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BOSTON. Jan. 2s tAPl-
John Thomas of Boston Uni
yersity--smarting at the news
of Q Russian breaking his in
door high Jump record cleared
Z feet 8 inches tonight at the
Boston AA Games before a
crowd Of 12,0Sl.
Only three hours earlier,
Thomas had learned Of Valer-
ry Brumel's fantastic mark Of
7-41a in Leningrad today. That
smashed Thomas record of
| 7-2h and was better even than
the Bostonian's outdoor stand
ard Of 7-3%.
Thomas missed on two tries
at the height--didn't come
close to clearing the bar, but
on the third try. he sailed over
with the grace Of q swan.
Fan Knocks Down Bar
Before the officials had a
chance to rerneasure the cross
bar. 1t was knocked over by a
bystander. At first. there was
some concern that the jump
might be disallowed, but AAU
President Dan Ferris, who was
acting as referee. said 1t would
be submitted to the AAU rec
ords committee.
Thomas has been over 7-2
in practice sessions all week,
Boston q. officials said and
they, ct least. were not sur
prised. The actual measure-
ment was 7-3h, but under
AAU rules it reverted to 7-3.
Thomas did not try for q
higher standard after the 7-3
jump, but he praised Brum-
els leap.
Thomas shared honors with
Ernie Cunlife, the smoth-
striding Stanford graduate stu
dant, who lowered the indoor
l,000-yard record to 2:07.9.
CUNLIFE WINS EASILY
Just two weeks ago on the
same Boston Garden track,
Cuniife ran on boards for the
first time in q 1,000-yard race
in 2:10.2 in borrowed shoes.
| This time he left no doubt
that he was out to shatter the
indoor standard Of 2:0S.2 held
jointly by Don Gehrmann and
Arnie Sowell.
He gained the lead In the
second lap. took a quack look
behind once to make sure he
was shaking off Lee Martin Of
Morgan State and ran the final
three laps by himself strictly
against the clock.
Cuniife already holds the
American outdoor record Of
l2:0T3.
Fran Tomeo Of Fordham was
second and Jon Dante Of Vii
lanova finished third
Istvan Roszavolgyi. fresh off
the plane from Hungary, won
the Hunter Mile in 4:06.8, beat
ing Deacon Jones Of Fort Lee,
Va, home by about 10 yards.
| Arrived In Morning
Rosy, whose 4:0l.8 is the Sec
ond fastest indoor mile ever.
took the track less than 10
hours after his plane touched
down in New York. When he
arrived in Boston ut z am. he
took a quick workout at Boston
Garden. then slept most Of
the day. %
Don Vinton Of Georgetown
was third and John Kopil of
the New York Athletic Club
finished fourth.
Ralph Boston Of Tennessee
A. & l., the world record holder
in the broad jump. won the As
yard high hurdles in Sc.
The Olympic broad jum9
gold medal got the jump on his
rivals from the start and won
breezing. At the tape he was
about three steps in front OF
Mike Herman Of New York.
George Young, an Olympian
from Fort Lee. Va. captured
the two-mile in 1852. beating
Peter McCardle of the New
York A. C. by about five yards.
Frank Budd Of villanova
whipped to a 5.4 victory in the
50-yard dash. beating out
Paul Winder Of Morgan State
Wy dlulOct q ydTu.
Charlie Tidwell of Kansas,
the NCAA 100 and 200-meter
champion, was shut out in his
heat. Tdwell. making his East
ern indoor debut. got off to
a poor start and never caught
up.
Gary Gubner. latest Of Amer
ica's Teen-age track sensations,
threw the shot put So feet, 4
inches to better the meet record.
Gubner's winning toss topped
the previous BAA mark Of 81
6l2 set by Jim Fuchs in 1850.
Shot putt, Gary. oubner, .NYU:
5s feet 4 Inches. Meet record, old
Z; Carl shine. 'B4H. 5s.s; a'' g.. i'RSlsi Jerry
Mcnkofski, unattached, $50; 4, Ed
New New YS5k S5..n Aci sIs. So feet u inches
Engel NYAc, 500.
Harvard. ss.5,s: 2, Jim Axtei. Yale.
s.-11; B. Mike HuEhes. Tufts, se-6ss:
| 44O-yard run--l, James Moreland,
Brown. g. Lawrence Repsher. Har-
yard. 3, John McNamara. Boston Col.
lese qeorse washinston' NIT.
sso-ysrd run--l. stephen Paranya,
University. g. Frederick Howard. Hsr-
ward. 4, Paul Lilly, Holy Cross. '56.7