Sport: Higher & Farther

Track experts had long agreed that man cannot clear 7-ft. jump. Last week Lester Le Roy Steers, University of Oregon sophomore, won the high jump at the National Collegiate A.A. track meet by soaring 6 ft. 10⅞ in.—to break for the fourth time this season the recognized world's record of 6 ft. 9¾.

The consistent record breaking of 23-year-old Les Steers has made track fans blink. A broad-shouldered, slim-hipped six-footer. Steers has been a jumping freak since he was so high. As a ten-year-old Palo Alto schoolboy, he cleared the bar at 5 ft....

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