13 Records fell at U.S.

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Citius,
fongly.

altius,

The 52 young men, chosen here recently,
# "present the United States in the men’s track and field
Mmpetition at the’ 156 Olympic Games in Melbourne

ved their dedication to this
-old Olympic goal.

ne veteran who survived
selection ordeal four years
and subsequently won a
nd and a third place medal
Helsinki, shook his head
disbelief as he sat high in
Coliseum and watched the
formances of the men who
compete against the

g Mrld’s finest in November.
Ollie Matson, now one of
we finest running backs in
fessional football, saw
ee world records broken
cluding one in the event
fi which he competed) and
rveled at the progress
ught in the past four

he powerful young Negro
ibm San Francisco, who was
is rd in the 400 metre run at
slsinki and also ran on the
;cond place U.S. 1,600 metre
lay team, was amazed when

of New Rochelle, N Y.,
away from everybody to
a new world record of
seconds in the 400 metre

atson’s choice as_ they
fed up for the race was J.
Mashburn of Oklahoma
y. “That’s my man,” Mat-
said “If he’s close.to Jones
en they come off the curve,
1 take him, because Mash-
n’s stronger.”
wo of the eight, Mash-
n and Jimmy Lea, had
n in the finals with Mat-
four years ago on this
e track. The other were
gie Pearman, the ageless
ool teacher from Jamaica,
; Jerry White, the sensa-
mal state high school cham-
geor from Corcoran, Calif.;
rlie Jenkins, the tremen-
sly consistent Villanova
from Cambridge,
s.; Mike Larranbee of the

o

owerful team
‘or Melbourne

By STEVE MURDOCK

fortius — quicker,

LOS ANGELES

higher, more

who will

University of Southern Cali-
fornia; Russ Ellis of UCLA
and Jones, who was running
in the outside lane and would
have no one in front of him.

“You’ve got to keep your
eye on that inside lane mar-
ker,” said Matson. “You lean
to the left. You pump your
left arm fast straight ahead.
You bring your right arm up
and across your chest to the
left You run as close to the
chalk mark as you can. Every
inch counts.”

The gun barked. Jones was
out fast with Lea right be-
hind him. It was clear through
the binoculars they were fly-
ing. Lea with his long fluid
stride was obviously running
all out, but he wasn’t clos-
ing the gap of the stagger on
ones, whose white track shoes
were almost a blur across the
field Jones eased a little on
the backstretch in order to
gather for the finish. Some-
one caught him at the 200
metre mark in 21:3.

Jones, who had never seen
another runner during the
whole race, won by about six
weet with Jenkins third and
Mzeshburn fourth — just as
Lea rubbed Jones’ head affec-
tionately as he caught him

he had been four years before.
just past the finish.

It must have been fast, we
said to one another. Jones
and Lea were a good eight
yards ahead of Jenkins and

‘Mashburn. Then came the an-

nouncement. For Jones, a new
world record at 45.2, a full
seventh-tenth of a second bet-
ter than the Olympic record.
Lea’s. time, 45.8, also under
the Olympic record Jenkins’
time 46.1, Mashburn’s, 46.5.

“Can you beat that?” said

Matson.

HE SCOREBOARD

100 METRES
Bobby Morrow (Abilene
Christian)
Winnipeg time: 10.3
Olympia record: 10.3
ra Murchison (U.S. Army)
Thane Baker (U.S. Air

4eamon King (Cal.) (Relay)
200 METRES
Bobby Morrow (Abilene
vhristian)
inipeg time: 20.6
Olympia record: 20.7

2. Thane Baker oe Air
Force )
3.. Andy Stanfield (NY. Pion-
eers)
400 METRES
1. Lou Jones (U.S. Army)
Winnipeg time: 45.2
Olympic record: 45.9
. Jim Lea (U.S, Air Force)
. Charley Jenkins (Villanova)
. J. W. Mashburn’ ( Okla.
A&M) (Relay)
800 METRES
1. Tom Courtney (U.S, Army)

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. Arnie Sowell (Pitt)
- Lon ‘Spurrier

. Jerome Walters (SC Strid-

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First man in the world to jump seven feet is Charles

Dumas of Compton College, California, shown making
his leap and skimming over the bar at the recent U.S.
Olympic trials in Lon Angeles.

Winnipeg time: 1:46.4
Olympic record: 1:49.2

Winnipeg time: 3:47.6
Olympic record: 3:45.2

2. Ted Wheeler (Iowa)

3. Don Bowden (California)

5,000 METRES
‘1. Bill Dellinger (Oregon)
Winnipeg time: 14:26
Olympic record: 14:06.6

(U,S. Air
Force ) E

1,500 METRES

ers)

. Richard - Hart

. Gordon McKenzie

. Curtis Stone (NYAC)
. Max Truex (USC)

10,000 METRES

. Max Truex (USC)

Winnipeg time: 30:52
Olympic record: 29:17

( Collegiate
T&F) &
(N.Y.
Pioneers )

110-METRE. HIGH HURDLES

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1,

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. Vern Wilson

. Parry. O’Brien

. Cy Young

Jack Davis (U.S. Navy)
Lee Calhoun (N.C. College)
Winnipeg time: 13.8
Olympia record: 13.7

. Joel Shankle (Duke)

400-METRE HURDLES

- Glenn Davis (Ohio State)

Winnipeg time: 49.5
Olympia record: 50.8

. Eddie Southern (Texas)
. Josh Culbreath (U.S. Mar-

ines)

3,000-METRE STEEPLE-
CHASE

. Phil Coleman (Chicago TC)

Winnipeg time: 9:00.3
Olympic record: 8:45.4

. Charlie Jones (Iowa)
. Horace Ashenfelter (NYAC)

POLE VAULT

. Bob. Richards (Los Angeles

AC) :
Winnipeg height: 15-1
Olympia record: 14-11%

. George Mattos (U.S. Air
Force )
. Jim Graham (Oklahoma

A&M)
HOP, STEP AND JUMP

. Ira Davis (LaSalle)

Winnipeg distance: 51-434
Olympic record: 53-214"

. George Shaw (N.Y. Pion-
eers
. Bill Sharpe (West Chester
fe)

DISCUS THROW

. Fortune Gordien (SC strid-

ers)
Winnipeg distance: 187-8%
Olympic record: 180-6%

. Al Oerter (Kansas)
. Ron Drummond (UCLA)

HIGH JUMP

. Charlie Dumas (Compton _
JC)
Winnipeg height: 7-0%

Olympic record: 6-8%
(Santa Clara
YC)

. Phil Reavis (Villanova)

BROAD JUMP

. Greg Bell (Indiana)
. John Bennett (U.S. Army)

Winnipeg distance: 25-8%
Olympic record: 26-5%

. Rafer Johnson (UCLA)

SHOTPUT

(U.S. Air
Force )

Winnipeg distance: 60-10
Olympic record: 57-14%

. Ken Bantum (Manhatan)
. Bill Nieder (Kansas)

HAMMER THROW

. Albert Hall (Cornell)~ @

Winnipeg distance: 197-7
Olympic record: 197-1134

. Cliff Blair (Boston U)
. Harold Connolly (Boston
AA)

JAVELIN THROW
(San Francisco
OC)

Winnipeg distance: 244-11
Olympia record: 242-034

. Phil Conley (Cal Tech) — -
. Phil Conley (Cal Tech)
. Ben Garcia (U.S. Navy)

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