WEDNESDAY. MAY 11; 1960
Dumas'
Campb
It was a hot, bree y day at Annapolis as lion high jumper
Dick Campbell got srt for his approach. Campbell eyed the
bar, shook his hands, and began his bouncy, rhythmical run.
How high was the bar? Campbell didn't know, but in one
graceful movement 4 e kicked his right leg high and floated
over. And when he fell into the * * *
sawdust pit a second la,er, he be-1
came the first Penn St to athlete'
to ever clear 6-6 in cot ipetition..
His record-breakin• effort
came April 23. The we•k before
he won the collegial= division
high jump champions ip at the
Quantico Relays by d. ing 6.5.
Campbell says he alc ays seems
tojury? bett , •• when ie doesn't
know the height of the bar. "I
don't know why," the Lion junior
said, "but when I don't think
about the height, I can concen
trate more on my form,"
Dick was born in New Hope,
Pa , but his parents moved to
California when he wa's in grade
school. There he attended Comp
ton High School and lettered in
both track and swimming. One
day when Campbell went out to
practice jumping on the Compton
High School field, he saw a tall.
stately athlete clearing the bar at
6-5 with no trouble at all.
It was Charlie Dumas, holder
of the world high school record
at 6-9 and destined for the 1956
Olympics.
Dumas was enrolled at a high
school across town which didn't
have a high jump pit, so he be
gan working out with Campbell.
"He was the John Thomas of his
day," said Campbell. "He gets a
tremendous amount of thrust out
of his front leg kick and I refined
my kick just by watching him."
In his senior year Campbell
moved back to Morrisville, Pa.,
where he set a new Class B Penn
tiylvania record in the high jump.
clearing 6-1.
He attended Penn State his
freshman and sophomore years,
improving rapidly under the
watchful eye of Lion track
Coach Chick Werner, a former
Illinois high jumper. During
those two years he placed in all
the meets he entered and took
Blasinqame Married
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the San Francisco Giants and
Sara Ann Cooper, daughter of
former St. Louis Cardinal catcher
Walker Cooper, have been mar
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WHAT WERE ANTONY'S
LAST WORDS TO
CLEOPATRA?
As he dropped her off at her dorm,
Mary Antony was heard whispering
to Cleopatra Callaway "Call for you
at 8:30 Wednesday night, Den Keel?"
Quarters ■t The Town House. so don't
be lato". Unfortunately, Antony fell
on his penknife that very afternoon—
making it impossible far him to take
Cleo out. Fortunately. Octal , loos Taeaar
was glad for the opportunity of taking
Cleopatra to The Town House, (saving
our story with a happy ending.
Moral: A visit to The Town House la
a happy ending for any Wedneiday
or Friday night.
Wednesday 11.12:311 p.m.
ASME
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third place in the Quantico Re-
lays with a 6-2 effort.
His junior year he moved again,
switching to Southern Cal. There
he was unable to compete in in
tercollegiate athletics, but he did
some jumping in AA U. meets.
His best effort was 6-6 in the
Southern Pacific A.A.U. district
meet, good enough for sixth place.
He returned to the Nittany Val
ley in February of 1959. After a
year of ineligibility,. Campbell is
once more sporting Blue and
White track togs, and Lion fans
are glad of it.
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CHICAGO (.-P) —The newly or
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from six to eight charter mem
bers, but will start operating in
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Acting President Abe Saper
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with team representatives, an
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Pa , and Portland, Ore
Previously granted franchises
in the pro circuit which will rival
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Dart owner of the Philadiolua
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"We could have started this
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