TRACKNEWSLETTER SupplementingTRACK & FIELDNEWS Volume li, No. 8 Februa ry 10, 1966 Page 57 HJ, Ross (l.Dlat) 6'10"; 2 . J . Littlej olm (una t) 6 '8 "; 3. T ho ma s Tate Astonishes With 26 '3 3-4 " (Bos AA) 6 '8". PV, Pennel (Strid) 16 '0" . LJ, T a te (N Ca r C TC) by George Grenier 26 '3¾ "; 2. Mays (GSB) 25 '½"; 3 . Hopkins (PAA) 24 '9 "; 3. Boston Detroit, Jan. 14--The inaugural Motor City Classic was high­ (Strid) 23 '11". lighted by a world record that was not a record in the pole vault, a 26'3¾'' long jump, and a trio of marks by Southern U athletes with a 6. 0 60, 7 . 0 60 highs and a 3: 16. 0 mile relay. Though the meet was Simpson Wins Good Two-Mile in 8:41 .6 a success on the track, it was a failure at the box office with only an estimated 3000 occupying about a third of the seats. by Jim Dunaway John Pennel, the hottest athlete on the indoor circuit, added Boston, Jan. 15--Alan Simpson's career as a two-miler and two inches to his week old mark of 16'7½" ., but while lying on his back the 1966 Eastern indoor track season began on the same high note saw the record slip from his grasp as his pole came crashing down tonight as the English Olympic 1500-meter finalist produced a fast into the pit beside him. The 16'92" clearance, which was measured 8:41.6 meet record at the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus eet. after the vault at 16'9¼", was John's fourth clearance of the night with Simpson owed his fast time to Tom Laris, who led almost all no misses. John cleared 14'0", 15'0", 16'0" and 16'9½" with appar­ of the way and pulled the top six finishers to new personal records. ent ease, but the next two misses, which came after the meet proper, Laris hit 2: 10. at the half and 4:24. 6 at the mile, with most of the were not. The n o hour span of the first four vaults made the condi­ field still in contact . Then the pace began to tell, and at one and tions ideal. He was not discouraged, however, as he is systemati­ one-half miles (6:36 .2) Laris, 1965 winner Dave Ellis and Simpson cally or.king on the details of his vault. Tonight, he was concentra­ bad opened a gap of 20 yards over the field. Simpson was looking ting on tilting his head hi.ck to improve his flyaway arch. As a con­ uncomfortable but he kept hanging in there. , ith two laps to go, sequence he neglected to give the pole the final twist that is needed Ellis launched his attack; the little Canadian got the lead, but he to send it backwards . couldn't open up much daylight, and Laris repassed him as the final orm Tate on his third jump of the night on the hyper-fast lap began. Then Simpsoo unleashed his miler's kick, needin g only Cobo Arena runway moved into third spot on the all-time indoor list half a lap to gain the lead, and quickly stretched it to five yard s at with a leap of 26'3¾", which is the eighth best of all-time. Only the tape. He ran the last half mile in 2: 04. 0, the last quarter in four men who have cleared 26-feet indoors, and three of them were 59 .0 seconds. Place times were, Laris 8:42.4, Ellis 8:44.0, Eamon in Detroit. One of them, Charlie :Mays, took second with 25'½". O'Reilly 8:52.2, Art Dulong 8:59 .6 and Charles essenger 9:02.0. The other, Ralph Boston, took only three jumps for 23'11" and fourth. Two other British Olympians scored wins. Jolm hetton out· Since he injured his ankle in the competition, Boston plans to lay off kicked Ergas Leps and Keith Forman with a 57 .6 last quarter to win jumping for a while. Gayle ldopkins did 24'9" for third. Tate had the mile in 4:06 .6. And double silver medalist Jolm Cooper, study­ another leap of 26'2" that was foul. There were quite a few fouls, ing for his master's degree at Western Kentucky State, returned to which reflected the speed of the nm.way. the site of his disastrous Eastern board track debut last vear to win George Anderson of Southern extended the 60-yard list to an the 600 with a solid 1: 11. 2. He looked like he could go faster. even 20 that have done 6. 