TRACKNEWSLETTER SupplementingTRACK & RELD NEWS twice monthly. Vol.IO, 'o.7 ovember 6, 1963 Page 49 Lon Myers : A Champ ion in the 1880 's Sa n Jose Harriers Smash Stanford by Humphrey Long Despite an earlier loss to Southern California, Stanford was stiJI believed to have the second best dual meet squad in the nation. _ 13efore t~~re were any Olympic Games or highly organized The Indians may stilJ be the second best, but they , ere swept by a a~hlet1 · _-o~pet1t10ns tl_1ere w~s a rwmer who was as outstanding in h1s pe 1al1t and dominated 1t a on in ingly as any Elliott or San Jose St,1te squad that may be as strong as last year's CAA team S~ell _of the ~resent day. This runner \ as Lawrence E. Myers who winner. Running on the Stanford golf course, Jeff Fishback and Dan­ did l11 runnn~ between 1 79 and 1 5 and whose speciality ·:1as the ny Murphy led the Spartans in 19:39.2 and 19:56.6 for 4.2 miles . --!--!0yard . 't et :\1yer could hardly be called a specialist for he Gene Gurule, Tom Toote, and Ben Tucker all fi 1ished ahead of Stan­ wa qui~e willing to toe the line with anyone in ra es from 50 yards ford's Harr y ~AcCaJJa. San Jose won, 15 to 45. to a _mile and often gave generous handicap allowances to his oppon - In other a~tion, 1 Jtre Dame easily won its own otre Dame ents m order to fullv extend himself Invitational, Kansas ':!xtended its consecutive victory string over con - 1'1yers was ;{ thin. almost e~a iated, runner of under 115 lbs ference competition to 39, Villanova continues to be the power of the with spindly legs and an altogether unathletic appearance. He was east, and Miami of Ohio defeated Ohio University, 26 to 31. e~dowed, however. with a beautiful gr ound -de vourin stride together In the last issue of the Newsletter, the results of the Oregon ,,·1th a heart and consituttion \ hich belied his looks. He took up State vs. Yancouver Olympic Club meet were printed in such a man­ athleti s in 1 79 at the age of twenty-three and within a few months n,?r to give the impression that the race was an intra -squad meet be­ was ompeting in the AAC championships. His success was im­ tween past and present OSU athletes. VOC, in fact, beat OSU, 24 to 32, in the dual meet . The Staters T&F club, graduates of or ineli- · med _iate_?·_i uning_the 220 yards in 23.6, the 4-10 yards in 52.4 and gible students of OSU, and the Rooks, freshmen at OSU, also com­ t_hc halt in 2 minutes 1.--! - these last two marks being records tor the three yea~ old meeting which was held in Ne, York. A year peted in the competition. later :\1~ers r tamed these three titles - reducing the 440 yard re­ co_rd further _to 52. 0 flat - and added a 10 .4 one hundred yard triump h durmg the aftern oon. These four victories helped his team :\lanhattan A .C. to amass 5-1 rx>ints and so win the team champion - Cross Country Results ship also. This feat of winning four championships in the space of a single afternoon t\1)ers repeated soon aftenvards in the Canadian LONG BEACH STATE 15, LOS A GELES STATE- 50, Long champion hips . Beach, Oct. 17: (3.5 miles, cool weather) 1. tie between Jennings, . In_ 18 1 Lon _:\lye~s had an even better year for, although he did not w m the A half. he did , in his three other titles again and Lacy, Taylor, Duarte, Kosar ich, Bruhns, Davis, Tilney (all of LB) 19:00 .0. su ~ eed d in breaking one of athletics · artificial barriers in the quarter when he clo ked -19.4 seconds - a meet record which was HOUSTO 29, TEXAS 36, HOUSTON TRACK CLUB 52, Hous­ destin ed to last for fifteen years until Olympian Tom Burke broke 49 ton , Oct. 18: (3. 0 miles, warm weather, hard flat course) 1. Macy (HTC) 13:34.2 ; 2. Walker (H) and ElJi ott (H) 13:51.5; 4. Romo (f) _econds i~ 1 _9G. D_uring the year Lonnie also made a breakthrough m the halt -mile takmg one and a half seconds off the listed best on 14:05; 5. Davis (T) 14:16. RUTGERS 15, LEHIGH 50, ew Brunswick, Oct. 18: (5.3 rec rd of 1:57. 