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TRACKNEWSLETTER Supplementing TRACK & FIELD NEWS Vol.11, o.8 Fe bruary 4, 1965 Page 41 Hardin. Il - 1. Boston 5.7; 2. Bethea nt; III-1. Whitehouse 5.8. IV- Clarke Continues Record Assault : 13:33 .6 1. Conniglio {Vill) 5.8. Semis : 1-1. Whitehouse 5.7; 2. Livers nt. .t\Uckland, ew Zealand, Feb. !--Australia's Ron Clarke Il-1. Boston 5 . 7; 2. Hardin nt . continues to slice and reduce world records. MileR, EYTC 3:22.6 (Shepherd, McClure , Worsfold, Crothers ) . This time he lowered his h o-week old 5000-meter mark by 2MileR, Villanova 7:37 .5 (Martin, Orr,. Sullivan, Carroll); 2 . a full second to 13:33. 6 . On Jan. 16 he broke Vladimir Kuts' 1957 Georgetown 7:37 .5; 3. Manhattan 7:42.6; 4. Quantico MC 7:44.5. record by four-tenths. HJ, Peckham (Aus) 6'11¼ " . · PV, Tork (unat) 14'6". LJ, Boston 24'10 " . Lynch Captures Mile , Lewis Speeds 48 .2 SP, Wallin ortheastern) 56'1¾". 351b Wt, Backus YAC) 62'4½"; 2. Ward (Bos AA) 61'2"; 3 . Cor by George Grenier setti ( ortbeastern) 60'¼"; 4. Gage (Cornell) 59' 1½"; 5. Schulten Boston, Jan. 16--The CAA gave the 39th running of the Mas {Bowdoin) 58'8¾". sachusetts Knights of Columbus a last minute reprieve, but Mother ature was not as kind as she unleashed a ten inch show storm with 50 mph winds on the Boston area. The one-two combination of last Boston , Young , Youngsters Headline minute entries and last minute cancellations wrecked any semblance of order in the program. The result was some upsets by unlisted by Bert elson competitors, and some fine solo efforts unnoticed because of the Los Angeles, Jan. 23--Old champions showed no sign of let paucity of the field. ting down, new champions -to-be muscled their way into the act, and Joe Lynch, a last minute entry from Georgetown, came off the young indoor season showed signs of wanning up in the sixth the strong pace by Bill Dotson for 10 of the 11 laps to pull such an annual Los Angeles Invitational. upset in the mile \ ith a 4:06. 0 clocking that he was named the out· Among the familiar faces the honors went to Ralph Boston, standing athlete of the meet. It was a heartbreaker for Dotson who George You~ and Bill Crothers. ot so familiar, but nearly as has been training diligently for a comeback. He carried the pace impressive, were Earl McCullouch and Max Lowe. through a 59.0 quarter, 2:01.4 half, and 3:05.11320. - A medalist in two Olympics, Boston looked a bit tired and Many of the more knowledgeable track fans thought Bill Cro rmsure of himself on his run. But he bad four jwnps behveen 25'6¾" 11 thers deserved the award over Lynch for his meet record equalling and 25 '7¼" and one big effort of 26 '5 • Igor Ter-Ovariesyan, who 1 11 1: 10. 0 for the 600. The race followed the usual Crothers' pattern holds the indoor best at 26 10 , has done better twice and Boston of coming from behind on the last lap with a blazing stretch kick. has a personal best of 26 '6¼". With Ter-Ovanesyan in the U.S. for His unfortunate victim this time was Ollan Cassell. four meets, probably facing Boston in all of them, the first indoor Another crowd pleaser was a 17-yeAr-old high schooler from 27 footer may be in sight. Hamilton, Ontario, Ray Tucker, who edged out the veteran Jolm. Dwi Young, better known as America's best ever in the steeple kelberg with a 2: 12. 0 effort. Theron Lewis did not catch the crowd's chase, continued to impress on the boards . He let Gerry L1ndgren eye because he won with relative ease in an effortless manner. His do all the work, saw Billy Mills lead for a few yards with a 440 to clocking of 48 .2 was only a fifth off Wendell Mottley's world mark go, then rmcorked a low to the ground sprint that covered the last for a board track and equals the second best mark ever recorded. quarter in 58.3. Young won, going away, in 8:41.2 while MU.lscon Another easy winner was Charlie Mays. He bettered by a second tinued to work himself into condition with 8:44 .8 and Lindgren did two Olympians with a 58 .0 500 . Mike Larrabee and Billy Hardin fell likewise with 8:47 . 