The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-06-23
;0WELL, CALHOUN SET TRY-0UT RECORDS
jenkins
400-Meter
Run Third

BERKELEY, Calf. (SpecisD-
Arnie Sowell of Pittsburgh, and
Lee Calhoun of North Carolina
College set new meet records
here Saturday at the NCAA
championships. while Charlie
jenkins of Villanova was a dis
appointing third in the 400
meter dash.
Other action saw Abilene
Christians Bobby Morrow cop
both the 100 and 200-meier
sprints. defeating Dukes Dave
Slime who pulled up lame in
the last event.
Villanova's Ron Delany fur
nished another thrill in the Uni
versity of CALIFORNIA; Edwards
Stadium as he shattered the
meet record for 1900 meters in
outrunning Oregon's Jim Bailey.
UCLA won the team cham.
pionships, ousting the Univer-
sity of Southern California,
which has held the title for
seven years.
UCLA had 557 points, Kansas
so and use 34Is.
HighlightS of the two day
meet were many as 10 NCAA
meet records fell with the col.
legians trying to win places in
the final Olympic tryouts al
Los Angeles June 1890.
The top six United States
finiShers in each event here
compete at Los Angeles.
The best mark Of the day was
Sowell's 1857 in the 800. clip
ping a 10th Of a second off the
American record set last year
by Fordham's Tom Courtney IL
smashed the NCAA mark OF
l:49.5. also by Courtney.
Another meet record fell in
the ll0-meter high hurdles as
Lee Calhoun of North Carolina
College, ran the race in 1877
seconds. The old record was IA
seconds flat.
Records also fell in the 1900
meter run. shotput. hop, step
and jump, hammer throw TO-.
000-meter run, ll0-meter hur.
dies. 400-meter hurdles. steeple.
chase, and 200-meter dash.
j. w. Mashburn Of Oklahoma
Ann. wound up the only de.
Tending champion out of five 10
repeat as he caught Pennsyl.
vanias John Haines to win the
400-meter dash in 464.
Haines was inches back with
the same time. Charlie jenkins
OF Villanova, took third at 46.4.
In the l,500-meter run. De.
lany stood off the challenge Of
Oregon's defending champion
Jim Bailey in a furious drive to
the tape.
Phil Conley Of Cal Tech. won
the javelin throw with a heave
Of 239 feet, IL inches. Doug
Maijala of Southern California,
was second at 229 feet. 10 inches
while the best defending cham.
pion Les Bitner. of Kansas,
was a third-place 223 IT,, liz
inches.
Indianas Greg Bell leaped IS
feet, 81. inches in the broad
jump with UCLA's Rafer John.
son second at 25-4, and Kent
Floerke, of Kansas, next with
PAS.
Morrow out-ran Sine in the
100, but the Duke sprinteT
couldn't finish the 200 because
of a pulled groin muscle suf.
fered as he rounded the curve.
Morrow, only double winner
OF the day. ran the 200 in 200,
breaking the NCAA mark Of
20.7 and tying the American
record at that distance around
a curve.
UCLA placed one-two in the
discus as Ron Drummond won
with his throw of l73 feet. one
half inch and his teammate, Don
Wick had Ills.
Michigan States Henry Ken.
nedy ran the grueling 5000
meter steeplechase to win in
meet record time Of 9:16.5 with
Ike Malta Of NYU, second IN
9:l72.
The Spartans' Selwyn Jones
won the l0.000-meter run FRI
day in 3l:l5.3, another NcAA
record.
Three men tied in the high
jump at 6 feet, 6h inches-Phii
Reavis. Of Villanova. Bob Lang
Of Missouri, and Nick Dyer, OF
UCLA.
Jim Graham Of Oakland Arm
and Jim GutowSki, Of Occiden'
tai tied in the pole vault at 1913,
Oregons Bill Dellinger won
the 5,000-meter run. a distance
of 81 miles, in IA minutes. ass
seconds. Jim Beatty of NORTH
Carolina was second.
Fourth place in the meet weni
20 Michigan State with 20 points