Lee Calhoun Is Hurdling King the 17 College CIAA Is Two Degrees Richer This Season
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PAGE SEVEN FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1956 SUMMER ECHO CIAA Pair Win Advanced Degrees sons, Floyd, Jr., Thad., and An Lee Calhoun Is Hurdling King The 17 college CIAA is two degrees richer this season. thony Lee Calhoun, brilliant NCC qualified in his specialty, the North Carolina College at thin-clad, is the new NCAA and 100 meter dash, although losing Durham is the institution fur National AAU, and NAIA cham the race to Bobby Morrow of . nishing the added learning to CIAA Harriers Sparkle In Calif. pion hurdler! Abilene Christian, but dropped out of the 200 because of a pull loop personnel. SAN DIEGO, Cal. Morrow, clocked at 21.7. Kave State another way, this sim ed groin muscle. Beatty was Morgan State College, N. C. placed third and Waters was ply means thiat the NCC hurdler It’s now DOCTOR I. Gregory fourth in the finals. from Gary, Indiana, is the best second in the 5,000 m eter run Newton and LAWYER Floyd H. College at Durham, and Win with a time of 14:51.1 behind ston Salem (NC) Teachers, all In the 100 meter race which in the United States and he has Brown. again starred Morrow, who won the credentials to show. This re Bob Dellinger of Oregon, who CIAA schools, placed third, fifth covered the distance in 14:48.5. Newton, professor of political and seventh at the NAIA Cham in 10.3 to set a new meet re presents the first NCAA or AAU science and athletic director, re cord, Kave placed second and title ever held by a student at But the real feature of the pionships held here in Balboa day at Berkeley was quite spec ceived the Ph. D. in his field at Waters came in fourth. NCC. Stadium last weekend. tacular, Lee Calhoun who broke the University of Pennsylvania In the 400 meters, Bob Per The soft-spoken timber-top- In addition, NAIA District the old 14.0 NCAA record in the on June 13. Brown, acting ath kins of Lincoln (Mo) set a new per annej^ed the NCAA crown 29’s mile relay team set a new 110 meter highs by qualifying letic director and head basket meet record in 47.5. Washing record to win this event in in 13.9. On Saturday when he ball coach, received the LL.B. ton of Morgan was runner-up. 3:11.4. Morgan stars Ken Kave, captured the crown, he negoti at NCC on June 5. Washington won his heat in Bob Johnson, Herb Washington ated the obstabled distance in 47.6. Newton did his undergra and Lincoln (Mo)’s Bob Perkins 13.7. i wete the winning runners. North Carolina College’s Lee duate work at Lincoln (Pa.) and Calhoim was one of the day’s Accor^iing to Wayne Bishop, Team scores showed Occiden covering for the Greensboro received the master’s at Pa. double winners. He ran the 120 tal winner in the 80 college Daily News “Calhoun literally semi-finals in 13.9 to set a new Brown, Gary, Ind., native, re meet with 88 and one-half waltzed over the 110 meter record. He was clocked at 14.0 ceived the B.S at NCC, later points. Strong Abilene Christian hurdler . Calhoun coated to in the finals ahead of Elias Gil earned M.S. at Northwestern. (Tex.) College was runner-up a first place win in his heat of with 52. Morgan’s third place bert of Winston Salem who was A major in the Selective Ser the hurdles with surprising rating was result of accumula timed at 14.1. Calhoun set a new vice Division of the U. S. A r ease.” ting 46 points. Kansas was meet record in the 220 low my, Newton recently returned fourth with 31, followed by hurdles which he negotiated in Exuded Coach L. T. Walker from Ft. Benjamin Harrison, NCC with 29. Winston Salem 23.4. just after Lee won the title, Ind. He is the son of Mrs. Aman tied for seventh place with 16 Johnson of Morgan placed “I’m just as happy as a coach da Newton, 1111 New Hamp points. third in the 800 meters which who has a new NCAA champ shire Ave., N.W., Washington, The CIAA cinderman gave was won by Billy Tidwell of and record-holder — and by D. C. His wife, Dr. Eunice S. good accounts of themselves in Kansas State in 1:49.1. golly! that’s what I am.” Newton, will teach in the Uni the 200 m eter race which was Two old rivals in the high Although the NCAA perform versity of Pennsylvania Sum won by Bobby Morrow of Abi jump, Charles McCullough of ance was