THIRD ANNUAL SPRINGBANK TNTERTAJIONAL Sunday, September 27 _ London,

,69, , road racing's sensation of with the City of London Cup after winning last year's Springbank,l2'. The runner later won Japan's famed Fukuoka and was named No. 1 marathoner in the world for '69. His greatest accomplishment this year: a world record 46:37.6---\ for 10 miles, set in Toronto on September 6. SPRINGBANK )RINGBANK Com RAr

An international field, featuring five Olympians, is off in the '69 Springbank '12'. (London Free Press photo)

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A nrile and a half into the race, Mexico's Pablo Garrido {12) was lacing along in near reckless abandon, pulling (left to right) Alfredo Penaloza, Bob lVloore, Jerome-Drayton (in the glasses) and Jacinto Savinal with him. Brian Arm- strong had started to let qo. (London Free Press) t0 Garrido led at the end of one lap in a torrid 14:05 ' with Moore (16). Drayton (9) and his Mexican teammate Penaloza (partially hidden) right with him. (London Free Press)

Jerome Drayton, who one of the highlights of the After a co nservative was on his own after race was the aggressive running start, lrish OlymPian four miles, said, "l was of the Mexican team, as de- Pat McMahon pu shed struggling the Iast six monstrated by this study of hard over the last miles but my legs felt Jacinto Savinal (21 ) and Al- half of the race. strong and I cou ld keep fredo Penaloza (19) in step in He moved up f rom on fighting." (M ike their effort in the third lap. seventh after ithree Turk) (Mike Turk) laps to third at the end. (Mike Turk)

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Jerome Drayto n, Bob Moore, Pat MclVahon, Toronto Olympic Club, Toronto Olympic Club, lreland and Mass., first - 58:48.1 second - 59:49.9 third - 60:07.0 (N {M ike Turk ) (N ick DiCorpo) ick D iCorpo)

Jacinto Savina l, Pablo Garrido, Alfredo Penaloza, lVlexico Mexico Mexico, fourth - 60: 1 1.7 fifth - 60:45 sixth - 6l:20 (N ick DiCorpo) (N ick DiCorpo) (Nick DiCorpo) t2 After his victory Drayton - destined to achieve great things later in the year as a marathoner -- talked with a Canadian marathon great of another era, four-time Marathon winner Gerard C6td of Ste. Hyacinthe, Ouebec. The 46 year-old C6t6 was at Springbank for his induction into the Canadian Road Runners Hall of Fame. (London Free Press)

l3 ln the Open 4-1/2 Mile, Toronto's Finlay, 11-th place finisher in '68 Bob Finlay (40) had moved away Olympic 5,000 metres, was on his from the pack after the first mile, own approaching the end of three pulling Grant McLaren with him. miles. (N ick DiCorpo) (lVlike Turk)

After falling back of the flying United States Olympian Lou Scott Finlay, McLaren ran on impres- of finished th ird. sively to take second. (M ike Turk) (N ick DiCorpo)

't1 On the victory stand, the top three in the John Reeves won Open 4% (left to right): Grant lVclaren the Seniors'6-Mile (second - 21:05); Bob Finlay (first - 20:46.8, with a new record a new record); Lou Scott (third - 21:12). 33:50 (Mike Turk)

High School 3-M ile: litt le Jack D ufresne Earlier in the day, North Bay's Jack Dufresne stands tallest again. won the High School 3-Mile for the second Joe Campisi lleft) year in a row, his time ol 14:51.2 breaking of Toronto was second (14:56.8) his own race record of 15:09.8. (lVike Turk) and Bill Curtis of Hamilton third ( 15 14:59.1) (N ick DiCorpo) ANDING ENTRIES-SPRINGBANK'12'

I NON HILL, GfrEAT BRITAIN Th irty-two-year-old research chemist from Boston . . Rated world's number one marathoner on strength of his victories this year in the and the marathon (see page 3 4 I . .. Holder of world records for 15 miles and 25,000 metres . . . 1969 European Games marathon champion.

