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1 ":'- / : - \\, NEWS / 1 ~·' i r,"- .. f, , , , ___ 1 • 11 • r ~ 1 1 1 ' • ,,,I I\ ' 1. ' / j .1 ' ''A i , I .i, )- { J, Meets .of Apnl ;-1,o: · . i • , , ( , .__,), " (,- ! . . ~ , , , '; OHIO RELAYS ,_-Cohµnbus: ~Jacob's 9.6w; Phillips ·9. 7:w;~00- ,M.i_lls,1 2~. 5; Glenn 1 Dav~~ 30. 2;; EtlJ,p:t'ton, ?urdue, 31. 0; Carney, O1,lioU, 31~2; F?rd, 3~. '6;~4Q9~ , Mf.11s ~6~5; ,.. l 1 1 Davis 47.1; Bob Davis, 0 Wes, 47.5; Etherton 48.5. i.OQ0-:._L~p§_,_,·MicJ:!Er ; 2:11.3 _._.,MR, tl. Mile-P ond, UCTC, 4: i'4. 8; :-'aooomSt . Whelan, Ky-, -9: 36~8; 120Hl-I: Jo111es11~. 6w; Ma~ "l4.
~ook, 0, ,21.2; JT-Mills \ O, ~35'10}"; Page,SC 1 220'½"; HJ-Dumas,SC, -6,~9¾"; BJ-Kelly,S, 1 : , , \ 24'4¼"; 2i mile ~Mi1Jer ; 0, 9:9,1;,,Monzingo,9, , 9:12.4; fy'Iartin:, 1 S, ✓9:16.;5 (LH -t.t\nderson,O, _/ d\ '--T,,:2-3.-8; ·Hl a 1 1 1 ;., ' ) ' -:- ~ • l. _ ·~;, ., ·~ r \ ," ./ .'t ; - t < ~ , , M't •· SAN AN'fONIO_RELAYS, Pomona, Calif., ,April 24-2_5:~f()0-Norton, San Jose, 9. 5; Poynter, SJ, 9.6; Munn,SC Fr, 9.7; 2-mile.:.-Dellinger 8:48.2; ·Waltei :~,Striders, ·8:49.4; Pirie, England, 8:59. 3; Bennett, Oxy, 9:10. 6;· Mpnzingo, Stanford, 9:11. O; 3:mile--Truex., 13:59,5; Bennett, Oxy, ·14:14.1 ,~ 10,.000m-;~oth, StJ:iders, 30:42.2; Peck, 9xy~ ,31;49.l. 120H Trea~, Oxy, -14. O; Cebb, pc';<14.3; '/ aitgi ·unat. 440R-San Jose 40. 4;-.qxy ~ii.. O; 880R-Oxy _1:25 -~5; Str;jders 1: 25. 9; SC 1t26. 2; . Mile :R-US9. 3: 13. 4; .oxy ;,3: 13. ~;-S~iders 3: 14. ~; UC LA -3:18;7; 2-mile R·:USC '7:31.8; UCLA,Striders; DistMed.R-SC 9:155,;5;_ tJC,LA 9:59.8; Striders 10:04; Oxy -10:12,.Sf H}-Dpmas 611 9½; Whetstine, Ariz St, -6'7½;' PV-Morris .'14'10"; Roubanis 1~'.7."; HSJ:..~tokes, Stiiders, 50'2"; Andt~ws, _S, 49 1 10¼"; da ~ilva, did not qualµy, --:42'10"; ) 1 BJ-Wiley,LAS, 25·'6}"; Range.~, 2.5'1"; Presber, unat, 24'~'~;.. L{I-Wson, S, 24,'2½"; Yang -24'!"; SP-1,.ong 61'10½"; Nieder 6l'6¼"; 0Butt 59•4¼"; ,Ii>avis 57!1!"; McKeever 56'9½"; ff'-Held 241'6½; Page,~C,__231'10"; Sbo;rd9ne, Sc, ; 2-21''4½;Seyfuour 221'11"; Jamieson,$, 1217'6½"; DT-tlabka _189;'.4"; O'Brien _181 '2½''~ Johnson-, S, l!>9'f\ Humphreys, S, 168'1½"; DeWeese,Stan, 1_00'1"; -_HT-Connolly 215'4"; Pagani,, NYAC, 183'3"; .. . DRAKE RELAYS, Des Moines, la., April 24-25: Friday: 2-mile: Henderson 8:57 ..4; · Eisenma11, Okla St, ,,8:58. 7; 4.140H--Stucker, Kans St, 53. 2; 100 heats: Cook, Ore., 9. 6; Hazley, Okla, St., 9,.5; Tidwell.Kari~, 9.5; Southern9.6; SprintMedR-Illinois 3:17.8 (world's best) (Kerr 1:·fo6. 8); Kan~as 3:1~... l; ,9klahoma 3:·19~9; Okla State 3:21. 9; Kansas State 3:23.-6. 4MR O;~g-on 17:15. 2; MR; Nebrasjca 17.;19. O; Houston 17:24. 4. ,SMR (College)-WestMich 3:24. 8. - l ;::;. ,Saturday: ; -100.-Jones, East ,MJ~h, 9'. 5·; Hazley ~ Altenberg! Cornell; Cook, Ore; Southern.; AAU 100-Murchison 9.4w; Morrow,Gardmfr,Garton; AAU mile-Burleson, Ore Fr, 4:16. 7MR; Tabo,:d 4:06.8; Almond, Houston _Flr, 4:07.2;.Pond, UCTC 4:12.3; AAU 440- Davis 46.5; Mills, : 'Pu't,due Fr, 47. l{ l~tterberry, .,.wiat, 48~· o; Morrow 48.1; 120HH-Jones i3. 7w; May,, Odegard Minn; Tillman, Kans. 440R-Texas 4;0._6; Kan~as 41. O; Rice 41.1; 880R-Texas 1:23.8 MR; Rice 1:24 ·. 1; Houston l:2~5; Mile R-Texas 3:11. 3Hllinois 3: 11.4; , Kans st; 3:11. 7; Okla St 3:12.1; DistMedR-Stanforct '·9:56.5; Midi lJlll St 9: 58. 10; Okla i.0:125,.9; ShuttleJ-iurdles: Kansas 58.6; r Missourf 58. 9. HJ- Thornton, Tex Tech, 6'-9"; ~PV-Grahait}, Okla St, . 15'¼"; tie, Dooley, Okla, St.& Martin, Old~ & Johnston, Pur, 14'6"; HSJ--Kelly~ Stan~ 49'¼"; S,myth, Houston, 48'10½"; , 1 SP-Lindsay, Okla, ~7'7¼"; Erwin, Okla, 56'7!''; Cain, Kans, -54'7f•; · College Relays: 880- , East Texas St 1: ~5. 4; DistMed-.[irizona State 10: 01. 9; · 2-Mile-Howard Payne 7:41. 3; 440-East Texas State 41. 1. ' · . PENN RELAYS, Philadelphia: April 24 & 25: Friday:A00rQ,_H,-Qilbert, Winston-Salem, ,_, ,,..~ .. 