Show i PRANK FRANK K BAKER BAKER- With good weather at Provo Saturday some of th the visiting athletes at the annual B. B Y U U. invitation track trad meet stand a good chance of scraping the pole vaulting ceiling in a special event featuring men like Bill Graber Earl Meadows and Bill Sefton from California U i All three of these stars have gone Sone a foot hi higher her than the Rocky Mountain conference record of 13 feet 2 8 7 inches held by B. B Y Us U.'s George Gourley and there is that they'll come mighty close to the world records if conditions are right Meadows a University of Sou Southern hern California star cleared 14 feet 3 4 33 4 3 inches a week ago in a dual meet against the University Uni Uni- of California He and Sefton tied for first place in both the national collegiate and national A. A A. A U. U meets The prospect prospect prospect pros pros- of watching these two great teammates battle for honors I in their spectacular specialty along with Graber who has unofficially unofficially cleared 14 feet 5 4 3 inches should be e as S appealing to the track fan as Babe Ruth used to be to the diamond enthusiast S SA A foot 14 pole vaulting performance is a comparatively new thing in sports s. s Less than a dozen individuals in the world have gone that high and ind nd they have done it only in recent years William Villiam Miller put the first foot 14 performance on the Olympic record book four years ago at Los Angeles when he cleared 14 feet 1 8 7 inches but prior to that only two winners winners win win- ners had haa ever bettered 13 feet I. I K Baxter won the Olympic pole vaulting crown in 1900 with the prodigious leap of 10 feet 9 9 10 inches Graber Sefton and Meadows Meadows and and even our own Rocky Mountain l stars like Gourley and Verl VerI Wilde of Utah for that matter matter matter mat mat- ter start warming up at that height Keith S. S Brown of Yale is really regarded as the worlds world's champion The American Athletic union has recognized his outdoor mark of 14 feet 5 5 1 8 1 8 inches and his indoor mark of 14 feet 4 inches as the best competitive leaps eVer ever made in in I the United States The best mark approved thus far by the International Athletic Federation is Graber's leap of 14 feet 4 8 3 inches made July 16 1932 Browns Brown's outdoor performance will probably be accepted by the international authorities as the new world mark this summer when they they meet meet during the Olympic games at Berlin Unless of course the stars supersede it at Provo Saturday or somewhere else along the line this spring Cougar authorities are making infinite preparations to handle the meet so that a formal application for a new record could be made if the mark were exceeded at the relay carnival Certified Certified fied A. A A. A U. U officials will supervise the performance and could judge if wind and equipment were normal in case a new peak were reached S S This is a meticulous task because Graber's feet 14 5 4 3 mark markS markwas S S was not ot recognized because authorities authorities' found the runway runway was a fraction of an inch higher than the concrete bases upon which the standards were s set t. t B. B Y U. U authorities have paid particular l lar r attention on to this feature according to Coach Ott Romney The cinder runway has been carefully gr groomed omed until officials believe it will be as fast as the regular cinder track 7 Germany is spending to stage the Olympic Olympic pic Tc games in Berlin this summer according to a United Press dispatch Most of this staggering amount amount is being used to construct stadia and athletic fields In one vast project Germany is s simultaneously buildS building build build- S ing kg the Olympic stadium which will seat a aS S swimming stadium p polo lo field tennis courts football hockey and baseball fields Herbert Walker Valker rookie outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds S and brother of Gerald Walker of the Tigers brings a schoolboy mannerism anner sm to the majors When a fly ball gets by hi him n Herbert HerbertS S throws his glove to the ground and pumps hi his I arms aims like a sprinter in a retrieving act |