miss.

The Russians defeate<.1 our girls_py a 63-44 ~ount m Moscow ma meet in which we more than exceelleu the fonuest hopes oCour most opum1suc. We lost narrowly, 54-52, at Warsaw. No scorLs were "ept m the other meets. Most satisfylllg of the four first places we won aga1I1st the Soviets was scored by Ear -lene Brown, 23, the 230 pounu weight star. She 1mprovc<.1 b) three fect over her previous best in beaong worl..i rccoru holucr Galina Zybma b} bvtter than 13" with 54'3f'. Her poorest mark of the four mi:ets was 52'111 and she had two others of 53'4" anti 53•3~". Her effort aga1nst Russia was Just Bl mchcs shy of Zybllla's record. Earlene won three of four discus competitions, her best bclllg 162'1" lll flmslung second to Nma Ponomaryeva.

Equally outstanU111g was the sprlllt corps. Barbara Jones, ~. the Pan Am champ and American recor..1 hokier, won the 100 at Mosco,~ anu Warsaw, both lll 11. 6. Shc was "d1sc1plmL-..l" m Bu-iapest an-.. saw only relay act10n at Athens. She was on the 1952 Olympic team as a sd1oolgul, m the broaJ Jump, and ran the 2nd leg oa the v1ctonous 400m rt.la} tt:am at Helsl.llkl. Isabel Daniels was a close tluru at Moscow, also mll. 6, an-.. set a new American rccoru lll 200m at Warsaw w1th 23. 9. Only three women ran faster lll 1957. Lucmua Williams, 21, won all but the Warsaw 200, beat worlu record hol-,cr Mana ltkllla, and twice ran 24. o. The Tcnncssee State fou::some-Daniels, W1lhams, Margaret Matthl..'ws and Jo•es--ran rntact at Moscow ani returne-.i a startling 44.8, three-tenths tiff the world recor..1 set up by the Betty Cuthbert-paceu Aussie team at ~lelbourne.

Broad JUmpmg, too, showcJ a high stanuarJ ofoxccllcncy. Willie Wlute, 19, the Melbourne silver medalist, bettercu her official recorct of 19' llf'at Warsaw with 20'2~". This Amcncan rccord lasteu until the next meet-Buda­pest- Wnt!n Margaret Matthews, 23, ra1seu it to 20'3!' • After a poor start at Moscow, m whlch we 11.nishcJ tluru anu fourth, our girls swept the next three matches. Anme Smith gavL us a thlru 19' pLrformer with her 19'1f' m Russia. White, an alternate becau5c of her thirJ m the AAC (she had a bau ankle) dJ.d not compete agamst the Russians.

Surpnsc of the team \\a::; L1lha.n Green, 18 year ol-.i n..:wcomcr. She won the AAU l:>80 m 2 26. 4, but \\as J1squal1fled for alleged coacl.Jng and pacmg" by her kammates. It \\B.S Jec1dL-tl, thandully, that she woulu bc mcluued ill

the squad ant.I she vmd1cated herself LOmpletely. In Moscow shL ran 2; 19. 4. At Warsaw she 1mproveJ to 2.18. 8 an..i at Budapest she lowereu her Amencan record for this new evi:nt to 2.18. 6. Though these flgurcs arc pale by compar1 -son to 1'.ma Otkalenko' s 2: o;;. O world recortl, her improvement ant.I youth com­bine to give hope for a great futurc here. Florcncc :l.1cArdlc, the other 800 itlllller, had a best of 2: 21. 4. Green too,- at sho, at thc 400 m BuJapest ant.I set an ,-\mencan re1..ord of 58. 4. This, too, 1s far short of tile worlu reco:::-tl helu by the Soviet reuht!au, ltkma, at ;;3_ 6.

Wcakl.!St spots were the 80m hurt.Iles, high Jump and Javdm. We've been poor m thc hunilcs smce 1932 when thc latt: Bahi: D1<.1nkson \\On the gold medal at Los Angeles. It seems odus that our w1..alth of sprmtcrs has not produccu some talent m this event. Best perfonnancLS were the 11. 9 cloc=gs by Laur­l!lta Fok} and Dons McCaffrcy. W1lhc Wlute d1tl 12. 0 at Athens.

:vt1lJred McDanwl, 1956 Olymp 1c champ anti worlJ rc1..oru huh.1Lr at 5'9L has reureu. McDaniel, now 25, left a largL voiu m the high Jump ucpartmcnt. Barbara Brown w1th a best of 5'3' lcJ, and Verneua Thomas u1u 5'1'. We lost

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BARBARA JONES, nght, with Russian sprint star KREPKINA.

EARLENE BROWN returns from trip with troplues and souvenirs.

Quotable Quotes ,HLF RICliARDS, Editor, Athletic Review, England: "ls the mouern

emphasis on trairung to 5Chedule ten<.ling to overstep its bounJs? Are our dis­tance runners becoming too watch-conscious?

"The techruque of trallling has Wluergone a number of changes over the past few years. At one ume a runner traineu more or less according to !us own feelings. he would run a little over or under u1Stance at something like !us best speeJ, anJ woulJ perhaps adll a few laps at a mouerate speed, with a short sprint or two. :,eluom woulu he be timed.

An athlete with ambition could not now, of course, afford to adopt the olu rather happy-go-lucky, unplanned methods of tra!lllilg, anJ these days almost every uistance rU1U1er pldlls his daily work to a uefirute pattern, each circuit of the track being covereu <1.t a set time. This has protluceu greatly improved results--but it abo seems to have produced a good many nmners who are less consistent than the stars of earlier days. Is it possible that a too-rigid system may impose an unuue stram on the mentality w1th the result that much of the benefit of the trallling will be lost?

"If tlu:, 1s so the answer to the problem would seem to lie in cuttmg out some of the ume effons an<.! substitutmg either straightforward even-paced runs, or work on Fu.rtlek prmc1ples. The great virtue of Fartlek is that, because of the element of free-will, wluch 1s its main feature. hard work can be made en­Joyable, Unumeu runs can, of course, be made easy or they can be hart! enough to tax the physical anJ mental powers considerably, but at least the men­tality Joes not have to cope with the adllitional task of "racing-the clock" ~ome traming <1.gamst the watch 1s essenual If pace Judgment 1s to be acqwred and a system of tra!lllilg of progressive severity is to be undertaken, But perhaps 1t 1s better (for most athletes at any rate) to have some relief from the constant struggle to obey the remorseless promptmgs of the watch."

