1971_05 The Daily Collegian May 1971

              THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Thuraday, May
West Coast
CoUegian Sports Editor
Tha 44th annual running of the
West Coast Relays will have a
Ust of which Its site, scope and
quality stagger the ImaginaUon.
Three current world record
holders and several wbo have
previously held marks highlight
a Said of 2,000 track athletes
who wlU Invade Ratcllffe Stadium for Friday and Saturday's
competlton. Contestants from
athletic clubs, universities, colleges, Junior cofleges, high'
schools and elementary schools
all over the nation will be among
the entries.
Thirty-eight world and 11
American records have been
equaled or broken ln the meet
'Where world records
are broken'
since 1927 and the chance ts ex-
ceUent that several could be
toppled this year.
The coropeUtors who wlU be
receiving the most attention this
weekend probably wlU be the
world record holders. Jay Silvester, 224-5 In the discus, Ralph
Mann of Brigham Young with a
48.8 ln the 440 yard Intermediate
hurdles and 400 meter "sprinter
L'ee Evans at 43.8.
Also on hand win be American
record holders, George Young,
8:22.0 In the two mile and Jer-
Hrn thrower Mark Murro, 300-0.
Among the other stars ln the
field will be mile star Marty
Liquor! of ViUanova,pole vaulter
Bob Seagren, controversial Javelin thrower Bob Skinner, coUege
shot put champ Karl Saub, hur-
nteit
: >   • Mi
fflSSyj
dler Tommy Lee White, Cal
Poly's MoUnder G1U In the triple
Jump and high Jumper Reynaldo
One event where the world
mark nearly has to be broken to
win Is In the distance medley
relay. Both ViUanova, with sub-
four minute miler and former -
Olympian Llquori, and Houston,
featuring Leonard Hilson, say the
current standard (9:33.0) will
have to be bettered to win the
race, Llquori has run a 3:57.0
best In the mile portion of the
relay which features legs of 440,
880, 1320 before the mile.
Seagren, who twice set global
records at the West Coast Relays, has a best of 17-8 but should
be challenged from NCAA champion  Jan Johnson of Alabama,
The Javelin entries make the
spear toss one to watch. Murro
(of Arizona State) has aU the national marks for coUege, JC and
prep schools and he wiU be Joined
by New York Athletic Club member Bill Skinner. Skinner, the
athlete kicked off the University
of Tennessee team for wearing a
mustache, has a 290-foot mark to
go with Murro's 300-0. The world
standard Is within reach, 304-
1 1/2.
Young's two mile competlton
wlU come from Kerry Pearce
(8:33.2), Frank Shorter (8:33.4)
and Bob BogUone (8:45.8) tn a
race that meet director Dutch
Warmerdam predicts wlU be one
of the meet's best.
Saub Is the Kansas shot putter
of 66-11 3/4. HealsolstheNCAA
hurdles. He set his mark laat
year while competing for BYU
In the NCAA championships. Ron
Whitney, a former Olympian from
UCLA, ts hla chief opponent/^
Brown. Is Cal Poly's Olympian—
and the prep record, holder ai
7-3 In the high Jump'. Others ln
the field areTerry Culp, Robert
Salinas of New Mexico and Fernando Aburgattas, all of whom
have bettered 7-feet numerous
The sprints should call for the
need of a photo finish to decide
a winner. Paced by former Olympian Mel Pender, at least a dozen
athletes have done 9.3 100 yard
dashes and Earl Harris of Fort
MacArthur has a 9.2. In the 120
high hurdles, White leads the
pack which has an equal number
of 13.5 best-times.
Some 586 junior coUege athletes from 62 schools ts also
another featured field. JC experts
figure marks for the 440 and
mile relays along with several
possible discus and shot records
should fall. Fresno City CoUege
and Merrltt are expected to duel
for the team UUe.
Getting the high school atten-
wlll t
the   t
HOST SCHOOL for the 44th annual West Coast Relays this Friday and Saturday is the Fresno SUte
track team. Pictured in the front row (left to right) is Al Cowart, Reggie Hulbert, Craig Ella, Ken Adams,
Herb Bohlander; Rufus Morris, Bill Herbert, Chuck Williams and Curt Elia. In the back row is assisant
coach Red Estes, Tom Whitten, Mike Russter, Bob Wilson, Roger George, Roger Castaneda, Havis
Nelson, Jim Dowdall, Barry Warmerdam, Kevin Dougherty and head FSC coach Dutch Warmerdam. Warmerdam is also the meet director.
