1983_02 Insight February 1983

              February 9. IMS
Insight;
Peacock: From bench to big time
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predate that too much. "I had two
years of experience at tbe college
aeVrdai-d they bring to some freshman
from around the area to start, which
didn't bother me so much as the fact
mat I didn't get tbe playing time I
Tbe situation went from bad to
worse as Peacock spent most of the
lStl-a? season on the bench. Then
Olson went 7-feet 2-lncbes and won
It" recalled Peacock. "That Just
made me aB the more determined to
go higher."
By the time be was a senior
Peacock was.Jumping 7-feet 2-inches
and was one of the hottest prospects in
tbe nation. In the spring of his senior
vear be came to Modesto for the California Relays and waa so impressed
with the area that be decided to hang
around and go to school at Modesto JC
that fall. It also helped to have his dad
living in nearby Sacramento.
For two years Peacock starred in
basketball and track for Modesto JC,
racking up all-state honors in both
sports. If Kansas was the worst time
to Ilia life then Modesto certainly was
wouldn't be one of the top Ugh  natural way to Jump.
listen and told me I either had to go to
the meet or I was off the team."
- Peacock didn't go and as a result
was kicked off the squad. "I had a
well," says Peacock. Evidently, one
weekend in March, Peacock told Kan-
sas track coach Bob Timmons that he
couldn't travel to a dual track meet
that Saturday because be had to study
for a series of urxcming tests. According to Peacock, **Timmone told me,
•You're Just bluffing, you don't want
to go because you're afraid of the Peacock's old track coach at
competition.'I tried to tell him that It Modesto Jack Albianie, thinks that
wasn't that way at all, and that I real- t^ has tbe potential to go at least
rydid need to study. But be wouldn't 7-feet li-lndies to tbe Ugh Jinnp. "He
definitely has a shot at breaking tbe
world record," says Albianie. "Heck,
he hasn't even given his full attention
to the event yet At Modesto he used to
spend maybe a day a week high jump-
"and I felt I could accomplish more fog and the rest of the tin* he played
by competing unattached/'
'...I really did need to study<T
But he wouldn't listen and
told me I either had to go to
the meet or I was off the
team. *
—Peacock
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which means be actually goes over
bead first with his back to tbe bar and
his legs flipping over last The Jump
technique first gained notoriety when
its originator, Dick Fosbury, stunned
the world and won the gold medal in
the 1968 Olympic Games with his then
unorthodox style. Since that time the
Flop has become tbe most popular
style among high jumpers. The
technique is advantageous because it
has a greater utinzanon of speed, tne
center of gravity is not lifted as high
and for many Jumpers it Is a very
Peacock's Fosbury Flop style is
still a little rugged, which Is where
Estes and CSUF high Jumping Coach
Dan McNamera can help. "I just hope
we don't bring him down to 6-feet
"You hate to t
Peacock relaxed on tbe sofa in his
Fresno apartment, playfully scratching tbe bead of Speedy, his pet
boa constrictor. A few days earlier he
was competing before 15,000 spectators at the prestigious  indoor
Millrose Games in New York's
Madison Square Garden. In tbe meet
he edged out Jerome Carter to take
tbe Ugh Jump at 7-feet 4^-inches.
Now, Peacock was in a quiet pensive mood. "My Immediate goal is to
reach 7-feet 8-toches. Later on I think
the world record is within my reach.
Tbe '84 Olympic Games are to my
mind as well. I'd really love to win a
gold medal."
Somehow the subject of his future
always gets back to basketball.
"I've been dreaming about playing pro basketball since I was a kid,"
be says. "Once the Olympics are over
I'll hang up my spikes and concen
trate Just on basketball."
1 that he:
^ effort;
) build upV
has never really given an all-out 1
in the Ugh Jump. "I need to build
not* speed in my approach," ha
noted. "Other Jumpers have told me,
I'm relying a Utile too much on my
Jumr>ingal>iUty.IthlnkifIworkalit
tie on tbe technical aspects of Jiampinj
I won't have any choice but to gajjbet
ter.