53. 6; 2 mile-Ahlberg, SMU,_ 9: 15. 2; BJ:Bird, Mich, 25'1¾".;/ Herman, NYU, 24_'11¾";Moore, •·yv-s, 24'9¾""; Douglas~IBates~1 · 24'5¼"; Middleton, W-S, 24'¼"; ..DT-Popl?lcr, Ohio St, 156'6"; _ HT-Lawlor,BU, 200 1 10½"; DistMedR-PennState 9:58. 2; Satur(Jay: 100.:..woodhouse 9. 5 MR, :,Winder,: Morgan; Peterson,,ACC; Barnwell, Pitt; 120HH--Gilbert, W-S, 13.7 EMR; Cooley,ACC; · ." ' Rosers, W .:.s;Johnson, Md; Stanger, ; Mich. ;44'0R ·-.Abilene Christian 40. ~. MR; MorganSt;Md; . , 880--Abilene rC. 1:24. 5 MR; Villapova, Morgan State; Mile R-Villanova 3:11. 8 MRE; MorganSt; ~-- ACG~,Manhattan, Mj.chfg~; 2-Mile R-1\tli~higan 'l: 11; PennState; _(Florida State; 4-mile R-Peµn J State 17:11. 3; Dµke; NYU;- Sprint _Med R-Pe ,nn 3.:-28.,0; Navy; Manh?~on; HJ-Stewart,SMU, 6'8"; Nou-rse~--Ohio 1 State; FY-Landstrom 14'1" JMR;-Gibson, Wrich; Murray,Cornell; .JT-Stuart', Che 1 , rry ,,~oint 221'6!"; ·Kovalal-4,des, Md; prans~w ; conn.; HSJ-Mooxe, ' W-~, 49 ; ~ddleton, W-S; • , "Doug\as, Bates: SP-Shine, Penn, 56r2¾"; Morikofslfy; NYU;rMarchiony, Maiihattan; Keerd,BU. 1 11 l i \ _ KAI',SASRELAYS , Lawrence, ,April 17: BJ-Shelby 25'3¼";,Daird,E'Tex, 24~6j ; rest j of program rairied put until~ April 18: 100-Tidwell, Kans; 9. 9;...Wiel}e, Mo, ~ Hazley; Okla St;; - Mile ...Almond. H~ustOJ14:i.4.1; _Americ;~ Horse, Nebr; 2-mile '-Macy, Houst9n, , 8: 59. 2; Edelen, Minn; Eisenman, -"OklJ1; 30_00 $t-C0leinan, UCTC, 9: 16. 9; Law;encei, Hquston; Oakley, Ark; , "' > ~H-J3ode,EastTcx,,14.,9; Bradley, Pitt.St; 400mfI-Howard, New·lyJexico, 50.4; Cushman, Kans; - 440R-Kansas>41.o; Texas, Okla St, Houston; S~OR-':fexas 1:24.6; OklaSt, Missouri,Baylor; Mile R•Texas 3:ll.2;, Kansas State, Okla:,Colo; 2-inile R-Kansas 7:37.6; Nebraska; Texas; 4-m~fe~-K~ .sas 17: 06.J; Colorado, A1;k~s~, Nebraska; SptM~dP,"-Krufsas· 3:21. 8; Okla, _' " K~sas St, Houst-on; D~tMe~-Oklahorfia 10:1?.3; Colorado, Houston, Iowa State; HJ-Thornton, · Tex ,Tech, 6'6¼"; PV-Grahrun, , Okla St/- 14'.S½"; Dooley, pkla'sr; 14'½"'1H6J-Smyth, Houston, _"' _50'.~"; Floer~e, unat, ~ 49't'; ~Jf-Alley, Kans, 254'9"; Qwst, NM,_22fa'½''.; Parker, Texas, 222'6; SP-:;Erwin, Okla, 55'7',¾"';J.;;indsay, pk!~.,- 54'6"; , Cain" Iqi, 53'.¾'r'; Dsicus-Cochr~, Mo, l71 '8½; Lindsay~ Olqa, 1-70'2¼''; ~oos, Kans, 163~9½'; Weise, - Houston, 1160'. s•:, . : · ✓ V \ t i ·: ,HIGH SCHOOL M,r'\:RI Calif-., 1:53. 31 best "e-vcr· by a junior; ) / -', . , ) ' · ~ V ~ - ,,-- I / -...J ~ ~\ ·l• ---...... J 1 ,, "< ..!/ - ' ,,' I -1'. ' I."I I I I , r SO THEY TE LL US I \ --- ~ _, " / TN JACK CLOWSER, Cleveland: 0 Tom Robinson of Michigan is the type of ~youn-g man who.makes it a pleasure to cover college athletics. He has firmly mapped his goals in life. _ He is a standout student and be'll attain them. Tom wa$ such an ~te~liget1.t boy that he took • /two years work in one, twice, and graduated from Nassau H. S. An the .Bahru,na Islands v.4:!im1 " only/15. He got a job in the cuf;.toms dep,tttment soon afterward ·and 'held it fot nearly foll!, years. Tom's father is a carpenter, and like most islanders, the family could welf useth~ , boy's financial aid. ~ _ ·,, . · · _ . /, i I ' ''Because of his extreme youth his track times in school were not significant. "He_raif' / the 220 in 25 seconds flat. 'But I liked running and .joined a olub' says Tom. 'I made 'our Pan American Game,s team whenI was 17, after runni~g the 100 and 200,.in 10. 5,and 21. 6 (metei:s). I was dissatisfied with the thought of being a customs inspector all my lit~, and ~y tirst .bre~ - 'came when I met"Joe Yancey, coach of the N. Y. Pioneers. He's a good friend_gf coach Don , Canham and he put m~ in touch with Michigan. I was eligil,)le for B-chplarship ~id ~d that',s , - ' - how I got to Antl,· Arbor. •After I graduate from Michigan I plan to fak~ British law atthe Univ- ~ ersity of London. Then I'll be able to go back to 'the falands as, a barrister. Als9 ·, I'd. like to · ) ~- , , . . ,, "get into politi-Cs. ' 1 ~ - "TQm is majoring in languages at Michigan. ~ He's a star atlilete.s wbo's looking far 11 ,past his sports career. _ >. 