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cs"6 J atfi twt let) iMa-ara i sp.s':: i iane county? home newspapeii """'"'' rneaagaifwiw . . EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1963 " ' ' " Oregon's 'Eskimo Trackmen Deal By JERRY UHRHAMMER Register-Guard Sports News Editor Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman asked someone how to spell "Eskimo." But before anyone could answer, he finished writing a message to his team on the dressing room blackboard. "Good Job, Esquimo Men of Oregon," the message said. The Ducks had just won 13 out of the 17 events in a dual track meet with Brig ham Young Saturday at Hay ward Field. The final score Home First Anglers on Middle Fork was 9649. And they did it under weather conditions more suitable for winter than spring sports. The "Esquimo" tag or "Eskimo," if you prefer was an apt one for the Wcbfoot track team Saturday. The mercury was hovering around the 42-degree mark as the meet started. And it dropped lower as the after noon continued. Rain, off-and-on at the outset, began fall ing steadily midway in the meet. iReglfter-Guard photo by Phil (ircnoni Oregon junior Ray Van Asten hits the tape to take first place in the 880 at the Oregon-Brigham Young track meet Saturday at Hay ward field. Van Asten was clocked in 1:51.5 his best of the year and a half second under the NCAA meet qualifying standard. of the Willamette Nonetheless, it soon became apparent to the 3.500 track faithful in the stands that the Oregon team would win with ease in its second annual meeting with the team from Provo, Utah. The Ducks did it by an even greater margin than last year when the final score was 83-48. Generally, the cold and wet tended to put a damper on the performances by both teams, adding seconds and tenths-of-seconds to the run ning events and cutting down on distances in the field events. Burns Goes 250 1 But an outstanding excep tion to this was Duck javelin thrower John Burns who, on his second throw, saw his jav elin sail nearly to the pole vault runway 250 feet and one inch. The two-year lcttcrman's throw snapped the field rec ord of 249-6'-! set by Al Can tello of the U.S. Marines in 1960, the school record of 244 1 set by Ron Gomez of Oregon in 1962, and the meet record of 222 0 set by Gomez last year. "I couldn't believe it. . . . This happens to other people but not to me," smiled Burns, who was competing in only his second meet of the season. "I knew I got behind it. . . . and it had a good flight. I got everything together for once." The mile run, to no one's surprise, was a clean sweep for the Wcbfoots as Archie San Romani, far out in front, snapped the tape with a 4:14.1 time. Teammate Barry Adams was the runner-up in 4:186. What was surprising, how ever, was that Keith Forman the nation's fastest colleg iate milcr so far this year with his 4:00.1 lime at Stan ford last week came in third in 4:20.9. But, as Forman explained later, "We wanted to make sure we got third place." That's all he was trying for. In the next-lo-la.st lap, in fact, Forman had a clear shot UO-BYU Track Summaries 44ft rilv I, OrpRin fDav Crowe. Jim Meinert, Mel K-nfro inl Dave niunti, 41.7 INrw Lvcntf. 2, Brig ham Young, 42. 1. Mile 1, Archie San Romani, Ore ion, 4 14 1. 2. Harry Arlarr.s, Oregon, 4 IB fi, 3, Keith Korman, Oregon, 4 2i.. Jarlln 1, 3nhn Burin, Oregon, JSO-1 ilJHteM field record of 7Ht-f'i bv Al I antflle, U.S. Marlnt In 1W, rhnol r-fnrd of 244 1 I by Ron (iomcf, Oregon in 192; and meet record of TiA et by Hon .omr, Oregon in IV Z. 2, Tern Thatcher, Brigham Young, 2365. Jt Tipton. Oregon. 224 8 j. 440 1, Boh Tobler, Brigham Young, 4ft 0 fRetleri meet record of 4. I et bv Harry Jerome, Oregon, in 1H2. 2. Jim Meinert, Oregon, 49 1. 3, Al O'Leary, Oregon, 4 7. Shot puf 1, Iiavt Steen, Oregon, M-ft-t (Better meet reord of et bv have Steen. Oregon. In !W2i, 2, Dirk Brown. Oregon, 53-10'y 1. Dick Mertci, Brigham Young, S3 Vi Opened Trout Season Saturday Morning in a Wintery at overtaking BYU's Ray Barrus. Instead, the blond senior jockeyed around with teammate Adams and sent Adams on ahead of Barrus. Forman passed Barrus later. "I wanted to make sure Barry placed," Forman said, adding: "He could have done it by himself anyway ... he was going strong." Forman was not scheduled to run in the mile, but when ailing Vic Reeve was not ready, he filled in. Forman, who earlier in the week pronounced himself ready for a crack at the mile record and maybe the two mile, brought excited ap plause from the spectators when he streaked out ahead in the two-mile run and seemed inlent on breaking some sort of record. His time at the first mile mark was 4:22. But he seemed to ease up in the second half of the race and finished in 