TED CORBITT, long distance enthusiast: "A French physical therapist told me he had treated Alam Mlmoun with physical therapy and that there were umes when the Algenan was in so much paid that he couldn't get out of bed with his leg problems. Then he really surprised me by staung that Mimoun had often gone out into the woods to run ;JO miles. This was before the Olympics and at the ume that :'vlimoWl was denying he would even run the marathon. So he was well prepared for that hard run at Melbourne. The longest smgle workouts reported for Zatopek before the Helslllki marathon was the 60 quarters which, counong the recovery runs, came to 22. 7 mtles,"

a potential champion when Karen Anucrson marneu and retireu after Melbourne. Sull very young at 20, Karen won tl1e Pan Am title in 1955 anu threw 162'10" at Melbourne. MarJorie Larney, 21, was out best in Europe witJ1159'2~ while Amelia Wershoven, 28, reached 154'11t Other best marks mcluded. Shepherd, •15'2", Kurrell, 19, 140'2" Larney 139'1.

Our girls showed that with the proper encouragement, opportunities and some top oppos1t10n they can prOllucc even more graufying performances ill

the /Lars to come. The problem is to generate more mterest and that will be the subJect of another column.

Event 100 yar..:s 100 meters 200m 220y 400m 800m 80mH

HJ BJ Shot Discus Javelin 400mRelay

440y Relay

Mark To.'7 11.5 23.9 24.2 58.4

U.S. NATIO!'.AL RECORDS Holder Place Date

2: 18. 6 11. 6

~aggs Helen Stephens Isabel Daniels Isabel Daniels Lillian Gree,1 L1ll.J.an Green Irene Robertson Barbara Mueller

5'9f' Mlldreu McDaniel 20'3f' Margaret Matthews 54'3l' Earlene Brown 168'5~" Earlcnv Brown 162'10" Karen Anderson 44.8 NauonalTeam (Isabel Daniels, Luc1I1tla Williams, 46. 0 Tennessee State (Isabel Daniels, Lucinda Williams,

Ponca C1ty,Ok. °S7T8/55 Berlin 8/4/36 Warsaw 8/2/58 New York 7 /19/58 Buuapest 8/6/58 Bu..lapcst 8/5/58 Waslungton 8/25/56 Melbourne 11/27/56 Melbourne 12/1/56 Budapest 8/6/58 Moscow 7/27/58 Melbourne 11/23/56 Melbourne 11/28/56 Moscow 7 /27 /58

Margaret Matthcws,B. Jones) New York 7/19/58

M. Matthews, Barbara Jones)

Preview in Rome by 3eorge Raborn

Rome, Oct.12--Trac~ and field fans who co~e ~ere for the l~o~ Ol~IL­pics can looll: forward to seeing the oest ')ly::-.pic 3tadiun: .:ance t',e 1936 Jan:es at Berlin and enjoying the cost cerfect ■eatrer s~rce the 1932 3ames at Los Angeles.

Built in 1950, Rome's Stadio Olin:pico sJrely is ore of tr.e ~ost beautiful stadiums in the world. It seats bet•een 30,000 and 0 0,000 fans and there is standing room space for about 10,:00 ~~~e

spectators at each end. Located near the outsr.irts of t~wn about two miles from St.Peter's ~hurch and tnree miles free the ce~ter cf Rome, t~e stadium is flMnl{ed by a green mountain and the 71oer River. AltnoJ,\"h tne temperature was So degrees today 11hen a 01._ 3uropean n;eet was held here and the weather was hun:id downtown, fans at Olympic 3tadium were comfortable in tneir shirt-sleeve3 and light coats, the sll:y was cloudless, tne sun s~one brightlJ, and there was little wind.

Stadia Olimpico has 60 entrances and exits and can be filled and emptied in a few minutes. It has a beautiful fountain at the rain entrance and its ramps are of marble ana spotlessly clean. It has numerous bars and sandwich stands and restrooms inside the stadiu~ plus two first aid rooms. The seats are comfortable and all of tr.em give a ~ooa view of the tracll: and infield. ~ven the highest seats aren't too high because there are only 35 or 40 rows of seats. A deep coat separates the ,srandstand from tr.e track, but the seats are no farther from the infield than tney 11ere at the Helsinl{i Olympics, so binoculars are unnecessary in 1960.

Altho~gh the large pressbox that can hold 700 Journalists con;­fortably is covered, nore of tne grandstand seats are covered. no•­ever, this is not necessary because it rarely rains juring July, August, 3eptember and October in Rome and is always •arm. The red cinders of ,tadio Olimpico apparently are quite fast and tne tracll: nas six wide lanes both on tre curves and straightaways. (A seventh lane will be added early next year). The Jun:ping pits ana t~owing rings looi<:ed fast, firm and springy. Tne broad JUrr.p was held at one end of the stadium at a right angle to tne tracl{ instead of parallel to it.

Today's meet was a well-run affair in which 12 events, including heats in tne 100 and 400 meters and oath hurdles, were completed within 3 nours. The infield was coc;pletely clear, results and lane assignments were read promptly over the public address system in both 3nglish and Italian, pretty "irls nelped officiate during field events, and the starter wore an orange coat and had a dependable, steady gun. Each member of the press Nas ~iven ~imeo"raphed results of each event quickly and was handed reports of each throw and 3uc:p series while these events were in pro"ress. :·he conduct of tte crowd of 15,000 was excellent and in r:;arked contrast to tee U3~tt vs. 3ermany women's r:;eet at Munich a few weeks earlier in whicn nJndreds of 1erc:an fans streamed constantly onto the infield to collect auto­"raphs fror:; t~e Russian athletes and :caches.

There are no li~hts and nc scoreboards at Jtadio Olic ice ;et, but tne results of each 3urrp and throw were inst3ntly ?OSted on revolv1n~ lectric si"ns ~n t e infield. "t~letes •ere intro~uced before each event ,nJ when t•e cor:.pet1t1on ended were ::;drcne1 off th~ field. Of course, t·e partisan crowd cheered It~liJn Jt~rs lustily.

7he warrup stadiur:; only lJO meters ~•ay l.J ore1t~tJ~1•;ly lovely. Its ••ite :::arble stands certain aoout 10,000 seats and at~p t~e stactiu::: ,re :,'.) .;t3tues, eacr aboJt '0 feet tall. It see:s even r-ore ~labordte than th~ bia; .;ta,nur- ana 1.~s r~d traco':. loo,,_s fast. {,lso nearby dre dozens of red clay tennis c Jrts and a lar~e, oe,Jt1!ul parll: al.th rrany trees and fcuntains.

