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Cross Country Preview European Adventure
(continued) By Bud Edelen NEW YORK A.C. -- The Winged Foo _t club finished second (Ed. Note: Th e autho r, a Big Ten champion while competing in the National AAU meet last yea r but Coach Joe McCluskey says at the University of l\1innesota, ha s been living; working and com the team may skip the meet this year. On pap er, the NYAC pro s peting in Europe for the past year.) pects look good. The number one man undoubt ~dly will be Peter Mc Ardle, fourth in the AAU me et last year. Those who are expe cted In 1960, like hundreds of other Ame rican tr ackme n, I want ed to back him up are Larry' Furnell, Bob Lowe, Pete Close, Ed Moran, only one thing -- to represenr the United States in the Olympic Walt Cooper, Ed Winrow and John Kopil. McClusk ey also hopes to Games. After gradu ati ng from the University of Minn eso ta, I decided, get Ron Delany out for the team. The team has many question marks on the advic e of my coach, Fred Wilt, to move to California dur- but if it comes anywhe re near its potential, the New York A. C. ing the spring and summer so as to be fully acclimated to the Cali will be very tough . fornia climate and environment. We also felt the experience of run UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TRACK CLUB -- A team that ning in all the big West Coast me ets would be of great benefit prior could surprise 'Houston, the New York A .C. and Southern Illinois to the 'Olympic Trials. at the AAU mee t is Coach Ted Haydon's club. Expected to run are Once in, California I joined the San Francisco Olympic Club Gar Williams, Phil Coleman, Hal Higdon, Harold Harris and Ken and began running in major competition every week. Prior to the Brown. Deacon Jones , now out of the army and living in Chicag o , Trials, I was running bette r than ever. I had r.un my fas test 5,000 dso is expect ed to compete. UCTC had anoth e r good man in Larr y meters and at an all-comers me et at Sunnyvale on May 5 I managed \veet but he was r ece ntly drafted. to win the 10,000 m eters and in the process broke th e Amer ican KANSAS -- The Jayhawk s of Coach Bill Easto n look very r ec or d. My time, 29:58.9, which later was broken by Max Truex, tough this year and Oklahoma State will have to be good to retain was at the time a great boost to my mora le. I cont inued to run hard its Big Eight title. Billy Mills has graduated but Bill Dotson is back each weekend and tried to get my weight down as low as possible so and has been filling in quite capably. Charles Hayward has been as to have proper heat elimination in the National AAU Champion- · the team's numb e r two man in ea rly meets . with Dan Ralston and ships at Bakersfield in June. Fr ed and I knew the weather would be Tonni Coan e not far behind. Kansas holds impr essive ear ly season very hot and we felt the lighter I could become without los ing wins over UCTC and Southern Illinoi s. strength, the bett er I would run. As it turned out, due either to HARVARD -The Ivy Le ague is well balanced thi s yea r a nd losing too much weight or from racing too much over 5,000 and one of the teams in the running for league honors is Harvard, which 10,000 meters, I ran very badly and in just 32 minut es my four will be paced by milers Mark Mullin, a s~nior, and Ed Hamlin, a year dream was shattered. junior. Coach Bill Mccurdy also is high on sophomo r e Ed Meehan As so many athletes know, it makes no differ enc e how well but the Crimson have little after that. you run prior to the Trials, if you ar e below par on thatimportant OKLAHOMA STATE -- Coac h Ralph Higgins says sophomores day you've had it. I was extremely despondent and undecided just will determine whether the Cowboys repeat as Big Eight champions. what to do. Fred had been writing me daily from his home in Indi ana Returning from last year are John Haraughty, Harold Smith, Ray for we ll over thr ee months and I feJt. I had let not only my self down Graham and Bill Stone with additional help coming from junior Dan - but him as well. Be had arranged for Ille to spend three months in ny Metcalf, the team's number one runner, and sophomores Ray Finland in 1959 to help me get more exper ience in distance running. mond Mitchell and Eddie Winn. OSU has looked solid in early It had been a great exper ience for me and now even this had seemed meets. ' in some respects wasted 'effort. Thes e were my feelings immediate- IOWA -- As usual, the Hawkey es will be in the thick of the ly after the T ria ls. · battle for the Big Ten title, but Coach Francis Cretzmeyer says the Fred.suggested then that I tr y to get back to Finland in hopes lack of a good fifth man will hurt. Th e top four men are Jim Tu c ker , of gett ing into a fast 10,000 met e rs race there and pe r haps being Gary Fischer, Ralph Trimbl e and sopho more Larr y Kramer. There pick e d for the U.S. team in !lie event th at one uf the distance run - is a big drop after that although Iowa has look ed good in early sea ne rs bec ame sick or for some oth er r eas on was unable to run in son meets. Rom e . I realized it was a very small chance but I decid ed to take AIR FORCE -- One of the top teams in the Rocky Mount ain it. I went to New York on what littl e money I had ieft and once area is the Falcons. However, on a national lev el the team can be th ere , with the help of a Finnish friend, ar ranged to work iny way rated as only fair to good. John Fer has looked good in early meets · to Finl and aboard a freigJ1ter. This was quite an experience to and he has been helped by Austin Wedemeyer and Dick Parker. The