TRACK NEWSLETTER

Vol. 4, No. 16, March 25, 1958 Box 296, Los Altos, Calif. Published by Track & Field News Bert & Cordner Nelson, Editors NEWS CHICAGO DAILY NEWS (indoors), Chicago, March 14: SO-Murchison 5. 3, Colly· more, Johnson, Barnwell; 60HH Jones 7. 0, equals worlds indoor record; Gardner, Gilbert, McNulty; 600 Jenkins 1:11. 3, Telford 1:11. 8, Culbreath 1:12. 0, Gregory 1:13. o. 1000 Scurlock 2:11.1, Sowell 2:11.6, Vandenberg 2:13.0, Jo:rmakka 2:14.7; Mile Delany 4:03.4. world's indoor record (60,.9, 2:03.2, 3:05.3), Coleman 4:06.3, Grimm 4:10.6, Beatty 4: 15. 5; 2-mile Jones 9: 04. 3, Truex 9: 06.,8, Edelen 9: 08. 5, Breckenridge 9: 09.1; MileR Pitt 3:18.9 but disqualified; Indiana 3: 19. 4, Ohio State 3: 19. 6; 2nd relay: Michigan State 3:20. 7, Nebraska 3:22.6, Purdue 3:23. 7. 2 mile R Michigan State 7:40.9, Illinois 7:44. 6, Indiana 7:49. 4; HJ Reavis 61 10¼"; Haisley 618¼"; Smith & Richardson 6'5¼"; Stead and Mitchell 6'1¼tt; PV Gutowski 15', tie Bragg, Welbourn, Schwarz, Laz, Hoyle at 14'10", tie Lyons, Johnston, Landstrom 14'6". CLEVELI.ND K. OF C. (indoors) March 21: 50 Mitchell, Illinois, 5. 31 equals meet record; Murchison, Johnson, (Oberlin), Collymore;50HH Davis 6.1, equals meet rec.; Jones, Henley, Holup; 600• Jenkins 1:11. 7, Gaffney, Gum, Telford; !.Q..QQ_Delany 4:12. 7, Grim, Sowell, VanderI:-ieuvel; 2mile Macy 9:02. 4, Kyle, Breckenridge, Kennedy• .!!Jtie, Haisley & Reavis 6'8"; Nourse 616"; tie, O'Reilly, Furry, Stead, Mitchell, Sanfacon 6'4". 2 mile R Manhattan 7:37.3, Syracuse, Michigan State. Mile R Manhattan 3:19, meet record; Michigan State, Notre Dame; Section 2: Pittsburgh 3:18.4, meet record; Ohio State,Indiana. CENTRAL A.AU (indoors), Chicago, March 22: Jolmson 6.3; Johnson 31.,8; Beastal 1:13.4; Hanchett 2:19; Coleman 4:10.9; Williams 9:10.4; McNulty7'.6; Richardson 614½". SOUTHWESTERNRECREATION, Fort Worth, March 15: University Class: Morrow 9. 7; Southern 46. 2, equals collegiate record; Dyck, Arkansas, 1:52. 0; Villarreal 4: 14. 0; Weaver 21. 1; Ellis, SMU, 14. 3; Singleton, North Texas State, 23. 5; Texas 3:13. 5 (Southern 45. 4 to 45. 8); Abilene Christian 40. 8; Holmgren 6'8¾", Stewart 6'7¾"; College Division: Sandoval 1:52, 4, 4: 16. 0; King, Lamar Tech, 21. 5; McKee, East Texas State, 14.1; Jr. College-Frosh Division: Cooley, ACC, 23.4; 14. 3; Levenson, Houston, 21. 1. WEST TEXl~S RELAYS, Odessa, March 22: Morrow 9. 6; Fannon 14. 3; Villarreal 4:15.0; Parker 21017"; Smyth 24'4½"; ACC 41.1; Holmgren 6'7½.. ; ACC 1:26,.0; SMU 3:17.4; Texas 3:23.0 in Sprint Medley. APPLE VALLEY RELAYS, Calif., March 22: (windy & cold): Lawson, SC, 14.lw; Thompson, UCLA, 14.4w; Robinson, Fresno, 14.5w; UCLA 42.8; Southern California 7:58.6; Held 245'3"; Seymour 217'; Hollis, Oxy, 212'3½"; Jamison, Oxy, 231'½", Voiles,Striders, 209'3"; Dumas 6'10"; Wiley, LA State, 24'5"; Babka 198'10u, betters worlds record, but discus cleared track, fell in ditch below level of field, was measured at 201', and the 198'10" arrived at by computing the drop and trajectory. Field also slightly downhill. He also had one about 195', in the ditch. Roubanis & Morris 14'5", Bullard, Hren and ffrodt, 14'; Frosh: Avant,SC, 6'7"; Robertson, San Bernardino, 53'5½", Mike McKeever, SC, 52'6½"; 11 Marlin McKeever, SC, 51 '5 ; Brewer,SC, 14'5", new national freshman record. DUAL & TRIANGULAR marks, last two weeks: Rouse, Rice, 21. 