Bus service to ~tadio Oli~pico isn't especially f3st be:~ .. .;e ?ore's ndrrow streets are cr~•ded with traffic, but a person can easily ,,,-,i~ t~e two or three r..iles frorr. downtown in an hour ,nd see OJtstanding si~hts alon; tne w~y. Anyone who cor:.es to Ro=e for tre 1960 Oly~ ,,ics is certain to enJoy hic:self 1r:.c.ensely vihetner r,e is a tourist or a trac,,_ fan.

Postal Competitions These arc the months m wrJch the.· two big annual postal competitions

w1 ll be settled. lllgh sd10ol cross 1.-ountryrnen throughout tile U.S. are taking their shots

at the five. man, two mile tt:am rac.e. Am .. 11111.kllc ,Hsta.,1.-c and uistance men on all le. vds of compeut10n have two more months m which to turn ill umi:s for the two-rnan, 10 nulc relay test.

Tlw !ugh sc.hool team race. h-t>cs on until Dec. 15. Th,.; raLL" 1s run un the trac.l.., with till. total time of tlw first five men bcmg tJ1e team tlilll!. SLhools may C1lt<:r as often as they wish and may run aga.J.llst the cloLk 111 true postal c.ompeut10n, or agamst othc.r sd1ools.

ThL two-man, 10 mile rday lasts w1Ul D<:c. 31, with cump<:Utwn ill the open, collegiate, frosh, Junior college anti !ugh school classes. Each man runs 20 quarter-mile laps, alternatlllg with !us teammate and 1.-arrymg a baton.

All rLsults shoulu be. val1datci.l and scnt to Track & Fwld ~.ews. For news of anoth..!r possJ.ble postal competition, see ··or People ani.l

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Octo0cr, Ul56--13

This interesting photo shows JOHN WRIGHTON of Britain winning the European Champ1onslup 400m m 46.3 from teammate JOHN SALISBUR·l, K-F HAAS, Gth lane, thir .... CARL KAUFMAi':N, 4th, an..J ALF PETTERSSON. It also shows several ways In wluch European con ..... uct of track meets 1s su,ierior to that of the Uruted Statc.s.

L!llLS on th1.-trac.l- arc one meter apart, giving a gooJ in-.,1cauon of the distance be!Wl ... the wuuwr. Timers anJ Judges are nght on t!1c fLus!. llllc, but arc well r1.-mov,.;,. fror1 the trac,,, makrng them more cff1cic,1t. Part of the photo-flmsl, ,.;qu11-•r,1cnt .... an bt: seen at the finish line, on th<: rns1de of the. track. Tht: ar<:a a.rou11c. the fuush 1s fcnceu off anu kept clear of un,1cci:ssar1 personnel, includL1g camt:ramen. fhe 1Ithdd 1s clear of hangers-on. The elevated ,vhitc c.1rcI... near tl,e tuners ::,tan.., was ri:u on one side, and when tlus s1Je faci:J the stan1.-r h1.-,.lu r::ot start the race. The elevated electronic box tlir ... c meters short of the. fm:sh mu1cate..J thL nu,nber of laps left m a race.

l'\ot sho\~n 1s a 1~0nderful IIU\uvatlon - -an electric sco1·.:boarJ for ilcld cvt:nts. As qu1c,ly as Lach throw 1s measureJ the operator works a keyboaru anu th<.: cor,1p,:Utor's number anu !us distance are flashcJ on the clcvatcJ board ill hghts. The !ioard th,m rotati:s so tl1at all ill th<: stai.!1ur.1 1,1a, sec It,

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MEET THE COACH JOHN JACOBS has retired after 36

years at Olclahoma U. where he also was a track star as an undergraduate.

Jacobs played basketball in high school but at OU had the choice of a required gymn class or going out for track. Chossing track, he won several Southwest Conference titles, unofficially tied the world high hurdles record with 15. 0, and competed in the decathlon.

As coach, he won 19 duals in a row, 1924 to 1929. He coached four Olym­pians: Tom Churchill, decathlon, 1928, Glenn Dawson, steeplech-.se, 1932, 36, J. w. Mashburn, 400, 1952; am Neville Price, Sou.th Africa, broad jump, 1952. This year Jake was named to the Helms Hall of Fame.

Son Bill Jacobs took up track in his sophomore year at OU add m 1950 won the Big 7 outdoor 880 U1 1:52. 8. The coach was expecially noted for develop­ing athletesln all the events, inclutiing those not on the U.S. college program.

NOTED WITH INTEREST VLADIMIR KUTS' TRAINING SCHEDULE (with thanks to Nolan Fowler)

Spring Tra=g: . Monday: 1n a park or forest. lst-25 minutes of warming up (Jogging,

gymnasticit. 2nd- accelerated ruruung, 6xl20 to 150m. 3rd- 75 ml.Il. rwuung over the country, with 10 accelerated runs of 600-800m each. 4th- 15 ml.Ils. of ruruung, spnngmg from the balls of the feet.

Tuesday: 1n park or forest. 1st- 30 mins. warm-up. 2nd- accelerated runnmg, 8xl00m. 3rd- special gymnasncs. 4th- 20x200m, each between 28 am.I 29 seconds, and 5x400m, each at 68, 5th- 15 mins. springing from balls of feet.

Wednesday- Over the countryside or m ti'e forest. 90 mms. of cross country, interspersed with 10 accelerated runs of 1000m each, at a.bout 2:50.

Thursday- Acnve rest. Warmrng-up work of one hour m thL _morrun~. Friday: In stadium or forest. 1st- 30 m1ns. warm-up. 2nd- ;,xl20-1J0m

at maximum speed. 3rd- special gymnastics. 4th- 5x200m at 28-29, 20x400m at 67-69, and 5x200m at 28-29, 5th- 15 mms. of springy runnmg. 6th- Lxe1 c1ses.

Sarurday: 1n the f.telds. 1st- 105 mrns. cross country, 1ncluU1ng 12 bursts of 600 to 800m each, with times of l.32-l:J5 for 600m and 2.08-2:10 fur 800m. 2n<l- special gymnasucs. 3rd- light gymnasuc exercises.

