Evening star., 1951-06-17
By the Assoeioied Pres.


ing spikes Of Jumping Jack Davis
scratched a high hurdle record
into the books today and marked
the trail to the 18th National
Collegiate Athletic Association
track championship for the Tro-
jams of Southern California.
For a while the men of Troy.
who wound up with Sc points.
were challenged by Morgan State,
but the little Baltimore college
ran out of manpower and finished
third with 38. Closing with a
rush. Cornell Tailed 40 points to
take second.
Thrills piled on thrills for the
shirtsleeved crowd of $500 from
the moment Warren DruetzIer of
Michigan State scored a surprise
victory in the mile, until Don Lag
OF Illinois closed out the 1851
meet with a record breaking
vault.
Breaks NCAA Record,
The iron-muscled Laz tried
twice to give the crowd a glimpse
OF a 15-foot vault, but had to
settle for high of IA feet, 934
inches. That was enough to wipe
out the NCAA record set at IA
feet, 8Ns inches by William Seton
OF use in 1887.
Davis tok off like a startled
kangaroo in the high stick event
and led all the way for a clock
ing Of 1877. 1t beat by two-tenths
OF second the mark held jointly
by Edward Dugger of Tufts, Craig
Dixon of UCLA and Dick Attlesey
Of use.
Although just two meet STAN
dards were beaten, Washington's
stadium records were scattered
like chaff Nine of the IA events
put new marks in the host fields
book Of records.
Rhoden Retains Title.
George Rhoden of Morgan State
the days only double winner, re-
tanned his NCAA 440 champion
ship and added another crown in
the 220. Don Nc Even OF
Michigan, the two-mile champion.
took off to an early lead in his
speciality and never looked back
leaving Charles Capozzoli of
Georgetown and Herb Semper of
Kansas to wage a two-man battle
for second place.
But third champion lost his
laupels when Laz captured the
pole vault title. Bob Smith OF
San Diego State, trying for his
third straight triumph, could get
no better than a five-way tie for
sixth at 1876.
Druetzler scored the surprise of
the day with his victory in the
mile. The Michigan Slater, who
rated only third in the Big Ten
this year, let favored Bob McMil-
len Of Occidental set the pace for
three and a half laps. At that
point Jim Newcomb, Southern
California's hope, pulled up with
out ever making bid and Druetz-
Ter turned on the gas. McMillen's
20-yard lead evaporated at the
last turn, but he hung on to fight
of the challenge of Bill ParneIl
Of Washington State and take Sec
ond place, six yards back of the
winner.
The Druetzler time was 4:O8.8
only half a second off the meet
record.
Rhoden failed in his ambition
to crack 440-yard record, but he
went the quarter in 46.5 seconds
to win by a comfortable seven
yards. In the furlong, Rhoden
won by a yord and the man al
his shoulder was his teammate
Art Bragg.
Bragg also earned first for
Morgan State. winning the 100 in
9.6
Cornell turned in a 1-2 effort
in the low hurdles to squeeze past
Morgan State into second place
The victor was Charles Moore, who
was National collegiate 440 champ
in 1949, and who placed second
In that event today. Meredith
Gourdine trailed Moore over the
low sticks.
won by a yard and the man al
heart won the javelin event for
Chuck Missfeldt of Oregon. John
White Of California had topped
Missfeldt's best effort in yester-
days trials with a toss of 212 feet
10l2 inches. On the final throw
OF the meet the Oregoniar
muscled the spear 219 feet, Az
inches.
Years Fastest Time Set.
John Barnes of Occidental wa.
pushed to the years fastest time
in the half mile by Glen Fischer
of Washington State and Law.
renee Ellis of New York Univer.
sity. He went the distance ir
1:50.7 and Hugh Mitchell o1
U. C. L. A., one of the country.
best, failed to place.
Here are the team point totals.
Southern California "a. . Corr, ali
20; 9. Morgan State. 3S; 4. Occidenta
Calf J., "a. 5. Michigan State. 23
9. ucLA. 1s!' Z. Auburn, ls; s.. .exa
A. & NJ, II: 9. Florida, Is; 10. Washing
ton State, IA l 70; IL. GEORGETOWN, 10; Il
Oregon and NYU, IL apiece; IA. Illinois
11hs; Is. Michigan, IL; 16. San Jose STATE
10; IL Stanford and Indiana, apiece; is
Kansas State s 10; 90 California, Drak
and Kansas. apiece.
%. Dartmouth, 6; "a. Missouri /6
20, Univ. of Washington and Utah,
apiece; ~ Navy, Idaho Abilene Christian
Arkansas, 4 apiece; 81 Penn State Obi
State, Miami (Ohio). Fresno state
apiece; 35. Minnesota, rs; SO. Souther
Methodist, Columbia, San Francisco D.
apiece; SO. oregon State 1870; 40. Sa
Diego State. Is; Al. Nebraska, Tennessee
1/6 apiece.