US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A U.S.C. Trojan is captured from a worm's-eye view while making a high jump attempt. Blurry ground sprawls along the bottom edge. Beyond it, at center, the high jumper appears to be at the peak of his jump. He leans back to the left as one leg hangs over the near side of the bar and the stretches out to the right and passes over the bar. The high jump bar stretches horizontally beneath him. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's stands stretch across the background. Photographs of different track events at the same meet appear with the caption, "TOO FAST FOR EVEN THE CAMERA'S EYE Ed House, Trojan sprint star, was credited with 10s. flat in the 100-yard dash at the Coliseum yesterday, the finish of which is shown below. One watch caught House at 9 7-10s., while another clocked him at 9 8-10s. He proved too speed for the camera, having passed the finish line when this photo was snapped. At the extreme right is Herschel Smith, who placed second. Bud Nash, third-place winner, is third from the left. Sauers of U.S.C. is second from the left while another Oxy man appears on the extreme left. Milton Nash is seen just behind Smith. In the lower photo Les Heilman is shown cracking the U.S.C. record in the mile, with Ralph Shawhan inches behind. [Photos by George Watson, Times staff photographer]," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1 Photographs of different events at the same track meet appear with the article, "TROJAN TRACK TEAM OVERWHELMS OXY, 107 TO 33: BUD HOUSER GRABS OFF TRIO OF FIRST PLACES U.S.C. Athletes Score Clean Sweep in Five Events; Les Heilman Breaks Trojan Record TROJAN TRACK OUTFIT WINS," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1 Text from negative sleeve: TRACK, U.S.C. VS. OXY
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3893 ark:/21198/zz002cpkm4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles Jumping--California--Long Beach Track athletics--California--Los Angeles Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Occidental College Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) University of Southern California--Track and field
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