be r e membered. Although I had spe nt _three months m F inland the Falcons have one of the most attractive cross country schedules in summer before, my knowledge of this difficult language was limit the nation. They meet teams from as far East as Michigan Stat e and ·ed. But by use of sign language and so forth I was able to get along. from as far West as California and UCLA. If the job they assign ed me to do was too difficult or boring on any IDAHO -- A Mutt and Jeff team will lead the Vandals this particular day I mer ely pretended I didn't understand. season. Paul Henden ,. a 6 '5" freshman, and Dick Douglas, a 5 '9" Unfortunately the trip took longer than I had anticipated, wphomore, will be for the top position on the team although Dougla s and the amount of running I was able to do on that littl e 35 -yard '----' did not look very good in the te a m' s first meet. Th ere is a bi g battle stri p on the deck was limited, so that by the time I arr ive d in Fin - for team places after these two. land I was out of shape . To mak e matters worse, I found the ohly VANCOUVER OLYMPIC CLUB -- This Canadian team was 10, 000 aro und was in the Finnish Championships and being .a the power in the Pacific Northwest last year and they should repeat foreigner, I was unable to run in it. Nevertheless, I decided to (continued on page 44, column one) (continu ed on page 48, coh;mn one) champion John Gutknecht ran away from George Young to easily win the Virginia AAU cross country titl e in a meet and cours e record 20:00.2 for four mile s . Young finished second in 20:41, Australian Runners Prevail also under his old meet and cours e r ecord of 20:41. 5 set las t yea r. COLLEG E STATION, T EXAS, Oct. 14 - Australians took Dave Emer y of Quantico was third in 21:09 and Lew Stieglitz took the first six plac es as Houston easily won a quadr angu lar mee t on fourth in 21: 16. the Tex as A&M thr ee -mile course. Th e sc ores were: Houston 26, Texas A&M 50, Howard Payn e 69, A_qilene Christi an 78. Houston Houston Scores Double Win took th e first thre e places with Pat Clohe ssy clocking 14:29.8, Barrie Almond . 14:37. O and Geoff Walker 14:4 5. 0. Abilene Christian's HOUSTON, TE XAS, Oct. 27 -- Houston's varsity team John Lawler was fourth in 14:49.0 and Houston's Al Lawrence, still gain ed r eve nge on the freshmen team and also be at McNees e State bother ed with Achilles tendon trouble, took fiftch in 15:54, two sec in a double dual m ee t. Last week, th e varsity was ed ged by the onds ahead of ACC's Denis Moore. De ;;pite Clohes sy 's easy win, frosh , 27-28, but this we ek the va rsi ty was an easy winner, 21-36, the fast es t time of the day was turned in by Houston grad John Macy, although national champion Al Lawre nce did not run. Houston whipp who cl ocke d 14: 03. 4 in an ex hibition r ace . ed McNeese 15-44. Former . Houston st ar John ·Macy won the race as a non-scoring comp etitor in 18:56.5, exc ell ent time for the four-mile flat co urse. Machooka Remains Unbeaten Pat Cloh es sy was seco nd in 19:31 and Barrie Almond third in 19:49. UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNA ., Oct. 14 - Steve Machooka , Geo ff Walker, al so of Houst on, took fourth in 20:11 and Hous ton Corn ell's sophomore distan ce ace , remained undefeat ed tod ay by fros h Alan Irwin was fifth in 20:38. Housto n 's top fr osh runn er , whipping Penn Sta te 's Gerry Norman in a five-mile race on th e Laurie Elliott, did not run beca use of a sore leg. Nittany Lion cours e . Machooka was tim ed in 25: 36 with Norm an almost 30 seconds behind. Machooka took the lead at the st art an d came hom e with a time 41 seconds abov e the course record. Des - Cross Country Results pite Machooka 's fine running, Penn State cr ushed the Big R cd, 22-33. 2. Norman (PS) 26:03; 3. Deardorff (PS) 26: 1$; 4. Moor- SOUTHERN PACIFIC AAU 3-M ILE RUN, Los Angeles, head (PS) 26:44; 5. Mi.ller (PS) 26: 53. . .Sept. 16: Jones (Oxy) 15:38 . 2; Haserot (una) 15:44; Robertson (Strid ers ) 16: 12; Kors ari ch (LB St) 16: 13; Ne al (Oxy) 16: 14. Scores: Houston Frosh Upset Varsity Occidental 56, Camp Pendl eton 56, Long Beach . St. 65, Culver City AC 93, UCLA 128, Los Angel es St. 132, Santa Barbara AC 151. HOUSTON, TEXAS, Oct. 21 -- Houston's fr es hman team , MT. SAN ANTONIO 2. 7 -MILE RUN, Walnut, Calif., Sept. led by Australian Laurie Elliott, pulled the upset of the cros s co untry 23: Marin (una) 18:57.6 ; Dr agila (SDS) 19: 10; Jones (Oxy ) 19:11; season today by downing the Housto n var s ity , 27-2 8, in a pra ct ic e Larrieu (CCAC) 19:25; Rya n (CCAC) 19:36 . Scor es: Cul ver City AC meet. Th e va rsity, defending NCAA an d AAU champions, was not 35, Long Beach St. 69, Occ ide nta l 71, San Dieg o St. 82; Los An at full strength be cause Al Lawrence was .sidelined -with Achill es geles St. 118. tendon trouble. But even with Lawrence the varsity would hav e had· ARMY 17, PROVIDENCE 46, LeMOYNE 83, West Point, N. a tough fight. Barrie Almond of the varsity won the four-mile race Y., Sept. 29: (5 miles ) Jones (A) 26:42 ; Lingle (A) 27: 14; Str aub (A) in 20:3 2 with Elliott second in the same time. Fr es hman Robert 27:14; Blejas (P) 27:30; LaRoque (A) 27:48 . Coop er was third in 21:14, s ophomore Geoff Walker fourth in 21:18 SOOT.HERN PACIFIC AAU 4-MIL E RUN,Los Angeles, Sept. and F aus tin Baron , ano ther fr es hman, fif th in 21:2 8 . NCAA th ree 30: Mar in (una) 22:20.2; Ryan (CCAC) 22:40; Hase ro t (una) 22:52; mile champion Pat Clohessy could finish only sixth in 21:35. It was Villa (LA St) 22:59; Garren (una) 23:0 6. Scores: Occidental 31, Los only th e second defeat the varsity has suffere d in dual or tr iangular Angeles St. 47, Cul ve r Cit y AC 49. --- competition since 1956 . DUKE 26, NAVY 29, Annapoli s, Md., Sept. 30: (4 mil es ) Nourse (D) 20:05 ; Heine (N) 20:41. 