The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-07-07
Courtney
Defeats
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Lon Zones who cracked his
o ov mark in the 400-meter
y J"sh and Charley Dumas
Grst time to crash the 7-fOot
bieh Jump barrier last Friday
evening.
Other top world performers
was Glenn Davis in the 400
meter hurdles. while half
miller Tom Courtney upset
Archie Sowell in record time
and Bobby Morrow of Abilene
Christian turned in a record
time victory in the 200 meters.
The winners and second and
third place finishers made the
Olvmpics team and will com
neie against the world in Aus
ralia in November and Deccm-
Der.
Two Tenths Better
ZONES rcclcd off the 400 in
~ twn-tcnlhS of a second bet
fer than his mighty run last
year
Jones swept in like the wind
10 beat jim Lea in the brilliant
100 wI.h Lea timed at 45.8. and
Charlie jenkins third with 46.l
His previous best time this
year was a sparkling enough
l57 while Lea. former use
athlete bcttcred the world rec
crd for 440 yards with a time of
1873 The 440 meters is slightly
lss than three yards short of
$40 yards.
Two veteran OlympicS stars
were counted out - tWo-timc
cold medal winners Nal Whit
led in the 800 meters. and
Harrison (Old Bones billiard in
the high hurdles.
Nearly Parallel To Ground
Jack Davis and Lee Calhoun.
running 20 fast at the finish
mat their chests were nearly
pAalicl to the ground, ended up
il dead heat in the ll0-mctcr
t.sh hurdles. as they were
clicked in the world record
ecusina time of 1875 seconds.
Hailed as one of the greatest
hurd'e races Of all time. the
'ao great runners ran shoulder
% shoulder the full distance
llen pushed out their shoulders
d the tape to finish in dead
heat
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In another highlight, big Tom
Courtney Of the Army. soundly
whipped arch rival Arnic Sow
ell IN the 400-mctcr run. a fca-
'urc Of the final program before
noisy crowd of some $1,000
" Memorial Coliseum.
Sowcll who set the American
record of l:46.7 in the recent
National Collegiates. grabbed
'he pole at the outset although
starting from lane seven.
Courtney. in the pole--or in
soe-lanc promptly fell back
% fourth place and ran in that
position until about 100 meters
iom the finish.
Whitfield Brings Roar
Sowcll held the pace and the
fVO meters was clocked at SIT.
c'cran Nal Whitfield. seek ne
hS third trip TO an Olympiad,
moved MO second and Lang
stanley Of San Jose State. third.
whitfield. two-timc Olympic
champion. drew a roar when he
suddenly passed Sowcll as the
led passed the 600-mctcr mark.
Courtney was still tagging back
N fourth.
suddenly the big -Fordham.
VhlVorS " athlete moved bold
" INTO the front. Sowcll passed
"hlllicld and tried vainly to
es'ch The powerful RI inning
Courtney who h a d room to
spare.
Stanley finished fourth, and
"nlllicld, merely walked across
VIZ ilnal yard or two as fifth.
rhll Coleman. Chicago Track
s'uo, won the 3,000-meter steep
",naSc IN 9:003, a meet record.
OharleS Jones of Iowa City.
dS second, and third to make
'v team was veteran Horace
n,sneniclter, of the New York
n'nletlc Club, the 1852 Olym-
pc champion.
Equals ZOO Meier Mark
hobhy Morrow equalcd the
american record for the 200
~O'r dash around one turn in
nrnlng the event in 20.6.
inanc Baker, Air Force, and |
INDY Stanfield. New York Pho
r Club. chased him in to
n uuu out the three-man 200
meter team.
world record-holder Fortune
Gi,ien set meet record in
n in, discus throw at 1877 feet, 81
loi''S' The old mark of ia,
Ino' was set in 1852 by Sim
a., ~ ,ocrter, of Kansas, 178. ia,
~ ION Drummond, of UCLA.
,e,' fs' also made the discus
sn" la Davis of La Sale, added
''hpr meet mark in tho hon.