5 recorded b E.T. Elborough in 1 76. Knowing of miles, CR 25:51.0 , warm weather) 1 . Badgley (R) 26:26.2; 2. Van­ the reputati on of English runners :\1yers sailed across the Atlantic in the ame year to compete in the AAA cham pionships. Once again derveer (R) 26:49; 3. Vasey (R) 28:03 ; 4. Bell (R) 28:42.5; 5. Hen­ th result \\ as a resounding triumph for the little American as he nings (R) 28:58. BROW 15, DARTMOUTH -49, Hanover, NH, Oct. 18: (4.68 cruised around the track at Aston. Birmingham. to, in the 440 miles , CR 24:54 .3, warm weather) 1. Boog (B) 25:03; 2. Farley (B) yards in -1 . 6 se ond for yet another world re ord. 25:03 ; 3. Rothenberg (B) 25:37 ; 4. O'Donnell (B) 25:37; 5. Kinsella The folio \\ ing two years were quieter seasons for Myers although he had no diffi ulty in maintaining his success in the 440 (B) 25:47. OTRE DAME I VITATIO AL, otre Dame, Oct. 18: (4.0 ards at the national championship . In 1 4 he wa more sue ess - mile-;, old CR 19:20 by O'Hara) 1. Carver (NO) 19:13 (new course ful oring a triple in the 220, 4--!0 and 0, although with the record); 2. Murray (M) 19: 15; 3. Carius (I) 19:16; 4. Burston (WM) slowest times of his career. Yet this did not signal the decline of 19:30 ; 5. Clark ( D) 19:32; 6. Heller (0) 19:35; 7. Wekh (ND) this great runner as he on ·e again made inroads into the half-mile 19:36· 8. Coffey (NO) 19:40 ; 9 . Browne (WM) 19:42; 10. Dean (ND) record with a time of 1:55 . ➔ during the year. 1yers dupli ated 19:49 ; 11. Moore (CS) 19:53; 12. Benedict (M) 19:56. Team Scores: this time the following year and also made his se ond visit to otre Dame 27; 2. Western Michigan 52; 3. Ohio 65; 4. tie between England. This time in the AAA cham pion hips he took both the -140 Illinois and Bowling Green 120; 6. Central Michigan 191. and O yard titles and then set out on virtual! a nation -wide tour FT. HAYS 36, KA SAS STATE TEACHERS 40, OKLAHOMA taking on all -co mers. In one quarter mile ra e he ga ve the British 50, WICHITA 99 , Wichita, Oct. 18: (3 .0 miles, 80 , 20 mph wind) sprint champion 1. Cowie eight ya rds start and a beating in 4 . J. 1 . Camien (KST) 14:48; 2. Lakin (FH) 15:18; 3. Woelk (KS'D 15:23; seconds. _At \\" iclnes _in Lancashire :1yers gave a start to every 4. Mizell (0) 15:37; 5. Hertel (FH) 15:50. opponent m a half-mile race including one a very generous 35 yard SO OREGO 53, LEWIS & CLARK 58, PORTLAND 59, WILLA ­ advantage. At the tape 1yers was eight yards i'1 front of them all METTE 60, COLUMBIA BASI JC 108, Pier Park, Portland, 18: with the time-keepers giving him 1:57.6. Again in 1anchester he Oct. (3 .14 miles) 1. Miller (L&C) 16:09 . 2 (new course record); 2. Oyler run another 440 ards in 49 .2 with a broken shoe and als o ran a (SO) 16:22 ; 3. Misner (P) 16:24; 4. Mouer (UC) 16:56; 5. Gebh , rdt :half '_in just outside 1:56 for good mea ure. Finall tiring of the (P) 16:58. mfe~1or amateur oppo ition he took on the be t of the English pro - SYRACUSE 24, ARMY 31, West Point, Oct. 18: (5 miles, fess10nals at Rochdale. Lan ash ire, on August 19th. He, on the warm and clear) 1. Straub (A) 26:50; 2. Cihak (S) 26:56; 3. Fergur ­ _ 0 yards in_ 1: 57. 0 and two hours later gave the English profess - son (S) 27:07; 4. Spino (S) 27:07 ; 5. Butler (A) 27:55. 1i:nal champ10n 1ason twenty four yards start in a ·quarter ' et AVY 15, ST. JOH 's 48 ; AVY 22, EW YORK U 39, Van caught him on the finishing line in a sensational 46.4 seconds. Cortland Park , Oct. 19: (5.0 miles, humid, hazy and warm) 1. Loe­ Although this last time of Lon Myers in his final ra e ma schhorn ( YU) 27:01 .9; 2. Williams (N) 27:29; 3. Horton (N) 27:42; be viewed with some disbelief from this distance in time due to in - 4 . Sermier lN) 27:42; 5. Bryant ( YU) 28:17. sufficient evidence as to the authenticity of the conditions surround­ KA SAS 15, DRAKE 48, Lawrence, Oct. 19: (3 .0 mile s ?, ing ~he race t~ere is no doulx rut that he was the outstanding athlete warm) 1. Acevedo (K) 14:49. 0; 2. Lawson (K) 15:0 2; 3.