Sport: Higher and Faster

When he set a new indoor high jump record of 6 ft. 7 in. last year it became clear that George Spitz Jr., was the best jumper in the U. S. and that he would have ample time to improve. Twice this winter he has broken his own record: at the Millrose games last month, with a jump of 6 ft. 7⅜ in., which was questioned when the bar fell because a friend shook the track running up to congratulate him; and last fortnight at the Boston A. A. meet, with a jump of 6...

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