Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-03 | Page 12 | Olympic Hopes

1 P Li cLA 1 m a- a L. L I I Men have ha leaped higher than WilJam Wil WH Jam ham lam B. B OConnor O'Connor Columbia university sity siy senior But none of Uncle Sams Sam's Olympic high jumpers in recen recent years has approached the intercol record complied compiled by the lanky New Yorker in two and a half haI seasons seasons sea sea- sons of competition OConnor O'Connor was not considered an n athlete at t Mt Ml Vernon Veron N. N Y high school which sent Frank Carideo t to toNt Nt Notre Dame A skull fracture sustained sus sus- in his still sti younger days kept kep him lim from games game of body contact contact H He could jump a little Ite about 5 feet feel 6 niches inches Then he entered Columbia In his first collegiate bid indoors indoor in n 1930 OConnor O'Connor tied ted for first with Wolf Wol of Yale He quickly followed this his with outdoor triumphs at 6 feet fee 1 8 5 inches in the Penn relays an anI and C I feet 3 inches in the I. I C. C con con- tests It I was the same story a year yea later ater latr Indoors he tied ted Newkirk o of Penn and Moody of or Dartmouth fo for top op honors Outdoors he won at th the Penn games at 6 feet 2 12 2 inches an and retained h his s intercollegiate championship cham cham- with wih a jump of 6 feet 5 Inches O'Connor's f final nal collegiate campaign campaign cam cam- began this year ear with wih a tr triumph tri tri- imph in the indoor int his first undisputed victory jumping jump jump- jump tag ing ig off of boards His aim now is t to tomake make it I three straight outdoor titles titles- Angeles and then an Olympic victory I at Los Lo