5; Moseley, Rice, 241 3¼"; Smallwood, Texas J;&M, 24'1¾". Rater Johnson, UCLA, 52'½'\ 154'4½", 9.8, 21.a; Roubanis, UCLA, 14'10i"; Dick Voiles, UCLA, 221'7"; Ron Ulrich, UCLA, 213'£"; Rodri­ guez, UCLA, 9: 28. 6; Milleman, UCLA, 53'5"; For Southern California: Dumas 6'10¼", Lawson 24'8"; Davis 54'4"; Babka 183'11"; Smith 48.5; Lawson 14.2, 23.9; Robertson 9:14.6; Relay, 3:15.5. Lowe, Compton, 14.4; Tabori, Youth Village, 9:14.;7 and 9:15.3; Leo Long & Hank Roldan, Olympic Club, 2231 411 and 221'6"; Graves, Stanford, 9:22. 3; Nieder, Olymic Club, 58'3";Wyatt, 6'6¾"; Norton, Sanjose, 9,.4w(wettrack), 21.2;Yerman, Cal, 21.2n, 48.1; Bowden, Cal, 1:51.8; Siebert, Cal, 1:53.,0; Orme,Cal, 4:17.1; Napier, SanJose,4:l'l.6. White,Cal, 9. 7nw; Baxter, Cal, 51'11"; Polizzi, San Jose, 214'7"; Bocks, San Jose, 207'10"; Mattos, Youth Village, 14'; Hodgson, Oklahoma, 4:08.2; Henderson, Arizona State, 9:22.6; Mal Spence, Arizona State, 48. 0; Dee Givens, Okla, 9. 6, 21.1; Herb Montoya, AS, 219'9"; Billy Cannon, LSU, 9. 5w; Speer, Rice, Rouse, Rice, 9. 6wn; Smallwood, Texas A&M, 24'3¼"; Fabian, LSU, 20. 7w; Owen Hill, Texas A&M, 159'4"; Fabian, LSU, 23.lw. Also at Apple Valley: Jerry Jennings, Striders, 179'9"; Jack Egan, SC, 176'4"; Marv Anderson, Fresno, 16214"; Humphreys, Striders, 56'9¼; Davis, SC, 56'8!"; Hiscock, Arizona, 54'5f"; Milleman, UCLA, 54'5½"; Martin,SC, 51'8½'\ PAGE TWO 3.25.58 HIGH SCHOOL National leaders, through March 22: Mel Clipper, Muir, Pasadena, Calif. 9. 6 and 48.1; Jim Thomas, North Side, Fort Worth, Texas, 9. 4w; Stan Rhodes, Hoover,Glendale, Calif., 20. 8; Jim Richardson, Tyler, Texas, 20.6w; Dick Davis, Ibly, Long Beach, Calif., 1:56. 6; John Cooper, Tech, Ft. Worth, Texas, 4: 26. 2; Billy Coates, Compton, Calif., and Jim Blair, Highland, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 14. 4; Coates 19.1; Ray Nickleberry, Oxnard, Calif., 6'6¼"; Ernest Taylor, Manual Arts, Los Angeles> Calif., 1 1 0 23 5j"; John Rose, Hoover,Glendale,Calif., 13 10,£ ; Dallas Long, North Phoenix, Arizona, 11 66'1 2 , new national interscholastic record; 55'11½" with 16 pound shot, best ever by a prep; and 179t5" with high school discus; Ron Owens, Los Gatos, Calif., 135'5", college discus; Andrews, Texas, 42. 6; Fremont, Los Angeles, 1:28. 3; Lee, Baytown, Texas, 3:22. 2; Santa Ana, Calif. , 8: 11. 9; AUSTRALIA March 9, Elliott, 2:21 for 1000 meters, national record: National Championships> Brisbane, March 15: Hogan 9. 6; Gosper 47. 7; Gipson 48. O; Elliott 4: 08. 