Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-11
By ALAN J. U

NEW YORK.-(P)-In a year that
seems to be SCATTERING all precedent
fer high flying the famous school
master. Hal Osborn. may have to
yield the high jumping Olympic
crown to one or another Of the as
tonishing crop of new altitude-mak-
tTs.
When America can mention off
land the names of ten jumpers who
have done 6 feet ( inches or better
there isn't much prospect that the
nations supremacy in this branch OF
the field sports will be menaced at
Amsterdam.
The veteran Osborn has been
troubled off and on during the past
few years by a weak ankle or strain
ed thigh tendons. Half his leg has
leen tapped up in recent competition
but ever with such handicaps the
tespectacled star Of the Illinois A. c.
is as good or better than half his
rivals.
Whether or not Osborn is able 10
stage a comeback he can rest on
a pretty fair share of ~laurels al
ready won. He captured the Olym-
pic title four years ago at Paris.
beating out the slim Dartmouth star,
Leroy Brown, with a record leap of
9 feet 6 inches. That was Osborn's
greatest year, 1924. for he also won
the Olvmnir decathlon title and set
Q new worlds high jumping mark
Ct s feet, s Ia inches. That record
still stands. The closest IL has come
to beir~ touched was two wears ago
when Faggard. Texas star, leaped
I feet Z Ia inches.
Haggard is among the foremost
Olympic co%ntenders this year. So
are Burg of Chicago. C~oggeshall of
the Olympic club. San Francisco:
Major OF st. Bonaventure. Maynord
cf Dartmouth. Bob King Of Stanford
and Shepherd of Texas. all of whom
nave scaled around s feet 8 inches
OF more.
King. the national champion. IS
among the most consistent. He has
the additional benefit Of being coach
ed BY "Dink" Temnleton. himself a
famous jumper. and member of the
1920 Olympic team and this year a
member Of the Olympic coaching
staff. Tenpleton went over to the
Fames eight years ago as a high
jumper. He was ruled out because
Of his western roll" style Of leap
ing but went into the broad jump and
finished fourth on short notice.
Perhaps the most dramatic high
jumping victory for the United
States occurred AZ Stockholm in 1912
when Alma Richards, giant Utah
athlete. defeated the great Califor.
rian and favorite. George HORNE.
Who had set the worlds record at &
feet z inches. Richards. HORNE and
Leische. the German, were the three
f.nalists. With the bar at SIS
Leische cleared easily on his first
try. The Americans missed their
first two tries and then HORNE failed
on his third and final attemnt. With
try left and victory at stake.
Richards cleared the bar with a ire
mendous effort and went on to win
AZ e:3 3-4.
In view Of American supremacy
otherwise il Il still something Of 4
rysterv to note the lapse in 1906.
when the best any representative of
the United States could do was a tie
for third place at SIT rs. The win
Ping mark that year. only two inches
higher. is the lowest on Olympic rec
ord.
BY contrast. in 1912. six Of the
first seven in the final standing were
Americans. Four out OF the first
five places were captured in 1920 and
three out OF four at Paris in 1924
Temnleton. whose tutoring will have
] lot 70 do with Il. predicts that II
will be at least 1873 this year.