JEBOME DBAYTON, Number one ranked marathofl'er in world lq#year after i in running 2:12.00 ,1 P.,"yoflg)}"loner2fdz:t 1-12.8 ;;;i;; J.r;rt i.["dtr[rvt-..,r,,rq{ipis€ui,* . . . I I set neir *ur1( lUhri r g-n660ro,ip f$rpr\6 o n Sept. 6 (see pag.e, 28 )Wi s Springbank . 26-year-old accou ng student Holder of every n distance record from miles up. AMBfrOSE BUHFOOT, UNITED STATES Connecticut schoolteacher , . . Winner of 1968 Boston Marathon, first North American in 11 years to do so . . . Winner of first Springbank '12' in '68, his time of 58:23.0 still stands as the record . . . Ran 2:14:28.8 in finishing sixth in '68 at Fukuoka, his time only .2 seconds off the then North American record. PAT MCMAHON, IBELAND Third-place finisher in this year's Boston lvlarathon . . ' Excellent 12th {or lreland in the marathon at the 1968 Olympics . . . Third in last year's Springbank '12' and first in '69 Around-the-Bay Race in Hamilton lrishman teaching in Massachusetts, runs for Boston Ath letic Association.

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20 EAMOAI O'BEILLY, UAIITED STATES Brilliant second to in this year's Boston Mara- thon, his time ot 2i11 .12 equalling Jerome Drayton's North American record . . . Nowequal with Drayton as fourth fastest marathoner of all time . . . Excellent com- petitor at wide range of distances . . . 26, grad student in mathematics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

BOB MOORE, CANADA Englishman, now living in Toronto... First Canadian the last two years in Boston lvlarathon (sth last year, J 7th this year) . . . Excellent 11th-place finisher last year I in . . . Second to Jerome Drayton on l marathon I Canadian list in both 10 miles and Finished second in '69 Springbank'12' and '68 Spring- bank'4%' . . . Has Ph.D. in Science.

ANDY EOYCHUK, CANAOA Gold medal winner for Canada in'67 Pan-American Games Marathon Excellent 1oth (the first North American) in '68 Olympic marathon . . . Canadian mara- thon champion four of the last five years lmissing only in '69) . . . Mechanical engineer with Shell Oil in Sarnia . . Second to Burfoot in first Springbank'12' in '68.

RON DAWS, UNITED STATES Thirty-two-year-o ld research analyst from Minneapolis . . . One of the most consistent U.S. distance runners . . . Member of the '67 U.S. Pan-Am Games team and'68 U.S. team as a marathoner. . . Fourth in last year's Boston lvlarathon (first American) . .. Second in this year's U.S. AAU marathon.

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I OUTSTANDING ENTRIES - "sprinsbonk 4l/2" BOB FINLAY, CANADA 11th in 1968 Olympic 5,000 metres. . . Canadian record hotder in 5,000 metres . . Winner of Springbank'4%' Iast year in a record 20:46.8 .. One of Toronto Olympic Club's score of superb distance men (Drayton, Moore, Boychuk et al) . . . Has identical twin brother, John, also entered in '4Y2' today.

AfrT DULOIIG, UNITED STATES United States AAU indoor three-mile champion this year (running 13:19.0) ... Also ran 4:01.1 mile indoors this winter . . . Winner of lC4A cross-country title twice wtrile an undergraduate at Holy Cross University . Native of Randolph, lVlass. . . . Superbly versatile runner, seemingly at home on roads, track or cross-country.

