Last year in Norway, a lithe, bespectacled U. S. youth fell into a friendly argument with a lean, puckery-faced young Norwegian. They were talking about their bodies. The U. S. disputant was Harold M. Osborne, 1924 Olympic high jump and decathlon champion, world's record-holder in both events. His contention was that he could compel his body to perform feats surpassing in dexterity and variety those of his interlocutor, Charles Hoff, world's champion pole-vaulter.
Lately Hoff came to the U. S. (TIME, Jan. 18). Osborne looks out through...
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