Speed By AL MARKLE Canadian Press Staff Writer “th ‘4, SABKATOON ‘different pe youth, the @—Harry Jerome, the sprinter, is a far rson than Harry Jerome, the 19-year-old Vancouver He has been called, by other athletes and b members of press, cgolistical, a snob, snooty and aloof. 7 To an extent, the charges are true, Jerome admits it. “When I'm in a track meet I’m around talking,” Jerome “can do that, If you do, I guess I give the impre with.” Jerome wasn’t cold Friday not interested in standing said in an interview, “No good runner you end up entering the race cold, ssion of being’ hard. to get. along when he was competing inthe “Canadian Olympic track and field trials. He flashed across . .the 100-metre finish line in 10 second S flat, one of only two “men in the world who have covered the distance in that time. e and broken the world record of 10.1. He wasn't’ cold on Saturday, elther, when he broke the , existing Canadian 200-metre mark of 21.4 with a time of 21.2. He has covered the distance faster than 21.2, but his “" previous best time has not yet been recognized. The quiet-spoken Jerome has generated more excitement - 4 in Canadian sprint circles than any runner since Vancouver’s great Percy Williams won. the. two Antwerp in. 1928. his UP TO “He has matured as a runner,” sa ys Lloyd Swindells, — | ¢. “coach of Vancouver Olympic Club and: a staunch’ Jerome . supporter. “There's no questioning | his international : caltb . ‘it’s up to Harry how far: he goes.”:. re, ut Much of the credit for hls recent constituency must ‘26 : Prince Rupert Dailp J2Qews Friday, July 22,.1960 - ~ | Young swimmer to try ~ for channel record — . By PAUL WESTBROOK | -y, Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON () ~—A Danish-born Canadian, paced and coached by Canadians, next month will make ‘an attempt to smash the English ‘Channel swim record. Helge Jensen, 20, ar rived in Britain from Toronto earlier this month to go into training for his August 3° attempt. ‘He is. to be paced by John Paski of Ottawa and coached by 46- year-old Steve Mellors of Tor- onto. | Jensen hopes to knock at least 30 minutes off the present. record Spokane loses, Tacoma climbs By The Canadian Press Tacoma Giants, who have slip- ped up anid down the. Pacific "Ccdst! ‘League’ Taddér liké"a yoyo, moved ‘up’ a notch’ ‘Thursday “night with a 6- ‘3 victory over San Diego. The Giants,once. at ‘the ‘top of the heap, have been’ occupying ‘the No. 4 slot behind Salt Lake City lately. Their win coupled ‘with Sacramento’s 3-1 defeat of the Bees put the Giants in third place six games behind Teague- leading Spokane. Spckane Indians lest a 5+ 4 de. cision to Portland—the second night in a row the last place ‘Beavers have scealped the front ‘Fupners. At Seattle, Erv Palica ’ chalked up his third shutout of ~ whon Gordy. Coloma } the year as the Rainiers blarfked Vancouver 5-0. Three runs in the elghth in- ning provided Tacoma with the margin of victory, The first tally came_on.a walk, a bunt by win ning. ‘pitcher Eddie Fisher, an- other ‘by Jose Pagan and a wild throw by loser Jake Striker, Suc-} cessive ‘sacrifice flles by Willic McCovey and Bobby ° Prescott produced the Anal runs... Meé-]) Covey'’s bobbie’ a grounder and a- pale’ of. single: posed a San Diego threat in the ninth, but Floyd Robinson grounded out to end the inning. Agelens Elmer Singiveton gave up only four hits, walked onl: one And struck out six-as Sacra mento. moved to within 44 games of Spokane, The first hi off Singleton was Jim Baumer’. double In the fifth which led t the Bees’ only run, The Solon ol. two runs in the first on | walk, a triple by centre fielde Bill Shields and a single, Thel final tally etme on a bases-load ed walk in the filth, 1311] Wilson's solo homer in the second started Portland on the victory trail, With two out in the. fourth the Beavers scored four times on four singles and a double by piteher BIN Griffin, Spokane chipped away with runs in the third, sixth and ‘alghth and thre atoned to knot the count In the ninth, Willie Davis, safe on vn error. dn the