1948 NCAA MEN (Minneapolis, Minnesota—Memorial Stadium; June 18–19 (final-day attendance 15,563) TEAM SCORING The meet was scored 6-deep on the 10-8-6-4-2-1 system: 1. Minnesota...... 46 2. USC...... 41½ 3. Texas...... 35 4. Illinois...... 34¼ 5. Cal...... 19¼ 6. tie, Michigan & Ohio State 18; 8. Stanford 17¾; 9. Colorado 17; 10. North- western 16; 11. Rhode Island (Rhode Island State) 15¾; 12. Texas A&M 14; 13. Villanova 12; 14. tie, Tulane & Yale 11; 16. tie, Arkansas, Kansas State, Harvard, San Diego State, South Carolina & Wisconsin 10; 22. tie, Notre Dame, NYU, Oklahoma & Oregon 9; 26. tie, Auburn, Indiana, Michigan State, Maine, Penn & Penn State 8; 32. tie, Army, Dartmouth, Ohio Wesleyan, UCLA & Wayne State 6; 37. tie, Mis- souri & Washington State 5; 39. Kansas 4¼; 40. tie, BYU, Columbia, Franklin & Marshall, Fresno State, Texas College & UCSB 4; 46. tie, Butler, Marquette, Miami/Ohio, New Hampshire, Princeton & San José State 2; 52. tie, Carleton, LSU, North Carolina & Seton Hall 1. 100 meters 1. (USC)...... Jr...... 10.4 2. Donnie Anderson (Cal)...... So...... c10.5 3. Don Campbell (Colorado)...... Jr...... c10.6 4. Paul Bienz (Tulane)...... Sr...... c10.6 5. Paul Cowie (Princeton)...... Sr...... c10.6 6. Charley Parker (Texas)...... So...... c10.6 7. Charlie Peters (Indiana)...... So...... c10.7 8. Jerome Biffle (Denver)...... So...... c10.8

© Track & Field News - 1 - 200 meters 1. Mel Patton (USC)...... Jr...... 20.75w 2. Charley Parker (Texas)...... So...... 21.08w 3. Paul Bienz (Tulane)...... So...... 21.19w 4. Charlie Peters (Indiana)...... So...... 21.26w 5. Don Campbell (Colorado)...... Jr...... 21.44w 6. Robert Smith (Notre Dame)...... So...... 21.52w 7. Orval Johnson (Michigan)...... Sr...... c21.6w 8. William Cook (Illinois)...... Sr...... c21.7w (20.7, 21.2, 21.2, 21.3, 21.5, 21.6) 400 meters 1. Scooter Rucks (South Carolina)...... Sr...... 47.26 2. Art Harnden (Texas A&M)...... Sr...... 47.51 3. Jack Hammack (Army)...... Jr...... 47.71 4. (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 47.86 5. (Villanova)...... Sr...... 48.19 6. Frank Fox (Seton Hall)...... Jr...... 48.63 (47.2, 47.4, 47.8, 47.8, 47.9, 48.3) Also ran— Jim Gilhooley (NYU)...... Jr...... nt (NYU)...... So...... nt 800 meters 1. Mal Whitfield (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 1:51.1 2. Jack Dianetti (Michigan State)...... So...... 1:51.6 3. (USC)...... So...... 1:52.6 4. Charles Shepherd (Texas College)...... Jr...... 1:53.2 5. Bill Clifford (Ohio State)...... Sr...... 1:53.4 6. Tom Dickey (LSU)...... Sr...... 1:53.6 Also ran— Bill Parnell' (Washington State)...... So...... nt Reggie Pearman (NYU)...... So...... nt Bob Pruitt (USC)...... So...... nt

© Track & Field News - 2 - 1500 meters 1. (Wisconsin)...... So...... 3:54.3 2. Herb Barten (Michigan)...... Jr...... 3:55.2 3. (USC)...... Sr...... 3:55.4 4. Dick Paeth (Washington State)...... Jr...... 3:55.8 5. Bill Leonard (Notre Dame)...... Jr...... 3:57.2 6. Clem Eischen (Washington State)...... Jr...... 3:58.4 (defending champ Karver 9th) steeple 1. (Villanova)...... Jr...... 9:25.7 (MR) 2. Whitey Overton (Auburn)...... So...... 9:26.0 3. James Kittel (Notre Dame)...... So...... 9:50.4 4. Bill Berger (Columbia)...... Sr...... 9:51.4 5. Roy Good (Minnesota)...... So-Jr...... 10:11.9 6. James Miller (North Carolina)...... Jr-Sr...... 10:20.4 5000 meters 1. (Texas)...... Sr...... 15:04.5 2. (Penn State)...... Jr...... 15:08.5 3. Quentin Brelsford (Ohio Wesleyan)...... Sr...... 15:14.7 4. (BYU)...... Jr...... 15:37.7 5. Walt Karkow (Illinois)...... Jr-Sr...... 15:48.1 6. Bob Karnes (Kansas)...... So...... 15:48.2 10,000 meters 1. Bob Black (Rhode Island)...... So...... 32:13.6 (MR) 2. Vic Twomey (Illinois)...... Jr...... 33:01.6 3. Dick Kilty (Minnesota)...... So...... 33:04.5 4. Dick Vierra (Fresno State)...... Jr...... 33:33.0 5. Mike Stavole (Miami/Ohio)...... So...... 33:36.2 6. Spencer Johnson (Tulane)...... Sr...... 36:07.0 May have run— Merle Knox (San José State)...... Sr Horace Ashenfelter (Penn State)...... Jr