Sunday: acuve rest. (Probably a repetition of Thursday,'s work. Summer Trauung, Normal Week Monday: 1n stadium. Morrung, slow runrung and gymnastl\ .. s, total 40

ml.IlS. Afternoon: 1st- 35 nuns. warm-up. 2nd- 5x80-100m at accelerated pace. 3rd- runrung at a changmg tempo: 3x200m at 27-28 v.1th 100m of Jogging bet\\een each of these fast runs. Next, 15x400m with the runs to be done m thls fashion. first 11 runs at 64-65, the next three at 67-68, and the last at 63. Trot or Jog

'-l00m between each of tre 400s. 4th- 15 mrns, of springy runnmg. 5th- exercises. Tuesday: 1n forest. \\ork out only m mommg, Run for 40 mms. right

across forest with a changing tempo. Wednesday: 1n stadmm. Mortw1g: 45 mms. of special warml.Ilg-up

Afternoon: 1st- 35 mms. warm-up. 2nd- accelerated runrung, 5x150m. 3rd­running with a changing tempo: 5x400m at 61-64, 2xl200m at 3: 12-3: 16, and 3x400m at 65-66. 4th- 10 mms. of sprmgy, balls-of-the-feet running.

Thursday: m forest. 90 mms. ruruurg with a changrng tempo, mter­spersmg the steady ruruung with accelerated zestful bursts of from 100 to 600m 2nd- 15 mms. of special gymnastics, .

Friday: In forest or stadium. In the morning, m forest: Slo"' runnmg, followed by gymnastics. Afternoon, m stadium: 1st- 25 mms. warm-up. 2nd­accelerated runrung, 3x200m. 3rd, with changmg tempo: 6xl00m fast, and after each run cover 600m slowly (2:42 - 2:46). 4th- 15 m1ns. springy runnmg.

Sarurday: Acuve rest. Sunday: In forest. JO mms. special gymnastics m morrung. Afternoon.

1st- 35 mms. warm-up with special gymnas.tlcs for a runner. 2nd- accelerated ruruung, 5xl50m. 3rd- changing tempo: 3xl600m (4:40-4:47), and 6x400m at 65-67. Between each fast run Jog 100m. 4th- 10 mms. sprmgy runnmg. Sch­warm-down.

Before a Compeuuon Monday: Acuve rest. 40 mms. v.armmg-up m forest. Tuesday- In stadium. 35 mms. warm-up m mommg. AftL·rnoon. ;JO mms

warm-up. 2nd- accelerated ruruung, 5xl20-150m. 3rd- chJ.I1gmg tempo: Jx400m at 61-65 with 100m of Jogging between, lxl600m at 4: 23 followed by 800m Jog; lxl200m at 3: 20 followed by a slow 600m, and 3x400m, 65-66. 4th- 10 mm,;. sprmgy runrung. 5th- gymnasucs.

Wednesday- 1n forest. 1st- 50 mm:-. runnlllg straight acro:,s thL foCLst. 2nd- accelerat1.'1.! running, 10x400m at 63-65, ..md 5x200m at :!8-.W. :~,J- 10 nuns. of springy, balls-of-the-feet runnmg.

Thursday: In stadium. 1st- 30 mms. \\arm-up. ::!nJ- accdcratcd run­rung, 4x200m. 3rd- lx2000m at 5: 33, lxl200m at 3: lb, lxl200m at 3. 22, \I.Ith

Profiles of Champions HERBERT ELLIOTT, runner, 5'llf, 147 pounds, dark brown hair,

brown eyes, 20, born Feburary 25, 1938, at Perth, Western AustralJ.a. Unmar­ried, works for Shell Oil, lives temporarily m South Yarra (Melbourne), Vic­toria, Australia.

Started running as student at Aquinas Chr1St1an Brothers College in Perth. First notable run was 4: 25. 6 mter-collegiate mile in 1954, November, at 16. Early 1955 set National Junior 880 record of 1 55. 7 and cut mile to 4: 20. 8 while still 16. In October, 1955, coach Percy Ce rutty saw Elliott wrn 4: 22. 0 college mile, predicted he could break world record in three years "1f properly coached". Few weeks later, after running 4:20.4, Elliott's career was Jeopar­dised when piano he was helping move overbalanced and crashed onto his foot, breaking small bones in the arch.

Inspired by the Olympics, Elliott went into trairung under Cerutty and on January 12, 1957 set a world Junior-best nule time of 4: 06. 0, later ran another 4:06, plus mo Just over and 4:04.4 (3:,17.8 for 1500m), 880y in 1:50.8 and two nules m 9: 01. 2 wlule sull unaer 19. On March 9 and 11, then Just two weeks over 19, Elliott won Australian mile crown from Merv Lincoln in 4:00.4 (3:45m) and the 880 m 1:49. 3 to slash over a second from Landy's national 880 mark. After a winter condinoning 1n Perth, Elliott came back to Melbourne, sustained another foot I.IlJury, but came back January 25, 1958, to clock 3:59. 9, nm.I five days later 3:58. 7 for hls second wm over Lmcoln. Ran under four once again, and beat 1t three tlmes in the U.S. in May and June before head.mg for British Empire Games and European tour.

Amazed the world in Europe last summer, with worlJ records of 3: 54. 5 for the mile, 3: 36. 0 for 1500m, and other fast runs, includmg 1 47. 3 for the half and 8:37. 6 for three miles.

Extraordinarily intelligent, dedicated, a lover of life and revelling in fitness, Elliott's cultural and spiritual qualities play a major role in his suc­cesses on the track. A great competitor, he fears no man, refuses to be beaten, 1s emouonally inspired, at umes.

Does no track training. 1n Melbourne works out m parks. Week-ends he trains at Cerutty's Portsea property and surroun<lmg bush. Runs on bush c1r­cu1ts (sandy surfaces), on a steep, 80 foot, sanahill with a grade of 2 in 1, on the sand-dunes. His fast running is fast, and his slow running only rclauvely slow- -he surges and pulses like Kuts. Does a lot of high quality weightlifting with heavy weights, and this with !us resistance running in sand has built up unusual strength and speed. (by Joe Galli)

RONALD M. DELANY, runner, 5'llf', 150, black hair, 23, born March 6, 1935, Arklow, Ireland. Graduated from Villanova College, June, 1958, future undecided.