0 or faster. He beat Bill Huro of the otre Like England, Southern U also scored three victories. Wil­ llime frosh, who did 6.1, and Edwin Roberts and John Moon, both lie Davenport took the 45-yard hurdles in 5.6, and George Anderson at 6 .2. Willie llivenport, the 22-year-old frosh at the same school, had an easy 50-yard dash win when Sam Perry was left at the post. became the fourth man to do 7 .O for the 60 highs after Hayes Jones, In the 440, Theron Lewis flew around the first lap in a sizzling 16 .1 the meet director of the meet, Don Styron and Milt Campbell. He (fastest I've ever seen or heard of), then eased off to a 48. 7 clocking. had two yards on the rest of the field that finished with Boston, Rich­ ick Lee, now a Baltimore schoolteacher , closed to within three mond Flowers and Russ Rogers trailing. The mile relay team from yards at the finish. Southern concluded the track activities with a 3:16. O effort by the George Germann scored a 10-yard win in the 1000. He took Johnson Brothers, Webster and Robert, and Tony Gates and Everett the lead from Fran Smith just oefore the 80 mark, and drew away :Mason. steadily, finishing in 2:11. 7. Ray Tucker, the Hamilton, Ontario A fast early pace was set in the 1000, but the principals, Er­ schoolboy who scored an upset win in this race last year, closed gas Leps and Bill Crothers, ignored it. Leps tried to take the sting fast to nip Smith for second. out of the kick of his internecine rival by a sustained drive of over Jolm Pennel won the pole vault with a 15 '6" leap and had two 300 yards. Crothers whipped by Leps with 100 yards left to clock good shots at 16 '9¼". His third try was spoiled when a loudmouth 2:10 . 1 to Leps 2:10. 7. The mile followed a similar pattern with Ed fan let out a big, "Ooooooooh '." as Pennel began his run; after that , Dea n leading through a 61.7, 2:03.0 and 3:07 .5 pace. The Britishers Jolm had nothing left and missed badly. John Thomas won the high jo hn Whetton and Alan Simpson held this pace, but took off with 350 jump at 6 '9", but could not get over 7'0". to go. Whetton held off Simpson with a 57. 5 to 57. 7 quarter finale to In the weight events, orphaned by the meet ·s promoters and c~ock 4:05.2 to 4:05.6. Ollan Cassell took the 600 in 1:11.2 from put on by the whales themselves! chief orgaruzer Carl allin set a sprin ter Ed Roberts (1: 11. 6) and Central State soph Martin McGrady. meet mark in the shot with 59 '22", and Bob Backus threw the 35- Hayes Jones attributed the poor attendance to poor press publi­ potmd weight 64 '3¼" . city and a boycott by the CAA. Big 10 schools Michigan and Michigan Morgan State won the feature mile relay in a slowish 3:20 .6 Sta te sa id a Bi g 10 rule forbade indoor competition before the nearest after Georgetown blew a good lead by dropping the hi.ton at these­ Sat urda y to February 1, while Western Michigan said there was no cond exchange. In the two -mile relay, Herb Germann' s 1:51.1 an - CAA sa nction. Hence , the meet lacked local collegiate interest and chor brought Seton Hall home first in 7:37 .6. Other good legs were rela ys. Th er e were only three mile relays, and no two-mile relay 1:51.6 by Manhattan's Joe Kearney and 1:52 .0 by Villanova 's Dave or di sta nc e run. Patrick. 60, Anderson (Sn) 6. 0; 2. Hurd <ND) 6 .1; 3. Roberts (N Car TC) 50, Anderson (Southern) 5 .4. 440, Lewis (Southern) 48. 7; 2 . 6.2 ; 4 . Moon (SWTC) 6 . 2. Heats: I-1. Anderson 6.2; 2. Moon6.3; 3. Lee (Bait OC) 49 .0. 500, Fitzpatrick (Cent Conn) 58 .4. 600, Tat e 6 .4 . 11-1. Roberts 6.2; 2. Hurd 6.2. 600, Cassell (unat) 1:11.2; Cooper (unat) 1:11.2; 2. Hemery (Bos AA) 1:11.3. 1000, Genn.ann 2 . Robe rts 1:11.6. 1000, Crothers (EYTC) 2:10 .1; 2. Leps (Tor TC) (S Orange CC) 2: 11. 7. Mile. hetton (GB) 4: 06. 6; 2 . Leps (Tor 2:10 .6 ; 3. Dupree (unat) 2:12.1. Mile, Whetton (GB) 4:05.2 ; 2. Simp­ TC) 4:07 .5; 3. Forman (Quan Mar) 4:08 .4 . .2 , Simpson (GB) so n (GB) 4:05.