5; Blumfeldt (D) 20:59; Detfick ~ Michigan State Edges Penn State (N) 21:13.5; Gray (D) 21:34. VANCOUVEK O.C. lu, U . of BRITI SH COLUMBIA 30 EAST LANSING, MICH. , Oct. 21 -- Michigan State showed Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 30: (42 miles) Hampton .(VOC) 21:46.2 that it will be tough in the upcom ing championship mee ts by downing (course record, old record 21:57); Stephens (VOC) 22: 04 .2 ; R. previously undef ea ted Penn State, 27-2 8, on the Spartans' four-mile Davies (VOC) 22: 18; H. Stephens (VOC) 22 :28; Burnett (VOC) cours e , site of the NCAA Cha mpionships. Michigan State's Gerry 22:2!3.2. Young, running bar efooted, easily won the race in 2 O:32. 4 while MARYLAND 22, NAVY 33, College Park ; Md., Oct. 7: Penn State's Gerr y Nor man ," usually the Nittany Lion's top r unne r, (4 mil es ) Harper (M) 17: 54; Heine (N) 18:03; Wells (M) 18:24 ; finished only fifth in 21:32. Howie Deardorff and Ste ve Moorh ea d, Detri ck (N) 18:32; Garten (M) 18:38 . both of Penn Stat e, captured second and third with identicial 20:58.5 HARVARD 26, CORNELL 29, Boston , Oct. 7: (5 miles) clockings but MSU took the fourth spot with Roger Humbarger 's Machooka (C) 25: 06 (course record, old ma rk 25:21); Mullin (H) 21:11. 2_5:5 1; Meehan (H) 26:05; Westendorp (C) 26:27; Byard (C) 26:4 1. MICH. STATE 35, OHIO U. 42, OHIO STATE 47, Columbus, Machooka Sets Course Record Ohio, Oct. 7: Young (M) 20:25.5; Fleming (OU) 20:30; Mitchell ITHACA, N. Y. , Oct. 21 -- Corn ell sophom or e Steve Ma (OU) 20 :33 . 5; Heller (OU) 20:34; Humbarger (MS) 20:36. · chooka cut anothe r notch in his victory belt today by whipping Yale's KANSAS 25, SOUTHERN ILL INOIS 31, MISSOURI 79, Lawr "Bob Mack in 26:05.5, a re co rd for the 5 1/ 16 mile cou rse. Th e old ence, Kansas, Oct. 7: (3 miles ) Dot son (K) 15:0 7.3 ; Hayward (K) course r ec m;d was 26:44. 6 . Machooka 's effort help ed the Big Red 15:17; Dupree (SI) 15:30; Thomas (SI) 15:37; Coane (K)· 15:43. BRITISH COLUMBIA CHAMPS, Vanco uver , Canada, Oct. 7: score an ea sy 21-40 win over the Elis. As he had in past weeks, 1 Machooka took th e lead early in the race and kept adding to his (62 miles) Hampt on (VOC) 34: 10. 6; V. Stephens (VOC) 34: 33; Cliffe margin. Mac)<:also broke the old cour se record although fini shing (Victoria Y) 34:37; Ea les (UBC) 34:57; Trethewey (W. Wash) 35:04. a distant second in 26:39.5. 3. Westendorp (C) 27:04.4; Byard (C) AIR FORCE 27, SOUTHERN METHO DIST 30, Dallas, Texas, 27:27. 6; Sidney (Y) 28:20. Oct. 7: (3 miles) Ahlbe r g (SMU) 14:45.8; Fer (AF) 14:51 ; Bolton (SMU),15:10; Wedemeyer (AF) 15:13 ; Mora (SMUj 15:23 . Fishback Paces San Jose State HOUSTON 18, TE XAS A&M 39, Houston, Texa s, Oct. 7: (2 miles) tie, Almond (H), Cl ohessy (H) an d Walker (H) 9:18; Bil BERKELEY , CALIF. , Oct. 21 - San Jose State show e d guta y (f) 9:27; Lawre nce (H) 9:33. amazing strength today by cru s hing Stanford, California and Southern PENN STA"TE 17, PITT 42, Univ ers ity Park, Pa., Oct. 7: California in a quadrangular m eet. Th e score was : SJS 19, Stan- (5_mil es) tie, Norman , (PS), Deardorff (PS), Moorhead (PS) and ford 58, California 72, USC 83. Junior college transfer Jeff Fish Mill er (PS) 27:30; Waslo (Pitt) 27:46. back was the big ma11 for San Jose, winning the race in 19:21, only DUKE 19, WAKE FOREST 50, N .C . STATE 70, Ral e igh, N . · 14 seconds off the course rec or d held by Max Truex. Julio Marin C., Oct. 7: (4 miles) Nour se (D) 22: 04; Blumfeldt (D) 22: 04; Van of USC, also a junior college transfer, wa s second in 19: 34 with Dyck (D) 23: 09; Gentry (D) 23: 16; Adams (WF) 23: 19. freshman Danny Murphy of th e Spartans third in 19:42. Charles BROWN 28, CONN. 46, YALE 50,New Haven, Conn., Oct. Clark and Horace Whitehead, both of San Jose, finished fourth and 6: (4.4 5 miles) Mack (Y) 23:33.8; Far le y (13)24:00 ; Jones (13)24:15; fifth, r es pectively, with 19:53 clockings. Another San Jose State Cross (C) 24:32; Seale (C) 24:55. - freshman, Tom Tuite, was sixth in 19:54. ARMY 15, VIRGINIA POLY 50, West Point, N.Y., Oct. 7: (5 mil es) Jones (A) 27: 10; Lin gle (A) 27 :28; Straub (A) 27:49 ; Chicke Gutknecht Trounces Young dantz (A) 27:55; Thompson (A) 28:06. WILLIAMSBURG, VA., Oct. 21 -- National AAU six-mile OKLAHOMA ST A TE JAMBOREE, Stillwater, Oct. 7: Metcalf
I ... (OS) 15:17 .2; Woelke (Emporia St) 15:40; Strickland (Texas) 15:43; England (Texas) 1_5:43. 5; Smith (OS) 15:49. Scores: Okla. St. 33, Texas 45, Emporia St. 72, Ft. Hays St. 91, Wi chita 114. Asian High Jump Record Set INDIANA 19, MIAMI (0) 36, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 7: (3½ PEIPING, CHINA, Sept. 30 - Ni Chih-chin, believed to mile:>) Umbarger (I) 18:02; T ekesky (0) 18:14; Harris (I) -18:19; be only 18 years old, set an As-ian and a national high jump record Lash (I) 18:31; Ca mpbell (I) 18:33. by_leaping 6'11¼'', then later did 6'~" in the national champion SAN JOSE ST. 15, FRESNO ST. 50, San Jose, Calif., Oct. ships. Last year his personal best was 6 '8¾''. 1n other results from '-".3: tie, Clark (S),· Fishback (S) and Whitehead (S) 21:50.1. the national championships, Chen Chia ·Chuan ran 10. 3 for 100 IOWA 15, NORTHW ESTER N 50 , Iowa City, Oct. 13; (4 miles) meters in a semi-final and 10.4 _in the final. 1n the pole vault; Tsai Tuck er (I) 20:46; Kramer (1) 20:47; Trimble (I) 20:48; Fisch e r (I) 1-shu and Hu Chiu-young both did 14 '5¼" . 