Began runrung at 16 m 880, f.trst came to prominance in 1954 European championships, runnU1g a senu-final m 1. 50. 2m, at 19. After frosh year at Villanova, ran first ever mile m 4. 05. 8, and that year did 1. 50. 0 for 880 (1955). 1n 1956, at 21, became youngest man yet to break four nunutes, running 3: 59. 0 at Compton. Later v.on first of three straight NCAA mile-1500 titles, went on to outlack strong field for smashing Olympic win m record 3:41. 2. Ran 1:49. 5 half also in 1956. In 1957 ran best mile -880 double in history at NCAA, winning in 4:06. 5, losing in 1:47. 8. Weck before ran fast mlle, then bait Tom Courtney m L 48. •1. 1n Europe ran fastest mile, 3: 58. 8, losing to lbbotson's 3: 57. 2. 1n 1958 completed three year string of indoor mile wins, lowering world mark to 4: 03. 4. Outdoors, started slowly, ran only 4: 10 in taking third to Ell10tt at Compton. But bounced back at NCAA, Laking mile in recoru 4:03.5 and half in 1 48. 6 for new best ever double.

Trains six or seven days m sprmg and summer, six days a week m win -ter Works out for one hour, m the afternoon. Typical program during U.S. collegiate season .. Monday, 5 miles cross country, fast; Tuesda_y, 10 ~epcat 440s, in 60., Wed., 20 x 2.20 in 27. 5 avg; Thurs., 4 miles easy ~g; Fnday, rest; Saturday, race; Sunday, Fartlek. Typical winter week: Mon:, 72 nules on ~oad, Tue., 10 x 440, 61. 5 avg., Wed., 5 miles road, Thur., 5 miles boards; Friday, rest; Saturday, race, Sunday, rest. Warmup: Jog 15 minutes, exercise 5 min., stride repeat 100-150 yards for 10 minutes, rest 30 minutes. .

Coached by Jack Sweeney, Louis Vandendries (Crusaders A.C. of Dublm), and Jim Elliott, Villanova. Olympic win gave most personal satisfaction. Advises young athletes to seek guidance of good coach; train regularly; aim high, don't allow self to be rushed on, seek to master art of feeling relaxed when running.

NATIONAL AAU 15,000 METER RUN Santa Monica, Calif., Sep. 1-

1, Pete McArdle, NYAC 46:04. 9 2, Bob Drake, Culver City 46:06. 5

3, Tom Ryan, un. 4, Mike Allen, un. 5, Bill Gookin, SD T&F 6, Pete Mund.le, Striders

46:12 47:42 49:09 49:25

600-S00m Jog m bet\\Ccn. 4th- 10 mm,;. of :,prrng ruruung. 5th- gymnasucs. Friday- In park. ,10 mm:,. slow ru_nnmg, then gymnasUL:;, m morrung. Saturday- ;JS mms. \\arm -up m thc."evenmg. :Sunday- Competition.

Kut:,, with lu:, coaLh, N1luforov, ha,; built up lu:, training systLm from thL exp .. nenLc and pLrcepuon of J:,mll Zatopek. In contrast to the lat!Lr, Kuts has not .:onfmed lumsclf :,olely to mterval runmng of 200 anti 400m, but m aJd1tm hL has taken 800, 1200, lti00 and 2000m run,,. The tLmpo at wh1Lh thL douhk Olympic champ run:; ch .. :,hort d!,:;tan.:cs lies somewhat unuer hl:, racmg tempo, but ru,:; longLI· llmL'I.! runs m tra.mmg are several secom:s ovLr hl,:; racmg tempo.

So They Tell Me by Bert Nelson

STA:--.LEY EALES, Los Angdcs: "In addition to the ai..dit10n of Olympic 1.. v'-'nts to the :,.;c AA S<-h~-<luk• I feel 1t woulu be a great help to add tlw two mile to the !ugh s<-11001 program. The .:xcellen: two nule umes rurncJ rn ill th<. T &FN cont..:st mLl1Lat,._ that tlus wouk hdp clevelop our Ll1stancc runners. As far as the ar•·umLnt that two n11les 1s too far for high school boys, It doesn't make much S'-'nsc ~~hen th1..} allow thL'm to co,np...:t'-' over that distance Ill cross-count!)."

HAL 13ATEt,..1AN, Clucago: ":-.J.:wspapcrs report that lJir:; schools C\'cry­wlwre arc bCl-,'1llllll1£ to crack Jown s'-holast1cally, partly 1n orJer to help the U.S. m the. sc1enuf1<- race. What th,s means to track 1s that man, a..'l athlete won't be al1k to go to the schools the} oti;crwis'- would havu mmk-. So now 1s the tu~ic for dubs to come mto their ow,i. Already too man} 0'0od preps haw no pla<-L to run, and if their ranks arL swdkd It .vill be a crime if thq, arc not giv'-'n an opportwuty to co1,pet:... "

E,\RL THOMSON, :--.a\~, trac.k .:oad!. WL arc <.!d1ght...:d with our m:\', fieh.l house for It gives us a pla1..c to tram for trru.k m the wrnt...:r for the flr:;t umc:. And we. 1..ru1 i1ost llluoor meets. Over the Y'-'ars from l!l27, wh"1!l came to Na~, \\L' have work1..-J the wmtL·r phase of track. on various boaru tracks, mdoors and out. But \IL n'-'vcr ha<l a plac._, for the field mun to work u;1tII a f...:,v years aho wnen a l.iq~e Quons.:t hut was ma<lL avrulabk. !3y crowdmg and spac1a!; the workouts wl· wLI·e ante to do somu good wllh the. Jumps and shot. But there was no heat rn tht. plac1.. a.id some of the wrnters were prett) rugged. Now ail tl at 1s :.h..lund us am.I our first win11..1· SLason in the new field house was a succc.ssful \\Oil ,~1th flVL dual 111..:...:1 wms. Now If any gooJ pr<.ps want track anJ 1..an pass our u<ams, \\hI<-h arc no,v the. regular College Boar.is, "e c.an pve 1t to tL..!m.

