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Show AGAIN SOUTHERN I TAH IS IN THE LIMELIGHT (ince Mere World's Champion High Jumper is Iroai this Section, in Clifton Larson, of Si. OeOfgS Southern I'tab has the world bant en for high jumpers. Attention was attracted here when Alma Richards of Pnrowan, this county, took first place in the Olympic games in 1916, in the high jump, clearing the bar at I feet Ii inches. Now Clifton Larson of St. George comes forward with the best record of recent years, and heats Richards' record by one inch, gliding over the stick at ' foot (! inches. in-ches. The following Interesting account of his spectacular feat at Philadelphia Philadel-phia Is from the Herald Republican ! of a recent date: While the Philadelphia atmosphere of spoils is largely Horry and the grant achievements he has attained for I'enn., I wish to convey the im-pn im-pn salon of the 20,000 people as I saw it during the greatest thrill of the annual an-nual classics on Franklin Held Sal unlay, April 28, 11M7. The repeated crack of the starter's pi.stol was getting monotonous late in the afternoon ,a rare after race reeled off Ofith cl icklike precision; Horry had performed In sensational fashion as usual ai il OS expected, anil again covered himself and Old I'enn wit Ii "Ii i v ; Siiup.si.il of Mi- 0,11 i. farina, a stiff breese, clipped over the high stick, in perfect form a- cham pious should d" a cool breese chilled chil-led the crowd. It w.i ted s thrill and rot it. The high jumpers dad worked ul-mosl ul-mosl unnoticed all alien n, Oler and Richards were not there and little lit-tle wa expected fiom thai quarter i ici and hum in tl i ye to t he exl rt me end of he field win re the bar was i sen to bi above the heads of the offti competitors. The announcer bellowed, lie bar i no six feet six inches on of Hi ii ham ' Iversit jumper." Programs wt "high jump" recordt wen icanned and the i i.i height of I In- bs i n i ai nival, 0 feet, 6 R hard Cor tell, 1915; Pe i tylva-ma. tylva-ma. 6 feet, i Inche , W, Byrd Page, i 0 feet, 5 inchi iard . ' one II, 1915; I v. , ; feel i ' . inchi . w Oler, 1915, ('an he do it? Bi : laid thai in could lay carnival and c ollej it'1 The iim lad i . fifteen yard unci without th i i. by . the bar with his 1 L;i! f r . training I off" shot into the air and neatly cleared 6 feet six inches, breaking the only record of the day and establishing a novv COUagignte and relay carnival record, while the crowd stood Mtid yelled yel-led its approval of the .slim chap from the B. V. V. of Utah. It had just seen the highest jump ever made on Franklin field In competition. The bar was placed at li feet X inches in-ches and I. arson made throe gmnd of forts to brook the American and the world's records held by K. Heoson, Olympic A. ('.. 1914. He held the crowd rigid as he went up, but the lef? of his trunks just grazed the bar which balanced 0 .second and then fell. I The crowd groaned its sympathy, but the lad was tired and had to temporarily, tempor-arily, we feel, postpone annexing the world's record. It was a groat day for the state of Utah. |