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Mathias Picks Yang To WinOver Johnson In Decathlon1*diofhi■agn.ini FRALEY ! ptwtd Sunday, is S,S83 points. h, ROME (UPD—Five vears ago Yang's top mark is M2** points— when two-time Olympic decathlon champion Rob Mathias was on amMBut remember, when he made p» Department tour, he gave a that mark. Yang had a bad leg clfor some two dozen wide Mmi oojv high jumped five feet, j w10 inchs, Mathias «aid of the U-* *mt m which points are gradusteeplv as performances in-they listened attentively as CfWM lt;He well might Have brok-its gave them tips on the en Johnson's world record if heeyed youngFormosa They werwg*be« track and field events had been right. And he just might ‘ f lt;compose the decathlon and ^ ,t nghj here in the Olympics.” i „1 So, as the man cautioned,rostrated ms prowess.came to the high jump, leaped over the bar at 5 ^So did ooe of the youngFearless ain't about to soend that. yet.frWthm *,‘”d,n* I* .dr. ^. Kansas Man Winstbits cleared it at six feet, one. s So did his observer. Rangy Boh Senior Golf Titlehitched up his pants and cleared six. two, the highest he ever jumped in hia career.-COAiMW- . „SPRINGS, Colo. | VTV vnune m.o tail'd ov-r it I'1 T'1 « ' «*...I., —j____ ____ fe\villa, Kan., clothier, is the first!K—and went right ____... ., c ...over it as Mathias watched from . d .S*n'ors *°,f rh*mP,0° the sidelines until he cleared feet. *1* inches.Mathias ImpressedMewr it «nn Mathias who _____pop eyed, ev*r m*»re than a one holeHot) smoke*” he told the »d'*ntage until the Kansan closed mg man, “you can jump. If 1 out 00 fb* 00 the Broad-Strasburger, 57, won the crown Sunday b whipping John Robertsof Chietfo, 2 and 1, in a tightbattle m which neither golferM*«you tried some of the other events moor course.you'd make a terrific decathlon Roberts, 5i, former VS. andInternational Seniors king, twice was ahead, but Strasburcer tooksiMGtcd(*8mmThat was five yea n agoToday, as .Mathias walked j ^or time on No•«through the Olympic village, he said a tremendous mouthfulwill bet vou 5 QUO lire,” he#said, tallying as if the equivalentof eight bucks United States wasn’t a lot of money, ”that this guy wins the Olympic decathlon Ami you can have the rest of thefieW.” WSM-Be wasn’t talking about worldrecord holder Rafer Johnson. Norabout former world record holderVassily Kusrnttsov of Russia, whogenerally is considered to heJohnson's mam threat in the!IfEXHIBITION PRO FOOTBALL B) THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWeekend ResultseoINational leaguePhiladelphia 24, Washington Green Bay 35, Chicago Boa Los Angefes 22. Cleveland Mi 14, New Ybfti SAmerican LeagueBoston H, Oakland §4 111Dallas # Denver ftfs«r«-v.—*1,grueling HLevent man-Juller which runs over two days.Picked YangHe was picking the fellow who beat him high jumping that day in Formosa—fellow named ChuanKwang Yang.TeamsAttitude ChareSuch a bet. naturally, was ROME (AP)Thesnapped up like leaf of lettuce in were getting openly edgy todava rabbit waren. * ^ifdon’t spendShe\Ma*w.m«d If John™ has on. '* ' ,k’w wi,' ,h* V»nk« **•'uThe situation was brought to a head over the weekend whenbad event and if Kuznetsov isn't ment in the Olvmoic Games in the greatest .shape of his life,Yang will win this thing sure.i ang, who is known affection Lance Larson, a young swimmer ately to his friends as “C.K..” from El Monte, Calif., was ruled took Mathias’ advice and turned out of the 100 meter freestyle up in the United States where he championship although he record-w*nt to school at UCLA. He halt; ed faster time* than the winner, heavily muscled legs and a sort John Devitt of Australia, of sunken chested appearance That's the way it goes ” said Mathias warns, the 27-year- George Harrison of Ormda, Calif..old Taiwan athlete has been work- Larson's roommate. ”Anv timeweights to improve the they get a chance to throw om in his upper body and into the Americans they do n. !* '1 the proper breaks can gothe wayHad Bad Legs a hit weak in the shot and discus.” admitted Mathias.who won the Olympic decathlon championship as a 17-year-old in the London games of 194ft and repeated tour vears later at Hel-t*t we win, we ve gotlug If it s close tbev’H j some other guy. Everybody to knock us down ”Certain He Wen t looks like we**«eto winby a mile,” said the disappointedLarson. “I was certain 1 won.” Throughout the American sec-.hr thej tor—particularly among competi ,500-meters and high jumps up to tors in sports w here judgement♦ as normtl of six feet, six better, hell be tough to beat Johnson’s world record, ap-piays a role in determining nets—the complaint was the same: Judges go against the
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Mon, Aug 29, 1960
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