1 . , ,"'-_ · "' _ ·BOB CARMAN, distance runner,Pittsburgh: "'one idea I have had for ,qnnging moder~ 'distance training methods to the knowledge of the u. s •.track world (and believe me, few high school and co!J.e~ coaches know~anyt;l1ing ' about it) is to induce a magazine of wider circulation, such as Sports Illustrated to run ari article -on _modern distance tra.ining, similar to the fine 'teaching' articles they have had on golf, baseball, etc; . - - "The AAU meet at-Boulder should be great , fun. Wo~der -if people who planned it the;e ever heard of anoxia? They should 1hold th~ fikm, 10km and steeplechase in private; it may be ~ a littl,e -g~sQme. It will be a great oppor,unity for s.ome Jenterprising physiologist t9 do a bit of researeh on the effect of high ,altitude on severe mU§cu.}ar ~e~cise.. ," _ . ,,,._·-- " ~ _ r PR., DICK GANSLEN, Univ. of Arkansas: ''Bill Alley's 'throw at the Kansas relays waE strictly from hunger and sh,ould never have been measured. It hit flat mid then seve:i;l;tl-field - officials rushed forward and, with liberal use of their imaginations~ found a sc_ratc~ marl< ~, which they finally measured. Even other throwers in the rn~et made an inefiectuaLprot~st. 1 B~t he will throw much further legally later. , ~ , '\ '- 1 "Conside~jng that-the meet was rained out completely: after acouple -of events Friday mol'Iling an all night bu1:ning, moveling and scraping job put the track in quite good condition for th~ ,me,et Saturc;l~y. A superb job of _savin$.the m?et must be cre~ited ;a Bi}l Easton's _ 1 ,ove;i:.--worked teq,1n~ ••• Graham c~earea 14'8f' wea:rmg long wooll?ll underwear to keep warm. · He cleared this h~ight easily by six inches. : He shou.\d do 15'2 or better -any watni day, which he has-yet to see. Dooley, .-rwho hit 14'4", did this on a pole borrowed affe! shatter~g his older gJass pole last week. Pollard of-Nebraska ~s in a:n· emotional fW1k ancl~unJess he gets control of himself psychologically he won't worzy any of th~ go~d vaulters outd&ots. 1 Gets - ..;i, ._ excited, and can't do anything which his ?I:,llity, :whlbhis pJentiful.'' '·~· , ." -~ , ' TN ART HOFFMAN , Los ·Angeles: ''Bill Bowerman tells me he exp,ects to make a few points here and there with his Oregon team tliis spring. -well -be~ore Burleson r~ 4:07. 6_ Bowerman' s feeling was that Burleson is better than anticipatea. 'He looks like be is going to - break a good many Oregon records and someof cthem are not too bade' said Bill." - r TN DICK BANK, Los Angeles: ~•M~ T~uex should have his greatest year of pmning •in 1959, . He has completely recovered from the carbon monoxide.poisoning that ,:nac:lelast · se~on one .of frustration and disappointment. _ It was a"-wonder he produced 4:11,/9, . e:50~ 7 , and 1,3:47. 4 last year for qe did only· half as ..rrJucl1 training as in 1957~,vhen ,he ran 4:06. 6,, ·~ 8: 55, o, 13:35. 7 and 14: 04. 2. He will graduate in June1and then will ,be commissioned ,in.the Air F,orce. His academic load is light enough .now so that , he can handle two workouts a 4ay . r andit is paying di\'idends already. He has broadened his shoulders :,_pnd gained ~decl upper body,'strength through 'weight training. -He 'will r1.u1\the ~0-00.mat -the-tf"r~sno Relays May 9, twq miles at the Coliseum relays May · 15, one mile at Oxy indvitstio~ May' 22; 5000m 'at Compton invitational June 5; three miles at AA.U~June20. The Fre~nq race probably_ will I ' / include Dellinger t Hendarson will ~e at the Coliseum, and!cofupton will featur~ Mme;. Bill, Alex and perhaps one or rwo others. Ma~cthinks the Milwaukee mdo_or two-mile would have gone down to 8:12 if Al Lawrence was not fatigued from his record run of 48 hours before; • t··:',I.,'\ ,,.. 