© Track & Field News - 3 - 110 hurdles 1. Clyde (“Smackover”) Scott (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 13.7w (superior to MR) 2. Bill Porter (Northwestern)...... Sr...... c13.8w 3. (UCLA)...... Jr...... c13.9w 4. Tom Mitchell (Indiana)...... Jr...... c14.0w 5. Augie Erfurth (Rice)...... Jr...... c14.1w 6. George Walker (Illinois)...... Sr...... c14.3w 7. Bill Fleming (Notre Dame)...... So...... c14.5w 8. Raymond Kreitz (Stanford)...... So...... c14.6w did not finish— Rich Maxwell (Ohio State)...... Jr-Sr (Heats Scott 14.0 MR) 400 hurdles 1. George Walker (Illinois)...... Sr...... 52.48 (officially 52.4 MR) 2. Jeff Kirk (Penn)...... Jr...... 52.83 3. Ron Frazier (USC)...... So...... 52.92 4. (Missouri)...... Jr...... 53.21 5. Lee Hofacre (Minnesota)...... Jr...... 53.24 6. Landon Westbrook (Oklahoma)...... Sr...... 53.56 (52.4, 52.7, 53.1, 53.1, 53.1, 53.5) Also ran— Ennis Gray (Fordham)...... Sr...... nt Joe Hipple (Arizona)...... Jr...... nt =1. Dike Eddleman (Illinois)...... Jr...... 6‑7 =1. Moon Mondschein (NYU)...... Jr...... 6‑7 =3. Chuck Hanger (Cal)...... Sr...... 6‑6 =3. Lou Irons (Illinois)...... So...... 6‑6 =3. Vern McGrew (Rice)...... So...... 6‑6 =3. Tom Scofield (Kansas)...... Sr...... 6‑6 (2.01, 1.98)

© Track & Field News - 4 - pole vault =1. Warren Bateman (Colorado)...... Jr...... 14‑0 =1. George Rasmussen (Oregon)...... So...... 14‑0 3. Harry Cooper (Minnesota)...... Jr...... 13‑10 =4. Bob Hart (USC)...... Sr...... 13‑8 =4. William Larson (Stanford)...... Sr...... 13‑8 =4. John Montgomery (USC)...... So...... 13‑8 =4. Art Sherman (Rhode Island)...... So...... 13‑8 (4.27, 4.22, 4.16) 1. (San Diego State)...... Sr...... 24‑11¼ 2. Jim Holland (Northwestern)...... So...... 24‑6½ 3. (Wayne State)...... Jr...... 24‑5¼ 4. John Robertson (Texas)...... Jr...... 23‑10½ 5. Gay Bryan (Stanford)...... So...... 23‑10 6. Lloyd LaMois (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 23‑8 7. Fred Johnson (Michigan State)...... So...... ? (7.60, 7.48, 7.44, 7.27, 7.26, 7.21) triple jump 1. Lloyd LaMois (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 45‑10 2. John Gough' (Oklahoma)...... Jr-Sr...... 45‑7¼ 3. John Robertson (Texas)...... Jr...... 44‑9½ 4. Earl Engman (UCSB)...... Sr...... 44‑7¼ 5. Howard Manifold (Butler)...... Sr...... 44‑6 6. Gerald Shean (Carleton)...... So...... 43‑½ (13.97, 13.90, 13.65, 13.59, 13.56, 13.12) shot 1. Charles Fonville (Michigan)...... Jr...... 54‑7 2. (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 52‑7¼ 3. Rollin Prather (Kansas State)...... Jr...... 52‑7¼ 4. Otis Chandler (Stanford)...... So...... 52‑3¾ 5. (Yale)...... So...... 52‑¼ 6. Norm Wasser (Illinois)...... Jr...... 51‑8¼ 7. Bill Bayless (USC)...... Jr...... ? (16.63, 16.03, 15.94, 15.85, 15.85, 15.75)

© Track & Field News - 5 - discus 1. Fortune Gordien (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 164‑6 2. (Yale)...... So...... 164‑3 3. George Kadera (Texas A&M)...... So...... 155‑1 4. Rollin Prather (Kansas State)...... Jr...... 154‑1 5. Woody Linn (San José State)...... Jr...... 151‑7 6. Mel Sheehan (Missouri)...... Sr...... 151‑0 7. Herbert Graves (LSU)...... Jr...... ? (50.14, 50.06, 47.26, 46.96, 46.20, 46.02) hammer 1. Sam Felton (Harvard)...... Sr...... 170‑9 2. George Marsanskis (Maine)...... Sr...... 170‑5 3. James Burnham (Dartmouth)...... Jr...... 168‑0 4. Bob Miller (Rhode Island)...... Sr...... 166‑0 5. Ed Styrna (New Hampshire)...... Sr...... 165‑10 6. Charles Lindekugel (Minnesota)...... So...... 98‑10 7. Leo Nomellini (Minnesota)...... So...... ? 8. John Thorndike (Harvard)...... Sr...... ? (52.04, 51.94, 51.20, 50.60, 50.54, 30.12) javelin (Minneapolis, June 18–19) (17 entrants, 7 finalists) 1. (Stanford)...... So...... 209‑8 2. Francis Friedenbach (Cal)...... Sr...... 204‑5 3. Frank Guess (Texas)...... Jr...... 199‑0 4. Bill Ianicelli (Franklin & Marshall)...... Sr...... 195‑11 5. Charles Schuette (Marquette)...... Sr...... 190‑9 6. Dick Gelb (Yale)...... So-Jr-Sr...... 179‑2 7. Ed Styrna (New Hampshire)...... Sr...... ? (63.90, 62.32, 60.66, 69.72, 58.14, 54.62)

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