"->--.:>- r•-It --- SupplementingTRACK &,,FIELDNEWS ~wicemonthly. ~£Vol. 10, No: 22 June 24, 1964 iflorlc, Hall Win Specialties at Spring Games Exciting ·Competition, Great, Mark$ ftt. ·. by Jim Dunaway by Dick Drake . ,., ~, ·. Ttav~rs Island, N. Y., June 6--'-Dave Tork vaulted 16'¼", Al Eugene, Ore., June 18, 19, 20--Gayle Hopkins lllOV.ect.,~ ~Hall~oss~drtw hammer 204'3½", and Gary Gubner and Al Oerter won on the all-time broad jump list and three athletes equalled th~".,\ ~~eir events despite injuries in the New York AC's annual Spring ican and collegiate record in the 100-meters as the University~£:~~ [{•\'.iames. gon, to the delight of the hometown fans, easily won the teanttit .. · fstc.. ··. ·.Tork said he was helped to his best vault since the Pan Am the 43rd NCAA track and field championships . .._ fJ,ame$by a strong tailwind which gave him extra speed down the run-: Hopkins, who was third in the competition after fourm1.iitl~ ft~y-. Hall, gunning for his third Olympic team, was seemingly un­ nary rounds, leaped 26'9¼"--a mark which has been exceededAAlY:. i.tfat!e~ted by the freak television studio accident which resulted in nine by Igor Ter-OvapesY._an and Ralph Boston. The Arizoaa.s-eniorJi'., · ~t::S,titches on his right eyebrow. _ had a jump of 25'11¼'' on his last attempt. Hopkins, WbQ ledtlj;e, _ Gubner, still bothered by elbow trouble and slowly regaining petition after his very first jump of 25'3¼", trailed Phil Shinni<i~ ~rm,set a meet record with his 58'8½", but wasn't exactly delirious- (25' 7 ¼'') and Sid _Nickolas (26' 1 ") at the end of the trials. Botlt6 · -happy;Oerter won his event with his first throw, 193'7", but com­ nick's and Nickolas' marks stood up through the finals. ~in~d on the rest of his throws of a .deep back pain near his left The 100-meter final was so close that Edwin .Roberts of. ~Qul(ler. "It felt like my--il.eftarm was coming off every time I threw." Carolina College thought he had won and raised· his arms in:a ·_· · ~­ ,)~- . ,.. On the track, the top performance was Oscar Moore's 8:59.6 jesture. But the Bulova photo showed that Oregon's Harzy~ · ~:::.~·mi~e_'from scratch in a handicap race. Other good efforts saw a won, with Roberts and Illinois' fast-improving TrentoµJa¢ [N,i;st-ill-~h Noel Carroll nip Fran Smith at the tape in a 1:51.3 half­ given the same time of 10 .1 . Darel Newman of Fresno S~ ~'t~IIJ!!e-f_-mid"veorgeGerman11 set a meet record for the mile with a ed to be right with the leaders but was given a 10.2, the s•"&: v'.'l~t>9.Z~ffgrt .. ·Jay Luck tied the meet 440 mark on this ancient five­ Grambling' s Richard Stebbins who was definitely further ~k{ ' fff.ia;ps-to..:the-rnile track, as he won in 47 .9. All the flat races were exciting as well as· swift •. ~-f r;;,;,;.-. ,880, Carroll (Vill) 1:51.3; 2. F. Smith (unat) 1:51.4. Mile, and 5000 resulted in deadbeats and the 1500 and steeplecfiai(f · ~r);ti GertJlaim (Seton Hall) 4:09~2; 2. McGovern (NYAC) 4:10.0. duced national collegiate records. _ _ . •. _· , t,-::'r~ue:,Moore. (NYPC) 8:59.6 . .PV, Tork (unat) 16'!"; 2. Wadsworth Ulis Williams, looking surµrisingly like the Wilfiam~­ f>JNYi1\C}15'2". TJ, Ohiri (Harv) 4-"l'll½rt. SP, Gubner (GSB) 58'8½"; went out fast,. gained the lead prim' to the. 220 post.,and post~-~ ~i\~~-Wallln (NE'nl 5:7'¾". DI', Oerter (NYAG) 193'7''; 2. Bakkensen­ Both Bob Tonler of BYU and Kent Bernard.of Michigan 'Clos ~,t.~} n~s-••.~JT, Sonsky (Bruce TC) 221•½0. HT, Hall {NYAC) the home-stretch. Tobler caught Williams to gain a tie as f':/~3~2}-''; 2~ Pagani (NYAC) 19"1'10½"; 3. McWilliams (Boston AA) barely lost to fimsh·third in 45.9. _ · _ ;£4_~':°6½'',4-. Co-rsetti (NE'n) 189'1½"; 5. Badus (NYAC) 182'4". The 5000 was hotly contested the entire, dis~; ·•···_, , among the first six finishers. At the three-mile po:$t't,~~~ ~½~cfsqy-'s Pvt Giv·es London Tie- With NY conds separated first from sixth •...Af~~F -..pity :w-a ~~"~ · · by Melvyn Watman ing Bill Straub by one second in 13:,t,1,;~~·~-. - ... and jiut _ , i~Ji Lqndon, June 17--A continuous downpour of rain and a slow in third and fourth in 13:48 ! 7. Abollf:~··~, , ·.·_·.hefinish, S~·.