"Just Look!"

The sight of so many spring-legged sprinters, brawny weight-throwers and durable distance runners gathered at Long Beach, Calif, for the National A.A.U. championships had Olympic officials crowing last week about the U.S.'s track & field chances at Helsinki next month. Said Texas' Clyde Littlefield, assistant Olympic coach: "We've got enough talent on this track right now to win the games. Just look at those boys!"

Some of the reasons for Littlefield's exuberance:

P:The winning high jump of Walt Davis, a towering Texan, who cleared 6 ft. 10 1/2 in., narrowly missing the world record of 6 ft. 11 in. Olympic record: 6 ft. 8 in.

P: Skinny (6 ft. 1 in., 145 Ibs.) Wes Santee's 1,500-meter time, 3:49.3, half a second faster than the 1948 winning Olympic time.

P: Hurdler Harrison Dillard's comeback to win the 110-meter hurdles in 0:13.7. Shut out in the 1948 Olympic hurdle trials, Dillard provided the most dramatic moment of the London games by winning the 100-meter dash.

P: Shot-Putter Parry O'Brien's toss of 57 ft. 4 3/4 in., a new A.A.U. record and an upset of World Champion Jim Fuchs.

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