T.kloo§pAy, MAY I*, '19.54 The Sc-oiebook WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Just how much more improvement can be made on track and field records? Within a three-day period last week two of the supposedly impossible rep.ords. in track and field—the four-minute mile and the 60' shot put—were achieved. On Thursday a barrel-chested British' medical student, Roger Bannister, accomplished the first of the two "impossibles" by running the mile in 3:59.4. Two days later Uni versity of Southern California's Parry O'Brien• joined the immortals by heaving the 16. pound 'shot 60' 5 1 / 4 ". These two records may be bettered. in the future, but Bannister and O'Brien will be remeMbered as the first to do the unbelievable theirrespective specialties. Never before has anyone been able. to match these two performances. Track and field has taken aback seat to such sports as baseball, basketball, and football and many persons have probably given little consideration to the great achievements of Bannister and • O'Brien. However, when looked at in comparison to the top marks in other sports, these two great performances of last week stand alone in the the world of athletics. The four minute mile and the . 60' shot put are comparable to 65 home runs in a season by a tiaseball player. No one has ever smashed 65 homers, and until last week no one had ever ran the mile in less than four minutes or heaved the shot over 60'. Now that the mental barrier has been removed in the mile there will probably be more times under four minutes. This will not lessen the greatness of such achievements though. A few hours after we heard_of Bannister's record mile we spoke with Chick Werner, Pen State's track and field coach. Werner agreed that runners have a Mental barrier to over come before they hope to do the "impossible" in their specialties. "A runner," he' said, "has to have reckless courage to run a four minute mile. The runner knows that he will have to run faster than anyone has ever run before and 'that . in order to do so he will have to subject himself to gruelling ,punishment. Bannister had to have this courage to do what he did.," Many of the world's top track coaches, including Werner, patted themselves on the back .when •they heard of the way Bannister ran his mile. You see, these experts had a theory, on how to crack - the four minute mile and Bannister ran his record mile according to their formula. The theory is that the miler must run the first quarter mile faster than any other quarter. In order to 'crack the mile barrier the coaches also felt that it was necessary for the runner to make the second quarter a little slower, the third even slower, and the final quarter the fastest of the final three quarters. • Gunder Haegg, Arne Andersson, John Landy, anci Wes Santee, four of the world's top milers, all came close to the "miracle mile,'.' but none ran his best mile in accordance with the above theory. For years the 6' high jump was believed impossible. Now high jumpers are trying to clear _the bar at . 7'. The 15' pole vault was thought to be a mere dream not too long ago. Now "there is talk of a 16' vault. Ninety years ago Charles Lawes of England ran the mile in a record time of 4:56. Last week the mile was run in less than four minutes. "It seems as though every day in every way track and field performers seem to be getting better and better." A LOOK AT BANNISTER AND O'BRIEN These two athletes reject the aid of coaching and do most of their practicing apart from other performers. During the past winter Bannister defied the fog and cold of London and practiced on a little dirt track behind St. Mary's Hospital at Oxford University. O'Brien makes a habit of being by himself when he works out. He often practices in the. Los Angeles Coliseum with nothing but 100,000 empty seats and the Olympic torch on the Coliseum peristyle to keep, him company. `Hand Injury Will Keep Campy Out for , 1O Weeks BROOKLYN, May 12 (W) Roy Campanella's wrist operation, far more serious than first believed, will keep the slugging Brook lyn catcher sidelined at least another two months. When the husky Dodger receiver underwent the operation for removal of a bone splinter from his left wrist on May 3, it was esti mated he would, be lost to the club for only three or four weeks, Today the gloomy catcher dis closed he won't be able to play until after the all-star game on July 13. At that Campy was lucky. If he had delayed the operation any longer, he might have lost the use of his hand altogether through paralysis. Injured first in an exhibition game with the Yankees on March 20, when he jammed his hand sliding into second. base, Campy reinjured the wrist on April 18 when he was hit by a pitch; from Sal Maglie of the Giants. He said he decided to undergo surgery because he was hitting 'only .167 at the time and because "I was led to believe it would keep me out of the lineup only about three or four weeks By HERM , WEISKOPF Assistant Sports Editoi "Dr. Fett (Dr. Herbert Fett, or thopedic surgeon at Long Island College .Hospital), who operated, said I'd be lucky to be back in the lineup in two months. He pre dicted it would be closer to two weeks. "He said the bone had become •so entangled in the nerves that had I waited any length of time, the hand might have become par alyzed. He said I was gradually losing the use of the hand. PRINTING Letterpress e Offset Commercial 352 E. College Ave. b1 4 . 1 ,LY C-C/UTGIAN TAKE COLI-gGE PMINVI-VANTA Netinen -Beat . Pitt, End ,Teciit Streak • The Penn State tennis team completed a successful two-day trip to Pittsburgh yester day by shutting out the Pitt netters and the previously unbeaten Carnegie Tech aggrega tion, 9-0. The Lions, who led the Tartans 4-0 in their match which was temporarily halted be cause of rain on Tuesday, racked up their fourth and fifth victories of the season by Cap tiring the pair of matches. Tuesday, the Lions gave indications of halting the 22 match winning streak which Tech held, by jumping off to a 4-0 lead when the rain interrupted play. Dick Robinson ha,d defeated Tim. Miller, 6-4, 6-4, and Bruz Ray downed Don Tsiang 6-0, 6-0. In the, other two matches, Ed Selling disposed of Mahlon Saible, 6-0, 6-1, and Dean Mullen knocked off Don Dunck lee, 6-2. 