Mnal frame, meed homeon na single, Charley Bmith hit Into a double “play for the: lat aut, |. TOMER STARTS VE Py Sentlio won ih in tia sixth knockod one out of the prrk to score two NOS, aboard with singles, Une til (iva. {imo Palien and Jullo Navarro, the loser, had been dae posing of. Oppacliyg battors with WMttle tronble, A two-run single by BI Hain In the olghth assured Palica, the Jonguo's londor in tho carned rin dopartmont with 9,21; the victory. Tt was (he big righthandor's third win over the Mountica with whom he played lat yours 4 Thomas, routine but]. premier Olympic sprints at. _In the two years Harry has been competing he has had ups and downs yet continually shows improvement, HARRY 5 in 1950. SWAM FIRTH OF FORTH The. attempt will begin. from Cap Gris Nez, a small fishing | | port near Calais that has. become |} famous as a starting post for |? Channel swims. It is expected to Kent ceastal towns of St. Mar- garet’s and Dover. The route, currents and shipping, has been mapped by the Royal Navy. Mellors, who left his native Glasgow 10 years ago to coach Canadian distance swimmers, took Jensen up to Scotland July 16 to compete in the Firth of Forth Race. He easily won the £200 first prize, covering the 11 miles from Kirkcaldy to Porto- bello in. six hours, 26 minutes, 39 seconds. minutes, has lived. in: Canada swim last. summer. : OTHER CANADIANS | - The first attempt. at. the: swim ie of '10 hours, 49 minutes: sete by |! Hassen . Abdel Rehim of. Egypt}: finish somewhere’ between the|} which has to fit in with strong The fastest Channel crossing }- by a Canadian is 13 hours, two by’ Jacques -Amyot of: Quebec City.in 1956.-‘Jensen, ‘who; : for. four; years; covered: an. equal. distance in ‘just’ over 13° ‘hours in ‘a trial : to Bill Bowerman, head coach of the best “track. men in. the U.S. Jerome key to Canad. at Oregon University and one Five of: his. runners have made the US. track team. * RELAXED AND HAPPY . Jerome was relaxed, personable and overjoyed that he had been selected to the Canadian team which will go to Rome LS this August, a understand | that I’m. not too well liked by some ‘of the newspaper. guys—that I’m with. “lm sorry. about that, but sometimes ‘they just catch ” me at the, wrong’, ‘tine, ' got to concentrate throughout’ out. I know that. sifice Bowerman told me this and I've followed it my times: have been more consistent.” : Three - times - ‘this: year. ‘Jerome. has done the 100 yards in 9.4. seconds, | the, second time beating the world’s, ack- nowledged leading. sprinter, ‘Ray Norton of the U.S. & Success ° has. not’,made Harry ‘complacent. He continues . his _ daily.: two- hour workouts. He remembers vividly | his” * considered hard to get along. . “This 1s serious busingss at this. level,” he says.’ “You' ve”; the meet. One slip and you're’.: _ dismal: performance: at'the 1959 Pan-American Games where © . he. failed to. place : for. the: finals: ‘in his specialties. oe ” Starts: and- A: ‘teridency. to. stride are the: main problems. we ’ Jerome's _ approach : “to” running has also changed. . “Tast year’ ‘Toran: ‘against the clock. Now I try to beat the. . don't" ‘get therein , front. ” ; Jerome: ‘kes to: Sit by myself or with one of ‘my friends”. e nd’ doesn’t like ‘to stop’ and talk immediately. ‘Uke’ “you are going to: go into’ knots.’ 2: ee] man’ ‘Records’ will’ connie, “but they aren’t much good if. you. “right, after ‘a race. Right e Worst | oung sprinter f by a Canadian was in. 1922, when] *" a Omer Perreault retired ‘after only } three. hours in the water. Three] ’ ure. The first. successful Cana-| dian was Winnie. Roach © of. St Ont., who. finished seventh in the 1951 Billy Butlin race, In 1955 Marilyn Bell, a 17- -year- old Toronto schoolgirl, became the youngest swimmer ever tc complete the gruelling 22-mile course. Her time of 14 hours, 3¢ minutes was only two hours out: side the best time cver recorded by a woman. ‘The pioneer swim. was ‘in 1875 by Mattitew Webb, a Liverpoo’ -3ea captain, - Eight years later ne was drowned. while — trying . swim the rapids at