Spflingbank Fload Flaces'69 Saturday, September 13 - London, Or*Ario

SPFlINGBANK Fload Flaces'69 Saturday, September 13 - London, Or*ario

t, li nJ r.^rb ., ,i' '. '- "",-t{ ' i atn II 8 lan Wainwright leads with one lull lap left in Open 4y2.

The od* at the linish (lelt to tight): Waihwtight, teammates Bob Moote and Dave Smith. Open 12 (left to tight): Boychuk, second; Burtoot, fitst; end Yetman, thitd.

.- Seriors 6 (1. to t.): Ray Atance, secohd: Jim Hattshone, tirst; and Dr. Bill Mclnnis, third.

12 Open 41/z (lett to right): Moote, second; Wainwtight, first; and Smith, thitd.

High School 3 (lelt to tight): Glen Dales, secohd; Jackie Duftesne, fitst; and Petq Lanigan, thitd RON DAWS - Minneapolis Ron Daws has been referred to by a Married, with three children, Daws is a friend as a rather inventive type of guy. research analyst lor the Minnesota Depan- ln 1964 he finished ninth in the Boston ment ol Employment Securities. Marathon wearing a pair of shoes he made At the Mexico Olympics last year he himself. He used to make all his marathon placed 22nd in the marathon after finish- shoes. ing third in the American trials in 2:33i@ And when the temperature plunges to at high-altitude Alamosa, Colorado. ln around the 2o-below mark (which it often Mexico City one ot the runners he beat does during the rugged winters in the was Pablo Garrido, one of his main rivals northwest-U.S.) and the piled snow banks today. make it tough to run outside, marathoner Daws takes to his homemade treadmill in the basement oI his Minneapolis home. "A fevorite trick oI mine is to put on headphones and listen to stereo music as I jog in place," he relates. Running on the spot accompanied by a sweet relrain might sound like lun to a lot of people. But it really isn't Daws' specialty. Turning out consistently solid perlormances at various long distances in particular, the marathon well, that's- another story, - The 31-year-old graduate of the Uni- versity oI Minnesota was a member of both the 1968 U.S. Olympic team and the 1967 U.S. Pan-American Games team in the marathon. No other American marathoner made both teams. At that mecca of pavement pounding Boston Daws has also been his usual- consistent- self. He was fourth this year and tilth the previous year. As a result of his 1969 performance he was the first American to finish he- has received, and accepted, an invitation- to compete in the famed Seoul, Korea international marathon on September 28, As a runner Daws is a master at Pace judgement and he is persistence personi- fied. This, plus the natural ability and con- ditioning which have enabled him to run the following times, make him a pretty tough competiton 4125 lot lhe mile; 9:09 for the two miles; 14:01.6 fo. three miles; 5'1:09 for 10 miles;1:18:10.4 for 15 miles and 2 hours, 20 minutes, 33 seconds in the marathon.

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18 LOU SCOTT - Detroit A member of the 1968 United States Olympic team in the 5,000 metres, this little 5'7", 125-pounder has established himself as one of the continent's top distance men. Of particular interest to lans here, he seems as much at home on road as on the track. He can point to such excellent best times as 4:02.2 for the mile, 8:35.2 for two miles, 13:12.4 lor three miles, 13t46.4 Ior 5,000 metres, 28138.1 for six miles and 28:56.5 {or 10,000 metres. His two-mile, three-mile and 10,000-metre times are all superior to the present Canadian records for those distances. Lou, who turned 24 on September 4, was on the 1967 U.S. Pan-American Games team and on the U.S. touring team to Europe. ln the Pan-Am Games at Winni- peg, he placed second (with a time o{ 13:- 54.0) to countryman Van Nelson in the LOU SCOTT 5.000. He made last year's U.S. Olympic team by placing third in the 5,000 metres at the final Olympic t.ials, beating out the famed Gerry Lindgren by inches alter Lindgren had sprinted wildly on the last lap to make up about 35 yards on Lou. At Mexico City Lou was eliminated in the heats of the 5.000. GORD Lou, who's married and the father oI a little girl, attended Arizona State Univer- sity at Temple, Arizona on a track scholar- CAM PBELL ship after graduating from Detroit's East- ern High School in 1963. Now living in Detroit again. where he's an elementary school teacher, Lou has stayed away from INSURANCE major track competition this year. The year alter the Olympics is always a letdown, both physically and psychologically, he E reasons; thus, a very intense approach to AG NCY competitive track this year could do more harm than good. 200 Queens Besides, his real goal is three years away. "l'm looking towards the 1972 Olympics," he says, "and this time lwant to be up on that victory stand."