21:02; Fearing (I) 22:36.R. , KANSAS 25, UCTC 31, Chicago, Oct. 14: (3 miles) Dotson Brumel Opens Japanese Tour (K) 14:34.4; Hayw a rd (K) 14:37.0; Williams (C) 14:42.0; Har .ris (C) 15:03.0; Higdon (C) 15:12.0. TOKYO, JAPAN, Oct. 21 -- World record holder Valeriy HARVARD 25, BROWN 30, Pr ovidence, R .1., Oct. 13: Far Brum el opened his tour of Japan today by leaping 7 'i" as two other ley (B) 24:06.3; Mullin (H) 24:14; Hamlin (H) 24:16; Meehan (H) Russians also turned in good performances. Anatoliy Mikhailov 24: 36; Jones (B) 24: 52. took the 110-meter hurdles in 14.3 and Olympic champion Vasily WISCONSIN 23, MICHIGAN STATE 32, Madison, Wisc. ·, Ruden ! .,..he new Track Newsletter is proving very popular and your track 440R 1 Germany 41.1; Ghana 41.2. Lit fri ends should be inter est ed in it. To encourage sales during WEST GERMANY 116, BRAZIL 71, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oct. ovember and Dec e mber we ar e allowing double pr emiums for all 21: l00m,Hebauf (G) 10.4; Germar (G) 10.4. 400R, Germany 40.9; Newsletter subscriptions sold. Every sale -at the full price of $6 ·Brazil 41.0. 110H, Mossa (B) 14.2.~ Lingnau (G) 56'11 ¾''. Oct. entitles you to credit for two subs sold and you choose your pre - 22: 200, Germar 21.2. 400, Kaufmann (G) 47.0; Kinder (G) 47.2. mium from the enclosed list. This special offer ends Dec. 31, --ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Oct. 24:JLMacquet (France) 267'½". allowing full opportunity for Christmas gift subscriptions. 100m, Delecour (France) 10. 4. · I Page 44 CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW (continued from page 41-) Track Nuts Quiz this season. Ray Hampton is the team 's·top rW111erwith support coming from Mike Jones _, Ron Davies, Ivor Davies and Glen.Fer 1. Which school broke the c·ollegiate mile relay record three times ·guson. in 1961 yet never won any of the thr ee races? SAN JOSE STATE -- Freshmen Danny Murphy and Tom 2. What are the last names of these brother stars of the 1930s -- c Tuite help make the Spartans one of the top teams on the West Jack and Mack, ·Blain e and Wayne, Del mer and Elmer? Coast. San Jose State has shown surprising power in opening meets 3. In what event is the world outdoor r eco rd and best on record . with junior Jeff Fishback running very well. Depth comes from · · indoor mark the same? senior Charles Clark, Horace Whitehead and junior Ron Davis. · 4. How high are the hurdles in the shuttle hurdle relay? The Spartans recently walloped Stanford in a quadrangular meet. 5. What height did Earle Meadows and Bill Sefton try after they set INDIANA -- Coath Gordon Fisher says that if his team can the world pole vault record of 14 '11" in 1937? escape injury the H9osiers will equa l or better last yea.r's record, 6. What 880 runner was unbeat en in 1961 with victories over Snell, which included a third-place finish in the Big T en. Sophomore Siebert, Kerr and Moens? Charles Umbarger has been tough this season and he will 7 . Which rela y event was the first to be run in th e Olymp ics? get help from seniors Russ Lash and Charl es Harri s and junior 8. How long has it been since anyone but Ron Dela ny has beaten Steve Hibler. Oregon's first finisher in the NCAA mile? COLORADO STATE -- Th e Rams wer e one of the surprises 9. What is believed to be the fastest 100 yards run from a stand at the NCAA m eet last year when they finished fifth in the team ing start? standings and had the third--plac e finisher in the individual stand 10. In 1959 a promising quarter-miler ran the first 300 yards of ings with Gerry Glyde. Th e Canadian junior is back and will be in the NCAA 440 so fast that he tied up and finished seventh and then the battle for the NCAA title but Colorado State's team depth does a week later hung back so far in th e AAU 440 that he failed to qualify nDt look as goo d as a year ago. Seniors Jerr y Schmidt and Di.ck in his heat; yet by 1961 could be ca ll ed "the old fox of quarter Peckham are other top men. . miling?" OCCIDENTAL -- English sophomore Dick Jones anct junior (Answ ers below) • college transf er Leroy Neal are two of the top men on one of the better teams in Southern Calif .or nia. Team balance will come Profiles of Champions from sophomore Jeff Neighbor and juniors Dave Moon and Jim Pedersen. · NORTH CAROLINA -- Just about the same team is bac k CARLO LIEVORE, (Italy) javelin, 6', 185 pound s , born that won the Atlantic Coast Conference title in 1960. Rett Everett, Nov . 10, 1937, Carre, Italy. ACC individual champion, has shown excellent ear ly season form and Carmine Lunetta and Gerry Stuver help make the Tar Heels Progressi on to date: 1955 (18) 174'1½" the favorite to repeat as ACC champions. 53.07m 1956 (19) 221 '8½" PENN STATE -- Last, but by no means least, is a s_tron g 67.58m 1957 (20) 242'9½" 74.00m team of Nittany Lions that could take NCAA and IC4A honors _this 1958 (21) 246' 74.98m season. There are four good runners in Ger r y Norman, Howie 1959 (22) 264 '2" 80 .52m Deardorff, Steve Moorhead and Lionel Bas sett . The fifth man will 1960 (23) 274'3½" 83.60m determine just how far Penn State goes this season. There are 12 1961 (24) 284'7" 86. 