the foot of “Ningara Falls, - -Palmer. leads AKRON, Ohio im—Arnold Pat: mer headed for an unprecedent- ‘sd triple today as he.led the 12nd PGA: champlonship Into the econd round by:a single stroke. After being forced to birdie the ast. two holes to win tho Move ora, and coning from seven trokes off the pnee to tnke the National Open, the Ponnsylvania ‘yong boy sald: “It's niee to be out in front for mee," The Ligonier, Pa, !1d. blazed 1 34-39—67 aver Firestone Coun. tyy Club's 05-yard par 70 Ive | out Thursday, with four birdies and a hogey, to nose out ‘vatoran Som Spend who snared this championship 18 yonrs - ‘Bao and tier since, Palmer put together his’ round onrly, and then let thea largest! PGA atoning ficld In history, 184, fire at the 67, rer —nerrene meen remnant Major League | Standings . ua ohne Noun hiuE me ow : * oo Pats ‘inti New, vai i) : a 40 at " ws CNMON eee ce AD BT ATO” i Marvatane a ns an Aft N7 Aid WA Daltimoaro ve, 48 42 HAI 4. Waahtngton oo. 4b aa ADA TH |, Natrolt, ee 41 . 43 ‘ 404 Wer Tloaton vere TD BE ONE We Kanana City MW 9a 07 17 . NATION tH Nau : “WY mate an Pittaburgh vic AB OS ° Milwavkoo ree ‘an Ob ‘Bn . 14 Los Angeloa: pebty 1h 4 : Hr0 a a at. Loula cee 4 A n 0. ary Wranotwco ... 40 41, OID 7 P dln Innntl peoee \ i8 a Ae We | y ry es ’ ‘ Piiladalphin BF i UDIONWO reer later attempts also ended in fail- i . —Fanend’ of Brbo : ‘y fot Ruth, : “Havhg ahodd of daat year with 23 It wel | be White Sox speed: and. sound pitching against the Yanks homerun’ power . and. wobbly. shadows -other doings in’ the’ league. They will play one game | tonight, one, Saturday. afternoon | ind two Sunday. The Yanks hold 1 7-4 season. edge .and have.won the: last’ ‘seven: from’ “the ‘Sox, ‘Most: of: the: league: spent 0} Thursday’ on” the road. ‘but. De- fifth-place. tie with Washington by beating the Senators 9-5 in the only game played, -Frank Lary, helped hy * Dave Sisler, managed to hold enough of an early 7-0 lead to offset Washing - ton’s late home .run power,. Jim’ Lemon Rit his 2nd and 23rd and Harmon: Killebrew. his eighth for the Senators, Rocky Colavitn'’s 20th homer ‘with two -on in the fifth inning ‘helped build up Lary’s leads. ° TURLEY VS WYNN |; . For the opener at Yankee Sta- dium, - manager. Casoy, Stengel has Bob Turloy (§-1) ready to op- pogo ' AO-yorr-old. Early: Wynn (5« 7), : v ‘ ‘White Sox starters ‘Have fone the ‘youte in: four of thelr. last five ‘games and Ayo, ejub has won M of Ity'Ingt.24, ° ‘Only. three, of. “tho "Tat: M4 Yanko, starters niyo. beon there ithe finish. Thot rollet” corps Yoead whon ‘the atarter fade, . “Rogor Marts, contnnos to’ ‘stay Ruth's record home run pares of 1027 whon. he hit'60 home THINS, : Maris. hes hit $1 pulling Ain tgdanios: aboad ‘Mickey, Mantle Ja run. to Wis oradit ind’ Moose Skowron ‘And 10 Honors. and 64 runs batted in, + Maris, of: course, topa the |, longuo with 76, RAR ©." A Bmith: ( B21). Minnie ‘Min? oxo (820) and Roy Slovers (,801) ‘Hive boon the most’ conslatont White Sox: hittara,, The Sox Anvo hit only 60 home rina ax com- mnred tothe Yanks 10° |. NATIONAL: 1 F LAGUN Hal Sinith ts the Bibo Raith of tho Los Angelos: Collsoum, Tho Pittaburgh: entchor, htt two more’ over’ rhe jolts {loll soreol): . y hey i egiten age pitching in the series that jover- | trolt. managed : ‘to climb “into ai. has not’ baon ‘able: to hold, the rom Victoria, a close... ‘member | of Canada’s © team, ;. . B TACK 3 HAND, ete Associated Press, Staff. Writer, events, TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT iS ' . i nodded agreement, Eves finished. second to Jerome in both _ “This guy,” said Jerome as he- gazed ' ‘at: Eves, “worries me. He’s always right behind me’ in a. race, ‘sometimes : in. front of me.”. Jerome sucked at a. root the 100 metre: event. : aly. eer: float as. he talked about “The false .start—one of ‘the! runners. ‘broke early—didn't bother me. I was thinking ,about. Lynn.’ I’ don’t remember the gun—I never really hear starting , blocks. “Everything. went’: Hght,.t it—but I. saw. Lynn leave the ey ‘gue: until about half-way. Theri I‘ started’ my,‘arms. ‘moving: faster and remembered. to. kéep’ my: legs: up. high. We Jee tape.” “But I couldn’ ‘t. do it. They’ Coming into the. finish line: he: ‘tried to" lean through: the . say. I. ‘went over standing right Ae up straight. Boy, was 1 tired. after that: Tace. I think: T forgot to breathe,” — FELT LIKE Jerome “felt different” set “some ‘sort of.a-record.’ Did he-.think, it: would bs | “No, but: I: wasn't surprised;-I'vé ‘een: ‘getting down near 7 " to do better.” n- that time. for a: ‘while: now. yard mark and). You're on your ; ‘vent- “8. third title match between f, A RECORD. & after the: FACE, Ma thought he'd a. ona. mark? ‘start of the 200.” . e record everybody “got to the 150- i what. happened. oT can't: ‘remember much it -American Games’ in Ghicalgo in. which he. failed ‘to. manele finals. Coby _ don’t see’ anything when * you are. competing.” ‘e Se eee ee ee ye wy oy teat VENUE TEESE oa Sa rpeor air aa man oe meena et ghee gat wee nee wae rverany “@e selected for Canada’s eae . “I- was more concerned ‘with Lynn and Valerie: (se sister, who. was named tothe. women’s Olympic: te ‘He won’t make any. predictions. about “his. perform nce! in the Olympics because “it depends upon too.’ ‘many’ things “The main thing is’ not getting -hurt, but anybody: Rome is going to have to be good even to get there. yhen. Lok _again, you have to run in three heats. before you can qualify for the finals.. There -is going to be lots of strong. competition pes from the United States, Britain and- Germany. me a tag 4a Jerome . Started running in, 1958,,, in| high: school,.; ae uae it: “gets.” ney Be ea" He. started: aiming. at. the Olympics after the. 1959 “pet WILL GO SIGHT-SEEING °. f! oe After the Olympics’ he: plans to see the country and. nd a, center a few meets “but not: too’ many Because. you. HEE “The nine-flat 100 yards—the record. now. “is: 683 on KS, 2 1 Jerome attends the University of Oregon. on: hie ie a re ee Wega t 4 tional. : ~Boxing . -Association, said Thursday 2 ‘a. ‘vored: ‘a... contenders ‘match :.be-: tween. .Ingemar Johansson of. |. ‘Sweden’ and: Sonny Liston of,| ‘Philadelphia: as-.a:.means. of de-. termining: Be rightful - challenger to; -heavyweight. champion ‘Floyd ‘Patterson. of: New-York. © — _The* NBA. will-not. try. to. pre- Patterson. and Johansson, Macer- oni Said...“But. I feel that, for the good ‘of. “boxing, Johansson first | should . meet. Liston ‘and. prove | “The first:shoy down series « of the year in the American League opens wight at “Yankee ‘Stadium where New Yor k Yankees, . nursing” a one-game: ead take on the, second: place Chicago. ‘White Sox in the first of four games: | T Thursday. night. in Pittsburgh's Ss 4-1 victory. over the Dodgers. The pair: ran his season total to nine. Six.of them have been hit at the. Coliscum, four in the tast two i days. As. a. result. of smith’s home by’ Vern Law, who won. his 12th, the Pirates again . lead Milwau- kee by 1% games. ~ St. Louis gave the Bucs a help- ing-hand In an afternoon game at Milwaukee where they broke the Braves’ seven-game winning streak ‘9-4, A six-run rally in the sixth. inning helped Larry Jackson win his 12th. ONE-HITTER FOR ROBERTS Philadelphia's Robin’ Roberts threw a one-hitter, blanking San Francisco 3-0. The only hit was an infield single by Felipe Alou with two out in the fifth. Mannger Gene Mauch disputed tho official scorer's call on the single that robbed Roberts of his first no-hitter, Roborts took the ruling by scorer Jim McGee philosophically. “You don't know, you don't know," said Roberts, shaking his Nond. “If they didn't give the boy:a hit on that.one they might runs and a five-hit pitching jok]. have gotten anothor, The man ace, the doclsion | and. that was The: single ene on a ball hit at third baseman Joo Morgan. | Stopping back to field the bounc- | er, Morgan stabbed the ball but foll to tho ground, Ib was scored n base hit, . ‘ CUBS BEAT REDS | Bob Anderson pitehoc ihe Init placa Chicago Cubs to an bel vielory ayar.. Cinelnnatt in the othor National ' Longue game. Pittsburgh