8 with 52. O last lap; Lincoln 4: 09. 9; Power 28: 53. 6; Lawrence 29: 05. 8; Chittich 14. 4, Primrose 14. 4; Primrose 24. o; Mccann 24'8½"; Rich 24'6½"; Peever 13'3"; Hanlin 501 5¼11 SP; Birks 235' ½"; March 17: Gale 21.6; Elliott 1:49.4, Lincoln 1:53.5; Thomas 13:41.6; Power 13: 42. 2; Lawrence 14: 14. 2; Carter 53. 5y; Porter 6'7i"; Tomlinson 50'3½" HSJ; Balodis 151'5¾". Morris 171' 3i" HT. ENGLAND Oxford: John Winch 4:09. Cambridge: David Thomton 1:50.8, Chapman 1: 51. 8; Roger Dunkley 4: 10. 6. Alan Perkins won English cross country title in 48: 51, 9 miles WIND SPRINTS Charley Dumas barely missed at 7'1" at Tucson. Coach Jess Mortensen says Dumas' hurdling has had a great deal to do with his fine early season progress in the high · · jump, particularly from the standpoint of getting his legs in shape ••• Mort feels Mal Robert­ son could do 9 minutes right now, and could possibly do a mile under 4 ••• played four sets of tennis on the Thursday he flew to ehicago, where he only did 15' on Friday night ••• Laszlo Tabori has tumed in three two-mile times this year: 9: 15. 1, 9: 14. 7, 9: 15, 3. The latter time was on a rain heavy track which added 15 seconds to the time in the opinion of Stanford coach Payton Jordan, whose track it was ••• Reinaldo Oliver, 233'8" javelin tosser from Pterto Rico, is playing professional baseball. •• Bernie Frakes, Colorado'f surprise winner of the Big 8 indoor two-mile in 9: 15, ran only 10: 06. 8 last year, as a frosh •• • Boston Marathon facts and figures ••• Closest finish was in 1906 when Tim Ford beat Dave Kneeland by 6 seconds ••• Ford was the youngest winner, just 18... Clarence DeMar, 7 time winner, was the oldest, 42••• A staff of 12 podiatrists is on hand to treat aching feet • •• only vehicles allowed on the course are 2 official buses, one trudc for newspaper camera• men, and one ambulance ••• AnEricans have won 34 times, Canada 14, Japan 3, Korea and Finland 2, Sweden,Germany,Greece and Guatamal 1 each. •• Eddie Southem ran his first 220 in 22. O in both his fast r2.ces this year. "I like to push the third 110, too. It may take something from my kick but I still have enough for a sustained finish" says Eddie ••• Coach Clyde Littlefield says Southern will go into the relays for a while, then return to the quarter in May and June ••• Ramon Sandoval, South American record holder at 800 a.11d1500, is a frosh at Lamar Tech in Texas. He corres­ ponded with a friend at Lamar Tech, became interested in the school, and coach Ty Terrell didn't miss. He is 24, from Santiago, Chile ••• Mortensen, always good for a quote or two, says: "I feel certain Louie Zamperini and Leroy Weed could have run a mile in four minutes if they were in their prime today. In those days they were not running training laps anything like they do today, and those men could run a faster quarter than most of the men who have run under four minutes. I wouldntt be surprised if Zamperini and Weed, running