'v! ,' 7~ )\Y I\ /· I I t,, ,(- ,lf V ,• 1 \ ~('! . ~EL~ANEOci u.s.' MAftKS:1 Whit ~r, -M~., ao.9;Ko"(~akides _, ·Mr. 239'21 "; . Strunk i. Nevada 1r~sh,\ 9. 5:wand 20. fiw; Lawlor,BU, ~95'9" H'I>-Keerd ;,"BU,1 166' DT; Lawlor 11 (";- also ·109~l"; '.Ince, Tufts,· 48-.6 a,nd 20. 7Wi Whetstine, Ariz St; .6',6½ ; Henderson,Ariz·St, ,__. 1 8; 59. 7( Bradford, ~dz. St., . Duke, _9 ·. 5 from Radford, Ep~l~, r 9. 5; Hill, Cor- 1 2~~ ~ ; ~ihie, e . ';nell; 4:18. : 31& ,1:5~. 6;p )Heu.tterso~ -~::'08, 2; Mal Spence, ~~z .~t, ~8, 0~.. ~orttoya, Ariz. s,tJ~24' 3:; Snephatd,1 ,Gamp Pendleton, 1:53.9; Rose,Ariz.St., 14 4 .; Lmdr90~,Ariz.St._, 171 ldl; r •• ,_;,t, f-Jlaty, BY(!, 9;41. 5, in \slop from .-Qriffeth \,BYU andTruex,Striders; · ~ims~ ,Peppei'dine, 6'7"; · , \' f WUey, LA Sq1te1, 24'11"~ Tarr,-B ...kersfield, 14. 5; Bates, East Los Angeles, 21. O,; Larson, ! \ ;--,\, . W_ashington, -·4:f 2.l; Bender,Wash ~_'53'4"; ,pouglas, Wash, 216'11"; , 1:(52.5; -La- 1 Sicbert;-c;.,· 1 , \ bounty, Wash, \ 14'3u; Kelley, Cal, 14'3"; ·Wyatt; .Idaho, 9:·16. 9; _ , • · · 1 '' ' 11 . · _ . F'OREIGN NEWS: Salisbury> SQuthern Rhodesia: April 25: Potgieter, South Africa, 1 11 (/ " . 50~5 for 440H f~om Culbr,eath by 10 yards;,Gardner, · US, 6 8 ; · Ira Davis, 10.2y; Bragg 15'; , . ;"April : ~6: ,P ulbreath 53. ,i &. 2~. O; B~~gg 14'11!"; , Gnr'¥er 616" & 193'; Davis 10~ O. . • • . : \ , • South African Chs, Dw;ban, ' April 3-5: J('ffery13 9. 7'; McCay 1:5_3. 5; Potg1eter 51. Sy; 1 ~ Day ~1. St; P;-aa1nsma 4:'10. 2; Pot~~eter , 23. 7yt;-du Plessis 184'9½", national recoi;:d; Evans 48. 7. """'--,Australia: ... ~ '.) · ·, .Porter & Ridgway 6'9½''; ,J\gostini 9. 4, 9. 5,_ 21. 4t and 9. 3w; . Baker 9. SJ,and ~-4'Yn ,; H: E~iott, 3: 01, 6, 1:56. 3 ~hJbitions ,; Rich, 25'1_'~ ' " . , European results: Ter-Ovanesyan, USSR,, 25'lli"; Rybak, USSR~ 6'9½ ; Ahapiev, . ); '_Y, , 51'3''' H~J; M~coni~ Italy, 58'11½''; Meconi 56'8!"; Bir:i;ud, It~y, 10.4; C. Ltevore253'1~''; 1 1 \ G10- r 1 Skobla 58'4½'. (in Clunn). ' (Meconi,'~ 58'1lt" with Wldfrweigh~ l:llto1t); ~onsolini 175'1¾"; 1 i t v~ Lievore i 252''1¼11; "L'Humruute" "'cross country, Paris: Ohrom1k, Poland, 28:25; Ozog, :( "Poland -, 28: 26,; 6; :Artinu~ USSR 28: 28; pesiatchkov, USSR, 28: 28; Zimny, Poland, 28: 33; trinidad: JacJ ,,;,- 'i '• ,_ 3:1~.6 (C¥"tson 46J O). ' , _I" ,.. , , , 11 . - .. . 1 11 ,,<,, . M15qELLANEQUS ' U.,S. fox- 1Arizona: Xowig 9: ~2. 5; Alexander6 "'6"; Hiscok 55 8 ; ::, Delec 1 1 1 .,< ~ ·- Q • ' BULLETIN BOJ\RD ' / - \ , . Ne.xt:Newsletters :"'May 13; June-3, , 17; July l, ~5,129; T&fN Mailed May 7. ...\ J I ,, __All-Time Relax list concludes in this issue. '. But w¢Jstill 'want corrections, Eldditions. ·shotllut Raqldng lleginstbis issue in another Track Newsle~ter exclusive series. · ' .. '! , ··1 ' 1959, High School Annuaj is 1·eady at last. · $1. > , . , . \ i · ,) Acldi~on,s to So'tltJ;ien1Hemjsphere Mar!,cs, (No. 12 TN): ' from Joe Galli: r • '. · , \;- ,, 1 r 2 mite, 8:45;; 4, fowe:t; A~t:ralla;"'6,milas·, 28:32 • .21.\G. Thomas, Australia. 10, ooom, Albert ' .J, ~ 1 . · . Thom-as time is 29:123. U;pole v~t; Gee, Australia, 13 17½", 1958; javelin, Bir-lcs·235'}"; ~ 11 , :.1 Lig.a., JT, 226'5"; shot, l'lfille, NZ, 55'1011, 1969; discus, Mills, NZ, 169'3½ , 1958. I ~ i 1 ~ . / , ~ I , i \ \ ·' , ' 1 \ :,. , 1 ; WIN9 . SPRINTS , ... 0 ~r ', 67 h~mer thr6yters have ~urpa~ied 60 mete:cs (196'10!'') 1 With 28.from Russia, 6 ,, ~\ ; , 1 from US, 4 from HlDlgary, Gei:,many, ' Poland, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, and 2 from Nor- 1 l ,! ( ' way ••• up· to ,the Dralce/Jlelays, · Tom Skutka ·of Kansas had won 15 watches in•his track career '. '.1'.-1. , ,but ~tW ·didn't o~ onc. Helhas peen .busy \jutf°i,tting his family which.Jll.lnlbers 8 brothers / 1 - ·~ - •• ,and\5 Sister ,s ; •• He~b Carper, the new st>rint sensation, says all he rdoes is practice starts. 1 1 t,, l( /' He ·say~ ovel" • " I . I ' \ ~,.