"SATURDAY. QCrOBER 24, 1.962
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By JOE GRATA
For the past 25 years, many
thousand feet of movie, film
have ground 'through the:cam,
eras of Ray Conger as the 57 2
year-old professor of physical
education -has ; * photographed
State football games.
'This afternoon Conger will be
at his usual post-the third floor
of the press box—adjusting lenses
to focus the action between Syra
cuse and the! Lions. Since start
ing the task in 1937, Conger has
retained the accurate eyes, steady
hands and personal touch that
rank him as one of the best grid
photographers in the nation.
But few ;students recognize
Conger on , campus; maybe. sev
er,al alumni recall the name . " Still
probably even less remember the
remarkable feats that'Conger per
formed as an lowa State track
star near thd first- mark
of the 20th cent .
At the 1929 rllftillrose Games,
for instance, !Conger -became the
first and Only American runner
ever to beat the . gre t at Paavo Nur
mi in the mile race.
.AcTUALL .., , it's somewhat
embarrassing to the quiet, pipe
smoking Co ger when he's still
introduced "the - Man who lest
Nurmi." I _
"In the firSt place, Conger ex
plains, "when I performed the
feat, Nurmil had i pretty well
limited himsel f to two-mile - races.
And in the second place, only
died-in-the- ool• track fans re
member Mimi." - : -
For those who' dont% remember,
Conger •has the scalps of - many
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other _great distance runners be
sides i Nurmi's Lloyd Hahn. r
Gene : yenzke, Leon Lerrnond, t:,
SwediSh 1 star , Ed Wide and Dr. A
Otto Peltzer, the German ace. /
Conner claims h record-.l'.
smashing victory over 'Hahn' in . t
the 1926 Kansas: City "1000" as V
the top achievement 'of his ca- I
reer. The race (run in 2:11 mitt- -,
utes) 'prOpelled Conger into na
tional; proniinence. - and started !
him on the road to the; 1928
Olympic! in Amsterdam. 1
Other Conger feats were vic
tory Over I.7errnond and Venzke
in the s,e cial mile event of the
first'perm Relays, :undefeated
seasons as a miler in 192930 and
1930-31, 'and winner of three na
tional 4.A.U.' trifle and :three
national' A.A.U. 1000-:yard '• titles
befcire hanging up - his spikes in '
1932.. 1 -
. STUDENTS BEST know , Con
ger as the instructor of the sport
lecture 'classes at Rec Hall. In
this "required" section -of the
physical education program, he
mtroduces students to. the funda
mentals of most sports.
tDespi his sphedule, Conger
still ma ages to marvel at "these
fantasii young runners of to
day." : 1 • 1
"We 41d - birds couldn , t' have
held a c ndle to today's runners,"
Conger lauglaf. "I realize that
tracks, equipment and realize
-have-'• proved; but. essentially
these 'fe lows work harder.' Why,
I see Where some• of the top Aus
tralians Irun up of 100 miles in a
week. I. doubt whether' I ever
b
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ran 100 miles in a month."
May he's being too sincere,
because for Ray Conger :the dif
ference between good and great
was a 1 the extra effort:l
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"First of all you get flavor—a flavor that
ordinary smoking won't give you. Also, it's by
far the most inexpensive:"
"So see Graham's huge assortment of
pipes and tobaccos. You won't go wrong.
Graham and Son
and Now
Men,
"I've been smoking a
pipe for quits a long
time, and in my opinion
you can't beat it."
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