The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-12
Romp to SO to
38 Victory Over
Wayne u. Squad
But One Record During
Meet Broken: Had Clips
One Tenth Second

Notice that Michigan Normals
track team is fully prepared to de-
fend its State intercollegiate cham.
pionship at East Lansing this week
end was issued Saturday as the
Hurons, romped TO 92-3S victory
over Wayne University's sadly de-
ficient squad at Briggs Field.
The Hurons won 10 out OF Is
events outright and tied for first
place in another. David l.. Holmes,
Wayne coach, conceded Michigan
Normal supremacy in the mile and
two-mile runs and the 120-yard high
hurdles by falling to enter men in
those events.
Only one record was broken dur
ing the meet. Charles Whitley"
Had clipped one tenth second off
his own Briggs track record as he
dashed the high hurdles in :14.6. Co
incidentally, he established his pre-
yious standard against Wayne a
year ago.
Had he been pressed Had might
possibly have bettered the Michigan
Normal record Of ;l4.+ for the
event. Don Sommerf!eld. the only
other competitor IN the race trailed
his teammate by seven-yard mar
gin. tripping slightly over one OF the
BARRIERS on his way TO the tape.
Had accounted for his second
victory of the afternoon In the 800
yard low hurdles. Bucking a brisk
headwind throughout the distance,
he turned in a clocking of :24.4, un-
usually slow time for the Huron
star. The Saginaw trackman also
captured third place in the shot put.
His versatile effort was sur.
passed by Eddie Rosenzweig, Mich
igan Normal sophomore from New
York City, and Bob Wingo, Wayne
negro.
Despite a sore arm and an irrita-
BILE toothache, Rosenzweig won
both the shot put and broad jump
and finished second to Wayne
Ralph Betker in the discus throw
Altogether he scored 10 points for
the Hurons.
Wingo entered four events, the
220 and 440-yard dashes. high jump
and mile relay. He annexed the
sprints land tied for first in the
high jump with Ted Webb and
Arnold Cooperman, both OF Nor
NAL. The winning height-incredl'
bly-was five feet even.
Junking the Wayne relay four
some which recently set Tartar
record, Coach Holmes used a sub
stitute team OF Irving Weller, Dick
Waskiewicz, Art Siegel and Wingo
Michigan Normal defeated the re
vised Wayne team In 3:26.S.
With Capt. Tommy Quinn absent
the mile run went to Duane Temper
in 1882. Bob Lee, former Ypsilant
High School star. was second, ant
Joe Brzezinski, who also won the
SS0-yard run. was third.
Other Huron winners were Harold
Stein in the pole vault, Tony Ras
movich in the javelin throw anG
Frank Durham in the two-mile.
The summary:
Shot put-Won by Rasenzweig
(N); Betker (W). second: Had
(N), third. Distance--44 feet
inches.
Mile run-Won by Temper (N) (;
Lee (N). second; Brzezinski (N)
third. Time-4:26.2.
High jump-Tie for first between
Webb (N), Cooperman (N), and
Wingo (W). Heights feet.
Pole vault-Won by Stein CD
Webb (N), second; Clark (W)
third. Height-l2 feet inches.
440-yard dash-Won by Wingc
(W); Wright (W), second. Cole
(N), third. Time:
100-yard dash-Won by Adams
W); Clark (N), second Grant
(W), third. Time-:10.l.
Discus throw-Won by Betker
wv; Rosenzweig (N). second
Poly (N), third. Distance 1925 feet
9 inches.
120-yard high hurdles Won by
Had (N): Sommerfield (N), sec.
ond. Time-:14.s. New track rec.
ord. Old record Of :14.7 set by Had
in 1940.)
SS0-yard run-Won by Brzezinski
(N); Temper (N), second; Siegel
(W), third. Time-1:5S.S.
Broad jump-Won by Rosenzweig
(N); Breitag (N), second: Macy
(W), third. Distance-21 feet 2h
inches.