The WASTEBASKET Volume 58 No. 2 Winter 1974 Doupe '77 Leonard '75 Anastasio '74 Published by - Cornell University Spiked Shoe Society President - Tom Patterson '75 Editor - Tom Patterson Assistant - Dan Ambrose '76 • I DEDICATION We of the Spiked Shoe Society of Cornell University dedicate this issue of THE WASTEBASKET to: CHARLES M. WERLY '27 As an undergraduate at Cornell, Mr. Werly captained the freshman track team in 1924 as well as the var- sity team in 1927• He was also a member of the Cornel 1-Princeton team that faced Oxford and Cam- bridge in 1925 in Atlantic City and again the next year in London. Since then Mr. Werly has served as an Alumni Trustee of Cornell, President of the Cornell Alumni Association, President of the Cornell Club of New England, a member of the Cornell University Coun- cil and is presently a committee member for the Jack Moakley Endowment Fund. Mr. Werly has also been a generous contributor in support of Cornell track and cross country. We are all deeply grateful to Mr. Werly for his interest in furthering Cornell track. JACK MOAKLEY ENDOWMENT FUND Plans have been completed for the launching of the Jack Moakley Endowment Fund program according to Hunt Bradley '26, committee chairman. The necessary University departments, namely Athletic and the Office of University Develop- ment, have been consulted for approval; committeemen have been appointed; letterheads, pledge cards and return envelopes have been printed. The initial phase is a personalized mailing, shortly after April 15, to a selected list of former track men for the purpose of obtaining leadership gifts. The second stage will come early in the summer following the conclusion of the current annual Cornell Fund whose fiscal year ends June 30th. This will be a general mailing to all other cross country and track men and managers. The total list of living track alumni consists of approximately 1200 names and includes Cornellians from the Class of 1906 on down to this year's Senior Class. The Committee anticipates wholehearted and generous support of this program and takes this opportunity to thank those who responded following the announcement in the last Issue of the WASTEBASKET. SEASON ROUNDUP The 1973-1974 indoor track season proved to be just as exciting as those in years past. Coaches Jack Warner and Tom Pagani guided the team to its first Ivy League Championship since 1958 and a second place finish to powerful Navy at the Heptagonal Championships. Their guidance also enabled the Big Red to produce a respectable 4 and 2 dual meet record by blending a handful of seasoned veterans with a plentiful supply of new young talent. A number of new indoor records were set during this past season including Jim Leonard's 51'H" triple jump, Bob Anastasio's record runs in both the mile 4:08.0 and 1000 yard run 2:09.4, Dave Doupe's 59'2" shot put and Phil Collin's 8:50.6 in the two mile. In addition, a new indoor two mile relay record of 7:37*7 was set by the team of freshman John Boots, Tom Patterson, Pal Roach and Bob Anastasio. These are only a few of the many outstanding performances throughout the year as there were numerous personal records set which helps paint an optimistic picture for the upcoming outdoor campaign. EVENT SUMMARIES 60, 60HH: The Big Red showed steady improvement again this year in the sprint events. In the 60 yard dash Vince "Rabbit" Redden and Reggie Barron both stopped the watches with quick 6.3 timings. Barron's most im- pressive showing was his second place performance at the Heptagonals. Unfortunately, Redden pulled a muscle early In the season but should be ready for the outdoor season. Other credible performances in the 60 came from Gary Reuben, Rick Brewington, and Earl Trent, all timed in 6.4. The 60 yard high hurdles saw best performances coming from Bruce Hulse with a 7.7 timing, and back-up coming from Mike Bobick in 8.0 and Dave Adams in 8.2. 440, 600: The Red showed their usual strength in these events. Senior Mike MacNei1 had the top 440 time with his 49-6 showing in the semi- finals of the IC4A's while Bruce Abels contributed a relay leg also timed in 49.6. Other excellent relay legs of the mile relay were turned in by Reggie Barron (50.5 leadoff) , freshman Glenn Christopher (50.5) and Pal Roach (50.6). In the 600 veteran Pal Roach turned in the top performance with a 1:11.5 clocking. Mike MacNeil was a dependable performer through- out the season with several 1:12+ clockings. Glenn Christopher shows much promise for the future with a best this season of 1:13.8. 