RACK~og)YSLETTE ......_,_,,-;t (. ✓ 1R~tlf N~~s11:TlER (orr\C\i\L 'P\J8\..ICAilON OF "TR.t,,CKN\.JiS Or ii-IE \'/OR\.\)) \l~\t,\C.) fu'o\ic:;\'\~o.~ i"'t~~C¥-~~ ~\~~D l-l'cWS, \'."0 S J>< '2.% • \. os Awos,C<"l\Worn1a • t3er1 -an ,i CwJ1\e'<~Q.\sci\J cd.i'To'fs Vol. 8, No. 5 Oct. 11, 1961 Semi -Monthly $6 per year by first class mail Edited by Hal Bateman Page 33 Cross Country Preview Maccabiah Games Report HOUSTON -- The Cougars of Coach Johnny Morriss are By Elliott Denman defending NCAA and National AAU team champio ns and they could repe at but they do not look as tough as last year. Returning (Ed. Note: The author competed in the ..sixth Maccabiah are junior Barrie Almond and seniors Al Lawrence, Pat Cloh essy Games and won the 3, 000-meter walk. He also competed in the and George Rankin. Lawrence is a question mark at this time 1956 Olympic Games.) because of his achilles tendon trouble and Houston's title ·chances rest heavily on his shoulders. John Macy was lost through grad­ Some 136 Unit ed States athletes competing in the Olym - uation and his .repla cem ent is expected to come from sophomores pie-style sixth Maccabiah Games, held in Tel Aviv, Isr ae l from Bob Cozens, Greg R obinson , Wayt Royall and Geoff Walker. The Aug. 29 through Sept. 5, won 58 of the 134 gold medals handed last named looks li ke the most likely candidate to take Macy's out in 18 different sports. In track and field, the Americans plac e . At th e National AA U meet, Houston 'will be s tronger wit h dominated things by winning 14 of the 21 events, with thre e the addition of freshman Laurie Elliott, who will run for the championships going to Great Britain, two to host Israel and one track club. It is interesting to not e that of the eight men li sted each to Canada and France. on Houston's varsity roster, six of them are Au str alian. Previous games had be en held in Te l Aviv (then Palestine) MICHIGAN STATE - The Spartans usually are contenden, in 1932 an d 1935, and after Israe l came into being in 1950, 195 3 for national honors and thi s year will be no exception . However , and 1957. Th e U.S. delegation this year was almost double the Coach Fran Dietrich 's crew will not be as strong as it could size of previous teams. The te am was financed much as the Olympic ~ hav e been. Seniors Ger ry Young and Morgan Ward were to have team, wit h pri vate contrib utions s olicited by the U.S. Maccabiah led .the team but Ward recently underv,ent an operation for a rup­ Games Committee, with offices at 147 West 42 St., New York City. tured sp leen and is out for the season. Dittrich is hoping that one In tr ack, the U.S. fielded a 23-man squad from all parts of the of eight sophomore s battling for a place on the team can ta ke countr y. up som e of the sla ck left by Ward's abs en ce. During re cent time The competition was staged at Tel Aviv Stadium, an old trials som e of th e best prospects looked lik e junior Roger Hum­ arena s ituated a block from the Medit erranean Sea. It seate d barger and sophomore Alvin Duncan. Despite the lo ss of Ward, about 8,000, with barbed wir e separating the fans from the ath­ Dittrich says: "I 'ct ra te thi s team on a par with any we'v e had letes. The stadium was about two third s full on eac h of the four in the past. " days of co mp et ition. Tria ls were staged in the morning, starting WESTERN MICHIGAN -- The Broncos have bee n a nation­ ac 9 with finals at 4:30 p.m. tu beat th e intense Mideast sun. al power during the past severa l years but they lost heavily The track looked beautiful befor e anyone stepped on it. But after thr ough gradua tion and Coach George Dales say s this will be a a rac e or two, it quickly crumbled. Perfor manc es refle cte d this, rebuildin g year . Gone are Jerry Ashmore, Dick Pond and John with no athlete bettering a personal mark despite the stimulus Bork and the sophomores moving up will not be able to fill in. of international competition . ' The top men returning are senior Don Hancock and juniors Dick The athletes of all nations