Evening star., 1960-01-01
SPOTLIGHT
ON
SPORTS
Wanted: A Piece of Gold
By BILL FUCHS


FROM NEW ORLEANS COMES word that Dave Slime
Is of wngng again His victory in the l0O-meter dash in
the Sugar Bowl track meet Wednesday is his way of
declaring himself ready to launch campaign for the
Olympic gold medal he did not get four years ago.
No sprinter had such an explosive beginning as
the redhead from Duke had the Olympic year 1885,
That the year. it will be remembered by track bugs,
that Slime hundered from obscurty to national fame in
the space of hours sweeping the sprint series in The
Star Games tying the world record in the 7Oyard dash
and setting a record in the 100 in the process.
1t was a rocking shocking development "simeP
Who's sime?" veteran track writer's were asking while
mispronouncng the subjects name. The name. they
discovered upon cornerng the athlete COACH Bob
Chambers, rhymes with jim, not time.
THAT WAS ONLY the beginning The s-foot-s 1885,
pound youngster, with the sunset hair went to set
world records the 22O yard dash twice the 22Oyard low
hurdles and tie the outdoor record in the 100 three times
He was called by experts the greatest sprinter of
all time
81 saw Jesse Owens at his peak" Chambers said HE
had terrific power and like sime ability shoot
like rocket at the finish But Jesse had of
this boys fluid grace"
America had other top sprinters that year-Bobby
Morrow Thane Baker Ira Murchson and Andy Sanfeld,
to name few-but everyone from experts to the man
in the street, had Slime in class by himself
BUT SINE DID NOT MAKE the Olympic team because
he up with groin injury that knocked him out of
the NCAA meet from which the team picked.
And while that the bitterest of all doses for SINE
it outrage in the opinion of father who be-
heves the AAU has an absurd way of doing things
Keeping Dave of the olympic team, his father told
AAU officials like keeping Mickey Mantle Of the
Al-Star game because he hurt his knee in game
You should decide the team er-a records" the
elder Sine former sempro baseball player, said I'VE
ought to have our best in Australia to beat the
Russians, and think the records show that Dave is
the best"
Dave is shy type. Jaw, Dad" he said at the time
"rules are rules"
MORROW, THE ABILENE CHRISTIAN College star,
did himself and Uncle Sam proud enough in the big
games winning the 100 and 200 meter dashes and
ing the 4OO-meter relay team.
But the question that left whether
Morrow could have beaten Slime. Many believe he
would have the 100 meters in los seconds with Slime
in the field Before pulling up with his muscle injury
Sine had met Morrow twice and had beaten him twice.
Now it is four later and another Olympic year
is unfolding and Slime has his fingers crossed.
so DESPERATE is THE Duke medical student from
Fairlawn, N j. for that Olympic piece of god that he
has turned his back for the time being on major league
baseball career and bonuses reportedy high $4,000
1t strange turn of events for Sine went to Duke
baseball scholarship and with thought of becoming
sprinter
Coach my name is Dave Sine" he said to Chambers
afternoon soon after enrolling at Duke Il play base
ball. But I'd like to work out with the track team If
you don't mind Just to improve my baseball starts"
Chambers nonchalantly obliged. He had Slime run
100 yards in sweat clothes He did it in 97
Chambers had himself spr1nter
*'%
SINE WILL BE BACK here for The Star Games
January 23 On the boards where he first emerged from
the realm of the virtual unknown he will try to win back
the titles he could not defend last year. They went to
Morrow, instead, SINE ear-deep in medical studies
and suffering from infected TOOTH regretfully pulled
out two days before the meet.
In 1857 Ira Murchson took Shines titles. Slime was
Ill that night but anyway and finished second in the
first two races, the 10 and 80, and disqualified
false starts in the 100 But the following year he got
his Murchison took the 10, but Sine left
doubts about the other two.
He both easily and in the 80 he set new worlds
record, the last remaining sprintng record he hadnr
beaten matched