Helms Track and Field Annual 1960
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HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL ;•'. TRACK & FIELD RECORD 1960 SEASON TWENTY-FOURTH. ANNUAL EDITION RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MORY KAPP BELOVED MEMBER OF ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF ATHLETICS FOR 15 YEARS, 1945-1960 This Twenty-Fourth Annual Edition of the HELMS ATHLETIC FOUND- ATION «S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD RECORD BOOK, is respectfully dedicated to the memory of MORY KAPP, who for 15 years served as a member of All-Southern California Board of Athletics, Until his death (May 14, I960), Mory Kapp was a fervent and enthusiastic worker in behalf of youth. A respected sports journalist and teacher, Mory preferred to center his activ- ities around young people and his sparkling High School Athletes Hall of Fame features for both the old Los Angeles Daily-News and the Herald-Express have been widely accepted as classics in their field. A graduate of the University of California, Mory Kapp was an educator as well as a journalist. Mory taught at Salinas High School in Northern California, before coming to Los Angeles to accept a position in the sports department of the old Los Angeles Daily-News, As one of Los Angeles' corps of prep reporters, Mory Kapp was invited to become •a member of All-Southern California Board of Athletics in 1945. He accepted and for the ensuing 15 years served the Board and Southern California High School Athletics well. Hard at work oh one of his high school Hall of Fame features at the time of his death and carrying a full teaching load at Los Angeles City College, Mory Kapp will be deeply missed by his fellow Board members. HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION Paul H.Helms, Jr., Sponsor © LA84 Foundation. All Rights Reserved. HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL TRACK & FIELD RECORD BOOK....1960 1 This twenty-fourth annual Southern California High School Track & Field ' record book is issued each year by Helms Athletic Foundation in the inter- est of high school athletics. It lists outstanding performances and rec- ords established by Southern California high school track and field athletes dur- ing the 1960 season. Five hundred record books are distributed by Helms Athletic Foundation each season without charge. Material gathered in this record booklet has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Information has been provided by high school coaches, sports editors of student newspapers, as well as from Southern California news- papers . This record book, as all other books of a similar nature, is prepared by Helms Athletic Foundation under the supervision of W.R. Bill Schroeder, Managing Director. It is distributed without charge to high schools, colleges, press, radio and television, athletic coaches and officials. Helms Athletic Foundation, with offices at Helms Hall, Los Angeles, is sponsored by Paul H. Helms, Jr. The Foundation was established in 1936, with one of its main functions that of recording the achievements of athletes in all sports and all divisions. This 24th annual Track and Field record book contains best marks of Los Angeles City and CIF track and field athletes over past years, past City and CIF Championship Teams and present City,State and National Interscholastic records. Track and Field Athletes of the Year are also listed for both Los Angeles City and CIF, selections which have been made by All-Southern California Board of Athletics since 1937. Names of all athletes selected as Athletes of the Year have their names engraved upon the Paul H, Helms Trophy, which is permanently lodged in Helms Hall, Los Angeles. HUBIE WATSON (JORDAN), RAY VAN ASTEN (BO- NITA), & BOB BONDS (RIVERSIDE) SELECTED AS TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES OF YEAR - 1960 1 Three of Southern California's record breaking track and field athletes over the past 1960 season — Hubie Watson, Ray Van Asten and Robert Bonds — were named Athletes of the Year in Los Angeles City and CIF Track and Field when members of All-Southern California Board of Athletics made their annual selec- tions. All three boys broke city, CIF and state meet records this season. This marks the second year in a row that Hubie Watson has been named Los Angeles Track and Field Athlete of the Year. Hubie set a city dash mark of 9.5w in 1959 and was a double winner at the State meet. This year, under the able tutelage of Norm Forster and Jesse Florse, Hubie set another city meet mark of 20,7 in the 