U. S. Negro athletes, for reasons no coach has ever been able to explain, have dominated broad jumping championships for the last 15 years, won sprints up to 220 yd. for the last five. Nonetheless, at the Amateur Athletic Union's national indoor championship meet in Manhattan last week, even trackmen who have grown accustomed to this state of affairs were amazed at what Negroes did in these two specialties. In the broad jump, Ohio State's Sophomore Jesse Owens broke the world's indoor record with a leap of 25 ft. 9 in. Negroes also...
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