114.1FSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954 The Scorebook Although there are still more than three * year, this seems like 'a good time to put the 1954: track parade on review. Some of the greatest performances of all-time were recorded this season—performances that may be surpassed someday, but which will live forever. Here then is the parade of some of the top events of the year, in track and field: Reggie Pearman of the New York Pioneer Club palled what' was probably the No. 1 upset of this. year's indoor season when 'he outlegged "Marvelous Mal" Whitfield in the 600-yard race at the Jan. 22 running of the Philadelphia Inquirer Games. One of. the brightest stars on the American scene was We San tee of Kansas.. Despite his failure to run the four-minute mile as he had predicted he would, Santee turned in some of the finest per formances in U.S. track history. His 4:04.9 mile on Michigan State's eight-lap indoor dirt track was the speediest time ever noted for thiS type of race. Santee 'later ran the second fastest outdoor mile in Ameri can history when he sped to a 4:03.1 clocking in the Kansas Relays. Dean Smith, Jerry Pru itt, Al Frieden, and Charles Thomas—a quartet of Texas harriers— cut two-tenths of a second off the world 440-yard relay' event with an 0:40.3 per formance at the, Kansas Relays. New Zealand's Murray Halberg doused Whitfield's hopes of be coming the world's first four minute miler when he won the Benjamin Franklin Mile before 31,000 fans at April's running of the Penn Relays. Halberg's 4:10 clocking was not exceptionally fast, but it pointed out the great amount of ability required to be a top miler. Whitfield, one of the world's finest middle-d istanCe' runners had stated several weeks, earlier that he would be "the , world's first four-minute miler." Halberg b eat the great U.S. Olympian by some 35 yards. Within three days two of the • finest achievements in the his tory of the sport were recorded. On May 6th the long awaited, much speculated about, and oft dreamed of four-minute mile was accomplished by Dr. Roger Bannister of England. His 3:59.4 mile culminated many months of torturous practice,, and in tense investigations on how to accomplish the Magic Mile. Two days later Parry O'Brien. be came the first man to ever heave the 16-pound shot 'past the 60-fool. mark. His toss of 60' 5 1 / 4 " didn't rate the atten tion of Bannister's showing, but it too climaXed- endless hours of toil. But the best was yet to come. In late June at Turku, Finland, Australia's John Landy bettered Bannister's record mile • with a 3:58.0 running. This set the stage for The Mile of the Century sev en weeks later at the quadrennial British Empire and Common wealth Games in Vancouver, B.C. No further records fell in this meeting• of the world's two great est milers, but the 32,000 fans who packed Vancoircier's new Empire Stadium and the millions of TV viewers who witnessed the duel on their screens saw one of the • finest races of all time. Late in October another Englishman, cigarette-smoking, By HERM WEISKOPF Assistant Sports Editor Cassacly's 'Steal' Called Play of '54 NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (if')—Octo ber 23, 1954 in football-mad Col umbus, Ohio. There were 82,000 people in the stadium to see the showdown kame between Ohio State and Wisconsin for the Big Ten championship and the Rose Bowl bid. At half time Wisconsin led 7-3. That was the setting for 'the play that the nation's sports writ ers picked as the most spectacu lar incident of the 1954 football season. ' Wisconsin was trying for a sec ond touchdown when Howard (Hopalong) Cassady snatched a Badger pass out of the air and sped 88 yards down the sidelineS for a touchdown. That was the key play not only of one game, but ,of an entire season. • Fourteen of the football writers and broadcasters participating in The Associated Press post-season football poll cast their votes for Cassady's run as the season's most spectacular incident. beer-drinking Chris Chataway upset. Russia's Vladimir Kuc in the 5000-meter race of the Mos cow-London track meet. The Englishman trailed most of the way, but pounding down the stretch