Calhoun's best to date. mer School for the six week lene with a lightning near re-^ NCC and Bob Barksdale of Mor He came in second in the 110 term. cord 20.8. Waters of Morgan gan, again locked horns for a meter high sat Compton on June Brown is married to the for won his heat in 21.9. Kave was split victory. Their best height 1 and third in the Pacific Asso mer Miss Elizabeth White of second in his heat. In the semi was six feet and three and one- ciation Meet at Stockton on Richmond. They have three finals Waters was second to fourth inches. June 2. He ran third in the 120 high hurdles in the latter race after knocking over a hurdle. Swimming Hole COACH WALKER At the NAIA Track and Field Conf. Stars Are Among Best In U. S. Springs Leak in impressive fashion two weeks Championships at San Diego on Calhoun’s 22.9 clocking in the Students seeking to “beat the ago by easily outdistancing his June 9, Calhoun negotiated the Late May listings of the na competitors in the NCAA games 220 low hurdles is matched by heat” in the NCC swimming 110 meter highs ahead of Elias tion’s top track stars by the Na in Berkeley, California, and by Roy Thompson of Rice and ex pool this summer were in for a Gilbert of Winston-Salem in tional Collegiate Athletic Bu setting two meet records in the celled by three other NCAA disappointing surprise. 14:00. He also ran out front of reau show sterling performan- process. He added the AAU luminaries: Sime of Duke The women’s gym — that’s Gilbert in the 200 m eter low ces bv CIAA stars from Mor- diadem tagfc-week end' at Bak- (22.2), Ancel Johnson of Fres where the pool li located-^is hurdles to lake tHe race liT" gan, North Carolina College, ers Field. no State (22.5) and Rafer John undergoing extensive repairs, 23.4. and Winston Salem. Charles McCullough, who car son of UCLA (22.7). hence is unavailable. The ECHO McCullough’s best jump since Ed Waters and Ken Kave of ries the NCC banner over the Charles McCullough of NCC also learned that the spacious he arrived in California was his Eddie Hurt’s Bear club are lis high-jump bar, leaped 6’ 4,” and Barksdale of Morgan are Campus “swimming hole” 6’6’’ leap on June 2 at the AAU ted in a three way-tie for second which was good enough for among four mentioned at 6’8” sprang a leak recently and has meet. He won second place. At honors in the 100 yard dash be second place. in the high jump. Leading the to undergo some surgery of its the NAIA championships he and hind little Mike Agostini of Together the two collegians list in this category is Don Ste own. Morgan’s Bob Barksdale tied Fresno State and Duke’s great picked up 10 7^10 team points, wart, SMU freshman, who is Summer School Director Dr. "for first with 6’3” performances. Dave Sime. Agostini and Sime J. H. Taylor expressed regret giving NCC a position ahead of His 6’4” at Compton on June 1 credited with a leap of 6’10 and are clocked at 9.3, w ith the that this feature, annually one both the University of North also earned him a second place. one-fourth inches. Morgan duo time at 9.4. Kave’s of the most popular, will not Carolina and Duke University, At Bakersfield Calhoun kick Morgan State’s mile relay 9.3 with favorable wind is still be available this year. However, the only Tar Heel schools repre ed dust in the face of Jack Dav team with a clocking of 3:17.8 noted. he continued, Mrs. Lewis, direc sented. is, the Navy Lieutentant who is tied with Texas for fifth place Lee Calhoun of North Caro tor of recreation, is doing a good UNC was best represented by had beaten him at Compton and in this event. Southern Califor lina College and Elias Gilbert of job of compensating by provid distance man Jimmy Beatty, Stockton. He finished in 13.6 to nia and UCLA with 3:11.2 and Winston Salem (NC) Teachers ing a host of outdoor games, in and Duke’s hopes were carried claim the title over Davis and are tied for first place in col 3:11.4 are the one-two teams. cluding volley ball, bridge, table by the reat Dave Sime, regarded Duke’s Joe Shankle who ran Last week’s NCAB ratings legiate listings in the 120 high tennis, softball, badmington, in some circles as “the fastest second and third respectively. hHirdles. They have identical were released prior to the re etc., as well as a number of human in the world.” Sime times of 13.8.