74m sophomores on the squad with the best one Joe Nichols. The younger brother of Giovanni Lievore, who was sixth Statistics in the javelin at the 1956 Olympic Games, Carlo became the world ~ record holder in the javelin on June 1 at Milan , Italy. Carlo has be Evolution of the world discus recorc:!: one of the world's top javelin throwers since 1959 when he beat (Note: Duncan's mark of 156 ' l" was th e first mark recognized Janusz Sidlo and Michel Macquet in a "pre -Olympic " meet in Rome. by the IAAF .) Last year, after being Viktor Tsibul enko at Mosc ow with an Italian record of 266 '2½" he hit top form about a month before the Olympics 95'7½" Robert Garr ett, USA 1896 and had throws of 274'3½" and 26 8'3½" with an old model Held jave 1897 118'9" Charles Henn eman, USA lin. Then he fractured an ankle, and had to wea r a cast for about · 120'7½ " Martin Sheridan, USA 1901 10 days. The Olympics obviously found him short on condition, and 127 '8½" Martin Sheridan, USA 1902 he could do no better than ninth with 246 '9". Thou gh not as cons is - 133'6½" Martin Sheridan, USA 1904 tent asSidlo or Macquet, he was good eno ugh to rank sixth in the 135'5" Martin Sheridan, USA 1906 world in 1959, fifth in 1960. He is 5½ years younger than Giovanni. 136 '10" Martin Sheridan, USA 1907 139'10½" Martin Sheridan, USA 1909 QUIZ ANSWERS 141'4" Martin Sheridan, USA 1911 1. Arizo na Stat e ran 3: 08. 1 behind USC (3: 07. 9), 3: 07. 9 behind 145'9½" James Duncan, USA 1912 USC's 3: 07. 6 and 3: 08. 5 behind Abile ne Christian's 3: 07. 6. 156'1" James D~can, USA 1912 2. Jack (25 '6½") and Mack (25 '5½") Robinson; Blaine (~: 08. 7) and 156'2½" T homas Lieb, USA 1924 Wayne (4:10.5}Rideout, and Delmer (20.7) and Elmer (47.8) Brown. 157'1½" Glenn Hartranft, USA 1925 3. The high jump, 7'4¾" (2.25m) by Valeriy Brumel. 158'1½" Clarence Hous er, USA 1926 . 4. The collegiate event has four flights of 120-yard high hurdles 163'8½" Eric Krenz, USA 1929 while the junior colleges in California run two flights of lows and 167'5½" Eric Krenz, USA 1930 two of highs. 1930 169'8½" Paul Jessup, USA 5, The "heavenly twins" did not try higher as the_ standards would 171'11½" Harald Andersson, Sweden 1934 not go higher . 1935 174'2½" Willi Schro eder, Germany 6. Dyrol Burleson holds 1961 wins over the thr ee Olympic medalists 174'8½ " Archie Harris, USA 194 1 and Siebert . 175' Adolfo Consolini, Italy 1941 7. The sprint medley (200,200, 400, 800) was run in 1908. 1946 177'11" Ad olfo Consolini ; Italy 8. Since 1953. Bill Dellinger won for Oregon in 1954, Bill Bailey in 180'2½" Bob Fitch, USA 1946 1955, Jim Grell e in 1959 and Dyrol Burleson in 1960 and 1961. Bailey 181 '6" Adolfo Con_solini, Italy 1948 was second to Delany in 1956 while Grelle lost to the Irishman in 185'2½ " Fortune Gordien, USA 1949 1957 and 1958. · 1949 186 '11" Fortune Gordien, USA 9. Hee Dyer of Stanford ran 9. 6 in 193'0 when an injured leg pre 190'½" Sim lness, USA 1953 vented him from crouc hing at the start. 190'7½" Fortune Gordien, USA 1953 10. Otis Davis, who had trouble lea rning the event, but eventually 194'6" ~ Fortune Gordien, USA 1953 learned it well . 196'6½" Edmund Piatkowski, Poland 1959 196'6½" Rink Babka, USA 1960 1n cross country time tri a ls at Oregon State on Oct. 6, 1961 198'8 " Jay Silvester, USA Dale Story and Jerry Brady tied for first with 19:56 clockings for 1961 199'2½" Jay Silvester, USA the 4 .13-mile course. Bill Boyd did 20:18 with Cliff Thomson next at 20:50. Rich Cuddihy was timed in 20:56 while Norm Hoff You don't have to be tall ,to be a world record holder. Pyotr man barely edged John Simpson, 21:24 to 21:26 ... John Baguley, Bolomikov stands only 5'8", Zdzislaw Kyzyszkowiak is 5'7¾'', . Roger the 52 'll½" hop-step-jumper from Australia, is rWll1ing on the Moens 5'8¾'' and Siegfried Valentin 5'8". Oregon State fr qs h cross country team . I TRACK NEWSLETTER Nov. 1, 1961 1932 OLYMPIC GAM E S ed the Olympic r ~cord to 21. 4 in the third heat as he b~at George Simpson and Dani el Joubert. Taka yos hi Yoshioka wa s elimina ted . U.S Easily Wins 400-Meter Relay In the fourth and las t heat, Jonat h blazed the curv e in 21. 4 to By Wa lly Donovan equal th e new record. In 1928 a German team, composed of Arthur Jonath, Richard The next day the r emaining 12 men appeared for the semi Corts, Hubert Houben and Helmut Koernig set a world record in the finals st a rtin g at 2:30 p.m. Th ey were greeted by a crowd of 85, - 400 -meter relay of 40 . 8 . A yea r la ter, Koernig led off another 000, lar ges t ever to see a track me et. Met calfe lined up in the team from Germany which tied this record. In 1931 a quartet from {irst he at with Simpson , Luti, Bert Pea r son of Canada, Joub ert the University of Southern California, anchored by Frank Wykoff, and Borchmeyer. At the start Borchmeyer seemed to have a slight also ran 40. 8. This was the record that the U.S. and German edge but when they came off the cur ve Simpson was leading with teams were aiming at in the 1932 Olympics. The U.S . te am would Metcalfe flying a foot behind him. Borchmeye r fad ed as Luti and be anchored by Wykoff and the German team would have Koernig Joub ert tried to· stay with Simps on and Metcalf e. The two Ameri • as its lea d- off man with Jonath anchoring. The Olympic record of cans dr ove for th e ta pe and Metcalfe overhauled his teammate to 41. 0 was set by the U.S . in 1924 at Paris and tied by the winning win by inches in 21. 5. Simp s on held off Luti and the Argentine won U.S. quartet at Amsterdam wit h Wykoff on the le a d- off leg . a spot in the final by out spr intin g Joubert by a foot. The German team won the first heat in 41.2 without ex The sec ond semi match e d Tola n against Jonath, Walters, tending it self. Running on the team were Koernig, Friedrich He n Har old Wr ight of Canada, Allan Elli ott of New Zealand and Genta. drix, Erich Borchmeyer and Jonath. In Jun e this same team, with J onath took the lead at the sta rt and never relinquished it. He ran Geo r g Lammers in place of Hendrix, had set a European record a stro ng rac e and beat Walters by two yards . Tolan ran easily for of 40 . 