State Meet Broad Jump 1953

Thirty-fifth Annual State C.I.F. Track and Field Championships
Ratcliffe Stadium, Fresno
May 29, 1953
Official Program – 25c

Event No. 3 Broad Jump 8:00 p.m.

State C.I.F. Meet Record: 24 ft. 2 ¾ in., William Johnson (Jefferson, Los Angeles), 1950

National Interscholastic Record: 24 ft. 11 ¼ in., Jesse Owens (East Technical, Cleveland), 1933

No. Name and School
13 Charles Munn (Berkeley)
16 Don Webber (Burbank)
22 Jim Davies (Chico)
34 L.C. Taylor (Delano)
36 Stan Nordstrom (Dos Palos)
55 Howard Pearson (Fremont, Oakland)
58 Arnold Smith (Galileo, San Francisco)
82 James Gamble (Jordan, Los Angeles)
83 Travis Matthews (Jordan, Los Angeles)
105 Ward Gardner (McClatchy, Sacramento)
118 Cloyd Angle (Modesto)
128 Monty Upshaw (Piedmont)
131 Waldo Palmer (Point Loma)
149 Bob Turner (San Bernardino)
184 Edwin Jackson (Venice)
194 Frank Hermann (Willow Glen, San Jose)

Darrell Wilson’s dope sheet from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Upshaw (Piedmont) 23-5
Mathews (Jordan, LA) 23-4 ½
Turner (San Bernardino) 23-0 ¼
Taylor (Delano) 22-8 ½
Hermann (Willow Glen)
Munn (Berkeley)
Upshaw has best chance here and it’s a good one.

Results
1. *Monte Upshaw (Piedmont) 23-5
2. James Gamble (Jordan, Los Angeles) 23-4 3/4
3. Bob Turner (San Bernardino) 22-11 1/4
4. Travis Matthews (Jordan, Los Angeles) 22-7 1/4
5. Charles Munn (Berkeley) 21-11 ½