220-yard-dash. This gives the Jordan flash both sprint marks in the Los Angeles City Meet record section. Co-Athletes of the Year were named in CIF track for 1960. Ray Van Asten of Bonita High School set a new CIF Southern Section Meet mark in the 880 of 1:53.0 and then set a State and National mark in the same race at Palo Alto when he dashed off a 1:51.9 to shatter Don Bowden's national mark of 1:52.3. Robert Bonds, Riverside Poly's all-around track and field star, won wide acclaim along with Van Asten. Bonds won both high and low hurdles in the Southern Section meet at Long Beach and then copped both events in the State meet with record clockings. Bonds' new state standards are 13.9 in the highs and 18.8 in the lows. Ray Van Asten is coached by Bob Hailey, while Robert Bonds received his coaching from Earl Marshall. Norm Forster and Jesse Flores have tutored Hubie Watson for the past three years. (1) HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL TRACK & FIELD RECORD BOOK.. .1960 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA C.I.F. TRACK *ND FIELD ATHLETES OF THE YEAR YEAR ATHLETE EVENT MARK SCHOOL 1937' BILL BUGBEE B .J. 23' 7£" ' Montebello 1938 GIL LaCAVA H.J. 61 7 1/8" Beverly Hills 1939 EDDIE MORRIS Sprints 9.7 & 21.3 Huntington Beach 1940 EDDIE MORRIS Sprints 9.6 & 20.7 Huntington Beach 1941 Thelmo KNOWLES 880 1:55.6 Santa Monica 1942 JERRY SHIPKEY S.P. 56' 1 5/8" Anaheim 1943 AL LAWRENCE HH(42") LH (220) 14.7 & 23.4 Glendale 1944 DEL SMITH P.V. 13' 5 3/8" Glendale 1945 JOE SCOTT LH (220) 23.7 El Monte 1946 JOHN HELWIG S.P. 59' 5 7/8" Mb. Carmel 1947 JOHN BRADLEY Sprints 9.9 & 21.8 Hoover, Glendale 1948 JOHN BRADLEY Sprints 9.8 & 20.8 Hoover, Glendale HOWARD BUGBEE Sprints 9.6 & 21.5 Redondo Beach BILL FELL Sprints 9.6 & 21.1 Compton 1949 JACK DAVIS HH & LH 14.4 & 19.2 Hoover, Glendale 1950 STEVE TURNER Sprints, LH 9.9, 21.8, 18.9 Glendale 1951 BOB CUNNING Sprints 9.7 & 21.2 Hoover, Glendale 1952 FERNANDO LEDESMA Mile 4:23.2 Compton 1953 DONALD VICK S.P. 62' 5#" Chaffey RONALD MORRIS P.V. 13« 11 1/8" Burroughs, Burbank 1954 BILL SWISSHELM LH 18.7 Santa Ana 1955 CHARLES DUMAS H.J. 6' 10£" Centennial 1956 ROBERT POYNTER Sprints 9.6 & 21.0 Pasadena 1957 PRESTON GRIFFIN Sprints 9.4w & 20.3w Centennial CLARK ERANSON S.P. 64' 3/4" Pasadena 1958 MELVYN CLIPPER Sprints 9.6,20.6,48.1 Muir, Pasadena 195.9 BALE STORY . Mile 4:11.0 Orange I960 ROBERT BONDS HH, LH 13.9, 18.7w Riverside RAY VAN ASTEN 880 1:51.9 Bonita LOS ANGELES CITY HIGH SCHOOL TRACK ANJTFIELD ATHLETES OF THE-YEAR ' 1937 BRYANT ALLEN Sprints 9.7 & 21.1 Jefferson 1938 BAYLOR MAYNARD P.V. 13' 9i" Belmont 1939 BILL STEWART H.J. 6' 4 5/8" Torrance 1940 BILL SMITH B.J. 23' 7&1" Belmont 1941 BILL SMITH B.J. 24' 3s" Belmont 1942 ROY THURMAN S.P. 58' 10" Fremont 1943 MEL PATTON Sprints 9-9 & 21.4 University 1944 HANK WILLIAMS 880 1:57.7 Belmont 1945 RON FRAZIER L.H. 19.0 Van Nuys 1946 DICK ATTLESEY H.H & L.H. 14.3 & 19.8 Bell 1947 HUGH McELHENNY HH & LH 14.0 & 19.2 Washington 1948 BOB CAMERON S.P. 59' 7^" Washington 1949 GEORGE BROW Sprints, B.J. 9.8,21.4, 25'2g" Jordan 1950 LANG STANLEY 880 1:53.9 Jefferson 1951 CLARKE MERRILL P.V. 13l 3" Belmont 1952 LaVERN SMITH H.J. 6' 6 3/4" Jefferson 1953 DARRYL ELLINGSON Sprints 9.7 & 21.3 Dorsey 1954 EVERETT JACKSON Sprints 9.8 & 21.5 Manual Arts 1955 JESSE NEWMAN Mile 4:23.9 Jefferson 1956 DAVE DAVIS S.P. 62' 7|" Canoga Park 1957 TOM ROELEN Mile 4:20.2 San Fernando 1958 JAKES BATES Sprints 9.4 & 21.2 Manual Arts WILLIAM DAVIS B.J.., Sprints 25'5% 9.6, 21.7 Roosevelt 1959 HUBIE WATSON Sprints 9.5w & 21.6 Jordan 1960 HUBIE WATSON Sprints /-* 9.5 & 20.7 Jordaa HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION TRACK & FIELD RECORDS . 1960 HONOR TRACK & FIELD TEAMS Selection of All-Los Angeles City and All-Southern California CIF Track &..Field Teams are made by All-Southern California Board of Athletics composed of Ralph Alexander (L.A. Examiner), Jack Hefley (L.A. Times), Cliff Gewecke (Huntington Park Signal), Al Ames (Glendale News-Press), Joe Lyou (L.A. Mirror-News), Jerry Reiner (Hollywood Citizen-News), Pete Kokon (San Fernando Valley Times), Bob Burdick (San Gabriel Valley Tribune), Richard Roberts (San Pedro News-Pilot), Jack Disney (L.A. Herald-Express), Claude Anderson (San Bernardino Sun), Eddie infest (Santa Ana Register), Jack Teele (Long Beach Press-Telegram), Mannie Pineda (Pasadena Star-News), Garland Rose (Riverside Press-Enterprise), Philip Patton (Santa Barbara News-Press), Dick Miller (Santa Monica Outlook), Chuck Thomas (Ventura Star Free-Press), Bill Whitney (Breitbard Athletic Foundation), Braven Dyer, Jr.