[lOB EPP , Allston, Mass. · I \\1511 starters would sta.au on the mside of tlic trac!, to a1..comodate the. :,top wat<.h-usrng public..·

DI:--..K TEMPLETON, S.F. O11mp1c Club coack 'I al\\ays have felt that spnnr; cou.h: b~ develop<--<l m h1i;J1 Jump, rs. Les Stuers, who hveu rn Palo Alto aml will. "l:0111 I worked for s...:vc.ral Y'-3.i·s, hau kss sprm,; than soP11.. of In} Stmlfonl Jumpers. But he \',orlcc.-<l as ha.r _; as a.ny Jumper I havL ever Known of. Ile \vould JU,,ip ._,very day, no r:iatt ... r how urud, or sore. 11...: Jumped ev'-n if It took lum a half hour to g<-t over tlie iii-st height of six feet. la the.: end lw was mu<.li stroa ,, r ,Hth more spcm· , ai1u 1..ould Jump all the t1mL and an; time. , ou 1..ould ,,":.:1.. tlK spnn,.: <.Wvelop:

· ·r.ic :,rca:-:through LaffiL 111 19:.:!J, the year he. beca.ne a .c.ally good Jump..:r. We llUg out th..: practice pit so tl·.at the run-up slo;ieu down a full 18" m the last lU f...d. After working out on that for weeks he t_;Ot so he could clear s1:. fuet nJL Li> altnough Jumprng ,,0\\11 lull. Then when he returl}L'J to :i luvcl pil 1t felt as if he. ,.,,ere Jump1111-, off a sp:rm;;board. And he ~ot ~;ooJ all of a sudJcn. That .;ame d,mnlull t.:ainmi; also workCcJ fo.: Hum l'lcrt Smith, v,r,o came out of ret1r<.111 nt, ,,racuceJ do.vnl.ill, and 11•1mediately 1..a.-r1c clos...: to the best Jump of )us hk. I 11av...: oftun wondered "!·at tra.J.ung on a uown slop1..ag nu: ,VOL•l<l do for llroa..t JUlllJJ, rs. If th, last step w1.. r<- 2 or 3 mches lower tlia.ii th..: prc-.edmg step 11 surL I_. ·.vouk, !mild up a ;wnp,:r's tal(.c-off mu sdes. When h...: '-amL hack to.:: k ,el rum,a, h<: would chm!, l:1.. \\Lre Laking off a moW1J.

"I t .L1i. Stec. !"S \ ✓ Oul<l have rea~:w,. 7' -~· if h...: had iluc.·n al.JIL to I.cup on .,'Orn,,. l!: l!J-11, ,,h.:n hL' upped tb .. rec.or<l to G' 11 ·, he .l1Jn't re.all} have a good }"(.'ar. Ile ,,as lil lov1.., holdmg <low,1 t\ ✓O or tl1ru1.. Jobs, and ,.asn't cncourageJ to Jump .,.art as hard 111 trrumng as l.e •vas usc.:,1 to. lie, too, tl.ou;;h 7':r· .vas poss1.blc. ·

BUZZ SA 1 ER, Jistan.:e runm r. 'At Bak'-rsfI.Cld Pcr1..) CLI·utt} amazc.:d me w1tl1-iii-;~mcet:;:-cagu·111..ss w tuac.h. At th, AAU on Fnda> I casually spoke to lum an.I tl11..· 111..xt th:ng I k..,•.:\I .vc w<.!r..: 0,1 the wa1·m-up f1dc1, he hau !us sho...:s off, an .. "a:, dash mg around the. fr ass Lo ,lL monstratc l11s 'lift' 11r1.nc1plc. Tl11s fellO\\ 1s a real 111sp1ra11on to watch a.'lLl tal!, to. HopL we can get lum In tlus countr:, fur an extcmlL'd stay. "

AL BUEIILER , cross <.OUJ1try coach, Duke: "Your a:-tkle lll Fdi. about Mihal.- !;;101·~-rtalllly was a <leserv,ng tn!Jute to lum as one of the world's foremost d1stancu running coachLs. In thu spnng of l!l57 we ha..l a chanc.c to observ'- lus coaclUJ1g methods first hand. We were very 111Jd1 impressed with It all a.ii..i tlus year we Junkl'<l the stan..iar<l Amcnum program and our d1.stance runners a<lopt..:d a mod1f1ed version of Iglo1 1s system. In on..: year's time our rwmc .:s have made tremendous 11nprovemc1:ts, mclmimg sd1ool records m •HO, 880, mile, two-mile and relay with some of the rcconls Jatmg back to l!J32. For example: Cary We1sigLr ran -1.28 and 1:3!) rn high school, 4:23.0 and l 5!J as a frvsh, tlus year d1tl -1: 10. 7 anti 1 51. G (relay) as a soph. Tom Bazemore nev1..r ran m !ugh sdiool, did 1. 57. 7 a.i1d 30. 3 as frosh, l 32. 2, -18. 3 tlus year. Tom Mena.- r went from 32. 0 aJLl :.!. U:J as prep, -l!J. !J and 2: U0 a.s frosh, 1: 56. 5 anti -18. 5 last s<.ason. Jcr!"y Nou!"s~ \/Cnl from 4: 31 m !ugh school to "1.18. 8 and !l JG as a frosh. We attnhute •no:.t of tiw SliCCess to Iglo1 's system arrJ lughly n..'\:omr.lL'all II to any' <l!stance runnu·."

Sh Y MOUR LIEBERMAN , I lou:;tun. "John Macy will i>e :iac.k at the Un1v­Lrs1c-; ofTiumitUJ1this -;;Otningsen:cst1..r on a non-atl1lcU<- schokrsl.1p. He is li\.111~, 1:.; up lus specJ this summc.r. In pra<-U<..! about two \\,._eks bdorL the. :\AU he ran ..!~.11 for SL'I. miles. About ;; Jays bdore Bakersfield he was stung by ah msect Oil tl1e outs1ue of lus nght a;11J,_. lie was unalilc to tr run and it was Ve!) prunfal wbl, run!ung so he WLlll Just fast enough to win the. AAU."

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American trackmen in Japan, 1-to-r, R. HOWARD, Coach JOHNNY MORRISS (of Houston Univ.), PRINCESS CHICHIBU of Japan, high JUmp sensation JOHN THOMAS and G. AMUNDSEN. (Tad Dobroski)

AAU TEAM IN JAPAN Eight athletes from the U.S. were

Joined by American servicemen in Japan to compete against Japanese.

The fotlowing meets are prece­ded by symbols keymg the mdividual marks shown below:

(a) Tokyo, Aug. 23-24. Japan 104, USA 103. National records by Takashi Miki (229'i" javelin) and Sohei Kaneko (152'6" discus).

(b) Sapporo, Aug. 30-31. Japan 111, USA 95.

(c) Yokohama, Sep. 4. Noboru Okamoto set a national hammer record of 196'10".

(d) Nagoya, Sep. 6. 35,000 saw Japan win 157 to 149 !

(e) Kyoto, Sep. 7. USA 10 firsts, lapan 9.

(f) Fukuoka. USA 11, Japan 6. (g) Odawara, Sep. 14. 25,000 saw

Norialci Yasuda clear 14'31" for a national vault record, but lose on more misses. U. S. winners:

Jerome Walters: (a) 1: 56. 5 (b) 1: 54. 8 and 3: 55. I le) 3: 52. 4 (d) 3: 55. 3 (e) 1: 53. 3 and 4: 06, 1 (f) 1: 53. 2 and 3: 54. 4 (g) 1: 56. 0 and 3: 57. 3.

