Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-18 | Page 22 | Clinton Larson Has Many Marks

CUSIOIBO! is ii lie, Star First Glimpsed Railroad in 1913; One of Greatest Great-est Jumpers Traveling from St. Ccorge. the Dixieland Dixie-land of Utah, Clinton Larson, in 1913 boarded the first train of his career enj route to the state inlerscholastic track and Held games at Salt Lcko City. At j the state games Larson proved the star of the meot and set a state record , of 0 fect 11 inches in the aerial event I before departing for his home. The. city, however, again lured Larson In 1914, nnd that year, the Dixie star cleared the bar in the high jump at 0 feet 2 inches, a record which still stands. His record has been one which has caused interest galore in all parts of the United States and. one of his best feats was his performance at Provo in 1917, when he crossed the bar at' G feet 7 and 7-8 inches. He won the national title in 1917 in the junior class, with a mark of G feet 4 inches The same year he cleared the bar in tho Ponn relay game3 at G feet 5 and 3 8 inches. He holds the Intcrmountain record, the Utah intercollegiate record,! the Far Western record and the rocord ' for the inter-allied games, staged at. Paris last July. Larson is one of the world's greatest high jumpers and un-l der the colors of the Ogden A. A,. should win added laurels. He will i be one of the men to represent Ogden j in the Olympic trials. He writes thati he is brimful of ".pep" and rarin' to go. Larson's Records. Utah high school high jump record, 1913. 5 feet 11 & inches. Utah high school high jump record, 6 feet 2 inches, 1914. Intermountain record A. A. U. G feet 2 inches 1916. Intermountain Intermoun-tain record, 1917, 6 feet 4 inches. Penn relay carnival record, 6 feet 5 inches 1917. Exhibition record, 6 feet 7 inches, 1917, American Jurior champion, cham-pion, 1915. Utah Intercollegiate champion, cham-pion, 1916. American Senior champion, cham-pion, 1917, inter-allied champion, Paris, 1919. Far Western record, 6 feet 1 inch, -91C. Far Western record G fect 2 Inches, 1917.