JACK BACHELEN, UNITED STATES Graduate student in entomology (study of insects) at University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. . . . At 6'61/2",lhe tallest international class distance man in the world . '68 U.S. Olympian Winner of AAU six- mile title last two years (tying with teammate this year) . . . Native of Birmingham, Mich. . . . Winner of three-six mile double at Drake Belays past two Years. FBANK SHOBTEB, UNITED STATES Yale graduate . . . Has emerged as one of the world's top three and six milers this year while doing grad work at Univ. of Florida . . . Won both the three and six miles in the U.S. AAU championships, tying with teammate Bacheler in the longer race . . . Sensational winner in the U.S.-Russia track meet at Leningrad, running 28:22.8. BEX MAOOAFOBD, NEW ZEALAND One of the world's best distance runners . . . Member of New Zealand's 1968 Olympic team, f inishing 1 oth in the 5,000 and 12th in the 10,000 . Came within 1.4 seconds of world indoor two mile record this wlnter, running 8:28.6 in San Diego . . . Now attending Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico ln :.r,:a:il ii.]}!f...,. ::, ,, New Zealand. coached by mile great Peter Snell. GfrANT MCLAREN, CAIUADA Canad ian 3,000'metre steeplechase champion and record holder . . . Eastern Canadian 5,000-metre champion last year. . . Second in'69 Springbank '41/,' . . . Former Univ. of Guelph runner now doing graduate work at the University of Western Ontario in London Ran 8:42.0 and 13:32.8 for two miles and three miles in- '-..--doors this winter.

22 SHERRING, RANKINE JOIN LONGBOAT, COTE IN ROAD RUNNERS HALL OF FAME

by Dave Prokop

The late Billy Sherring, winner of The Canadian Road Runners Hall the 1906 Olympic l\4arathon in of Fame was originated last year. , and Robert {Scotty) Ran- The first two runners to be inducted kine, the Preston, Ontario distance were famed lndian marathoner Tom standout of the 30's and 40's whose Longboat and fou r-time Boston career included a record seven vic- Marathon champion Gerard Cote. tories in Ham ilton's h istoric Arou nd- Bill Sherring, born in Hamilton the-Bay Race, have been named to in 1878, gained lasting fame in the Canadian Road Runners Hall of Canadian sports with his victory at Fame. Athens. An estimated 150,000 Thetwo will be inducted into the people lined the course on a blister- hall in ceremonies Sunday, Septem- ing hot day as the diminutive runner ber 27 at the Springbank lnter (108 pounds) from Hamilton's St. national Road Races in London, Patrick AC beat the world. The Ontario. Rankine, now 61 (a youth- Crown Prince of Greece, Prince ful 61) and for the past 18 years Constantine, ranbeside him over the deputy sheriff of Waterloo County, closing yards in a burst of en- will be present for the ceremonies. thusiasm and encouragement. De- lvlembers of the Sherring family are spite the heat (the temperature was alSo expected to be present. reported at 115 degrees), Sherring's time - 2:51:23.3 - was fou r minutes faster than anyone had ever run for the d ista nce. A throng of 40,000 greeted Sher- ring when he returned to Hamilton and the government gave him a gift of $5,000. He ran only a few more races after that - all of them pro- fessional exhibitions. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1950. He died in 1964 at the age of 86. Shortly after his death, the Around- the-Bay Race, which was originated in 1894 and which he won twice (in 1899 and 1903), was named the Billy Sherring Memorial Around-the- Bay race in his honour. Robert (Scotty) Rankine, born in Scotland in 1909, came to Canada in his teens. During a lengthy that stretched from 1930 to \ career 1953 he won the 'Bay' Race seven the tough Berwick, Penrr 1. times and sylvania marathon (slightly longer than nine miles) f ive times ('33, '34, 26

