The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-22

such greats as Mel Patton, Dave
co-holders Of the 9.3 second wor
With another year of com
Coach Mont Linkenauger a very
Monte was particularly elatet
over the effort his three entries O
Benson, Walt Chapman and Morton
Howe made in gaining a fourth
place in the Mason-D Dixon Confer
ence championships at Johns Hop
kins last Saturday.
The three official watches OF
Benson recorded the race in 9.5
SO and 81. In track procedure. the
middle watch time is used as of
fetal. There were also two extra
precautionary watches used at Bal
tlmore. and one of these caught the
time at 9.4 seconds.
Chopmon Sets Record
Walt Chapman's new MD record
Of l48 seconds for the l2O-yard high
hurdles. was clicked in l4.7. l4.a
ana l4.9 with the middle watch
used for the results.
Sir e the two extra watches
caught Chapman in 14.2 and l4.3.
Llnkenauger strongly suspects that
his time was even better than that
given official recording.
Chapman's time does not ap-
proach the world mark as CLOSELY
as Bensons. but in a difficult event
requiring fine coordination, the
senior racer is only off the world S
best by la seconds. J. w. Davis
holds the standard in the time of
1874 seconds.
To round out a happy day for
the Tiger Coach, another track per-
former who'll be around next spring
Norton Howe. lowered another
H-SC mark. the $50, while taking
second at Baltimore. His time was
2:O0.2 minutes. or four-tenths Of a
second better than the old mark.
Shrine Benefit Come:
HampdenSydney and Randolph
Macon. who annually wage the Old
Dominlon's small-college football
classic. will play next falls re-
neWal Of a great feud in a pres
tlge setting the inaugural Of
Richmond S annual Acca Shrine
Temple benefit game.
Bob Thalman, athletic director at
H-SC. and Joe McCutcheon. coach
Of the RIM Jackets. were at the
Capital City last week to complete
p s with the Shriners. Both
coaches expressed pleasure that
their schools had been selected TO
launch what should become fine
sports humanitarian event.
The contest will be played at
Richmond S City Stadium on No
Vember 81 If the fates work it
properly, and they usually do most
Years, the game could be big pay
OFT event for fans. They could be
watching the settlement of the Vir
einia Little Eight and Cason-Dixon
conference tue. as well as assist
ing the Shriners with an important
fund.
The Acca Temple sponsors re-
port that the first few years pro-
ceeds will 60 toward a fund to
erect a new Shrine Temple at Rich
mond- After that. it is planned to
donate the proceeds to the Crippled
Chlldren's Hospital fund. The
Shrlners now give about $50. 600 an
nually to the fund through various
projects.
The two collegiate institutions can
well be proud of having been Sc
lected to be the starters of what
should become fine new event
IN the old Dominion S sports cal
endar sports with a purpose
Sideline Shorts:
ARVONIA DOUBLEHEADER -
Manager Robert Toney. of the Ar
Vonla team in the James River
League. writes to remind that his
squad and Buckingham will engage
IN a doubleheader Sunday at Ar
vonla. Game time is 2 pm. One
game is makeup of the only JR
League postponed contest not vet
caught up, the second will be the
regularly scheduled game for the
week.
NCAA PLAYOFF berth for the
national college baseball champion
snip IS getting underway, and
Hampden-Sydney's Mason Dixon
winners might have participated if
the school had wished to make a
push for the chance. Florida State
and H-SC were eligible for an at
large representative in the District
3 playoff at Gastonia. N. CT June
4-6. The playoffs in District 3 bring
together the Southeastern, Atlantic
Coast and Southern Conference
champs and an at large represen-
tative.
Florida State. 2O-9 for the season
is a powerhouse in college baseball.
and was probably wisely left to
get INTO the tough grind Of the play
off. The Tigers already have a bag
full of honors.
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