__~ .\.,I I _; I ' /,l ?._ .; lf NOTED WITH INTEREST I',' ~., '-- I fl I ~ 1 ' ; , THE BELFAST SCANDAL, from the Irish Times: "James McDex:n,ott, allis'Dar- :. 1 '. · ~i11t', a well knownEast-Calder professional runner was . arrested Saturday on .a warran~ ·., issued on a charge of running as an amateu11 at Cliftonville last August, and s~uriri.g-a v~- 0 ·uabie prize under false pretences. He will be sent to trial. . · : : · .'. RON DELJ.NY'S r~cord is noted by TN Tony O'Donoghue: 1'As of J~. 1. Dela.n,y:h :84 run ·59 mie/1500m races .• Excluding tw9 heats; he was won 48_and lost o~y 9~ Of the,se} . ·. he was second 4 time~ and third 5 times. Never in his miling caree .r .bas he been.wo~se 'thatt ) third~· In fact in q,is seven years of competitive racing heh~ onl~f o~ce fini~pe<;lworse th~ ., , third, This was the · European, championships of 1964 when he w;1s i'~~ iir ~he'\600m final-·ia t .. well 'over his head. Combin~g the mile and 1500 byuse of the IAAF· tables we find th~ : , Ron''s 59 race average is 4: 07. 2• . His -5 best marks average 3: 59. 06 and his 10 best av~i;a'g'e _/ \ / 4?01. -31. •• ·' ' -~ I • • CALIFORNIA'S 2-MILE relay record breakers of last year arc described bf 'coach Brutus Hamilton: 01 must linger a while µpon that remarkable record set on the rather slfJW ' Coliseum track in Los Angeles. Mayn4rd Orme, Jerry Siebert~ Jack Y crm~ and, Don Bow den, by running the distance in_7:20. 8 averaged 'l:50~ Z per man and broke the .old record by more than t;wo· seconds. They postecl an av~rage impr?V,e~ent of approximately i eveu 13ea, onds per man\ 9vor thdit high school times for the h~ m~le. The magnitude 1of th~"acbfe".e .. :_" ' . m.ent is hcn-Qlyr~oliz~ by the boys _thems_elves. The ~o-mile relay has b~~ -c,Qntes~e~ fq}: ·\I :_;. 1 , ., , more tlian 100 years m Europe ~and .America yet these four men arc the swiftest of all the ,_ 'l ,, 1 1 storied fleet Who have ever carried the baton for that p,i.stance. No one of them is a prosel- 1 1 / yted athlete; ' three are sons of California graduates; all are native i;;ons; and each is a bona- t • 1 •fiqe ~tudent cai:t'jing-a heavy academic load in one of the world's greatest educationq}. insti- t:uti<:ms.Two arepre-legal studmts; one is a music major; and one is ~ engineer. ~o 'one of them has evcr ·nwked a course and the overall grade _point average of'the group \¢ 2.88 ,- -> on the four point ·system,, which is considerably 3boye that of the 'stuqcnt body. Their aver- age age at the time of the race was only .ii!lyears, 2 months. . , · --: .-, -'l J \ , , · "Their record will be broken, perhaps soori, but I doubt if it's done by a better group , of students 01· by a group in the same age bracket. ·· They look upon,their ;running as a, healthy, happyadjunct to their education, have never let sports interfere with the moFe s.erious pur poses of college, have never asked for any special p~ivileges, and have all kept tl)eir right , 'i ,, sense of balance and the proper horizons. Look in on eachof them some 30 ,years hence ~d you'll'qave to climb, for they will be· in high places," '"'" 1 ·\ . HERB ELLIOTT is named athlete of the year by Brutus Hamilton, writing ,a review on Ci. 1958 track season for the '-student paper: ''The autjiehce ,ha~ reserved its stBI}ding ovation 'and its , most thunderous o,pplatise for the wi4uestioned h~ro of t?e drama, Hetb Elliott. :this ; - talented young man blazed acrqss the stage liko e sup~r sputnik and coiupl ~tcly ,stole the, snow from hi,s m'any ;rivals. The ~fence greets him with amazement and one at }east with . awe. Have I sc~n merely another great runner or have 1 greeted a 20-year-o~d ,genius at the beginning of a career which is destined not only to 1.:p'ake this generation but-future g~eratio'nt gaze in wonder? ; , .. • , " , K • ,. , • · d : .' "This bright, po,ised and perspnable Australian 1completely captu_red the fancy of the world with his superior performances which included world records of 3':54. 