6 . third but gav e the huge cro wd a s care when Wr ight , running all the The U .S. team whic h Coach La wso n Robertson de signated way thr ough, came right up on Tolan 's hee ls a'.t the tape and almost to face thi s great Germ an unit was composed of .four sprinters who took the qualifying plac e .' had been eliminated in the Final American Tryouts . Leading off Two and a half hou rs lat er , at 5 p. m., the s ix finalists was Bob Kiese l of the University of California, a well-built blond went to the starting line. On this perfect August afte rnoon in the . thunderbolt who was we ll known on the Pacific Coast for his great gath erin g shadows of twilight, the lanes wer e drawn. Tolan was sprint record . Running the second leg would be Emmett Toppino on the pole. Ahead of him in the staggered stan was Metcalfe in of Loyola in New Orleans, who was considered one of the finest • la ne two. Simpson drew the third lane ; Luti was in number four; sprinters ever developed in the South. Long-legged Hector Dyer Walt ers in fi ve ; and on the outside was Jonath. would handle the third leg. He was another West Coast favorite Starter Fr anz Miller of Germany called them to their marks from Stanford and won the IC4A 220 in 1930 . Anchormarr Wykoff and got them away perf ectl y . T olan started very ws:11and looked like had won many coll ege titl e s while at the University of Southern he was le a din g at the outset. Luti and Simpson also got off well. Ca lif ornia and was the first m an to officia lly run 100 yards in 9 . 4 . Th ey ro ar ed around the ben d a t a terrifi c clip. Tolan; hugging the This team ran well in the second hea t at the Olympics al pol e, was really flying. His le gs we re a blur as . his spikes beat a though the passing cou ld have been better. Nevertheless, they rap id tattoo into the trac k. He made ·quite a picture with his dark, murd ered the field, winning by at least 25 yards and creat ing a horn-rimmed gla sses faste ned to his temples by adhesive .t~pe . world record of 40.6 . · At they hit the s trai ghtaway Simpson wa s in front two feet On Sunday, Aug . 7, at 3:40 p .m. the teams lin ed up for ahead of Tolan. Jonath, on the outside, dug in furiously, arms the final. The U.S . team drew the pole with the Germans in lane .flying, legs pounding , as he tried to stay in the race. Tolan kept four. As the gun sounded Kiese l got off his marks as though shot driving and 50 yards from the tape pas se d Simpson. Metcalf e from a cannon. The big, blond Californian -poured it ori and be at started ·hi s finishing lift and both and he and Simpson began to close Koernig by abo ut two meters. Toppino got a perfect pass from slightly on Tolan. With 20 yards to go, Tolan widened his marg in Kiese l and imm e diat ely opened up on Hendrix. With a 10-yard · slight ly but Simpson kept driving with hi m . With three yards to lead, Toppino handed off smoothly to Dyer, who got one of the best go To lan stumb led slightly but righted himself and slammed into starts of his career. Dyer closed his leg with a tremendous burst the tape a yard in front . Simpson ancl Metcalfe fini s hed almost anc;! sent Wykoff on his way with a tremendous lead over the badly s houlder to shou lder but Simpson cr os sed first to get the silver be aten Germans . Wykoff with his quick pickup r an away from medal in this all -American sweep . Jonath as the U.S. estab li shed a fantastic wor ld record of 40 . 0. Tolan 's time of 21.2 was an Olympic r ecord and by winning Ita ly came in third behind the Germans, large ly due to the tre the 200 he became the only double winner of the Gam e s in men's mendous las t leg by Edgardo Toetti. Th e Italian put everything tra ck. Coincidentally, the la st double sprint win scored ·by the U. into his dri ve for the tape and just mana ged to nose out Bert Pear S. in th e Olympi cs a lso was achieved by an alumnus of the Univer son of Canada for th e bronze medals. Toetti's mom t!ntum carried sity of Michigan, Ra lph Craig, who turned the trick in 1912. Both him through the tap e, th en he fell an d slid about 10 yar ds. Tolan and Craig wer e coached by Steve Far rell, who was in the FIRST ROUND (Saturday, Aug . 6) (fwo heats, thre e qualify) s tands at Los Ange les watching To lan 's gr eat victories. I - Germany 41. 2; 2 . Japan; 3 . Great Brit ain; 4 . Greece; 5 . India. FIRST ROUND (fuesday, Aug. 2) (Seven heats, three qualify) II - USA 40.6 (world record); 2 . Ita ly; 3. Canada. I - Erich Borchmeyer (Germ any ) 22. l; 2. Takay os hi Yoshioka FINAL (Sunday, Aug. 7) (Japan); 3 . Stanl ey Engelhart (GB). (Jose de Alm eida , Brazil, Tus A (Kiesel, Toppino, Dyer , Wykoff) 40 .0 (world record); 2 . scratched .) II - William Walters (South Afri ca ) 21.9. 2. Eddi e Germany (Koerni g, Hendrix, Borchmeyer, Jonat h) 40 . 9; 3. Italy T olan (USA); 3. Stanley Ful ler (GB); 4. Enr iq ue Sanchez (Mexi . (Cast elli, Facelli, Maregatti, To et ti) 41. 2; 4. Canada (Williams, co). (Car los Hofme ister, Argentina , and Conrado Valdes, Cuba, Brown, Wright, Pearson) 41.3 ; 5 . Japan (Yoshioka, Nambu , Ann o, scratched.) III - Harold Wright (Canada) 22 . 8; 2 . Ralph Met Nakaj im a) 41. 3. 6. Great . Britain (Finlay , Fuller, Engl ehart, Page .) calfe (USA); 3 . Stuart Black (NZ) ; 4 . Cheng Liu (China). (Fe rnan do Ortiz,Mexico, scratched.) IV· !taro Naka jima (Japan) 22.2; Tolan Whips 200-Meter Field 2. F ri edr ich Hendrix (German y); (Percy Williams, Canad a, Arno ldo Ferrara, Brazil, and Jose Torrient e , Cuba, scratched.) Eddie Tolan 's narro w victory over Ra lph Metcalfe in the V - Roberto Genta (Argentina) 25 . 