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'19 ...AMBY'SBACK SPRINGBANK Road Races'69

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Timerc: George Pudney, Bob Fisher, Rudi Majoor, Kelly lvlancari, Bob Vigars, Jim Dempsey, An Bacon. And the two big questions are: Will his record of last year-58:23-survive the onslauqht oI one oI the greatest lields Head Marchall: Jim Young ever assembled on this continent? and, more importantly, how will Amby -himsell Ma$halls: Bill Philips, Mike Yearsley, Pat do? O'Kelly, Dave Fisher, Clare Kettlewell, 7he z2-year-old New Englander had a Fred Austen, Tom Sutton, Dave Smith, brilliant vear in '68 but his performances Matt Mains. this veai have been far less impressive. As a- result, he could have an extremely Sfarteri Bill Cox tough time repeating as champion in the Springbank'12'. Patking Supetvision: Bill Daly Announcets: Dave Prokop, Merv Prokop HUNGA-ria Ptoduit de Fnnce \<--F advanced training, track, tennis, soccer, boxing and wrestling shoes. Sports balls. Prcgrammei Dave Prokop, editor; Tony rite lot information we will Lee, layout. Printed by Ram Printing, - London, Ontario. Cover photo: Robbie FOOT HEALTH Guest. Photos on page I counesy Lon- 477 York St., don Free Press. Photos on pages 9 to 13,24 and 25 by Nick Dicorpo. Hamilton. Ontario

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20 GORD DICKSON JACKIE DUFRESNE

The defending champion in the Spring- bank high school '3', Jackie is Canada,s best high school djstance runner. He made a clean sweep of rhe 3,000 metres in Can- adian One of the all-time greats of Canadian age-class competition this year, win- road running, this bone-thin, liqht"footed '1ing the Central Ontario. Ontario. Eastern runner has a record that speaks for itself: Canadian and Canadian championships. Canadian marathon He won the Ontario high school juvenile champion six times, year Canadian cross,country champion three mile this and led the two almost all (imes, winner of Hamilton s historic the way against a stiff wind (Jackie is a Around-the-Bay race five times. habitual front runner) before being out- sprinted at the finish. He was a member Canada's o: 1958 and Jackie is 17 and in Grade 1'1 North 1962 British Empire Games teams, the'S9 at Pan-American Bays Chippewa Secondary School. For Games team and the 1960 the past years Olympic team. His two he's been selected as best internaiional per- North Bav s outstandino athlete. formances are a third in the Boston Mara- "What' shocks many- opponents when thon, lifth in the '58 B.E. Games marathon and they see him lor the first time," says his third in both the marathon and lO,OO0 coach, Bill Colcock, "is his metres at the'59 Pan-Am size. He stands Games. 53" and at peak condition weighs only A native of Claresholm, Alberta, Gord 105 pounds." has lived in Hamilton since completing his As they say, good things come in small universily education in the U.S. Packages.

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21 Road Hall to honor

The late Tom Longboat. a legend in prolessional road runners at distances Canadian sports, and lour-time Boston Irom 12 to 26 miles. He won the Boston Marathon winner Gerard Cote will be hon- Marathon in 1907 and was entered in the ored here ltoday in a ceremony at the 1908 Olympic Games'marathon in London, second annual Spiingbank Road Races. Eng. which was won by American John The two famed Canadian road runners Hayes in a controversial linish. have been selected as the lirst two win' Cote, who staned running to get in ners of plaques presented by the Canadian shape lor boxing, won the Boston Mara_ Road Runners Hall of Fame. thon in 1940. 1943, 1944 and 1948. Only Cote, now a 46-year-old advertising Clarence DeMar oI the U.S. has won the manager of a French-language weekly in event more times. St. Hyacinthe, Que., will be on hand for Cote won 126 races during his illustrious induction ceremonies into the Road Run_ career. He was also on the British Empire ners Hall ol Fame. Two sons and a daugh- Games team in 1950 at Auckland, N.2., ter oI the late Tom Longboat of Brantford the Olvmoic team in London, Enq. in'1948 who died in 1949, will also be present. and'the B'ritish Empire G6mes team in 1954 Cote and Longboat were selected to the at Vancouver. He also won the Yonkers Road Runners Hall oI Fame by a commit' Marathon-the U.S. AAU championship- tee composed of Jacques Girling of Ham- three times and was second twice. ilton, Eddie Cotter of Guelph, A. V. Smith ln 25 years of running Cote failed only oI Hamilton, Chris Pickard of Toronto, Don once to finish a race. That was in the 1954 Lovegrove of Hamilton, Scotty Rankine of BE Games, the same race that lelled Eng- Preston and Dave Prokop of London. land's Jim Peters. Both Longboat and Cote are members Cote was named winner of the Lou E. of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Marsh Memorial Trophy in 1941. This Longboat, lrom 1906 to 1912, defeated trophy is awarded annually to Canada's most of the world's leading amateur and outstanding athlete.

The loneliness of the long distance tunne6 - Nick Dicotpo's great study oI last yeat's classic battle. Tom Longboat, Cote

A,,ou-l.ful Tom Lonshoor !l.o*n s',t Fis mono!e, or -le tinc, Tor tonsbodr in fte lofter l.y, ot hii tife. Iom Flonoson 6ad on unidenr:rieo y6urqr-er p;oto rolen orornd rhe tih€ T6D Lonsboor cd6e ro promi.ence opproximorely 1906.

Ge ordCotehi ins thefinGh linein ohe6fhis Sonoh hiumphs. tn the altetmath ol last yeat's tuces: (Right) Mt. and M6. And y Boychuk contemPlate the day's activities. ( Bottom, left) Autograph seekets get Amby down. (Bottom, t'tght ) lan Wainw ght rccoverc alter winning the 4Y2.