6-3. In yesterday's continuation, the Lions clinched the encounter when Bill Ziegler beAt Jack Rug heirner in straight sets 7-5, 6-2. In the last singles match, Lew Landon nosed out Tech's number two man, Charles Garrecht, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. In doubles competition, Robin son and Landon rallied to defeat one of the top combinations in the nation, Miller and Garrecht, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Ray and Bill Wallis easily beat Rugheimer and Tsiang, 6-2, 6-0, and Seiling and Chuck Christiansen ended the rout by trimming Duncklee and Saible, 8-6, 6-4. In the Pitt match, the Lions per formed the "iron man" stunt, .by winning their second match of the day. In shutting out the Pan thers, the Lions completed a clean sweep of Duesqune, Pitt and Car- 1 megie Tech, all by 9-0 scores. Dick "the. Wedge" Robinson again started the Foggmen off on the right track by defeating Pitt's sophomore ace, Pat Hughes, 9-7, 6-4. Lew Landon, playing the sec ond position, gained an 'easy tri umph over John Decoux, 6-2, 6-4, and Bill Ziegler remained unde feated in singles competition by trouncing the Panther's number three performer, Charles Reese, 6-0; 6-3. Bruz Ray kept the Lions string going 'as he blasted Elmer Ste vens, Pitt's fourth Man, 6-1, 6-4. In the number five match Ed Seil ing won over Art Derabasse, 6-0, 6-2, and Bill Wallis came: from behind to upend Larry Mikoleit, 4-6, 5-2, 6-3. - In doubles action, Robinson and Landon had little trouble in downing Hughes and Decoux, 6-1; 6-1. The story was the same with. Ray and Ziegler as they blasted out a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Derabasse and Stevens. Mullen and Chuck Christiansen added the ninth point with their 6-1, 6-1 de cision over Reese and Mikoleit Stickmen Will Host Swarthmore Once more, coach Nick Thiel will send his Nittany lacrossemen after that elusive second win Saturday at Beaver Field. Swarth more will provide the opposition in a game to start at 4 p.m. The Lions have gone down to six straight defeats since their open ing win over Kenyon. Swarthmore romped to a 9-1 won-lost record last year, scoring a total of 161 goals as against only 70 for the opposition. John Hopkins inflicted the only loss against them. When the season was over,. Swarthmore was crowned champions of the Group B teams by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Asspcia tion. They were also ranked ninth in a nationally-known poll. Swarthmore's greatest loss was Avery (Bunky) Blake Jr. Blake, an All-American for four years, was considered by some coaches to -be the best all-around player in inter-collegiate ranks. • Two All-Americans returned this year; however. Captain. Or ville Wright, who made the third team All-American, is an 180- pound attackman from Baltimore. The' other All-American is Bill Holloway who made honorable mention. Like Wright, he is an attackman who makes his home in Maryland. Last year the Lions were blast ed, 22-6, by • Swarthmore. Satur day's visitors have won five while dropping three thus far this sea son. Their most recent victory was a 25-5 thumping of Loyola. Loyola defeated the Lions earlier this year .by a 10-6 score. STRAY SHOTS—The freshman lacrosse team. coached by John McHugh, is in . the middle of an abbreviated schedule. They . will make a trip to Ithaca, N.Y.. to meet the Cornell freshmen May 19. Then on May 20, they will face the Bucknell Lacrosse Club. They have played just one game so far, losing to Lower Merion High School, 12-2. Don't look now, but that lone goal credited to the Lions in the 23-1 slaughter at Annapolis was not scored by a Penn State player! It was accidently kicked in by the Middie goalie. Bob Bullock, promising sopho more, made the All-Philadelphia High School All-Star team in foot ball during his senior year. Bul lock's stocky build and scrappy play has earned him the right to see extensive action in the past several games. 5. Days Work for Sain CLEVELAND, May 12 (2P) When Johnny Sain relieved Ed die Lopat in the eighth inning of today's New York-Cleveland game, it marked the fourth . con secutive day of action for the 35-year-old .righthander. ~~~ ~~ 26.95 & 32.50 Hur's Men's Shop Ira presents summer formals with "STAIN SHY" ... the miracle stain resistant fabric finish! 1956 Lion, Penn Elevens Will Meet Penn State and the University of Pennsylvania are scheduled to Meet again in the 1956 fepthall season. According to a report by the Associated Press, the along with Navy, and seven Ivy League colleges are included o 4 the Penn schedule. The meeting will mark the fifth consecutive year that ' the two teams have played since the an cient rivalry was resumed in 1951.- The two teams have split the two games played since the series wap resume<l. The complete Penn State 1956 football schedule has not been announced. Middlecoff Opens Tourney Defense WESTBURY, N,Y., May 12 (iP) —Cary Middlecoff opens defense of his round robin golf champion ship tomorrow, more afraid of the Meadow Brook course than the blue ribbon opposition. "With the wind blowing as it is, this is a real mean course," the 1949 National Open champion said after his final tuneup. Its a souped-up course and the' roan who can whip its, tough pa r three's can win it." The course has five tough par three hOles, well-bunkered. The doctor seemed to exper ience very few pains today as he toured the 6800-yard, par 70 lay- Out in 68, the second best score recorded in a pro-amateur celeb rity event. Jackie Burke Jr., was hottest with 67. Tribe Sells. Jim Lemon CLEVELAND, May 12, (A -- The Cleveland Indians sold out fielder Jim Lemon to the Wash ington Nationals today and oP tioned Jose Santiago to Indianap olis. PApg sEN,(N
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