_.^j Wtlhelro, 65-L,
and Fort MacArthur's John Van
Reenan, 65-0, and Bruce Wllhelm
at  64-10 1/2 are the other en-
trlple  jumpers   I
Dave Tucker of San Joaquin
Memorial in Fresno has the best
mark In the prep ranks of 52-
6 1/4, which also was third best
of all Jumpers ln the naUon (Including coUeges and universities). Tucker wlU be pressured
by cross-town rival Randy Williams of Edison with the second
best Jump, 50-113/4. WiUlaros Is
the state leader In the long jump
at 24-10 1/2.
Others to watch are McKlnley
Morris, 14.0 ln the 120 highs,
15-6 pole vaulter Roger Martin
of San Jose and two" roller Tom
Hale, 9:06.2 from Moraga.
CompeUUon wlU start about
2 p.m. tomorrow and wlU be completed about8:50p.m.on Saturday
night. The Saturday program
should start about 11 a.m.
Remember, Fresno State students wlU be admitted FREE to
the EAST bleachers of the West
Coast Relays for both days with
a student activity card.
Relays history features 38 world records
By Paul Smith
Raisin Week ln the San Joaquin Valley has become associated with the annual West Coast
Relays which will begin tomorrow
afternoon ln elementary and open
competltfon at Ratcllffe Stadium.
This will be the 44th go round
for the carnival since 1927 and
has been held every year since
then, except ln 1970 when all state
coUege activities were cancelled
by  order of Governor Reagan.
Primarily the contests were
launched to replace automobile
races which had prior to 1927
been featured ln conjunction with
Fresno's annual Raisin Day cele-
Fresno State's Sports InformaUon Director, Ed Piston, who
is guiding his 28th West Coast
Relays said the relays were
started primarily because of
ill.;;, s,
"but there »
k hold a:
perienced ln tne automobile and
motorcycle races that had been
held previously ln conjunction
with the Raisin Week activities
ln Fresno.
•So Flint Hanner (the former
meet director), who Is a reUred
track coach from here (FSC) and
Earl White, who was the Director of Athletics at Fresno State
and several people froro the
Chamber of Commerce at that
Ume got together to see If they
event,* Piston
He said they
track meet that
Junior college at that time,* Pla
it just U
has  grown  rapidly
The Relays have always been
held at the Blackstone Avenue
stadium, but It wasn't until a few
years   ago   that, the  meet was
before the lights were Installed
at Ratcllffe (1930) the events
were always held In the daylight
hours, but because of the outstanding and world record breaking competition that has come to
the Relays, the events were
pushed up to a two day contest
ln 1964.'
Piston said this year's running
has been streamlined quite a bit
to get not Just more athletes but
ones who have experienced superior ablUty In the various Individual events.
•This year we're starting an
hour earlier than we did two years
ago,* Piston said, 'and so there
win be just as much acUon, just
as many events, but tith a Uttle
Juggling ln the program we are
going to be done about an hour
earlier thla year than we have
been ln the past.'
Over the years Fresno State
has claimed the CoUege Division
Class four Umes, ln .1929, and
then 1931 through 1933 Inclusive.
Head track coach Dutch War-
explained why the team
has not a similar finish by-saying 'that for the roost part, in
the past, when we (FSC) has had
outstanding people many of them
have preferred to participate ln
the University class and don't
compete Friday In the CoUege
section. So most of the time the
result ts that our team Is spilt
between the two divisions."
He further stated that the College division now is a very, very'
strong division and this year, because of the talent coming Warmerdam said Fresno did not have
any chance of coming anywhere
There will be close to 30
teams entered ln the College section beginning tomorrow night.
Going back through the years
at the relays, which have enjoyed
In 1930 another world mark
fell, again ln the shot put. and
the Relays became the first major
track meet to be held outdoors
at night, under lights. In 1932 a
promising young vaulter from
s Warmerdam,
game some competition to Ear-
mon Pugh of Strathmore who won
the high school event with a vault
of 12-6.
Both Warmerdam and Piston
have their favorite all time thrills
at the Relays.
events, some of the outstanding
accomplishments Included a 9.8
ln 100 yard dash ln the first relays of 1927 by Murray Schultz
of Cal Tech ln the Class B section which was between junior
and small colleges.
A feature of the first relays
meet, which featured a remnant
of earlier day Raisin Day celebrations, was the presentation of
then cowboy movie star Monte
Blue as King of the festivities
and Blanche Grimes serving as
tbe Queen of the relays.