5 in the'mile and 3: 36 'in tre 1500m, plus a 1: 47. 3 half and a 8: 37. 6 two-mile. When one considers 1that Herb \ ran · against the greatest milers in history this year; all of them older and mor~ experienced than he, and that he won every race eas~ly, then one might be tem:ptc~ to believe _that qe is o°'e _to develop into a towering giant andprove to be , the C ~USO or Nijins:ki of the ttack. < 'r' :. Several things arc in his favor. , :Firot is hi' youth. ,Bei:µg.1only 20,, he bas 10 good ,, . yea i,s of. running ahead of'him and if he cares to continue. ,Then there 1s ·h.~spoise. Nothflig ' '.' worries him, he never frets• he le~shis opponents do al1 the worrying while he ~f1t& well . 1 ~"ld sleeps soundly. He hqs a th1n but irugged body, i's never ill, a,rid. earl stand the 1te1•rific \ r amow:t of work necessary to be a ch~pion runner these days'. 1 He loves .to run andhas, in Percy Cerutty, an imaginative coac~ ' · ' ,' , '. . · ~ , . • , - "He~b seems qapable in the ,very near future ofachieving marks wider 1:46 in the , 880, under 3:52 in the' mile, under 8:-20 in the two-mile, and -even wider ~l:-3m .inutes in the " , ,, thre~-i;;nile. Soi 1 pose it -as a poss~itity ~-mind,, l do not say prob~ility--:-thai: Vi'tr may soon. 1\, greet a monu.-nental ghruus in traok, one who~e recor4s will suEVive, L1¥tdsay, ~o?O ~.D. 1' ' 1 1 - Herb ~~ot~ mi~ just be the one." ~ , , r 1· '\ . . , ' ; ' , , I , -, ~.1 £ 1., (,, li ,• 4 /' l, • i' BEST - SHOT PUTT E RS 19 4 8 - 19 5.8 - · by Humphrey Long · .. . , · . · " The · past 10 years has se~ revolutionai.'y progress in shott ,pq~g, both in technique and pe,rfor~ance. 'fb:e general all around standard throughout the world has risen tremend ously and it ls . now ranked as one of the most popular events among athletes and spectators alike. The, credit for this must be given to the shot putters who have ;-set'the pace, as it were. during these years and this ser~es is. an attempt to rank the top 20 shot putters of the 1948- 1958 era, in their order of achievement over that period. l am not setting out to forecast how ~ imaginary contest betw~en them would result because that: i~ so.~,11ethingno one could do. Instead, I have evolved / a points system whereby an athlete gains points for achievement during each year since 1948. The sum total of points geined in these years is the. athlete's final sco~e and this, I hope, reflects his contribution to the event. TJle reader will be able to see how the points ; are awarded and to judge whether the final rankingis a fair one. \ J...... ,-- -- . t _:_ \ ,_ ; . -, (Note: Humphrey Long is 26, a teacher of'.physical education, and coach of track, gyfunasticts, swimming end basketball at a. secondary school for,-boys up to;16 iii London, England. H9 was a.19• .1 sprinter in college.) · · J 1. PARRY O'BRIEN Best Performance: 63'2" Achievement Points: 546 / Parry O'Brien has been the leading exponent of shot putting over the past six years. A dedicated athlete in -every way, P~ry has perfected a revolutionary style ofputting which many said would never work. This style has led a great _advance in putting standards and this, together with Parry'~ reputation foJ .hard work, has probably been his greatest contri bution to the event. To list O'Brien's achievements ~and record performance ,s would take a bcok but, mention of a few would not be out of place. Olympic champion in 1~52 and 1956, he I. J . . is . also -Olympic record holder at I 6(l'll" and world record bolder at 63'2"., The first man to reach ey9', 00', 61' and beyond, Parry had a record in competition s~ond to rione. In con- , r . clusion it is impossible to thirik ofany honor that Parry has not won though he would probably ~k I ;of. a 65' world. record ,as ·a climax to, a wonderful career. ··· · ... ' ' \ ; Olympic champion 1952 10 pts. World re.; prd ·59'¾" 1953 10 : Olympic charripion 1956 10 World r'ec otd 59'2i" 1953 10 ·AAU champion 19l)l 6 World rec ord 59'9f' 1954 10 AAU champion 1952 6 World re cord . 