Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-02 | Page 8 | Olympic Hopes

OlY PI I 1 B 5 I CLAIRE CLA B BURCKY r V 4 t t 4 i 4 0 r L I n ow I GEORGE GEOReE SP TZ At year four intervals ls since 1896 with the exception of the war year of f 1916 when hen the games were canceled canceled can- can an rm American has won Olympic high jumping honors And why should hould it be different this year ear particularly particularly par- par with a George Spitz waiting I round around for a chance to crack the record The best Olympic leap 6 feet 6 Inches was made In 1924 by Harold Osborn former University of ot Illinois star tar Spitz is a cinch to beat that and perhaps Osborns Osborn's world record leap ot of f 6 feet 8 4 1 inches TIES WORLD RECORD Indoors a few weeks ago the lank lanky Long Islander a sophomore in dentistry dentistry den den- at New York university hoisted hoisted his body over the bar at G 6 feet 1 Inches tying his own world orld record In the series of oC indoor meet mccU that followed he leaped G 6 feet 7 1 i inches 6 feet leet 7 8 75 8 5 inches 5 feet 7 3 3 4 inches and in m one grand effort C feet Ceet 8 12 2 inches Tremendous leg leI spring and his own owr awkward form alone are arc responsible or Spitz position in the athletic world Had he been an average high school jumper instead of or an inter interscholastic interscholastic interscholastic scholastic champion champton from rom the begin beginning beginning ning his lus ungainly scissors style probably probably ably would have been changed b by some coach But because he was an exception none tried to change him Heres Here's hoping hopin the Olympic coaches coache will let him alone alone hell hell he'll win for thc them if they do