Sport: Scoreboard, may 9, 1960

¶ The New York Yacht Club accepted the challenge of Australia's Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron for an America's Cup match in the summer of 1962. But, recognizing Britain's role as a repeated Cup challenger (14 of 16 previous matches, with Canada a two-timer), the yacht club trustees endorsed a proposal by the Duke of Edinburgh that the next challenge be a joint Commonwealth enterprise. If Australia is agreeable, elimination matches will be held among Commonwealth nations, with the winner to meet the U.S.'s 12-meter champion.

¶ Stroking steadily over the Charles River, Harvard's powerful crew skimmed the mile-and-three-quarter course in 8:43.4 to set a new course record. Left in the Crimson's wake: Rutgers, Wisconsin, M.I.T. and Boston University. ¶ Unheeding of the raw wind and rain at last week's Penn Relays, High Jumper John Thomas, 19, loped toward the barrier, kicked high, sailed over the bar to set a world's outdoor record of 7 ft. 1½ in. The previous mark of 7 ft. 1 in. was set by Russian High Jumper Yuri Stepanov in 1957 while wearing built-up shoes of a type now banned. Thomas already holds the indoor record of 7 ft. 2½ in., but only outdoor jumps gain international recognition.