60' 5;;r".1 1954 , 10 AAU champion 1953 6 'Norld record 60'5¾" 1954 10 ) - AAU champion ,1954 6 World record 60'10" 1954 10 AAU champion 1955 6 Worlg record 61'1" . 1956 10 J I AAU champion • 1958 ' 6 - World reco1·d 61'4" · 1956 10 2nd AAU 1956 !.~ · 3 World .record 61'4½H 1956 10 NCAA champion 1952 'i 3 World record 61'6i" · 1956 10 · NCAA champion 1953 , 3 World record · 63'2" · 1956 10 2nd NCAA 1951 . 2 2nd Olympic Trials 1952 , ... , 2 Puts over ' 57' 24 24 ' 1st Olympic Trials 1956 3 Puts ·over 58f 37 74 l ' .J Puts over 60' j ( 33 99 3rd world list · 195'1 8 Puts over 62' 7 ',I' 35 . '2n<;iworld list 1952 ·\ 9 1st.world list 1953 ,10 3rd U. s. List 1951 3 1st world list 1954 10 2nd U.S. List ' 1952 4 1st ,world list 1955 10 1st U. s• .List 1953 5 ·1st world list 1956 10 1st :U.S. : List 1954 5 I ... . 2nd world list · / 1957 9 1st U.S. List 1955 5 · lst ,.world list 1958 10 ist U. s. List 1956 5 / 2nd I),,S. List l.957 4 :1st World all•time (1958) 20 5 I Hst lat U.S. I.:.ist 1958 , ..• 1, ( j J ' I ·' ALL-TIME RELAY LIST ) The following new marks have come to light: 44Cy_ 40. 5, Abilene Christian College, College Championships, S:~ Marcos, Tex. s. 2.57 440y~-40.5, United States. · USSR tune-up, NewYorkCity, N.Y. ,' 7.'l.S.58 _ Mile, 3: 09. 2n, Jamaica, ' 2nd British Empire Games, London, 9. 9. 52 :-- (Art Wint, Les Laing, George Rhoden, l:-Ierb McKenley) Mile, 3:'09. 6n, Great Britain, v. British Empire, London, 8. 2. 58 (Ted Sampson, ,John Maclsaac, John Wrighton, John Salisbury) 3:10. 7n, United States, Y: British Empire, London, 8. 15. 36 (Archie Willi.ams, -Al Fitch, Gleru:J.Hardin, Jimmy Luvalle) 3: 11. 8, · Stanford, California-Stanford Relays, Berkeley, Calif., 3. 23. 40 4-:mile, Botany AAC (Australia), Sy~ey, 1. 20. 58, Time: 16: 59. 4. _ . ( _ Moore, Pat Clohessy, Al Lawrence, Barrie 'Almond) 4-mile, Western Suburbs AC (Australia), Sydney, 12.14. 54. _ 4-mile, 1_7:21.4n, Washing~on State College, Drake Relays, De_s Moines,Ia., 4.27.5~ Spr,int :tviedley, 3:22, 9, University of l;ansas, Drake Relays, Des ,Moines, Ia., 4.26. 58 Distance Mealey, 9: 51. 4 indoors, Unive ri'sity of Kruisas, Mich. State Relays, East ;Lansing. _.._-· 2~13. 54 (Frank Cinddch 50, Lloyd Koby 1: 55. 3, Art Dalzell 3: 03, 5, W(;!S Santee 4: 02. 6) ' ,, The following are changes or additions in part of the listings; ) . F. 4~9,40. 3, Oklahoma State, make it Bob Fischel, not Dick. __ I • 440, 40. 4; by British Empire, 1958, was made v. Great Britain. 880, 1:24. 2~ Texas University, 1957, make it Laverne Voight. 880, 1:24.4, Manhattan College, 1952, make it John O'Connell on lelldoff leg. -: _ Mile, 3: 08.1, South Africa, 1958, legs were: Day 47 ~ 9, Evans 47. 8, Potgieter 4J. 3, Spence45J, Mile, 3:08. 8, U.S., 1952, legs: Cole 47.1, Mashburn 48.1, Pearman 46. 3, Wl}itfield .47; 3, Mile, 3:09, 6n, England, 1958, legs: Sampson 118,2,Johnson47.5, V{-rightson47.5,Sa\isbury46.4 JI ' 1 Mile, 3:10.0 a,, Jamaica, 1958, should be 3:10. ln. · Mile, 3:10~ 4n. Kansas St., 1958, legs: O'Conner 48.1, Dodds 46.1. _ , Mile, 3:10. 6,Great Brita~n,-cJ.,a38, te.arn should be British Emp~re. Ma,ke it W.D. Fritz(C~ada) Mile, 3-_!ll.6, Kansas State, 1958: (Larry French, Gene O'<::onnor, Jim Vader, Deloss Doc:lds) ~- 4--:-mile, 17:10.0n, Fiµland, legs: Olavi Sal$01a 4:11.2, Jorma KakkQ 4:21.·a, , OlaviS-a.lonen : 4: 13. o, Olavi Vuorisalo 4: 24. o. · · -' · · 4-mife, 17: 12. 4> Kans¥, 1958, legs:Skutka 4:17~4, Greenlee 4:20.8,Lubs 4:18,8, McNccl 4:15.1 4-mile, 17: 14. o, Kansas, 1953: Da.1:zell4: 19.5, Koby 4: 26.6, Wilson 4: 21. 8, Santee 4: 06. 6. 4-mne, ,17:,18. 5, Kansas, 1953, $hould be 17:38. 5. •.-· _, ., · Sprint Medley, 3~02. 4n, Kansa~, 1958, Ray Wyatt r'an 49! 