The evening world., 1912-06-06
HORNE Jumps the Almost Incon.
ceivable Height Of 6 Fl. 8 IA
In. While Finishing His Train.
ING at Travers Island.
osessisAs. 1919. By tn. Pr.ss Publishing 90.
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- DORGE HORNE. the wonderful
~ high jumper OF Stanford Univer-
sity. California, cleared Q feet SN
inches yesterday at Travers Island.
where he u finishing his training for
the Olympic games.
This 10 an incompatible feat. No other
athlete has ever come near It. No otner
sthiets has ever dreamed Of the possi-
bility Of clar!nE this height.
HORNE was training with 3 number OF
TIM N. 7. A. c. men. He announced
that the afternoons workout would
conclude his hard training. The other
athletes gathered around. Simon G!llles
and Chiids. the famous weight throwers.
were selected As oficials. They put the
bar at 8 feet 10 inches. HORNE went so
far above Il that the stick was raised
10 3 feet . inches. He cleared that a.
saaly. It was raised TO feet 0 inches.
a inch below Horlne's new worlds
record. HORNE cleared that. and went
over the bar so high that the volunteer
omciais. without calling out the figures.
moved II up three inches more.
Now the bar was six feet nine inches
fren the ground. according TO the stan
dards. II was a sun. nssvy stick that
Gagged very little. HorinS walked back
deliberately about thirty { ct, turned.
ana came directly at the jumping place In
q slow walk. He was crouching ard
looking up At the bar, which looked high
enough for . Dole vault rather than q
high Jump.
The las; three steps no made q nttls
faster-a half run. Lifting with a tre-
meu0ous spring when almost under the
bar. he rose straight In the air. swung
his left arm and shoulder over, and In
q fraction OF 4 second more was com
Ing down feet frst In the jumping pit
He had cleared the height ON his FRS
trial. A steel tape was brought ans
Gikies and childs, assisted by all tn,
othSrs, measured to the lowest polu, II
the length OF the cross-bar. 1t wa,
feet sh inches.
YORINE. with all the other cham
- pions. will rest new for a coupi
= = OF days. ard then 20 TO Boston
on the Friday afternoon train. On Sat
urday tho American tryouts for IN
American Olympic team will be held
II would not be at all surprising II hal
q Dozen worlds records were made.
curious state OF affairs obtains Just nov
10 many OF the athletes training for tn
coming Oiympcs have broken world
records in The past few weeks that
new record hardly exates attention
America win have the greatest ath
lst5c team that ever carried tho Star
and Stripes 10 victory. The rest Of tn
wood has come along. but American
stfn set the pace.
"fIE tryouts END the week. In
few days more the men selects
by the committee will be know,
How many will 20 TO represent tn,
couatry at Stockholm depends sntirel
upon the completion OF the nscsssar
fund. Money has been coming In yer
sloWdy. America needs moi only III
cha1apAons. b Ut q very strong ''secon
styanI team. for on . long trip lih
this many thanss may happen. Trave
ling and change Of climate may afYet
seGne q the hard-trainsd athletes. II
nee01ry to have several men In sac
e1eok. Not Lees than . hundred an
nv 0bpua1 b taken. And D-day thss
~ - eansagA money = esssa u
! szDoanD - ~ teoA