880, 1000: The top performances in the 880 all came on relay legs. Two mile relay anchorman and team captain Bob Anastasio churned a best of 1:52.5. Other relay legs of note came from freshman John Boots (1:53.6), junior Tom Patterson (1:54.0), and Pal Roach (1:54.3). Anastasio will be lost through graduation next year but replace- ments for the relay could come from Dane Keehn (1:55-3) or Dave Stinson (1:56.2) among a host of other half milers. The 1000 yard field was also led by Anastasio with his Cornell record performance of 2:09.4 at the IC4A. Following him were Patterson (2:11.8), Roach (2:14.8) and Boots (2:15.4). Ml le, Middle distance ace Anastasio set yet another Cornell indoor record 2 Mile: with his 4:08.0 clocking. Tom Patterson was a consistent performer with a best of 4:14.2, followed by greatly improved sophomore Craig Holm with a best of 4:15.0. Holm's effort was good enough to win the first section of the mile at the Heps. Phil Collins was the standout for the Big Red in the 2 Mile. The senior had excellent back to back performances of 8:53 and 8:50.6 in the trials and finals of the IC4A. The latter time established another Cornell record, breaking the former record held by Olympian Jon Anderson. Junior Ray DeMarco recorded a personal indoor best of 9:04.5, followed by Craig Holm's 9:13-6. Shot, Cornell received a big boost in the weight events this year with Wei ght: the entry of Dave Doupe. The freshman from California was the best high school shot putter in the nation last year. Dave set a new Cornell record In the shot on his very first toss in competition this past season. His personal best came at the Millrose Games with a 59'2" effort. Due to illness Doupe had to settle for second place honors at the Heps but came back the next week to win the IC4A Championships. Always improving Carl Shields achieved a personal best of 53'11i", and finished third in the Heps. Carl's strongest event is the 35 lb. weight In which he led the Red with a 56' 11" effort. Craig Champion, hampered by Injuries throughout the season, but a valuable performer none the less, had a seasonal best of 50'2". Jumps : The triple jump proved to be one of Cornell's most exciting events. Junior Jim Leonard won his third straight Heptagonal title with an incredible leap of 51'1£". Jim's effort earned him the Outstanding Performer Award for the meet, the first Cornellian to win the award since 1957. Following in Leonard's footsteps is freshman Jorman Granger who had a best of 48'1" and was a consistent performer throughout the entire season. Leonard and Granger also had the leading performances in the long jump as well with leaps of 22'6i" and 21'8" respectively. Others with notable performances were Terry Jackson (21'4"), Rich Nelson (21'1") , and Earl Lee (20'5"). Cornell's Horace Bradshaw was also a valuable scorer in both the triple jump and long jump. The top performer for the Big Red in the high jump was John Jones with a leap of 6'6". Following Jones were Jeff Humes and Richard Goclano with jumps of 6'2" and 6'0" respectively. The pole vault saw transfer student Al Brangman clear 13'6" while both Chuck Card and Bruce Grund cleared 13' even. CAPTAIN'S COMMENTS —Bob Anastasio Looking back over the season, I feel that there was a definite progression in the team's achievements. At the beginning of the season it seemed that the team did not get excited about anything. With very few exceptions, the team was not working up to its potential. When they did work, it was for themselves, not the team. The result of this was the disastrous outcome of the Manhattan meet. It was after this meet that people began to realize what was happening to the team. The team meeting that followed helped in bringing about changes and bring- ing the team closer together. People started working harder, and started caring about the team as a whole. The team that faced Army the next week was a new team. Were it not for a couple of close finishes that could have gone either way in the sprints and relay, we could very well have won the meet. By the next week, against Yale, the team had finally pulled itself back together. In event after event, Big Red runners were not only beating the Yalies but did so with real quality performances.