with the advantage of today's training skeds, ran a mile in 3:48. ".;.;.;Mort also says Dave Davis should go over 60 this year. "He can do 55 just standing, so he's only getting two feet more from his drive, which isn't nearly enough" ••• George Roubanis has been over 15 in a workout ••• marathoner Dean Thackeray has fathered a son. He is going to specialize in road running ••• Kansas Relays is a two day meet this year, with finals both Friday and Saturday ••• in 1937 lndiana won four Kansas Relay baton championships and the mile team race, which was held instead of the four mile relay~ This record has never been equalled ••• Rudy Smith of Bates, the soph 600 flash, is 5'11", 156 pounds, and the fastest man on his team from 40 yards to 4 miles. In his 1:10.6 NYKofC triumph he followed instructions perfectly, holding up the pace on the first lap, then pouring it on for the fastest time of the season ••• STATS 3.25.58

HOP-STEP-JUMP All-time list shows 105 men over 50'2!" (15. 30). 25 are Russians and 19 are Japanese. The u. s. has only 7. .A.total of 28 countries is shown. 54'4" , Brazil, 1955 52' Martin Rehak, Czechoslovakia, 1956 54'¾" Motomitsu Kogake, Japan, 1956 51 '11¼ Ryszard Malcherczyk, Poland, 1957 54' Leonid Shcherbakov, USSR, 1956 51 '11" , USJ~, 1956 53' 5f" Oleg Ryachovskiy, USSR, 1957 51'10J"Kenkichi Oshima, Japan, 1934 53'3 4" Vilhjalmur Einarsson, Iceland, 1956 51'10½"Walter Herssens, Belgium, 1956 52111" Amoldo Devonish, Venezuela, 1955 51 '10" Eric Battista, France, 1957 52'7j" Konstantin Zygankov, USSR, 1957 51 '9.§." Kari Rahkamo, Finland, 1956 52'6a;" Vitold Kreer, USSR, 1956 51 '9f"Jack Metcalfe, .Australia, 1935 52'5{" , Japan, 1936 51'9 4 " Valentin Dementyev, USSR, 1955 52'5J" Dmitriy Yefremov, USSR, 1957 51 '~" Yuriy Yeremin, USSR, 1957 52'5 2" Helio Coutinho da Silva, Brazil, 1951 51'8a" , Japan, 1934 52'31" Yevgeniy Chen, USSR, 1956 51 '7¼u , Japan, 1956 52'3f" Arsentiy Tjerkel, USSR, 1957 51'7! 0 Oleg Fedosseyv, USSR, 1957 52'2f Viktor Kobelyev, USSR, 1956 51 '6f"Chuhei Nambu, Japan, 1932 52'1 8" Hiroshi Shibata, Japan, 1956 51'6i' Oleg Gavrilov, USSR, 1957 52'1!" , USA, 1956 51'6!" Lloyd Miller, Australia, 1939 52'1" Kaneyuki Togami, Japan, 1937 51'6!" Takayuki Okazaki, Japan, 1957 52'1" Gen Ken Kin, Korea, 1943

BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEAL-THRECORDS As at January 31, 1958 100 9.3, Hee Hogan, Australia, 1954 4-mR 16:41.0, G.B. & N.I., 1953 220t 21.0, Herb McKenley, Jamaica, '49 120H 14.0, Ray Weinberg, .Australia, 1952 440 46. 8, Malcolm Spence, s. Africa, '57 220H 23.1, Gert Potgieter, s. Africa, 1957 880 1: 48. 5, Derek Johnson, England, 1957 440H 50. 7, Gert Potgieter, s. Africa, 1957 Mile 3:57.2, Derek Ibbotson, England, 157 3000St 8:41. 2, Chris Brasher, England, 1956 2-m 8:34.8, Ken Wood, England, 1955 HJ 6'10½", Charles Porter,Australia, •55 3-m. 13:20. 