European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Robert � love by Bob Hoyals a Munich Bureau Obert j. Best determined Young Man from Sar Francisco has been hopelessly involved in a love affair for the past 12 All started in i960 at the san Francisco sportsmen s show where beat a Small boy at the time became enchanted by menacing bicycles on rollers which recorded the results on clock like was fascinating to be someone rid that Long and that fast on bicycle pfc est of he co. To Ernborg Post Akl with expanding to that time i wanted to be a base Ball player. But that experience at the sportsmen s show changed my mind i Ira Mertia Tely switched years later Liest began to race competitively. It was discouraging at first be said. Established Racard would took at me and my id to Home. You la never make it you Don t have the physical equip ment to become a Kyde racer their Remor i just stung my ears and made a determined to Barona a Good racer. Now that x Loor Back of those Early years i think now tear to wat established riders to to to Over an a or Kwh maybe that s Wharfi wrong with Ameri can bicycle racing � would never Dtta tar be a determined boar convinced behave Talent for bite Emsing in the United states and i think we can win a Goldmedal in the next olympics if we put out and get off our Duff do Strong foot Stoda it under Best pouted out that com has nothing to do with a racer s potent at to wove his Point he cited the Cas of Mil Hutor 5-foot,1-Iacfa fellow with wham he code on the last Olymph tem. It s the Hart the lungs and the legs that count he ncplaitied.3st has been Reinl Fig a Winter through Otto Snow sleet a Cam or the european Tei sea adn which began april t and a Fol Jiuji Turc Fouti sept subsisting on � daily diet of two steak., fruit 01 in gala i1tfi plated to his. & Tao it Watson it it Lite he to. Hot Jud. Zou won to five anything lift to tic of the season to ton djs cat -. -. Bess a uttered i 1 a of pm be hip m Rome it Aag. � fowl the Amateur tour de franc2�4ay, 3j a Flo meter which wifi tart and end in Parit a i Iii asthma first Fobe in of Bice the California Junior olympics at Sanfrancisco. He won the California Road Taring championship 19bs through 1957 an was an alternate on the 1958 olympic team in 1957 he placed filth in the Amateur totter of Mexico and a year later became the first american to win the cup Ofca Dirouhe i Italy. Also in 1958, he was seventh in the Amateur tour of Spain and won five International races in Italy. He was the Only american to win the inter National Hill climb from Como to it i Zallo on consecutive years. In 1359 he was a member of the pan american team and set the record for one hour run a year later he broke disown one mile Mark with a 25-mile, 3375 foot performance last year he become the first american to win the Meister Altel and won four International races in Ger Many. He now is awaiting official confirmation of the world s record for 100kilometersa 2 hour 19 56 Effort. Ftp oat tires forced Best to retire fro the Ibec Floeter event during the Rome olympic in i960. Teammate Hiltner witha single Gat finished 10th in a Field of too it was simply bad Luck Best said of the rom experience. You just Don t get five Flat in a race even though racing tires Are very thin Sest wac Trainer of the 1059-60 All army team which contributed seven men to the 14-Meraber 1960 squad due for discharge from the army on aug 12. Best will extend his tour of duty Tat tear months to Complete the european racing season t like to train in Europe he said. They fit Tai More competitive push themselves harder. I thought i Wax pretty Good when 1 first came to Italy but i soon Learned i really did t know anything about rated California with 14,000 competitive riders closest to european Road racing standards we have the potential in America and Bike racing in becoming much More , we us have Long Way to go. On the continent Bike racing is the second sport the italians and the French prob ably Sre the beat riders and the americans a team a lot by adopting their training methods and by competing against them beat said bicycle riders do t mature until they Are 27 or 28. With Ine 1962 season or front of him Awty the 1964 olympic looming in the background he Hopes at the age of 23, to keep Jave credit for much of his Success to Date to his wife Diane without her unqualified Lipport i would t have come a tar 1 have he said. A4t� the rom sa0 Oxtot of imm and Hwy to k my and Imp a Tai hmm do up pm Mem m wry Murf Tat a bal