3; 2. Christian Ber ge r (Neth); 100 meters made th e prospect of the ir meeting again ill the 2,00 3 . Geo r ge Sim pson (USA). VI - Art hur Jonath (German y) 21. 9; meters even more exc iting. Metcalfe was considered the favorite 2. Carlos Luti (Arge ntina) ; 3. All an Elliott (NZ) ; 4. Andrej Engl by many sin ce the 200 was cons idere d his best event . (Czec h) ; 5. Everarado Musquiz (Mex ico). VII - Bert Pearson (Cari) Last minute sc r atches cut the field down cons ider ab ly an d 22.3; 2. Dan iel Joubert (South Afri ca); 3 . Teichi Nishi Qapan); the re wa s little ex cit ement in the fir st round. Defending champio n 4. Ronald Verni eux (India). (Ricardo Guimares, Brazil, scratch Percy Williams of Canada was forced to withdr aw because of an ed.) injury suffered in the 100. SECOND ROUND (Tuesday, Aug. 2) (Four heats, three qualif y) Th ere were seve n he ats in the first r ound with three to I· Metcalfe 21.5; 2. Walters; 3. Borchmeyer. II - T olan 21.5; qualify for ths se cond round. In some races only thr ee men c om 2. Pearson; 3. Genta. III - Luti 21.4 ; 2. Simp son ; 3. Joubert; peted, so naturally the y did not exert themselves. Some sort of a VI - Jonath 21:4; 2. Wright; 3. Elliott. f r ec ord must have be en set in the fifth heat when Roberto Genta of SEMI-FIN ALS (Wednesday, Aug. 3) (f wo heat s, three qualify) ~ ArgentiILa won in th e ridiculous time of 25. 3 . I - Metcalfe 21.5; 2. Simpson; 3. Luti; 4. Jouber t ; 5. Borch But when it came to the second round there was plenty of mey er. II - Jonath 21_.5; 2. Walters ; 3. Tolan; 4. Wri ght; 5. dynamite. Metcalfe started it by set ting an Olympic record of 21. 5 Elliott; 6. Genta. as he captured the first heat from William Walt er s of South Africa FINAL (Wednesday, Aug. 3) and Erich Borchme yer . Tolan promptl y followed by taking the 1. Tolan 21.2; 2. Simpson 21.4; 3. Metcalfe 21.5; 4. Jonath; 5. second heat in identical time. Carlos Luti of Argentina then lower- Luti; 6. Walters. • Start of the Kansas Rela ys 100: (1-to-r) MIKE STEL L, Baylor , DAVE BUTTS, Missou r i; RALPH AL SPAUGH, McMurry; JOHN DALE LEWIS, McMurry; BILL KEMP, Texas; and LANE PATTE RSON, Missou r i. Kemp won . ~,t,,...;,.l '~ - ' - ~ --. _.-·:i»•~ - ..- !of d broad jump reco r d holder RALPH BOSTON misses at 6 7" in the high jump F ullerton J.C. s !l:54.2 distance medley relay team: DAVE PARS· NAIA Championships . He later made the height to tie for se cond . LEY, JAN UNDERWOOJ:?, LEROY NEAL and HARJ Y McGALLA. I ·Page 48 ner had to go through mud well above his knees. Still the very nature THE GREATEST SPRINTERS -- 4 of the course makes for great fun and is a refreshing break from the cinder path. As the season progresses the distance of the races in DAVE SIME (USA) 243 points cr eases. Most of the championship races ar e nine miles. Times, of course, mea n nothing and it's not the four-minute miler who necess- , Achie,vement Points: 238 sarily wins cross country races in England. ;: 189_ Through 1958 (Previ ously logged) Th ere are thousands of clubs and a league match betwee JJ · 9 Ran 100 yards in 9.4, Odessa , Tex as , Mar ch 21, 1959 . four or five clubs will usually draw about 60 to 70 runners in the 9 Ran 100 meters in 10,2, Lafayett e, La., April 9, 1960 senior race. There also is a race for juniors, one for youths and 10 Ran 100 meters in 10.1, Mt. Sac, Walnut, Cal., Aug. 12, 60 ev en a two-mile cross coun try race for women. My heart goes out 2 Ti ed for third in Olympic Trials 100 meters to those girls who will come out on a Saturd ay afternoon and run 8 Placed second in 1960 Olympic 100 meters . themselves out over the mud for two miles. It's quite a sight, be 5 Reached final, 1960 Olympic 100 meters lie ve me. 4 Made 1960 U.S. Olympic 100 meters team In addition to the weekly lea gue matches, th ere ar-e inter 2 Made 1960 U.S. Olympic sprint relay team nati ona l cross country races on the continent most every week. Th ey are us ually invita tion affa irs and dra w the best in Europe. I Victo!:;l Points: 57 was lucky enough to ge t invit ed to two of these, one in Spain and 6 Bobby Morrow 4 Stone Johnson the other in Belgium . I placed seventh in both races. My great es t 2 2 Ir a Murchison Leamon King satisfaction during the cross countr y season, however , came in the 2 Dick Blair 1 Willie Williams I Southern Nationa l Championships where, against some 400 runners, 5 Mike Agostini 3 Peter Radford I managed to place fourth behind Martin Hyman, Jim Hogan of Ire 2 Bob Poynte r 4 Ray Nort on land and Alan Per kins. I beat Bruce Tulloh, Gordon Pirie and Stan 2 Arm in Hary _ 2 Willie White Eldon, who placed ninth, 10th and 11th. It was a big thrill for me 10 Bill Woodhouse 2 Frank Budd to sneak home · ahead of such a classy field. I was unable to run in 1 Enrique Figuerola 1 Charles Tidwell the English National Championships because I was a foreign ath 1 Marian Foik 4 Paul Wind er let e . I was quite dis appo int ed because I wanted to rank myself 2 Les Carney 2 Dennis Johnso n against the other cross country runners in England. 1 Ed Collymore Thr oughout the winter season there are road races eac h weekend in add ition to the ra ces over the country. Many of these 54 Defeat Penalties: road races are relays and the club spiri t s hown in them is fantas - tic. Most of the club runners will never be collJ.e int ernationa l run - 5 Bobby Morrow 1 Harry Jerome ners but run ea ch week merely for the club spirit an d ·,e love of 1 Leamon King (2) Bobby Whilden the sport. No one finances the travel to the various , ill matches. 1 Dick Blair (2) Edgar Brabham Each athlete is expected to contribute his littl e bit tr l·fre a bus to 1 Mike Agostini (2) Jim Segrest trav el to th e match. 