For Peacock there is something
more than Just a world record that h
spurring him on to greater heights. "
feel like I have something to prove,'
he says. "If not to the public, men to
After a decent summer of Jump
ing in Europe in 1983, Peacock took
some time to recuperate and get his
bead together. "If I had any part of
my life to relive," says Peacock, "It
would be that year in Kansas."
Peacock grew up near the UUver-
sity of Illinois in Urbana. According to
Peacock, "Playing basketball is tbe
first thing I can remember doing.
That was tbe thing to do in Urbana."
He started high jumping in junior high
but didn't really get serious about tbe
event until be was a junior In high
school. That year he went to the Illinois state track meet and Jumped
7-feet, but still only placed second "A
buddy of mine by tbe name of Gayle
high jumping
ghjutbpers.th
J and precise,
According to Peacock, basketball
is hie training secret. "I swear by
basketball," be says, "it
everything that high,'
For most high;'""
is very technical ai
ing carefully measured steps before
tbe actual Jump takes place. Peacock,
on the other hand, has never touched a
tape measure during a meet "I Just
go out and pick a spot that looks about
right and then I run through until it
feels good," be says. "I don't even
worry about my approach, I Just go
out there and try to Jump over the
bar."
It's not quite all that simple.
Peacock does have some form or he
Not a through"street
A Cushman vehicle fell victim to vandals Saturday night at Bulldog
Stadium when it was pushed down the stairs at the north end of the
stadium. Vandalism of this sort is not
facility. -v
Jttrr KitAusE/rruiaM
at the football
Books: millions in jeopardy
from page 1
ition and preservation)   that
jting to see what develops,"
said. "Vs only been within tbe last
years\ (that research has
developed)/*
Crumbling books plague all book
collectors-from college students to
the Library of Congress, Mahoney
said.
In tbe Library of Congress collection, about 6 million of tbe 18 million
volumes are in advanced stages of
deterioration and will be irreparably
damaged if handled by tbe public.
Tbe New York Public Library and
Harvard University report that half of
their collections are wasting away.
"Books purchased by libraries
average only seven to eight percent of
tbe total publishers' market" said
Werner Rebsamen, a professor at tbe
Rochester Institute of Technology's
School of Printing. "For this reason,
most publishers'are not willing to
listen to librarians' complaints about
er."
Librarians at tbe Library of Congress, as well as librarians around tbe
country, are in favor of abandoning
the 6*cay-prone acidic papers in
favor     of     alkaline     types.
Hill: plans to be
'honest and open'
"Whenever you feel like
smokin' a cigarette. Instead of
strik'n' up a match, strike up
the band- the ■ Larry Hagman
Special Stop Smokin* Wrist
Snappln' Red Rubber Band:
Get one free from your
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volved to several'charities to tbe San
Diego area.
She said she's not shy, of CSUF
despite tbe turmoil that surrounded
much of Sloan's tenure.
"Anytime you have controversy,
people are going to choose sides. It's
- always a difficult time. The best way
to deal with that is to be honest and
Bulldog coaches said they
wouldn't shy away from Hill because
she's a woman.
"No problem," said Head Football Coach Jim Sweeney. "Coaches
are concerned with having a boss who
will put in the hours that it takes to
build a winner.
"J*% a matter of it
fessional work, no matter who does
it," be said
"If she has tbe qualifications, I
would definitely want her," said
Volleyball Coach Leilani Overstreet.
"I think she would be fair to women's
athletics -1 know she's weU-thought
of in women's athletics — but If
anything, she may be biased for tha
men.
"From what I've beard, all of the
candidates are well-qualified. I think
we Just want the best one, man or
I of tbe special collecUoni department of the CSUF
Library, with a book that has suffered the ravages of time. Mahoney uses the
book, part of bis personal collection, as an example of book deterioration.
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