8, Derek Ibbotson, England, '57 PV 14'½", Heilrik Kruger, s. Africa, 1957 6-m 27: 54. O, Dave Stephens, Australia,' 56 HSJ 51 '9¼",John Metcalfe, Australia, '35 1o-m 49: 53. 2, Fred Norris, England,' 56 SP 55'7", Arthur Rowe, England, 1957 15-m 1:17:25.0, Jack Heywood,Eng., '56 DT 178'5", Steph duPlessis,S.Africa, 1956 1 hour 12m, 69yl', Fred Norris, Eng., 1956 HT 205'9", Mike Ellis, England, 1957 440R 41. o, South Africa, 1957 JT 238'3", Colin Smith, England, 1957 880R 1: 24. 9, South li.frica, 1957 Decath. 6427, Pat Leane, Australia, 1956 MileR 3:09. 2, Jamaica, 1952 (Note: These marks are all made within the 2-mR 7:30.6, G.B.& N.Ireland, 1951 Empire andCommonweruth)

MAJOR TRACK AREAS are compared in 10 Olympic running events, using ll1AF Tables. (By TN James Powell) Figure represents average score per event: British Empire 1306., 1 European Continent 1327 Scandinavia 1225 u. s. A. 1320.,1 European Cont. (free) 1266., 8 European Cont. (Iron Curtain) 1319.1 U.S. A. & Brit. Emp. 1389., 3 "Free World" 1390 World, without u.s. 1356. 8 "Free World" without USA 1323.5

BEST 800m & 1500m COiV.1.BINATIONS, from Iii.AF Tables, by TN James Powell s. Jungwirth R. Delany R. Moens G. Nielsen A. Boysen 1:47.5 1:47.1 1:45.7 1:47.5 1:45.9 3~38. ID 3:41. 2 3:44. 0 3: 40. 8 3:44. 2 2677 points 2569 2563 2559 2543 o. Salsola 0. Vuorisalo D. Waern o. Salonen I. Rozsavolgy! 1:48.3 1:48.3 1:48.l 1:48. 6 1!48. 7 3:40.2 3: 40. 3 3:40.,8 3:40. 2 3:40. 5 2540 2536 2527 2525 2508

(Note: Anyone wanting to work on interesting statistical projects please write the Newsletter) PAGE FOUR 3. 25. 58 FUTURE BOOK u. c. L.A. Headed by one man team , whose knee apparently is all right. Dave James 9. 6, 21. 7, 2nd PCC 100, 4th 220; Johnson, 9. 8, 21. O; Rich Johnson 21. 6; Stan King 47• Sn, Johnson 46. 8r; John Seaman 1: 51. 6n, 4: 17. 8n; Pete Rodriguez 4: 17. 9; 9: 19. lr Jim Smith 9: 23. 7n; Johnson 13. Sn, 22. 7; Ken Thompson 14. 2n, 23.1; Marv Luster 14. 5, 23.4n; Dick Knaub 23. 5n; Walt Torrence 6'7¼", Nagalingam Ethirveersingam 6'4"; Johnson 25'5¾.. ; Dick Knaub 24'1"; Jim Nazaroff 23'9"; George Roubanis 15'!" exhibition; Claude Johnston 14'; Duane IVlilleman 54'5", Johnson 52' plus; Jack Metcalf 50'; Johnson 159'7½; lVJilleman 15o•s½; Johnson 228'1"; Ron Ulrich 204'4"; Dick Voiles 221'7". OKLAHOMAST ATE reports "thinnest team in years". Jim Graham, 1956 Olympian, broke arm and is out for season after looking like sure 15 footer. Soph Aubrey Dooley 14'2½; Orlando Hazley, 9.5 and 20.9; JimKingsolver 9.6; Kenny Covert 47.9; Bob McFarling 9.9. Latter four probably comprise relay team; first three plus man slower than McFarling ran 40. 3 last year. Tom Burch, second Big 8 indoor half mile. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TRACK CLUB Brooks Johnson 6. 2, Hosea Martin 6. 2, Jim Caffey 9. 6, .Al Jacobs out of Army soon, (afte:c June). 