were quartered in a village Gr een e and Jerry Bashaw. situated in th e town of Ramat Gan, a Tel Aviv subu rb. The food SOUTHERN ILLINOIS -- As a co llege team Coach Lew was serve d boarding house style in a giant lunchroom. lt was Hartzog's Salukis may be hard pressed to show the same kind of filling, but a little different from what so me of the U.S. ath­ form that won them the NAIA title last year but as the Saluki letes were us ed to. The eating atmosphere was extremel y con - Tra ck Club they will be a strong thr eat for the National AAU tit le. genial, with people from all over the world eating alongside each RW1I1ingon the varsity are sophomores Jim Dupree and Joe Thomas, other, and talking over common interests. NAIA individual champion a year ago. In AAU meets they will be Tel Aviv itself is an extremely modern and int eres ting join ed by Englishmen Mike Wiggs, Brian Tu rne r and Bill Corn ell. city of 400,000 with ultra-modern apartment houses, and numer­ With such a team, the Salukis can not be counted out of the battle ous coffee hou ses where the people practice their nation al custom for the AAU team titl e . of sitting ana talking. The average Israeli 1s an aviu sc.,ccer fan ARMY -- Coach Carlton Cr owell says he has high hopes for but is slowly developing an int eres t in other international sports, thi s year's team. Six letterm en are returning and a strong group thanks to the Maccabiah movement. The at hlet es got along ex - of sophomores will make the Cadets tough : The top lettermen back tremely well, both on and off the field. Many peopl e commented are John Jones, a 9:10 two miler , walker Ron Zinn and Stan Thomp­ that the "do- or -die " atmos phere of the Olympics was happily son, a 4: 12 miler. A pair of fine sophomores, Robi n Lingle and missing. Bill Straub, •Could turn the Cadets from a contender into a cham­ Three Ame ric an dashmen, Jonas Spiegel of Maryland, pion. Stan Freed of Temple and Steve Robbins of Arizona , went to the OREGON STATE -- It would be an understatement to call Games with high hopes , but returned with no gold medals. Two the Beavers loaded . It's doubtful at this time that they will enter American-trained coll eg ians, Stan Levinson of Houston and the NCAA meet but if they did they would probably win the tea m Canada and Dave Segal of Furman and Great Britain, frustrated championship . Coach Sam Bell has the following men to chose their ambi tion s. In the 100 meter final, Levinson closed fast to ,J rom: Bili Boyd, 8:53.9 two-miler; Dale Story ., 8:46 .9 two miler; win in 10. 6 with Spiegel the runn erup in the same time. Freed Rich Cuddihy, 9:08.2 two miler; Norm Hoffm an , 4:09.6 miler; an d Robbins were third and fourth, both in 10. 7. In the 200, Segal Jerry Brad y, l:5L 8 half-miler; Norm Fones, a 4:14 miler; and tore aro und the bend to win easily in 21. 6 with Spiegel an outdis­ John Simpson, a 4:-12 miler. And there ar e several othe rs who tanced third in 22.6. Lev inson, now a successful Toronto sport­ Bell is quit e high on. Oreg on State probably will confine its ing goods deal e r and manufacturer who had been out of track for (continued on page 35, column two) (continued on page 36, column two) .. ment by clocking 20. 8 for the 200 aroW1d a turn, a national record and one of the top times in the world this season. Pettersson con - tirmed to be consistent in the high jump with a leap of 6'1.1~"- Brum el Jumps 7'3 3-8", 25'1" Sept. 30: 400, H. Johansson (S) 47.3. 1500,Szentgal.i (H) 3:4G.0; TIFLIS, RUSSIA, Oct. 3 -- Valeriy Brumel continued to Kiss (J-!) 3:47 .2; Larsson (S) 3:47.5. 5,000, Iharos (J-!) 14:18 . 8; show why he is regarded as the world's greatest high jumper by Pinter (H) 14:18.8. DT,Klics (H) 179' 2 "; Sze csenyi (H) 174' 3", leaping 7'3f' at the Russian -championships. Brumcl, who left his IT,_ Kulcsar (H) 257'5if". 400R, Sweden 40.5 (NR); HW1gary 40 . 9, competition far behind, then tried the world record height' of 7 '5" Oct. 1: 200, :v1ihalyfi (H) 21.1 (2nd). 800, Szentgali 1:50.2 . but didn't make it.