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John Thomas Seeks Hidinghnilt;Place From Olympics FansaaPOMF (APV-U.S. authorities ltd todav they m»v be forced toForses Fnter«put high* jumper John Thomashiding so that ha can get tome ; Trotting Classicbefore his Olympicrelaxation gold medal bid ThursdayVTwoDU•'This bov is undergoing litem! - \ :__. .MKl Urrv Snvder. h„d ‘ ^ oT, rAmerican .rack .roach H. can , 0 Br,e «* Ral1* R*ld*'' *sleep. He never has any privacy. He never gets any !rest.asmaking it difficult to handicap . Wednesdays Hambletonian, the 1€IftKentucky Derbv of trottingTheir 3-year ofd trotters are not People are crowding him «H amonft tbe leading favorites in theday long-going mm his bedroom Jm ^ eyen( ruVst h#rne^ tat the village, hanging ovtr hisj race jn history but {htiT refWta albann at the lunch table, mob- tlons #s train#r aruj driver rankbing ham on the practice“Ha can t show his fat out having a swarm of people pouring all over him—newspapermen, cameramen and fans. There s no doubt about it—he's»s the most feared compe-seekmg the record $85pn re.O’Brien. 43, will ha'e Rlare anover in the No 1 post positionin the 1f-horse field and Baldwmost sought after athlete .n 44 Wl!! have Carlenf Hanover -the JJjL w-that. But we may have to get out of here andBlare is an enigma He tookroom jearmjrf trotter of the vear b somewhere so he can catch his ors m b\ settme * wt«nibreathThank goodnessthe divisioncompetes bcit the big chestnut sonearlyThomas, If Bostonian who has leaped nomenai 7 feet. 3% inches, it be-gmmng to show signs of cracking under the constant wear and tear.Mon had tender feet this season a mild-mannered j and faifed to win it) seven starts,breaking gait in four of them.“I like Elaine Rodn ey very much, but J fear Blare and O'Brien,” said Lou Huber Jr., drtver of the top-favored Unclemoisture in his eyes when he tried Sam Backing of Uncle Sam grewThe eanglinc f-footto describe his tribulations in the Monday when canteen Monday night,‘i don’t want to be dthis is getting almost impossiblehe said.fta bruised right nm foot completely healed Huber thinks there is so much«‘When I go back to my quartersspeed m the field that a 1; heat will be trotted 0 Brien fore sees the need of better than 1:5!they're wading for me in my j to win, the Hambfetoman record room. When 1 eo out the duir.they rush up and start asking questions and taking pictures 1 can t even train without having a lot of people around Despite all these distraction-the BostonPrideMflgIIThe Senate Select Committee on National Water Resources pre-there will be 47 million sports ersity student fishermen by imi« training as well as any mlt;ber el the U.S. squad He is r uiarly clearing $-10 to 7 feetpractice.“Six-ten may be good enough to win the gold medal,” Thomas said “There is terrific pressure m the Olympics and every body j k frying tso hard and is so tense that you don’t get the best performances,Par Not NeedPopp To Reacfor lt;defending champion Adolph Poppi* lt;hat medal, j amj challenger Gary Loring inI m interested in winning, not in I . ., f , .. ,MU* .ny recwda “ , re,ch'n* ** f,nals of tht Me *wl I Chamoionshin tautntkmeni ar Mur.
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Morgantown Post
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Tue, Aug 30, 1960
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