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.
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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.
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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.
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