acorad two In tho third at Los Angelos on Roberto Clomente's single with tho buses londed, Smith hit No, 8 In the ‘fourth and No, 0 In the seventh, hoth off Johnny Podros, wo “a i “Anothor big crowd of 61,108 saw the serlos Mnalo, A total of 183,082" fans anw the threo QNni0eR, boosting the Dodgers’ at tendnnve to: 1,438, 720 for 46 home dates, : Th waa. Law's bhird vielory over the Dodgers ‘and his ‘thir plete game against them in. three, starts. The. righthander “had gone the route six straight” times at ‘the Coliseum since he’ was knocked out May 1, 1958. burgh won its sixth In 15 starts ngainst the Dodgers, the only team to hold a season edge over the leaders, The Cardinals, blanked wed- ; nesday night by. ‘Warren Spahin, |: were held to one hit, in: the first). | five Innings but they rose up and chased Carl Willey in. the big “ixth. Bill White's two-run dou- ble with the bases loaded opened the gates, from Lindy MeDaniel when’ the Braves threatened in the ceventh, : Oniy 0 861, the smallest turnout| over at Candlestick Park, paid :to |. watch Roberts’ nently pitched game, It was his second shutout |. of the yoar and his, 36th, inva}. elreer running back to 1948,: All three Phil runs off Jack. Sanford were scored in the third. Chicago scorad six rns, inthe: seventh Inning, to knock out: Boh Purkay while Anderson , mong t bo fl sovon-hittor, os " 4 Champs: ‘eliminated TORONTO @ — Virst- round play in tho $5,800 Millar trophy “ golf tournament Thursday pro- duced two shocks In the ellmingd= e| tion of defonding champion Boh Cunningham Jr, , and Ontarto jopen champion Goorgo Knudson, | . |: Alxtoon.. playars wore loft. tiny’: ‘today's. accond round of the Oonadian profosstonnl play tournament, which has, n fvst priva of $1,000, . Knudeion, 23-yonr-old assistant professtonnal from Toronto. Oak: : dalo, was dofeated 4 and 3 by Mick — Borthwick, 40-yonr-old Hamilton pro who won the tour- nament in 1080 whon Knudson was only aA-yoar old, ‘Cunningham, also. of Toronto, |, “wna beaten 3 wy by: Alf. Huy ot ‘ Poterboroughy ‘Onbe: Nat DODGERS HAVE SEASON EDGE| By salvaging the final gamé,|°", after lositg the first two, Pitts- | rolled) matohe |: , ‘his’ tight: ‘to another. bout with | it; ! a No. 1 ‘contender ye 2 . ta ' eg PROVIDENCE. “RE ra “tony: underwear ‘Maceront; ‘president’ of the Na-| wouldn’t balance. Majority: of the: off, took off his. shorts and tried: NBA's. : “executive - ‘committee fa-jagain’’ ‘He ‘wéighed ‘ORB exactly. igial Footbal! Union, - picked... “at ithe skin burns : ‘in. an: exhibition expected .. throw some light -on’ why..more. "are. under. doctors’. ¢are and football , least two—tackle: Roger” Nelson players suffered’ painful burns ' ‘and fullback Jim‘ Ship OF Wednesday: night. from lime. used ¥ ( Esks are in hospital: han 25 prof fessional sh orts: ~The big Irish cons: ne eae Lime burns CALGARY ) —A report was | ame Stamps won'17-4. today . which” would |. Many. of . the_burned. playee ng tings’ and. J Johans- i in second Spot. a Washington ‘third. baseman, suf- concussion - ‘Thursday ree tk 19} a we _Pinere’s “a. clause’ in. his. con-| tract. calling’ ‘for: him to report at. 265 pounds; or pay a whopping, Bamboo © Rot “so_ “conduci ‘pl easant fine, Donovan stepped on the’ seales- Thutsday wearing only his’ A 608- 3rd Ave. West. Jackson needed help . "and delightful taste of ‘this’, sve Nm Sane Canadian Rye Whisky. Calvert. House at \ ‘Sstirely belongs at your house. aes i Go LIGHT, GO MODERN, GO CALVERT,” Ht Tae we a ol w POET ' fe q ; NUE . Ho i a o oy } ar i ag 4 N i < sanyaeetscunnnngyl - : roel WA The ee i ita | “ll | yo a - Wgdtrsonn Is ui pubis ar dapayot by the Luo cn Board of by the, Govoriment of Brith British aun ny ALITA, ‘ ‘ » Me ton , | Eskimos. ‘and. “Calgary. ‘Stampede j.ers. .of..the..Western ‘Interprevin- . aoe oe eee ee oe Deo dining. - ara wee we wb Ne eer rn "That was, fun- running; The: ‘more. you. know, the ‘ifhraer Ba nS if you work too” hard” at: it you" can think, ‘yourself J right’ out’-of a- race.” : as ib "Broadway Cale. a ‘i t prt in gp crtnne gine