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‘Such it with his outstretched fingers.

i. Runhing up to the bar with

By IGOR TARABRIN

The practice session continu-
ed. With the exception of the
two participants, hardly any-
one else was aware of the
fact that during trials of late,
Yuri Stepanov, the world’s
record-holder, had made sev-
eral successful clearances of
2.20 meters.

If, these lines had been wi@-
ten several years back, no one
would have believed the atith-
or. At that time even two
meters seemed to be an in-
achievable “ceiling” for Soviet
high jumpers. As regards the
world record, they could only
dream about it.

Today this dream has be-
come a reality. On July 13
during the friendly track and
field fixture between Lenin-
grad and Helsinki, Yuri Step-
anov, a Soviet Army officer,
registered a leap of 2.16 met-
ers, topping by one centimetre

~the world record belonging to

the American Negro, Charles
Dumas.

A few days later, Igor Kash-
karov, Stepanov’s constant
rival, and the few record-
holder both cleared 2.13 met-
ers in the athletics meeting of
the Third International Friend-

Saat

; . * : ei fockone h these photo-
When Yuri Stepanov set a new high jump record of seven fontonespoh a
{gtd Caused a lot of Teed for the close-up shows the special-type built-in shoe on the visit.
tote foot was a factor. However, investigation soon revealed shat this aviesol shoe had
USed by Swedish and other European jumpers for many years. Stepanov’s new world

4S not yet been officially recognized.

.world today,

Here’s how a Soviet: high-jumper
beat world record set by Dumas

MOSCOW

There were two of them that early morning on the green field of the smaller Dynamo
Stadium in Moscow, hidden behind the leaves of the old linden trees in the park. Not far
iH Tom Yuri Stepanov, the high jumper, and Pavel Goikhman, his coach, was the lane with
tesh yellow sand. At the end of the lane was the bar resting on the two posts and ths
i very high: only a person of fairly good height could

ly Youth Games.

This marked the first time
in-history when two athletes
cleared such a great height
in a single high-jumping event.
’ Now when he possesses the
world record, which for many
years was held by American
jumpers, Stepanov recalls’ his
first steps in sport.

Starting from 1954 Stepanov
often took part in USSR and
international competitions. His
results rose slowly but surely.

The first height he cleared
at the age of 19 was 1.55 met-
ers. Three years later, he was
among the first in the Soviet
Union to surmount two meters.
And now, finally, there came
the logical reSult of a long
period of tense and creative
effort — the world record, the
limit of the athlete’s dream.

But do records stay unbeat-
en? There are at least 10 or
12 first-class jumpers in the
and primarily,
Dumas and Shelton, the Am-
ericans, Nielson of Sweden,
and finally, Stepanov’s friend,
Kashkarov, third-place winner
in the Melbourne Olympic
Games, who are already try-
ing to improve on the current
record of 2.16 metres,

> In Canada toboganning is strictly a. winter sport, requir-

ing plenty of snow on the hills.

But in Florida, as this

pie ure shows, any time is toboggan time, as leng as you have
a fast. motor boat and a scooter.

< Bert Whyte's

_SPORTLIGHT

Gat took Edmonton like
Grant took’ Richmond. So
now we have the second-best
team, in the West tangling
with the best team in the East
for the coveted Grey Cup.

If Winnipeg wins, it will
prove beyond doubt that the
brand of football played in the
West is superior to the type
favored by the Big Four. But
the injury-riddled Blue Bomb-
ers have a man-sized job on
their hands, for the Ti-Cats
play rough, tough ball and are
good both in the air and on
the ground, —

503 x x

How good is Russian hockey?
We've written several times
in this space that the Soviet
players are of Canadian senior
amateur calibre, but still a long
way: below our National
Hockey League standards.

In their games to date the
Moscow visitors demonstrated
speed and skill. Their weak
points are apparently failure
to bodycheck suttiiciently on
defense, and a tendency to
pass too often around the
goal-mouth, rather than shoot-
ing. When they do shoot, they
show accuracy and strength.

The Russians are somewhat
handicapped by our slow ice
(artificial ice is much slower
than the natural ice they are
used to) and the frozen puck,
an NHL innovation which has
been carried into amateur
ranks.

One thing is sure: the Rus-
sians, good students, are going
to learn a lot about our nation-
al game during their short
Don’t be surprised if
they adopt Canadian tactics
in the latter games and pro-
duce some winning efforts.

November 29, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 11

The Soviet Union defeated
Poland 2-0 to become the 14th
qualifier for the world cham-
pionships in Sweden next year.

Other countries to reach the
finals include Sweden, fitle
defender West Germany, Eng-
land, Scotland, France, Austria,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yu-
goslavja, Brazil, Argentina,
Paraguay and Mexico. Spain
also has a chance of qualify-
ing.

5 Os $e es

Speaking of soccer, that was
a disgraceful exhibition staged
by 300 immigrant Hungarian
“freedom fighters” at Sapper-
ton Park last Sunday.

The game was an Imperial
Cup replay between Hungarian
Turul and New Westminster
Legion. The score was 2-1
for Legion in the second half
when the Hungarian goalie
was knocked down Cegally)
by a Legion player after he
had grabbed the ball.

Hungarian fans poured onto
the field and started a riot,
kicking and punching their
“enemies.” Referee Dan Kulai
blew his whistle to end the
game and retired to the ref-
eree’s room, but the fighting
continued for several minutes.

Seems that these “freedom
fighters” should learn some of

the elements of Canadian
sportsmanship.
x x ce

Canadian baskethall is im-
proving. The proof? Seattle
Buchans, one of the top non-
professional quintets in the
United States, had to go all
out to edge UBC Thunderbirds
68-62 in an exhibition tilt last
Saturday night.

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