Show High Jumper Doesn't Satisfy Mentor fi 5 S I I fr I 3 s' s 5 S 5 S 'S SS'S 5 5 S S S S wS SS I S' S 5 Steers Clears Record Height In First Tryout Tryout- By FRED HAMPSON AP Special News Service Writer EUGENE Ore March 11 Griz il-Griz- Griz Grizzled Bill Hayward the University of Oregon's septuagenarian track coach watched his newest virtuoso virtuoso virtuoso vir vir- vir- vir sail across the jump high-jump bar barin barin barin in an indoor exhibition recently and muttered He hasn't got the footwork right yet He He- doesn't get enough right- right foot leverage Thus Coach Hayward found himself in the somewhat bewildering bewildering dering dening position of criticising a kid who had just jumped two and one- one half inches higher than the worlds world's outdoor record and in tennis sneakers The boy is Les Steers Palo Alto Cal sophomore attracted to Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon for his academic and athletic higher education by Hayward He hopes Hayward can make a decathlon decathlon decathlon de de- de- de cathlon champion out of him Hayward Hayward Hay- Hay Hayward ward hopes that with a few improvements improvements improvements im im- im- im in form along with general development Steers will soon be officially high jumping high jumping seven feet Seven feet has long been just a shade too high for human human human hu hu- hu- hu man achievement like achievement like the nine- nine flat century and the minute four-minute mile The particular jump which Hayward Hayward Hayward Hay- Hay ward admitted he had the presumption presumption presumption pre pre- to criticise was a little masterpiece of 7 feet 1 l inch The record is 6 feet 9 4 3 inches for outdoor jumping and 6 feet 9 4 1 inches for indoors Steers made the jump between the halves of a basketball game as an exhibition exhibition exhibition tion so it wont won't go down in the books Docks Steers is the delight of any track coach The veteran Hayward Hayward- who has developed many a champ and a few record breakers says breakers says You dont don't often get a fellow I I if r J c cL r t f L L J W 1 I S S he begins ins his first workouts by topping world records o is about to start his first varsity season He got interested in high jumping in his native Palo PaloAlto PaloAlto PaloAlto Alto during a May day festival He was then a grade school youth youths The then-Stanford then coach Dink Templeton heard about him and gave him a little informal tutoring As a high school boy he reached 6 feet 6 4 1 inches As a San Francisco Olympic club jumper he set the junior 6 feet 7 8 7 inches and the senior 6 feet 8 4 3 inches A A U records and in ina a meet at Los Angeles last summer summer summer sum sum- mer leaped 6 feet 9 8 3 inches his best competitive mark Unofficially he has done 6 feet 10 4 1 inches outdoors 7 feet 4 1 inch indoors He has three varsity years ahead to try for an official seven or over Steers has decathlon ambitions He can do the yard high hurdles hurdles hur hur- dies in seconds throw the shot more than 45 feet the javelin He stands 6 feet 2 1 inch in track shoes and weighs pounds considerable considerable considerable con con- heft for a jumper He expects to sweat off a few pounds before the varsity me e e t s roll around I t 1 A AS S S Steers takes off like this Now I look up above |