he finally caught the Russian world record holder who had not long before de feated the great Emil Zatopek. Chataway's face was twisted in agony. The spotlight in Lon don's White City Stadium picked up - the two runners in the semi-darkness of the night. Chataway; breathing the fire of his own lungs, kept moving up, and won by half a stride. At a banquet after his sensa tional victory, Chataway astound ed Russia's "amateur" athletes by sitting back after eating dessert and lighting up a • big, black Cigar. .Jesse- Arnelle, Lion basketball captain holds the Penn State pass receiving record in football with 33 receptions in 1952. V4lmictoctetevageweic GET HIS AT HUR'S cieterxtM - 7- iLi e j This Christmas D Hur's haS a large selection of quality wool and cashmere sweaters. No man should be without a soft lambs wool sweater to keep him warm and comfortable all winter. Colors range from soft pastels to charcoal gray and black .'. . a must for every man's wardrobe. A ht 1 ' ; • - 10 F . 9: • N , " Elvir 15 II lett s .411(xitp 1 94 1 L 1 :0 ti N.<l l- a4liailt - WaallazZa OPPOSITE OLD MAIN Z4-2MI'LWANITOt=f32I7af, THE DA4I.Y , COLLEGIAN,. F!O'sI!VANTA. GNI SO Oa Of Itfa Sto.lo SIX ~:i,::;;:~~Yi Showmen of P SYNCHRONIZED . CALISTHENICS at its best precision timing, will be one- of the main at is shown 'by these Swedish gymnasts during tractions when the Swedes, who this year in their exhibition last year at . Rec Hall before a dude the top ten women gymnasts from the capacity crowd of over 6000 thrilled fans. This nation, make their Jan. 15 visit to Rec HalL routine, composed of - perfect coordination and Jablonski, Staley To Reds or Smith ST. LOUIS, Dec. 8 (?P)—The St. Louis Cardinals today acquired relief pitcher Frank Smith from the Cincinnati Redlegs i n ex change for third baseman Ray Jablonski, pitcher Gerry Staley, and a minor league player to be named later. A club spokesman here an nounced the deal was compleed in New York by Gabe Paul, gen eral manager of the Redlegs, and Dick Meyer, general manager of the Cardinals. The 6'-3", 200-pound Smith won five and lost eight in 50 games with Cincinnati last year and had an impressive. earned run average of 2.67. He is a 26-year-old right hander. The 28-year-old Jablonski hit .296 and drove in 104 runs last season' but he was regarded by some as a defensive liability. Staley was considered one of thc Cardinals' pitching mainstays at the start of the last season but wound up the year with a 7-131 record and a 5.25 earned run , av erage for one of the worst years of his career. Staley had an 18;9 record in 1953. The Cardinals are expected to fill the third base gap left by the departure of Jablonski with Ken, A . , - ,::, , . ..,..: , ...1.,„i: , .1:!.:.!....,.,.....phii. ~,,gei',i':i:0:;ii•. . ..4. t i. . ...0:t .............................. ••...•.....••..........e. ........•...... .............. ................ ............... .............. ........... ... ..';....::: , ,:e.: , , , ,,,A 1 1 , ::....,..•1igg•!: , .. , • , .!...1..::, :,. t. ''',...itiiiirli:;,.i:l.P 424..:: , :. • A A $6.95 & • up Boyer, a young standout they are bringing up from Houston of the Texas League. The trade was actually complet ed yesterday in 'New York dur ing the. major league convention but announcement was held up. It may be that this was not the only trade consummated at the baseball convention in New York and' it is entirely possible that other announcements will follow shortly. -45,- fz• Christmas Shoppong Is No Problem No man ever has enough shirts, ties or socks. $o this Christmas why not give Dad a useful practical gift. When you do your' Christmas shopping visit our store where you can be sure to find just what you are looking''for. Look to Pennshire for the largest selection of men`.. apparel in central Perknsygvania vittrniv*q .. wwqt:tvitclts. 20 Frosh Booters Awarded Numerals Twenty freshmen were awarded numerals today for participation. in freshman soccer at Penn State. Awarded letters were Jim Ben ford, Ralph Brower, Earl Bruce, John Comstock, Warren Ditrow, Chuck Fisher, Karl Giulian, Clar ence Haugh, Art Schravesande, Glen Spaid. 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