2. Writers voted Young the outstanding athlete prey. and he went home with a TV set and a portable typewriter. Ralph Boston was the meet's only double winner taking the Crothers asked for a double assignment, pulled it off with hurdles and the broad jump. He took but four jumps, two of which out trouble, and won two typewriters. The Canadian Olympic run were measured at 24'10 " . He withdrew after feeling a slight twinge ner-up ran tactically in both the 1000, which he won in 2: 12 .8, and in the popliteal space. Mays had a bad night at the takeoff board, then repeated the story in the 600, where he outkicked Tom Farrell, fouling four out of five jumps. Richard Ross had comparable bad no mean finisher, in 1:10.5. Crothers obviously can go much bet luck in the high jump when the bar dislodged on a seven-foot jump ter. after he\ as on his way out of the pit. As a result, Australia's Law The 60 high hurdles saw Rex Cawl ey, who is confining his rie Peckham took the honors at 6'll¼", a life-time best. Dave Tork efforts to the oorriers this winter, improve to 7 .2 and produc ed a won the pole vault over a field of 13-footers more by default than shock when Blaine Lindgren failed to ma ke the finals . The event anything else. also saw the big time debut of Earl McCullouch, who ran 13. 7 for 11 Dave Ellis captured the two-mile with a great tactical race. the prep sticks last year but was downgraded by some "experts • Realizing be could not expect to match the kick of the Englishman ow a jrmior college freshman, McCullouch was impressive in both Mike \: iggs or Vic Zwola.k, he put on a sustained drive of 600 yards heat and final, clocking 7 .2 both times. More will be heard from and just managed to outlast the closing burst of Zwolak. The first this youngster who runs like a sprinter . mile passed in 4:35, followed by a fast wind - up of 4:17 (and the last Another jaysee frosh won the high jump. Max Lowe took on 880 in 2:03). _ a field of veterans, including 1956 Olympic cha.mp Charl ey Duma s , 11 50, Pender (Ft Bragg) 5.4; 2. Drayton (Ft Campbell) nt. Heats: jumped 6 '9¾ along with Gene Johnson and Lawrie Peckham, an d won I- 1. Pender 5.4; 2. Horner (Vill) nt. 11-1. Drayton 5.5. III-1. on the countback. He then passed 6 'lo¾" and went after seven fe et. Awo r i (Harv) 5 .4; 2. Uzzle (Vill) nt. The 60 was a thriller. Darel ewman scooted into an early 440, Lewis (Souther!'}) 48. 2; 2. Campbell (American U) 50. O; 3. lead and held at least an inch of it as Olympic medalist Harry Jer Hendler (Bruce TC) 50 .1. ome closed steadily. Both ran 6 .1 and soldier Larry Dunn looked 500, Mays (GSB) 58. O; 2. Larrabee (Strid) 59. 2; 3. Hardin 59. 7. headed for a good season with 6 . 2. 600, Crothers (EYTC) 1:10.0; 2. Cassell 1:10.6; 3. Tomeo Shot putters Jay Silvester and Jolm McGrath continued to show (Quantico MC) 1:11.0. improved distances as Silvester won, 62 'l¾" to 61 19¾". Vaulters 1000, Tucker (Canadian HS) 2:12.0; 2. Dunkelberg 2:12.3. el Hein and Floyd anning made 16 ', Hein winning, and then tried Mile, Lynch (Georgetown) 4:06.0; 2. Dotson 4:07.0; 3. Leps for a new national indoor mark of 16 '5 " with Hein coming close. (Can) 4:10.1; 4. Simpson (GB) 4:ll.3. This is one record certain to topple soon. Darrell Hom, healthy 2 ile, Ellis (Tor OC) :52.2; 2. Zwolak :52. ; 3. Wiggs (GB) again and determined to make up for missing the Olympic plane, :53 . 7; 4. Best (unat) :57. O. won the triple jump at 51 '5½" after taking second in the long jump ·15HH, Boston (Strid) 5. 6; 2. hitehouse 'YAC) nt; 3. Bethea at 25 '3¼" and beating Gayle Hopkins. (Balt OC) nt; 4 . nwori (Harv) nt. Heats: 1-1. Lynch {Harv) 5.9; 2. (Continued on page 42) Page 42 February 4, 1965 BOSTON. YOUNG HEADLINE (Continued from page 41) ton was fourth and last. Veterans · took the other two track races. In the 500 it was The relays provided much of the remaining excitement, es Jack Yerman, the 1960 Olympian now on the comeback trail, who pecially the featured Coll ege mile, won by Sou thern University. Ther sat back, watched Bill Toomey try to run a front race all the way on Lewis continued his hot running this indoo r season with the fastest as he did in San Francisco, and then came on at the end to win. leg of 47. 3. orth Car olina Colle ge took the second of eight miic- Dyrol Burleson, making one of his rare undercover appearances, relays in 3: 18.