THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1961 Back Injury Blocks Moran's Quest for Indoor Mile Mark r " ' By JIM KARL Two weeks ago Ed Moran shrugged off a back injury in the Boston A.A. Meet and now the injury is costing him valu able time in his race to be come the first sub four-min ute indoor miler. The Penn State grad student in jured his back while finishing second to Deacon Jones in 4:07.9. The week before Moran had beaten Jones easily at Baltimore. He didn’t let the injury keep him from competing in meets the following two weeks but now he’s sidelined and waiting for' X-ray results. A week after his injury Mo ran still managed to run a 4:11.8 mile in the Washington Star Meet. That was good enough to beat Houston’s Pat Clohessy.by a substantial mar gin. .. Last wek he was looking for ward to running against Istvan Rosavolgyi in the Millrose Games’ Wanamaker Mile, but the injury forced him to withdraw and enter the 880 where he finished fourth.! The former Lion great started the season with a 4:08.8 on a flat board track at Baltimore, only .5 seconds off the world record he set at Washington last year. Although his times have been progressively worse since the mis- Savitt Favored in Indoor Net NEW YORK (/P) —The Nation-iportant factor in indoor tennis, al Indoor Tennis Championships where the tights can play tricks get under way with semi-retired |on the player. He may have Dick Savitt of New York and|t rouble, however, when he towering Orlando Sirola half of;reaches the third round, probably Italy’s team that wrecked the'meeting Pierre Darmon of United States in the Davis Cup-!France, a top indoor player, rated as co-favorites. j Darmon is seeded No. 4on the A mystery that had the pro moters frantic also was solved. The trophy that goes to the win ner was found. When the final arrangements ; for the tournament were being made, officials discovered the championship trophy was miss ing. They were just about to have another one made, when Barry Mac Kay showed up. “What's all the fuss about?” asked MiacKav, who won last year and since has turned pro. “I have it. I’ll make sure they get it.” Savitt, the big ex-Davis Cupper, already has won the tournament twice, in 1952 and 1958, and if he comes out on top again, he gets permanent possession of the tro phy. Savitt, seeded No. 1 domesti cally, mels Bailey Brown of Bronxville. N.Y., in the first round, while 2OO-pound Sirola has a tougher assignment against Crawford Henry of At lanta, a good journeyman play er. All told, 32 players will start the tournament, which runs through Monday. Savitt still has a big service, and that’s probably the most im ED MORAN . . . will miss Inquirer Meet hap, Moran is hoping to get back jon the indoor circuit within two weeks. He definitely will not appear in jthe Philadelphia Meet this week, he said. "I think I can run under four minutes indoaurs, but I can't say I’ll be the first to do it," Moran said yesterday when asked if he hoped to be the first foreign list behind Sirola, Bill/ ■ Knight of Great Britain and Rafael Osuna of Mexico, j In addition to Savitt, the U.S. iseeds are Ron Holmberg of Brook lyn, No. 2; Whitney Reed of Ala meda, Calif., No. 3, and Chris Crawford of Piedmont, Calif., No. 4. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to purchase your ticket for the JOURNALISM CLUB CABIN PARTY C.E. CABIN Friday, Feb. 10 8:00 - 12:00 TICKETS: 115 CARNEGIE, HUB DESK MEMBERS —50 c NON-MEMBERS & GUESTS $l.OO I Free Refreshments & Transportation Don't Forget! West Halls Record Hop Friday Night # Boys MUST Wear Sport Coats •As always *.. Girls admitted free 8:00 - 8:30 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA to crash the barrier. “I guess everybody hopes to be the first,” he said. “I think it will probably be done this year." Moran thinks R'osavolgyi, who ran a 4:06 in the Millrose Games, has the best chance of anyone. “He’s in good shape,” Moran said. Moran’s 4:04 in the Boston meet last year was one of the fastest indoor miles in history but he didn’t win the race. Phil Coleman, the Illinois schoolteacher, ran a 4:03.8 to beat him by two yards. At that time only two men, Ron Delaney and Gunnar Nielsen, had recorded faster times. Three years ago Moran’s 4:01.7 third place finish in the national AAU Meet made him one of the best milers in the country. With the appearance of Dy rol Burleson and Jime Grelle plus some outstanding foreign bred runners like Rosavolgyi. Laslo Tabori, and others the competition has stiffened con siderably. Until his back injury, Moran jwas running very well this year. ;“I was in the best shape I’ve ever been in until the Boston meet,” Moran said. j The former Lion captain holds the Penn State record for the mile (4:01.7) and the half-mile (1:49.9). Johansson May Get Finnish Sparring Mate WASHINGTON (/P)—The State Department Monday sent a mes sage authorizing the American consulate at Helsinki to issue a visa to Pekka Kokkonen, the fa vorite sparring partner of heavy weight boxer Ingemar Johansson, j Johansson is training near Mi ;ami Beach, Fla... for a return fight with world.champion Floyd 'Patterson March 13. Kokkonen, according to news dispatches from Helsinki, denies he was ever Communist, but says that his name once was placed on a Communist list in a Finnish municipal election. ! Under U.S. immigration law, a [member of the Communist partv cannot be admitted to the United States except as the government here waives the regulation in in 'dividual cases. 8:00-12:30 MooreWHlFightfors2oo,ooo PHOENIX, Ariz. (/P) Vener able Archie Moore said yesterday he's willing to fight Harold John son, the new world light heavy weight champion for the right (price. “My price is $200,000,” said Moore, “and anytime Johnson Iputs up the money, he’s got him self a match” Johnson slopped Jesse Bow dry of St. Louis in the ninth round at Miami Beach. Fla., Tuesday night to win the Na tional Boxing Association crown that Archie claimed so long. ! Moore knocked out Johnson in the 14th round in the Philadel phian’s only other shot at the title. But the NBA whisked the crown from Moore because he failed to stage his ninth defense of the title Iwithin a stipulated time. 1 Johnson admitted the crown doesn’t quite fit. "1 don'i feel like I'm the champ yet." he said after de feating Bowdry. 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"I've always said that Johnson is a very good fighter, within his limitations,” Moore added, ex plaining: “His limitation is in fighting me.” Moore. 42 going on 50 and still recognized as the champion by the New York and Massa chusetts boxing commissions, said he was in good shape and would have little trouble mak ing the light heavyweight lim it. “As soon as I finish some busi ness I’ll be ready for Johnson," 'he said without elaborating. “I'll be available in three or four months.” | Asked about reports that a ;group of Miami Beach business men had offered $250,000 for a match between Johnson and iMoore. the vacationing San Diego, ,Calif., business and boxer replied: | “If that’s not all poppycock, Johnson's got a fight. | “But remember, I want a $200,- "'OO guarantee.” h is pocked for t in which the pouci •och pip* ordered. ZONE STATE PAGE SEVEN
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