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. 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
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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
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(RtKlitrr-Uiiird photo by Phil Grenon)