·· 81~;ttackruined many performances but the encounter between London a senior at the US Military Academy,· caud¢Murphy, a sop · ·· f. ffiiciNew York at Crystal Palace ended on a thrilling note. the Air Force }cademy, and both battled neck-and-neck tc;i< ~;,t)::... ,.•· New York led 70 to 69 with one event, the shot, to come, The judges awarded them a tie in 14:12.3. _ = . / ;t;:. ~ h meant that only victory by London's Mike Lindsay (ex-Okla- Most observers gave a slight .e~e to Morgan Gro"fflall.l;J t{1,; · a University) could prevent the American team from winning. As San Romani prior to, the start of the .IS®, ·butno one was cou~ ;'~ I~tttered the circle for his final throw, Lindsay trailed Ed Kohler, John Camien, Ben Tucker, 80-bDay,. or Robin Lingle. 'The race~ ;;'\ :,l~r agaipst 57'5", but to the great delight of the rain-drenched fast from the start, with Day leading a.t the.qµarter in 58.3-~s,welti :t '$pecU1.tors lie unleashed a put of 57'11¼" to tie the match, 75 points asthe880in2:00.6. Anditendedfast, too.~abo't!t-a220te·· · : ·ap.iece;... Ben Tucker and Morgan Groth took off. Grcmt cut'tna_Jlittle· too s ;, ''. .. · . Just how slow the track was can be judged by Dave Jones's and Tucker was forced to cut his _stride. Grotb.~e4e<i up"ai ·_ lfwiilning 100 yard time of 10.1. In Berlin a week or two earlier he lead by the straightaway and won qomfortably, althoµgh San !'tom ~~as timed at 10 .4 for 10-0 meters. The best track races came in the and Camien were moving faster on the home-stretch. Tuc:kerfel ltthn:r~:Ues.In the highs, British record holder· Mike Parker edged Russ back to .fourth. Groth was given 3:40 .4, followed by San R-Qlriani f · ers as both ran 14.5. In the intermediates, John Cooper, who is (3:40.8), Camien (3:41.0), Tucker (3:41.4), Lingle (3:42.0)~ ·anct~ ~:=-~.. ~ ·y·to duck under 50. 0 for 400-meter hurdles in good conditions, (3:42.1). Using the formula of adding 18 seconds to 1500 meter - · t\ 1)tilled away from Jay Luck after the ninth flight to win in 51 . 8 . times for: converting to mile times, the first four ran under four ~t·: . Al_Oerter thrilled the crowd with his fine discus throwing: rninut.es and Lingle and Day ran 4:00.0 and 4:00.1. _ · ..•··c "2;··1:~ho'\193'9", 196'8½", 192'4", 192'11½", and 194'7". The other The steeplechase was swift by American collegl¥e standa~~" r:-tAl-:.-Hall--had a tough time beating Howard Payne in the hammer. Not only did Vic Zwolak, who only ran eighth in the 10,000 on Tllur~rf. ;;Jt;~harleyMays pulled a muscle running the curve in the 220 but came day, win in 8 :42. o to establish a new collegiate record but the fit~. > f~~ff~ttcktwith a bandaged leg, to win the broad jump. Probably the most nine finisht:rs all recorded life-time bests for the event. Parti . - t:1\encouraging performance by a member of the New York team was ly noteworthy were the performances of Mike Lehner, Bill Silver: ·· ,z~:\\6-year-old Bill McClellon's 6'8" victory in the high jump. Hewas and John Valiant who finished in that order in 8:50.6, 8:53.4, and_;\· fff~:;great favorite with the crowd. 8:57 . .1. _Zwolak broke contact with Lehner and Silverl:>ergwith al>otj!/ ·· :_.,~;- 100, D.Jones (L) 10.1. 220t, Brightwell (L) 21.7. 440, 500 yards to go, and simply outsprinted them to the tape. .· ... · ·_,\ · _ham (L)47;2; 2. W. Johnson (NY) 48.1. 880, Buchta (NY) 1:52.3. Although Tom Farrell had upset Noel Carroll in the 1-C4Aa~5 -•: McDonnell (NY) 4:08 .5; 2. Roseman (L) 4:09 .8. HH, Parker jan Underwood was disqualified in the semi -finals, there w~ no c · 4.:5; 2. Rogers (NY) 14.5; 3. Coniglio (NY) 14.6. 4401H, Coo­ cut favorite for the finals of the 800. Farrell, who elected to. rt1n .:Iu! ;!L:)51.8; 2. Luck (NY) 52.0; 3. Rogers (NY) 53.3; 4. Wood- in the heats and semi-finals and then kick, decided to run closer to· . ft) ij3.5 . front iri the finals . It paid off as he had the most. left 1n the tast U~O( . :· 'Bf,Mays (NY) 24'9"; 2. Alsop (L) 24'5½". HJ, McClellon yards. He won in 1:48. 5 to beat Barry Sugden by two-tenths and~ ~-· .. -~6!81'; 2. Miller (NY) 6'7". SP, Lindsay (L) 57'11¼"; 2. Kohler Bruce Bess by four-tenths. Carroll faded to sixth at 1:49_4. •... ?•i, _~S,'f5"; 3'. Yost (NY) 56'9½".