Show Texan Barely Brey l I I High Jump Record I COMMERCE Il Tex March 19 A A former Texas high school I track star just missed breaking I II the worlds world's high jump record I I Saturday His coach is confident he will before he hangs up his spikes in collegiate competition Charles Holding jumped 6 feet 9 93 4 4 inches at the Southwestern Recreation track meet He tried three times to make 6 feet 11 4 inches Vi inch h higher gher than the record set by Les Steers of Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon in 1941 He had three great jumps his East Texas State coach Bob Berry said On uOn any of them he could have made it with the least bit of luck He missed so close you cant can't imagine it But he hell he'll 11 get it maybe not this year because because be he- cause he won wont won't t have the lion tion but I feel sure hes he's going to give us the greatest track performance performance performance per per- a southwestern athlete ever has produced Holding first enrolled in the theU theU U University n i V e r s sit i t Y of Texas then i I switched to East Texas |