The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-29
Track Records
Thought Broken

The description OF a versatile
athlete as "a one-man track team"
was translated into reality Wednes-
day as Michigan Normafs amazing
Charles (Whitey) Had placed in
five out of ten events in the annual
All-Campus track and field meet
at Waterman Gymnasium.
Besides capturing his specialties
the 65-yard high and low hurdles.
the bright young Huron star broke
the tape first in the 50yard dash.
ran on the winning relay team and
placed fourth in the shot put.
Although Had apparently broke
three Michigan Normal running
records. DR.. Lloyd W. Olds discred-
tied the times turned IN by the
official checkers OF the meet.
An event.by-event recapitulation
of lads feats reveals that:
% He defeated Don Sommerfield.
John Eisley and Bob Erbe by five
yard margin in the high hurdles.
% He scored an equally impress
sive victory over Sommerfield. Els
ley and Don Harms in the low hur-
dies.
CD He nosed out two promising
freshmen. Bill Squires an Lawrence
Hartsig, AMI a sophomore. Art New.
man. In the 50-yard dash.
ca He gained slightly on his lap
OF the relay TO make up a portion
OF the deficit compiled by the two
preceding runners on his team.
Coz He placed fourth to Ed Rosen-
zweig, Herb Roehrs and Milt Kosley
in the shot put with a toss OF IS
feet.
There were other individual stars
In the intramural carnival. Rosen-
zweig, for example. came within a
quartei-inch of tying the Huron in
door record for the shot put with
distance of 46 feet 1& inches.
Ed Sigety, running his first race
as sophomore. STAYED off a late
challenge by Freshman Bob Phipps
to annex the mile run; Joe Mat
yunas won the 440-yard dash in
;52.7 although he was not forced
TO extend himself; and Bill Squires
and Harold Carpenter, both first
year men ,tliumphed in the 220-yard
dash and sSO-yard run, respective
~.
The mile and half-mile were the
feature races OF the evening. Sigety
figured prominently in both events.
He won one and lost one.
In the mile Sigety began his kick
at the threequarters mark to pull
ahead of Phipps. The freshman
came back strong. but Sigety had
TOO much strength at the end Of
the race, finishing on top by a u.
yard margin.
The tables vert turned in the half
mile as Carpenter and Art Willis
overlook and passed Sigety in the
last lap to finish first and second.
respectively. Carpenter. a Royal
Oak PRODUCT, was state high school
champion in the $50 two years ago.
The veteran Duane Temper shook
OF tenacious Paul Hansen to win
the two-mile run in the compare
lively slow time of 1902. Hansen
gave temper more of battle than
he had expected, forcing the senior
star to open up on the gun lap.
The summary;
Mile run-Won by Sigety; Phipps.
second; Archer, third; Flynn.
fourth. Time-4:33.5.
Shot put-Won by Rosenzweig:
Roehrs. second Kosley, third
Had, fourth. Distance-46 feet Ia,
inches.
5O-yard dash-Won by Had:
Squires, second; Hartsig, third
Newman, fourth.
65-yard high hurdles Won by
Had; Sommeriield, second; Elsley
third; Erbe. fourth.
44Oyard dash-Won by Matyun-
as; Cave, second; Newman, third.
Kern, fourth. Time-:52.7.
22O-yard dash-Won by Squires;
Hartsig. second; Jolliffe, third
Kern, fourth. Time: 23.7.
Two-mile run-Won by Temper;
Hansen, second; Brennan, third;
Johnson, fourth. Time-10:02.
sS0-yard run-Won by Carpenter:
Willis, second; Sigety. third;
krebsbach. fourth. Time-2:04S.
65-yard low hurdles-Won by
Had; Sommerfield. second; Eisley.
third Harms, fourth.
Relay'-Won by Upperclassmen
Lancaster. Erbe, Had and Mat
yunas); Freshmen (Squires, Harms,
Phipps and Cave, second.