8:58.4 only 1.6 seconds off his 8:56.8 time of last week at Stanford. Forman said later he had planned an assault on the record but junked the plan because of the cold. Coach Bowerman echoed this: "He was trying, sure . . . But it was too doggone cold. His arms were numb. His legs were numb." Another victim of the cold was Oregon's Ray Van Asten. He won the 880-yard run in 1:51.5 to reach one of his objectives meeting the 1:52 0 qualifying standard for the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. (NCAA) championship meet in June. "I qualified, that's the main thing," said Van Asten, but he thought he could have gone faster than 1:50. The track was "very soft for my kind of weight," said the 180-pounder. The Wcbfoots produced a pair of double winners sprinter Dave Blunt, and Mel, Rcnfro with a 233'j broad jump and 14 3 in the 120-yard high hurdles. Blunt, who tied the meet record by winning the 100 yard dash in 9 9 and who beat out BYU's Bob Tohler by one- I trio 1, Dave Blunt, Oregon, 99 1 'Ties meet record et by Jim I purkett, Oregon, 2. Davt I Crowe, Oregon, 10 0 1, Rich Zim- j 'merman, Brigham Young, 10.2. I High Jump 1, Hob Cowart, Brig-1 ham Young, A 1 le meet record' ! et by Terry Lleuellvn, Oregon and Bob Cowart, Brigham Young in, !2i. 2. I'aul SU'ticr, Oregon 6 8. 1 3, Terry Llewelln, Oregon, 6. i 120 high hurdle 1. Me Renfro, 1 Oregon. 14 V 2, Howard I'arker, Brigham Young. 15 . 3. Mike Douglas Brigham Young, 15 2 HW. 1 Hay Van Alen, Oregon. i 1 51 5. 2, l.ewi Powell, Oregon, , 1 52 3 3, Dean Lundell, Brigham, Young, 1 52 B. ' Pole ault I , Marty rran. r gnn, 14-0 illei meet record wt by Murty Frank, Oregon, In l42i 2, Bob Wauon, Oregon, lo. 1, Danny Bole, Brigham oung, 12 2201, Dave Blunt. Oregon, 22 S. 1, Bob Tebler, Brigham Young, 22 4. 2, Dave Crowe, Oregon, 22.4. tenth of a second in the 220 yard dash with a 22.3, was pleased with his efforts. "I'm not as nervous," he said, explaining there wasn't as much pressure as during the Southern California and Stanford meets. "Even though the times were slower, I think I have been doing better." One surprise of the after noon came when Bob Cowart of Brigham Young won the high jump with a leap of 6 8, equalling his best effort of the season. The Ducks' Paul Stuber also went 68 but got second place because of more misses. Terry Llewellyn, who has gone 6 9 this season, man aged only 6-6 Saturday for a third. Toblcr Sets Mark BYU's Toblcr was the 440 yard winner with a clocking of 48.0, bettering the meet record of 48.1 set by Oregon's Harry Jerome in 1962. Ron Mickle of Brigham Young, second-place finisher in the 1962 NCAA championships discus event, won the discus with a heave of 165-4. BYU's Howard Parker captured tho Cougars' fourth and last win with a 390 clocking in the intermediate hurdles. Oregon's Dave Steen, na tional collegiate leader in the shot put with wasn't able to reach that distance Saturday, but still won the shot put event with a put of 596. Marty Frank won the pole vault with a 140, and Vernon Fox placed first in the triple jump with 44-5. The Wcbfoots also won both the relay events, with Blunt anchoring the 440 relay team to a 41.7 and anchorman Ray Van Asten fending off a last-minute effort by BYU's Toblcr in the mile relay to snap the tape in 3:17 5 a new meet record. The fans also saw a special exhibition race with former Oregon and Olympics sprinter Otis Davis competing against a group of Duck frosh, headed by Gordon Payne, in a 330 yard race. Davis won handily with a time of 338. Payne, second, was clocked in 34.5. J30 Intermediate hurdle t. How ard Parker, Brigham Young, 39 0 (Sew event). J, Mike Douglas Brig ham Young, 39 2, I, Mel Renfro, Oregon, 39 7. fmcue 1, Ron Mtckle, Brigham Young, 15-4. 2. Dick Mertei, Brig ham Young. 112-9, 3, Dick Brown, Oregon, 15011. Two mile -1, Kellh Korman, Ore gon. Ilti 2, Clavlon Stetnke, Ore gon 9 21.4. 2, Dan Tonn, Oregon, 9 31 0 Triple Jump 1. Vernon Foi, Ore gon, 44 5 4 Sew event I. 2. Di- k Sonder, Brigham Young. 43 5. 3, Kmmett Smith, Brigham Young, 42-10',. Mile retay 1, Oregon 'Jim Meln. ert. Uvti Powell, Arrhie San Roman! end Ray Van Atem. 1 17 $ (Betters meet record of 3 1H 2 et by Brigham Young In 1962 . 2, Brigham Young, J. 17 . Broad Jump I, Mel Renfro, Ore gon, 2.3-J 'i. 2, Kmmett Smith, Brig ham Young, 224. 1, Je Kchlapple, Brigham Young, 20-11H. BYU .1' J.. J 4- . "y ' ... x .- ;' vV':'!; T J Oregon's John Burns is shown in the process of breaking field, lxCCOrQ meet and school Javelin marks at tho OregonBrigham Young track meet Saturday at Hayward Field. Bums got off a winning HpflVP oss of 250' ono lho thc bcst colle8iate e-0lt9 I" no Javelin Setting (See 9649 'Freeze9 v f Phil Wolcott) 3p (RtKlitrr-Uiiird photo by Phil Grenon)
