Evening star., 1960-07-02
Summaries on Pose Alb

The mighty leap by the i9-
year-old Boston University
sophomore topped yesterdays
performances bettering Olym-
pic trials records in six Of nine
events. Another was tied.
We'll have a lot better team
than ever before" Chairman
Pincus Sober of the United
States Olympic Track and Field
Committee said. But we'll have
a lot harder time winning gold
medals"
That remark underscored
track and field improvement
throughout the world with per-
formances here proving it's also
true in the United States.
1.-TWO hours of today's action
will be shown on national
television, from S to 7 pm,
with WTOP-9 the outlet in
Washington)
Nieder Fails to Qualify
There was heartbreak for
many. Bill Nieder, the Kansan
who put the shot a record 65
feet 7 inches failed to qualify
as he finished fourth to Dallas
Long. Parry O'Brien and Dave
Davis among the Big -Four" of
the sport.
Greg Bell, the 1856 Olympic
champion. failed to rank
among the first three in the
broad Jump and didn't make
the team. Neither did Eddie
Southern, the second place
winner in the 400-meter hur-
dies four years ago at Mel
bourne. NCAA sprint champion
Charlie Tidwell of Kansas
pulled up lame in the 100
meter dash. His participation
in the 200 today was doubtful.
Meet record breakers, in ad-
dition to Thomas, were AL Hall
of the New York Athletic Club
with a 2l4-foot 7-inch hammer
throw; Long with $685. in the
shot; Ralph Boston of Tennes-
see A&I with 26-6la in the
broad jump; Jim Beatty with
l4:13.6 in the 5,000-meter run
and AL Cantello with a 277
foot 7-inch javelin throw.
Glenn Davis, the ex-Ohio
State star who won the 400
meter hurdles gold medal at
Melbourne, tied his meet rec
ord with time of 49.5 seconds.
COnnOily's Back Hurts
Hall set the previous ham
mer throw trials record in
1856 with 197-712 and went on
to finish second to teammate
Harold Connolly in the Olym-
pics. Connolly, suffering from
a pulled muscle in his back,
was second yesterday with
212-3l2. He had a pain killer
injection before competing and
skipped his final two chances.
Longs throw surpassed the
60-l0 record by O'Brien four
years ago. O'Brien. winner of
two Olympic gold medals in
the shot, qualified with 62-3A
while Davis had 62-31a. Nieder,
who fouled on a 63-foot throw.
had a best legal heave of
61-934.
Boston's broad jump erased
a record of 26-2 set by Willie
Steele back in 1948 while
Beatty lowered the 5,000-meter
mark of 1926 by Bill Dellinger.
Cantello's javelin throw far
surpassed the PAIL by Cy
Young four years ago.
Ray Norton won the 100 in
10.4 seconds and could score a
double as he competes in the
200 today. Other events sched-
uled this afternoon in Stanford
Stadium were the 800-meter
finals, pole vault, 110-meter
high hurdles, hop-step-and-
jump, discuss, 400-meter, 5000
meter steeplechase and 1900
meter.
Trials records that stood up
yesterday were the 10.2 in the
100 in 1856 by Ira Murchison
and Bobby Morrow and the
1854 in the 300 by Tom Court
ney. also four years ago.
Runners have another try at
the 300 today. Qualifying were
James Dupree of New Mexico
with 1:47.7, fastest of the two
races. Ernie Cunliffe of STAN
ford, Lew Merriman of Wichita.
Kans.. Jim Stack of Yale. Tom
Murphy of the New York A.C.,
Jerry Siebert of California, and
Bob Tague Of Kansas.