6. ', .Sprint Medley~ 3:~2. On, San Jose, 1956, add Ross, Giardine, Hicks to Lang Stanley. Distance Medley, 9:50.4, Kan~as, 1954; Cir'.dricl},48. 7, Koby 1:53.~, Dalzell 3:01. Di~tance Me~cy, 9:55 / 3, Villanova:j 1958., make it Bob Godesky. NOTE · Readers are requested ·to subm!! :µiyadditions or corrections, no matter hqw small • . .Fi;-st names, splits, dates, place, ~ meet, etc. all are important and your cooperati<>n in this matter will result in a more completely ac~u.rate All-Time Relay List~ Send data to Track & Field News, Box 296, Los Altos, Calif. · ·.· ., J / )' , 1 if , , ~OI\1EN'S ALL-TIMH LIST . '.fhc following amendments andcorrections "'should be nQt:ed: ' ',; \ ~ l00y, Monica AUen1 s 10. 8 was made in 195~ not in 1956. . 100m, 11. 7-by Joke Bijleveld & Maria van Kuik both are_ bona fide, .· sl}ould be on regular list. _200m, Claudette Masdammer m,ade her 24. ,0 at Qcorgetown • ...._ , \' - . _, ': - 200m, Vera Neszmelyi was placed 2nd in her 24, 1 race. , ~ , r 1 \ 800m, ,Betfy Loakes returned her 2:08.~7 at ~ondon, not Moscow. ,,. \"' \ ~0mH, Maria Golubnichaya placed 2nd in her 10. 7 race. -1 . JT, Jadwiga Majka placed 1st with her 49-.-87mark. , - · _ , ' (Note: ~lea~e overlook several typographical e,,rrors in s~lling, , .put send ~l other changes.) ,f ,I', J ' , I :J ) I \ ' • I (;< ' j r 480 ¥ ARD SHUTTLE HURDLE !'RELAY ~Time Team ,,, 'Meet · , Place _.,,....,,.,,,_..,..,,,.Date -I I p6.8 ,Big Ten Conference v. Pacific Coast 'Conf~ Evanstpn,111. 6. 22~48 I ' \ // I (George W.al~er, Tom Dick Porter, ;l, \ Ill. _, , ?vlitchell, Ind. , Maxwell, 0S;Blll NW; 57 •.3 Pacific CoaBt Conference . v •: -Big 10 , . , . '1Sprkeley ,,'Cal. 6: 21."49 " _) (Downing McKEJe,Stan; Dell Russell; Stan; DickAttle~ey, USC;Cr~g Oixon, 13. 9) • ·57 3 Big TenConference - . · v. Pacific Coast Conf. · Ann Arbor, Mich 6. 23~ 53 .'. ., / r, / C I, , Van Bruner,Mich; John Corbclli,¥5; \Villard Thomson.Ill; Joel :McNulty,Ul. ~ 13.t I J ' 57.3n Pacific Coast .CoJl{erence v-. Big 10 · ·Ann /irbor,Mich. 6. 23. s·s ( . . Jack ..D?,Vis, SC, J.3. 6) I 57.4 I,>ecificCoast qonfcrence v. Big 10 EvQJ1Ston;lll. · 6.15. 54 . (Willilrd Wright,SC; Jim Ball, UCLA; Ron Ddzier,Gal.; Jerry Wood,Stan. ) 57.5n Big Ten donference v. Pocific Coast Conf • . Ev<1-11ston,Ill~ 6, 15. 54 l \ 10,ohn Corbelli, MSC; Joe Savoldi, MSC; Willard Thomson, Ill; K~n Toye, NW) I\ ,' \ 57.6 "f:"° Big Ten Conference . v. Pacific Coast Conf. Berkeley, Cal ,, 6. 21. 55 (Abe Woodson, W, 14. 6;Les Stevens, Ia, 14. 4;Jack Matthews, Ia, 14. 5;Milt Campbell, Ind. , 14.1) f ~ 57. 8 - Pacific Coast C onfer,ence v. Bi,g 10 Madison, Wisc. 6. ·20. 50 J, , OackBurke,Wash; DonHaldei;man,SC; ArtBarnard,SC; DickAttlesey,SC, 13.6) · 1" ·' · , 58. One, Big Ten Conference ' . \', Pacific Coast Conf. Berkeley, Cal. 6, 21. 49 Oim Mitchell, Mich; Jim Nielsen, 1¥im1;fred Brass, Minn; Tom Mitchell, Ind.) \l I 58.2 All-Star Team · · i • _ . Texas Relays S~cial Austin • 41 (Boyce Gatewood, Tex.; Don I , \ , · ,(Fran Washington • Carl Brown .·- , Joe NJddleton. ' ,Elias Gilbert · · ) ·' 58. 7 . B~g Nine , Conference ' '\, . ., ,r 1· :, ✓ i . ' : ' , . I ' ~ ·, . ' • 4'1 58.7 Los Angeles Athletic G_lub ~c~ornia. Relays · Modesto . · 5.19. 51 (Craig Dixon 14. 9, Floyd Simmons 15. 0,-Don Halderman 15. 0, DickAttlesey13. a; 58. 9 ', $outh~rn California, Univ~ ,of · Compton Invitational Compton, Cal. 6. 2. 50 , (Don Hcl.derman , Al Lawreuc:e I Art Barnard , Dick Attlesey · ) ' · Nebraska, Univ. , of , Drake Relays Des Moines ·,, Ia. 4.26. 58 1 ' . '(l I, 1 59. 8 , Southern C,alifornia, Univ. of West Coast Relays Fresno, Calif ; . • 32 59,8 Southern Ga ifornia, Univ. of West Co.ast Relays Fresno, dalii. 5~11~35 \ '\ I\ 59.Sn 11:linois, Univ. of - · Drake Relays '\' Dea Moines, Ia. 4~2P,~ 55 ./ I 1 :< f' 59.8 Winston rSalem Teachers C-. PennR.cl'ays · Philru,ielphia · 14. 26~57 ' . '· 5i.9 Oklahoriia.A&~ .,,: · . · · -Drake ·Rclays 1 1.1 Des Moines,Itl.' · 4.,-26.41 ~ ;