Dickie Howard: (a) 400m H in 52. 2 (b) 52. 7 (c) 400m in 48. 0 (d) 51. 9

(e) 48. 1 (f) 53. 1) (g) 48. 5 and 52. 4. John Thomas: (a) 6'7~") (b) 6'6~"

(c) 6110¾" (d) 6'7~" (e) 6'7~" (f) 6'9" (g) 6'10f'.

Stew Thomson: (a) SP 51 'l¼'', dis­cus 162 12" (b) 165'2" (c) 49'9~" and 162'4" (d) 48'4¾" and 156' (e) 47'5!" and 160'9!'' (f) 48'10¼" and 163'11" (g) 50'10¼" and 160'6f'.

Bob Charles: (c) 14'1¼" (d) 13'9¼" (g) I4'3r' Qapanese record).

Ted Smith: (a) 48. 3 (c) 1: 54. 2 (d) 48. 6 (f) 48. 5.

oel Wile . (c) 23'9¼" (e) 22'11 !". .;:;,;;;;;.;,,,,c....;:>.eu;;:.i=st: (a) 233'6!" (b) 235'4"

(c) 211 7 2 (e) 227'. Among the servicemen, Tom Christ­

ian ran 10. 4 (b) and 21. 3 (g). Jim Ball ran 14. 4 (b), 14. 8 (c), and 14. 7 (d & e), and Chuck Cobb ran 14. 9 (f) and 14. 41'1'l

AAl, 30, 000 METER WALK Los Angeles, Sep. 21-

1, Gu1.llermo Weller, Arg. 2, Valdmar Grandy, Canada 3, Leo Sjijgren 4, Ron Laird 5, Doug Klann 6, Ward Forman 7, Don Jacobs

2:42:12. 5 2: 54:30. 3 2:56:01. 3 3:13:00. 7 3: 23: 18. 5 3:34: 50. 5 3:37:36. 2

No other finishers. No team scored.

ALEX SUTHERLAND, Waslungton,D.C. "Browrnng Ross' idea of formrng road rwming clubs over the country sounds great. Havmg hved 2U years lll

Scotland l know what tlus form of club life means to athletes. I'd like to see T&F clubs formed everywhere so that ex-college athletes could contlllue with m<..1r events after leav1J1g school. It would be one way to improve me standard of distance runrung m tlus country. The U.S. could match Europe at distance rwuung if our boys had a chance to continue rwuu.ng after leavng college. A distance man is not at lus best unul his late 20s. Most of the boys over here quit college because mere are no clubs for them to conunue runnmg wim. Unul the U.S. wakes up to this fact and starts formmg Harrier Clugs, the rest of the world will contlllue to leave us belund. Anyone mterested in forming a T&F club in D.C. ?"

DR. DICK GANSLEN, U of Arkansas: "Our NCAA coaches associauon has ga to 1,--0 all out scientific. We have got to know more facts about how tram­mg affects people and how people affect traming. I am convinced that after nllle years of contmuous 111vcsngat1011 of trall1lng effects, 1J1clud1J1g four years of m­tens1vc coaclung at Ilhno1s, I know practically notlung that can be put on paper 1n the terms of scicnuf1c physiological facts, and th1.s 1J1cludes a summary of all the other mvcsuga.uons by Jozcns of other workers. You cannot fllld 10 first class scientific papers m all the hteraturc of the world discussing 'trammg effects' wluch can be supported c; sc1cntif1c data."

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16- -October, 195'8

Cross Country Results ARMY 18, FORDHAM 39, SH 85

West Point, NY, Sep. 26-1, Healy, Army 2, Wilson, A 3, Keams, Fordham ARMY 15, PROVIDENCE 50

West Point, Oct. 3-

27:22 28:27 28:51

1, Healy, A; 2, Hanne, A; 3, Wilson, A 4, Greene, A;5, Bender, A 27:38 YALE 25, BROWN 39, COf\:N. 73 1, Lowe, Brown 21:56 2, Bachrach, Yale 22:07 3, filake, Yale 22: 23 f\:EW HAMPSHIRE 28, MAINE 30

Orono, Me., Oct. 4-1, Bill Daley, Me. 21:42. 4 2, Dale Bessey, Me. 21:50.0 9-MILE CROSS COUNTRY RUN

Van Cortland Park, NY, Oct. 5-1, Pete McArdle 49: 18. 7 2, Jack Barry 52:42 3, Ted Corbitt 52: 58 4, Jose Dones 53:19 YALE 20, DARTMOUTH 45, COLUM.

Van Cortland Park (5-mile), Oct. 10-1, Iglesias, Columbia 26: 55 2, Bachrach, Yale 27:43 3, Wade, Yale 27:53 DARTMOUTH FR. 19, YALE 45, COL.

Van Cortland Park (3-mile) Oct 10-1, Tom Laris, Dartmouth 15:08. 6 2, Thompkins, D 16:43. 7 MAKHATTAN WINS QUADRANGULAR

Van Cortland Park, Oct. 11-1, Pete Beyer, Man. 25:28.8 2, Ed McAllister, Man. 26:07 3, Gene Martin, Man. 26:18 4, Tom Kearns, Fordham 26:20 Team: Man. 23, Ford. 34, Provi­dence 82, Conn. 99. ARMY 21, ST. JOHNS 39, t,;YU 80

New York City, Oct. 11-1, Pete Close, SJ 2, R. Greene, Army 3, Dick Healy, Army ARl\1Y 15, LEMOYNE 49

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West Pomt, Oct. 17. 5 m1..ks 1, Greene, A, 26:26, co<1rse recoru, old record 26: 48, Matza, NYU, 1956. 2, Healy, A, :n 05 3, Wilson, A, 2 -:1, 4, Carroll, A, 27·47. 5,Benuer, A, 27:.>9

DUKE 18, WILLIAM & MARY 42 1, Dave Pitkenthly, D 17: 58. 5 2, Jerry Nourse, D 17:58. 5 3, Bob DeTomb, W & M CLEMSON 23, NORTH CAROLil'sA 32 1, Wayne Bi.shop, UNC 20:04 2, Walt Tyler, C 21:22 PENN ST ATE 16, NAVY 46 1, tie: Ed Moran, Kerr, Weber, and Englebrink, PS 26: 54