4:05.7, 8:47.8; Hal Hi\don 4:13.8, 9:23.6i Gar Williams 9:11.9; Joe McNulty 14.0; Griffin 14.8; Floyd Smith 6'11,,i;''; Richardson 6/7-,g''. SAN DIEGO STATE Jack Ratelle 48.8; Bill Gallaher 4:16.4; Eddie Fabisak 9:45; Jim Terry, looks for 14'. SAN FRANCISCO OLYlVJ.PICCLUB As with all club teams, composition varies from meet to meet. Frank Herrmann 9.8, 25'4"; Jerry Austin 21,.5; Ed Shinn 21.6, 47.5; Bill Taylor 48.0; Shinn 1:50.5; Taylor 1:52.2; Jack Marden 1:53; Vince Gilliland 1:54; Walt Boehm 4: 12, 9: 16; Marden 4: 14. 4; Ernie Shelton 15. O; Austin 23. 5; 62' 2"; John Kahnert 55'7"; Shelton 618"; Jack Razzeto, 618" 1956; Fred Barnes 14.8"; Bill Flint 14'; Tod Lewis 2417"; Leo Long 248'1"; Les Bitner 246'1"; Dick Righter 236'6"; Hank Roldan 228'4"; Hunter Cook 210'; Ted Wassam 204'. ILLINOIS Strong team headed by great soph contingent, including Jim Bowers, 4:10.1; Ernle Haisley 6'81; George Kerr, 48.6 indoors; Dan Imrie, Big 10 indoor champ at 1:54.6; John Lattimore, 20.9 and 48.8 as prep. Varsity holdover lettermen include Captain Al Urbanckas 6'8!"; Larry Stewart, 54'9" indoors; Ron Mitchell 6'9¼" 1954, back from service; Bob Mitchell, Big 10 indoor low hurdle champ, and co-holder indoor record for 70LH; also 24 footer; Bob McKown 9. 7 in 1956; Big 10 Indoor champs. SANTA CLARA COUNTY YOUTHVILLAGE Another club team, headed by Laszlo Tabori 3:59, 8:52; Herm Wyatt 6'9"; Vern Wilson, 1956 Olympic high jumper; 14110"; KANSAS Perennial Big 8 winners. Charley Tidwell, 6. 0 and interscholastic record holder in 180 lows at 18. 5; Cliff Cushman, versatile soph , 48. 6, 1: 51.1, 4: 11. 6, 23. 7, 51.9m; Bobby Tague, Big 8 indoor 880 champ; Tom Sk.utka, 4:11.0; Verlyn Schmidt, 2nd Big 8 indoor mile; Jerr;r. McNeal, 9:01. 7; Bill Tillman, indoor place winner, hurdles; 1 Wilt Chamberlain> 6'6 4 ; Ernie Shelby, 26'1"; Kent Floerke, 24 plus; 57' indoors, 185'4"; Jim Londerholm 213'. TEX.AS Hollis Gainey, 9.6; , 46. 2, concentrating on 440; Gainey 21.1; Wally Wilson 47. 6; Joe Villarreal 4:06. 7, 1:53; Don Beard, 14, 1 H.S.; Bruce Parker 221'10''; Joe Irvin 16017"; Paul Schumann 52'7½". BULLETIN BOARD Next Newsletter: April 8 and 22, May 6 and 20; March T &FNews mailed April 3. Expanded Newsletter is being planned for the start of Volume 5, in August. In addition to improvements in style and appearance we will have much more space. This means room for more material. What material is to be used depends upon the readers--so let us know what you want.; Contributers Wanted for the new Newsletter. If you have some good stats, or want to go to work on a statistical project, let us know. Or if you can furnish profiles of past or present champs, or articles on great moments in track or anything else of general interest to your fellow Track Nuts. Either submit articles, or let us know what you have available. A. A. u. Tickets are available from Track & Field News. $5 for two nights. Seats are - high up on both sides of stadium, near finish line, Specify side wanted.; If want tickets to• gether must submit order together, First come, first served, Hotel--motel info available,