The title for the Relays "Where
World Records Are Broken,*
started building some prestige as
the first two world records feU
ln the 1928 Relays. The first
was In the shot put with John
Kuck, froro Kansas, throwing the
ball 51-0 1/2 which bettered the
then existing world mark by a
half-inch. Then Lee Barnes, of
USC, cleared the 14-11/2 barrier
ln the pole vault, to help, lead the
Indians to a team championship.
Another world mark was tied In
the 100 yard dash at 9.6.
DAILY COLLEOtAN    J
RALPH MANN of Brigham Young University, the world record holder
In the 440 yard Intermediate hurdles with a 48.8 tjme, will be among
the 2,000 top track athletes competing inthe 1971 West Coast Relays.
Mann, also the'NCAA champion in his specialty, will go first inthe
heats  about  12:30 p.m. Saturday on the Ratcllffe Stadium track.
PRESTIGE comet to the West Coast Relays with these six top-rated track and field
athletes, four of whom competed in 1968 Olympics. Reynaldo Brown (top left) is a
freshman from Cal Poly with a 7-3 high jump. Marty Llquori (top center) of ViUanova
Is the second best mller In the world with a 3:57.0 best. Lee Evans (top right) is the
world record holder In the 400 meter run at 43.8. Former world record holder Bob
Seagren (bottom left) has a 17-8 In the
kicked off the Tennessee track team for wearing a mustache despite having the ai
best javelin throw In the nation of 290-0. Karl Saub of Kansas (bottom right) ia the
NCAA shot put champion at 66-11 3/4. Ph**.. by *ud, R.im.r .nd job* j.fr.n..'
Ilic goes for PCAA tennis crown
By Chuck Knox
CoUegian Sports Editor
Pedro Illc's last collegiate
competition for Fresno State win
be a big one - going-for the No. 1
singles tennis championship of
the Pacific Coast Athletic Asso-
111c and the rest of the Bulldogs, under coachDuane Ballard,
are   leaving   this .
Thursday
Friday's   c
ence action at UC  |
Santa Barbara.
For Pedro, thli
highly productive I
of my career now,* he said.'This
PCAA tournament is difficult but
I might have a good chance if I
play to my fuU capabilities.*
Among the people he will be
challenging Is San Jose State
sophomore Carlos Klrmayr, also
a former Modesto J.C. player and
currently rated the No. 1 man ln
the conference along with being
rear here at FSC I
and amazingly the I
Chilean-born net I
ace came to the I
United States for
another  purpose.
•Tennis Is tbe
second   sport  ln
Chile behind soc- .
cer so 1 have been j
playing off an.
since I was a!
12 years old,'...,
said.     'But    six {
years   ago the
Chilean Farm Bureau  gave me a
scholarship      to ^^
come to the United H63
States and study agriculture.*
IUc decided California was the
mate Is similar to Chile's. He
started attending Modesto Junior
College but stayed out of competition the first year.
He played one year at Modesto,
transferred to. Fresno State and*
has been a standout here ever
since. His sophomore season he
was the No. 4 man on the ladder
but both '-st year and this season he has been rated No. 1.
•I'm  playing the best  tennis
Brazil. Other top players are
3,ene Malln of Cal State Los Angeles, Bobby Bell of Long Beach
and Bernle FeldmanofSanDlego.
•There Is not much difference
to the tennis played between here
and Chile except that roost of the
Chilean courts are made of clay,*
IUc said. 'It takes more ball control to play on a clay court which
Is slower, while here they just
try to blast you off with hard
three doubles titles. Ballard predicts each division of the conference tournament will t«t close.
Though the league has been ln
operation for two years, this will
be the first annual championships. .Last season's finals at
San Jose were called off due to
Governor Reagan's cancelling of
all activities on the state coUege
campuses last May.
Team points will be determined
by the advancing process of Individual players. Each victory
In the championship bracket will
count two points with a'consola-
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■te Intends
roer. He'U n
science degree with a plant science major In June.
I'm going to take a couple of
months to visit and try to find a
Job,* he said. «I know very UtUe
about the poUUcal situation in
Chile. Ill miss the United States
when 1 leave, though.*
Ballard, his coach during Ms
senior year, says «Pedro has the
potential to win the whole thing'
during the Santa Barbara tourna-
■I feel IUc, Marshall Mills and
Doug Adams all have a chance to
do well,* he said. 'Seeding bas
a lot to do with who takes a
f we get top per-
i we can.finish as high
as second place this weekend.
San Jose should take the championship.*
Bob Brayton, Dave Lee and
Buzz Calaway make up the rest
of the BuUdog squad that will be
fighting for the six singles and
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