MICHIGAN AAU CROSS COUNTRY Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 4-

1, Jerry Ashmore, WM 20:28.B 2, Wm. Reynolds, MSU 20: 53 3, Dave Redding, WM 21:00 4, Hal Higdon, UCTC 21:10

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,,, FERNANDO LEON of USC wins famous Dipsea race 1..n Northern California as father and mother chase after him. Race starts on other side of mountain in background, goes over the hill am1 down to the seas. (Steve Murdock)

5, Ron Hopkins, WM 6, Mauri Jormakka, EM 7, Art Eversole, WM 8, Dave Martin, un. (Mich.) 9, Mel Turner, BG 10, Vander Heuval, CM JUNIOR MICHIGAN AAU ,

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1, Ergis Leps, un. (Mich. Fr) 9: 58. 3 2, Ed Graydon, un. (MSU Fr) 9: 59 3, Clayt Ward, un. (MSU Fr) 9:59 DRAKE 22, SOUTH DAKOTA ST. 33

Des Moines, Ia., Oct. 10-1, Dewey Pistulka, SOS 15:08.4 2, Svl Robertson, Drake 15: 25 .,

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DRAKE FROSH 21, SOS "B" 34 Des Moines, Ia., Oct. 10-

1, Tom Rivers, Drake Fr. 15:01.4 x, Wayne Sullwold, un. (D) 16:23 KAi°\SAS 15, MISSOURI 41

Columbia, Mo., Oct. 11-1, Billy Mills, K 15:23.0 2, Berry Crawford, K 15:28. 3, Dan Ralston, K 15:35 4, Tom Skutka, K 15:41 5, Brian Travis, K 15:44 6, Cliff Cushman, K 16:00 FROSH POSTAL TRACK 2-MILE RUN 1, Bill Dotson, Kansas 9:19. 7 2, Bob Lindrud, Kansas 9: 39, 5 3, Fred Sandoval, Kansas 9:41. 5 WESTERN MICHIGAN 27, MSU 30

East Lansing, Oct, 11-1, Crawford Kennedy, MSU 19:57, 3 2, Jerry Ashmore, WM 20:11 3, Art Eversole, WM 20:26 4, Bob Lake, MSU 20: 34 5, Bill Reynolds, MSU 20:35 MINNESOTA 16, WISCONSIN 41

Madison, Wis., Oct. 12-1, Len Edelen, M 20:29 2, Bart Bontems, M 21:15 IOWA STATE WINS QUADRANGULAR

Norman, Okla., Oct. 12-1, vail Hodgson, Okla. 14:35 2, Ernie Kleynhans, Okla. 14:59 3, Gary Haltmeyer, IS 15:00 4, Mike Peake, Colo. 15:01 5, Bernie Frakes, Colo. 15:02 Team: IS 43, C 53, Ok. Bai:. 62, OU 66. --------- - --- ---- -------KANSAS 20, U OF CHICAGO TC 35

Lawrence, Oct. 18- (4 miles) 1, Phil Coleman, UCTC 20:42. 7 2, Tom Skutka, K 20: 54. 0 3, Berry Crawford, K 20: 56. 0 4, Bnan Travis, K 21:04 5, Cliff Cushman, K 21: 23 6, Dan Ralston, K 21: 26 7, Hal Higdon, UCTC 21:36 8, Frank Hedgecock, UCTC 22: 14 (Billy Mills, Kansas, inJured.)

2-MILE TIMES Frosh Bob Lindrud of Kansas ran a

2-mile in 9:24. 4 in postal compct1t1on endlng Oct, 18. In California, Jack Marden won a 2-mile in 9: 32. O, and Keith Wallace, not yet 19 years old, ran a practice 9: 19. 9.

MARDEN BREAKS OOEHM'S MARK Stockton, Calif., Oct. 19- Jack

Marden ran 4. 2 miles on grass in 23:12. 5 to break Walt Boehm's course record in the 9th annual Stockton Run. Charles Curtis (23;18) was also six seconds under Boehm's mark. IDAHO 21, WASHINGTON STATE 3-1

Moscow, 1-..,, Oct, 16, 2 miles. 1, Wyatt,!, 10:32. 7, 2, Adams, I, 10 32. 7; 3, Boyce, I, 10: 52. 0, 4, Bent, W, 10: 5-1, 5, Reeu,I, 10: 5-1,G, Ferguson, W.

BROCTON POINT RACE Vancouvc.:r,l3,C., Sept, 27,4~ miles

1. Paul Hemlen, VOC, 22.06. 8, course recorC:, old record, 22. 25. 6, Doug Kyle, 1956, 2, Jack,Burnett, UBC, 22.15; 3, Jim Moore, UBC, 22· 18, -1, Ray Hampton, VOC, 22:46, 5,Ivor Davis, VOC, 22:5-1,6, Nicholls, VOC. VANCOUVER O.C. 17, U.Br.COL. 21

Vancouver,B.C., Oct. 4, 41 miks. 1, Jim Moore, UBC, 21.5-1, course rec, ol..! rccon! 22:06. G, Henden, 1958, 2, Paul He::nJcn, voe, 22: 01 3, Jae!; Burnet, UBC, 22. 24 4, Ray Hampton, VOC, 22.4G 5, harry Stephens, voe, 2J·ll

CORRECTIONS Browning Ross was from Villanova.

Angelo Coia is from Notheast High School of Philadelphia. V ALI WINS MARATHON

Seattle, Wash., Sept. 28--1\dnan Vali of the Vancouver Olympic Clt!b wo.i a full length marathon run in 2:47·20. 2, Gene Cummings, Shoreline AC, 3:-12.59, 3, Startzell, 4: 02:46.

WORLD REPORT JAPAN. Takashl Miki of Waseda U.

set ncw Japanese Javelin recoru with 238'10~" on Oct. 12 m Tokyo. High schooler Kirnitaua Hayasc ran 400m in 48. 6,

RED CHINA. Fu Sheng Hai set national marathon record of 2. 28: 03.

AUSTRALIA: Sydney, Sept. 27-­SP, Penfold, 51'2", NSW marathon ch., L. Saunders 2.49.44 .

Sydney, Oct. 4, Schoolboy meets: 100, Bursill 9. 8, Cleary 9. 8, Cleary 21. 9, Testoru 23'7 t Prince 23'7 ~",

Melbourne. DT, Balod1s, 155',HH, Chittick, 14, 9, Victoria marathon: F. Tutchner, 2:45:12,2,Duff, 2.47·58.

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