The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-10
Team Standings

DolAAo ''"''''"' '''''' - 10
Plttsburgh ........ 43
Michigan Normal ........... %
MarQuette ............,..... 1874
Drake ''''s''''''''... IL
Dutler ..''''s'........
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Kansas State .......... 4
Michigan State ........... 81
Michigan Normal finished third
behind Notre Dame and Pittsburgh
in the Central Collegiate Confer
ence indoor track meet at South
Bend, Ind, Saturday. The Hurons
COLLECTED % points to place one
notch ahead of Marquette, defend.
ing champion.
NormalS surprising show OF team
strength was overshadoved by
four individual performances. In
order OF importance they were:
IA victory in the mile run by
Capt. Tommy Quinn, in which he
recorded the second fastest time
OF his collegiate career. The tact
turn Huron pilot whipped around
the eisht-lsPs- of-the- Notre- Dame
field house track in four minutes
16.5 seconds.
2-Don Sommerfeld's brilliant
exhibition in the 60-yard high hur-
dies. After turning in the best
time in the qualifying heats, Som.
merfield started of well in the
finals but trlpped on the second
hurdle.
3-Whitey Hlad's triumph In the
high hurdles despite a painful foot
injury, which forced him to forego
entering the 65-yard low hurdles
4-The improvement OF the rs
organized Huron mile relay team
rComposed Of Ronnie Clark, George
Cole, Eugene Lucarelli and Quinn.
the team came in seventh, only a
few yards behind Wayne Uni
| versity.
Hlad's appearance in the c. c. c.
carnival was costly since the pres.
sure he was forced to exert on his
left foot further aggravated his in.
jury. In consequence he may be
unable to compete in the Butler Re
lays this week end and perhaps in
the Michigan A: A. L. Relays
March 10.
I'm not going to take any
chances with Hlads foot" Coach
Lloyd W. Odds said Sunday. IF
Whitley is still bothered with the
injury Wedn 1sday, | won't enter
him at Butler, and | may keep him
out OF active competition another
week"
IIlad's absence at the Butler Re
lays will mean the virtual forfeit
ture Of the college division title
since his points in the hurdles and
almost certain Huron victories in
the medley and two.mile relays
would give Normal an overwhelm.
ing total.
Quinn's win in the mile was in
the nature OF revenge. for the Hu-
ron senior dethroned Loyola's Max
Lenoyer, who conquered Quinn in
his specially earlier this year.
Lenover Jumped In front at the
start and stayed there until the
half-mile point.
Then Quinn glided ahead and
maintained a strong pace to the
finish line. His clocklng was
slightly over one second slower
than the 4:15.3 he produced In the
state Intercollegiate last May.
Quinn also entered the SS0.yard
run. but he tired quickly and dc.
cided to drop out after the opening
quarter-mile.
The sharp improvement of Som
merheld this season provides Michi.
gan Normal with two OF the best
hurdles in this section OF the
country. Sommerfield's demonstra.
ton OF speed in the preliminaries
was the most outstanding aspect of
the meet for DR.. Odds.
Sommerfield's accident in the fin.
ais was unfortunate. for II was en-
tirely likely that he and Had would
have been the only contestants in
the battle for first place at the
tape.
Joe Brzezinski, Harold Stein and
Eddie Rosenzweig we're other Hu.
ron pointmakers. Brzezinski
placed fourth In both the mile and
ndll-mlle.
Stein was third in the pole vault.
reaching 10 feet before dropping
out Of the competition. Rosenz-
weig was also third in his event,
the shot put, in which Jim Delaney,
OF Notre Dame. set the only meet
record with a toss OF 40 feet So
inches.
Normars quartet OF two.milers,
Duane Temper, Bob Lee. Warren
Johnson and Frank Wurham, failed
TO place.
Notre Dame scored in nine OF II
events to pile up 40 points. six more
than Pittsburgh. Fifteen schools
had entries in the meet.
Summary OF events in which
Michigan Normal trackmen placed
Mile run Won by Quinn tMichi-