6 Ray Norton (2) Ken Kave Although there _are many ro ad races all ye ar, the main 1 Arm in Hary (2) Jim Cathcart season is usua lly during March and April. They may be relays 1 (2) Vance Robinson Bill Woodhouse betw een two cit ies or merely three to four mile circuit in which 2 (2) Wesley Baldwin a Charles Tidwell each member of the team hands off to the ne xt man. (2) Louis Seaton 1 Paul Winder The track season begins in early May and lasts until late 2 (2) Bruce Teasley Le s Carney September. Each Saturday the average English athlete will com 2 (2) Jocely n Delecour Ed Collymore pete for his club in a small match against several other clubs. OrY 2 (2) Dee Giv ens Stone Johnson ne ver really knows exactly what event or events he will compete in 1 Manfred Germar (2) Ted Woods until the day of the match. An athlete may run the 880 and the mile, 1 Eddie South er n 2 Frank Budd and then while he is recovering for the three miles, may be called upon to broad jump or pole vault. The standards in these meets usually are n't very high but at times some very good performances EUROPEAN ADVEN TURE (continued from page 41) are turned in . make the best of it and after getting bac k in sha pe, I entered many If an athlete is good enough he is likely to get some races meets over vari ous dist an ces. I ran everything froni 800 meters at the famous White City Stadium in London. The competition is to 25,000 meters, the latte r being a race in a sma ll t own near the very keen at these meets and usually has an international fl avor. Russian border. This past summer I ran at White City severa l time s . Most of the While in Finland I met Eddie Southern and Chuck Cobb, who ra ces were ove r two miles, which I found a little short for me, es were touring Scandinavi a . It's always a nice feeling to see fellow pe cially against such tough comp etition. Earlier this summer I American athletes while overseas and in the short time we were ran th e 3,000 meters in the Kusocinski Memorial at Warsaw. I ran together we had many gr eat times. As the season drew to a cl ose , a persona l best 8: 17 . 4 but placed only 12th. However, in the race I found myself short of funds, so I put an advertisement in a Hel - wer e such top men as Kazimi erz Zimny, Hans Grodotzki, Hermann sinki newspaper stating that an Ame ric an male living in Finland Buhl and Zoltan Vamo ·s . I got my biggest satisfaction when I broke was looking for pupils to teach English conve rs ation lessons. Much two minute s for th e 880 thi s su mme r, running 1:58. 0. I ran in the to my surp rise I received many rep lie s fro m both sexes. I made British AAA six miles in July an d placed eighth alth ough I r an sure they spoke a littl e English so I wouldn't have to spe ak very 29:02 .2. Th e winner was -Australia's Dave Power in a fa st 21: 41 . 8. much Finnish. It worked out very well. I was able to get a nice I have co me to realize s ince I arrived in England that my apartment and in a fe w months I had enough money to set out for real future is in the long distances. I have won several half mara - England. thons and one big 20-mile race called the ·"Finchley 20." Th ese I travel ed to England aboard a Russian passenger ship . lon g road races usuall y dra w between 100 and 200 rwmers and the My plans were to go there in hopes of getting a job tea ching. lf I competition, as mi ght be expec ted, is very hot. I've lost my share couldn't get a job then I would continue home . My only contact in of road races but I feel I'm getting s tronger eac h year and I hope England was Derek Cole , a busin e ssman who also mew Fred. ver y soon now to try my hand at the marathon. Fortunately Der ek pro ved to be a great help. After a bit of "red tape'' How long will I stay in England? I don't know really. I want I man aged to get a teaching job, and on the ba s is of my degree from to return to the U .S. co·work on my Master's degr ee in the next Minnesota I was considere d qualified. I the n Joined th e Chelmsford few year s, but at the moment I'm so happy teaching and running Athletic Club, which is located close to where I live. that I'm not rea lly sure. I do know I '11 be here at le ast another To those not fam iliar with English cross country, all I ca n year. I ha ve bee n join e d in Engl and by a di stance runner from my say is that you must exper ien ce it to believe it. There is no such home town in South Dakota, Bill Erickson. Bill, who also went thing as a flat cross country course. Th ey are very hilly and th e to Minnesot a, is in England to gain exp erienc e in tea ching and to courses usually cover a va ried terrain. Most of the club matches a re develop his stamina via cross country and the -road in hopes of six to seven miles in length. In that seven miles you will probably ducking under the once magical four minutes. His best tim e while encounter several plowed fields, numerous fen ces , hills, paths, at Minnesota was 4: 10. 6. open fields and mud so deep in places that you actually come to a I don't plan to become rich in England. Teachers in Englan complete halt at times in trying to get through it. The .amount of just don't become rich , but I do hope to develop into a great distance mud depen ds on the amount of rain that has fallen but last ·Jear be runner. With a little luck maybe I '11 be able to join that select band fore my arrival in England it ha.ct rained almost ev ery day for months. of athletes who will represent the U.S. at the 1964 Olympic Games I'm not exaggerating when I say that at times the cross country run - in Tokyo. Here's hoping anyway.