1960: This Week In Sports Vol. 11 #37

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main events of the 17th Olympiad track and field in the great stadium at Rome, Italy.

The United States away to a brilliant start.

A crowd of 60 ,000 sees Perry O 'Brien, 1956 Olympic shot put champion, break his own record with a toss of 62 feet, 8 inches and three quarters.

Dallas Long, Southern California sophomore, close behind him with 62 feet, 4 inches and three quarters.

Surpassing them all, Army Lieutenant Bill Nider hurls the shot to a new Olympic mark.

64 feet, 6 and three quarters.

The three American giants sweep the medals with their performances and the stars and stripes flies proudly.

Then a series of disappointments.

Valerie Brummel of Russia leaps 7 feet, 1 inch.

But Americans are supremely confident their world record holder, John Thomas of Boston, will win.

Then as night falls, Thomas misses out after 7 feet or quarter inch.

Robert Schiavola -Kantzi clears 7 -1 and to the consternation of the Americans, Thomas finishes third to two Soviet jumpers.

The 100 meter final, an event the United States counts as its own, but a German speechster, Armand Harry, nearest camera triumphs.

Favorite Ray Norton finishes last.

Dave Sim, trying desperately for victory and just missing, tumbles from the force of his efforts.

American swimmers make up for those failures.

Watching them, Princess Grace of Monaco and movie star Rock Hudson.

Chris Fonsalsa, the blonde California mermaid, leaves the rest of the field far behind as she thrashes to victory in the 400 meter final.

It's a new Olympic record of 4 .50 and 6 .10.

A success, but under Chris' world mark.

An upset US victory in the 200 meter breaststroke.

Bill Mullican of Illinois fights off Yoshiko Asaki of Japan and Vigar Mensenites of Holland to win.

American swimmers reap a harvest of 11 gold medals.

Still, there are disappointments even in the pool.

Long accustomed to dominate women's diving, the United States sustains another setback in the high platform event.

Ingrid Kramer of Germany takes her second diving victory aided by this beautiful inward 2 .5.

Here's an eye -filling reverse layout by Berta Hansen of Sweden.

Paula Jean -Pope, America's hope, here matching Mrs.

Kramer's dive, finishes a close second to the German school girl.

40 ,000 in Baltimore Stadium, Yankees and Orioles fighting for first place in the American League.

Jackie Brandt singles for Baltimore with one out on the fifth inning of a tense pitching duel between Yankee ace Art Dittner and 21 -year -old Jack Fisher of the Orioles.

Gene Woodling follows with a hot single to right, and Brandt dashes around to third base.

Brooks Robinson lines the third straight single to score Brandt with the first run of the ballgame.

Robinson, developing into one of the great third basemen of the game, drives out his 12th home run on the eighth to make it 2 -0 Baltimore.

In a strange series of accidents, umpire Larry Knapp is hit repeatedly by foul balls in the ninth inning until he is finally incapacitated and has to leave the game.

A final flare -up by the Yankees.

Mickey Mantle wraps out his third hit of the game in the ninth.

Bill Scowland slaps the safety over second base.

First time in the game, the Yankees have made two hits in one inning.

With men in scoring position, Fisher bears down.

Elston Howard flies out to end the game.

Baltimore beats the Yankees 2 -0, hands them their third successive shutout and takes first place in the American League.

First international regatta for a new type small sailing craft, the GP14.

And for general purpose, 14 footer.

The Brockville, Ontario Yacht Club is host.

And the Straddle Little Boat sail a series of tests over a course of four one -mile legs through the Thousand Islands on the St.

Lawrence Seaway.

For the final race, bright weather and a spanking wind.

The captain of our camera boat watches the GP14s perform.

This new design was drawn to meet a big set of demands.

A boat that can be handled well by a crew of two that can carry a family party.

Stable and safe.

Big enough for fishing or picnicking.

Fast enough for fun.

Simple rigging and suitable for rowing or an outboard motor.

All this and you can build it yourself too.

Crews from Canada and the United States testing their seamanship as well as the new craft.

Some junior crews only 13 to 16 years old.

The GP14 has a weight of only about 220 pounds.

Its mainsail is 72 square feet, the jib 30.

The winning boat, number 2056, with a crew from the Deep River Yellow, is the GP14.

The best -selling yacht club in Ontario runs the best three of the four races and gets the first North American branch championship trophy.

The crew also gets a ducky.

20 ,000 Japanese fight fans in the Karakuen Baseball Stadium in Tokyo for Japan's first world featherweight championship bout.

Davey Moore of the United States, the champion, and Kizuo Takayama, the Japanese challenger.

Early in the fight, underdog Takayama lands a solid right.

Moore staggers and falls part way out of the ring.

After a few rounds, Moore takes over and punishes the Japanese boxer with a two -fisted attack.

The American hopes for a knockout and tries hard to land it.

But although Takayama appears groggy at times, Moore is unable to put him on the floor.

A controversial incident in the 13th round.

Referee Jimmy Wilson of Los Angeles steps in between them and seems to stop the fight.

But Wilson says he's only signalling the end of the round as he heard the bell before the fight.

Moore claims he should have been awarded a knockout.

The fight continues to the end of the scheduled 15 rounds.

Moore continues to batter away at Takayama, but the Japanese stands up under the hammer.

The bout ends with both men on their feet.

A unanimous decision for Moore, who retains his title with something to spare and gets a guaranteed purse of $50 ,000 for his efforts.

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Identifier

F.2012-03-0831

Date Of Production

1960

Abstract

Black and white sports newsreel featuring highlights from 1960, including athletic and swimming events at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy (Grace Kelly and Rock Hudson are in the crowd); a New York Yankees baseball game; a new boat race for general purpose boats on the St. Lawrence Seaway; and a boxing match in Tokyo, Japan, between Davey Moore and Kazu Takayama.

Description

"Olympics - American Starts Fail at Rome” - Sports featured here: Shot put, High Jump, Hurdles, Swimming, Diving). Barry O’Brien, Dallas Long, Bill Nieder win medals in the shot put. John Thomas came third in the high jump.

"Baseball - Yankees Orioles in Flag Battle” - fight for the first place in the US league. The umpire gets knocked out by a ball.

"Yachting - New Type Boat in Regatta” - Race on the St Lawrence Seaway for a new general purpose boat.

“Boxing - Moore Retains Feather Title” - Fight in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first Japanese Championship bout between Davey Moore and Kazuo Takayama - Moore won and retained his title.

Run Time

0:09:04

Format

16mm

Extent

339 feet

Color

B&W

Sound

Optical

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Distribution Print

Genre

Sports
Magazine

Form

Newsreels

Subject

Sports
Baseball
Swimming
Olympics
Athletes
Sailing
Boxing

Related Collections

SUBSERIES II: Sports

Related Places

Asia ➜ Japan ➜ Tokyo

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago

North America ➜ United States ➜ New York ➜ St Lawrence Seaway

Distributor

Telenews (Firm)

Participants And Performers

Glickman, Marty (is commentator)

Long, Dallas (is participant)

Moore, Davey (is participant)

Takayama, Kazuo (is participant)

Nieder, Bill (is participant)

Thomas, John (is participant)

Kelly, Grace (is participant)

Hudson, Rock (is participant)

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