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I '35, '36, '37). He was a winner at the Guelph Road Races at least 10 times and represented Canada as a track runner in both the 1932 and '36 Olympic Games and the '34 and '38 British Empire Games. His best Olympic performance came in 1932 in Los Angeles where he finished 10th in the final of the 5,000 metres. ln the British Em pire Games his record was excellent: second in the six mile and fourth in the three mile in 1934 at London; second in the six mile again and third in the three mile in 1938 at SydneV, Australia. For several years in the mid 30's the 5'4%", 125-pound Rankine was virtually unbeatable in Canada and the U.S. at distances from 10 to 15 miles. He was voted Canada's out- thcse times, in Toronto in 1940, he standing athlete in 1935 when he bested the great Gerard Cote in a went underrated at distances from memorable race. Earlier that year five miles and up. cote had won the first of his four At one time or another Rankine Boston Marathon victories. won the Canadian championship at Rankine's best times of 9:19 for every distance from three miles to two miles, 14:2O for three miles, the marathon. Although he never 30:30 for six miles and 52:40 for won the Boston l\4arathon (he was 10 miles were excellent times in fourth in 1940), he was Canadian the 30's. As a matter of fact, marathon champion twi One of they're not bad today.

27 replied. "lt doesn't feel any differ- ent. l'll probably think about it tomorrow." Compliments Great Britain's Ron Hill had set the 1O-mile record in 1968, break- ing his own record, while en route to a one-hour run. This indicated Hill could probably have run some- what faster for the distance in a straight 10-mile race. This past win- ter Drayton had said that the 10- mile record seemed like one of the PtnS= .easiest to break. Asked what he thought of the re- cord now that he had improved on it, Drayton said, "l think the record has long go. still a way to lwould Three Locations in London say it's wide open right now. The record is going to go down a lot in the next few years," What did he see as perhaps his own ultimate for the distanceT "l think I can eventually run l0 miles in under 46 minutes -- or close to it."

Jerome Drayton crosses the finish line in world record time as he wins the Canadian 10-mile track championship at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto September 6. His time, 46:37.6, was 6.4 seconds faster than the p::vious record held by Great Britain's Ron Hill.

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RON HILL: RUNNING TO PROVE HE'STHE BEST

Bon Hill answered bluntly last year When asked whv he ran: ,,t run- to-prove l'm the best at sorethinq l,ve worked at for years.,, At 32, and in the prime of an illustrious career that has seen him excel in all types or d;stance comoel tion .cross country, track and road racrng, the texiile research chern'st +.om Bolton, Engla'1d has proved he's indeed the best in the most demanding eveniof them a ll: the marathon. Even Jerome Drayton, ranked No. 1 marathoner last vear and perhdps HilJt grearest rivd, Ior worrd mr,atho- suprernacy, dgrpes that Hill is number one. "Het obviously the best,;, says Diay'ton, "He's the best because he's consistent, And he,s consistent beaause of the years of training, the long build up behind him ancj because of his experience." 'Consistent' is indeed the word for Hill. ln the last five his record reads: 1969 British Championship lst in 2:i3:42.0 (beating world record hoider ); 1g69 European Games lvlarathon - lst in 2:16r47.8; 1969 Fukuoka t\rarathon 2nd in 2:11154.4 \to Drayton's winning 2:11 : t 2.8); 'lg7O Bosron Marathon - 1st in 2:10:30; and 1970 Commonwealth Games 1st in 2:09:2g (in race pitting a the four fastest rnarathoners in history - Hill, clayton, Drayton and , Hill won con- vincingly. running the second fastest time ever. Numerous factors go into making Bon Hill the champion that he is. Three of them come immediately to mind. There's his training, obviously: twoworkoutsaday,anaveraqeofl20rrilesaweek. There's his competitiveness. He's been quoted as saying:ltWherever I finish I,m going to finish as far up the field as I can. lf it means finishing 21st instead of 25th, l'll run for those four positions. l'll run for anything.,, And there's his appreciation for running. Although he feels he may not have rruch incentive for cornpetitive running after the Olympics in '72 he has said of running: "lt becomes a way of li{e. There are so many benefits accruing from being a fit human being that l'll never slop at all. l'll keep running for ever."

MAP OF THE COURSE Distance: Three miles less 177 yards.

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