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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes monday june 3 Young overcomes Clarke shatters . 2-mile Mark san Diego Calif. A George Young overcame a mid week illness to out kick australian Ron Clarke and clip Over three seconds off the Ameri can two mile record saturday in the champions track and Fiel meet. Young a Casa Grande ariz.,schoolteacher, ran the second fastest two mile in history is 22.0. He bettered the Mark of 8 25.2 set by Jim Ryun and Jim Grelle in 1966, and was just 2.2 seconds off Clarke s world record. Young who la be 31 next month took the Lead from Clarke at the Start of the last Lap and outdistanced the Veter an aussie with a 58-second Las Quarter. There were no other . Or world records in the nationally televised meet but Jim Hines of the Houston strides upset san Jose state s Tommie Smith Ina close 220. Both men ran it in 20.3 and Smith thought he Hadron the race. He refused to appear on the Victory stand say ing he wanted to look at the television picture of the  holds the world record for 220 Yards at 20 second Flat. Hurdler Earl Mccullouch an sprinter Charlie Greene scored easy victories but were Well of their world record times. Mccullouch of the University of Southern California won the120 High hurdles in 13.6, four tenths slower than the world Mark. Ron Copeland of the Southern California strides  set Willie Davenport to finish second at 13.8. Davenport was timed in 13.9. Greene University of Nebraska graduate student sped to a 9.3 Victory in the Century defeating Arch rival Hines by about two feet. Hines also was timed in 9.3, with the . Army s Mel Pender third in 9.5.routine efforts Long jumper Bob Beamon pole vaulter Bob Seagren and discus thrower Jay Silvester on their events with less than spectacular  Matson of the Houston strides won the shot put with atoms of 68-7j/�, Well Short of his world Mark of 71-5.lee Evans of san Jose state won the 440 in 45.8, edging Ari Zona state s Ron Freeman 45.9, and Vince Matthews of Johnson. Smith University 45.9. The half mile was won by George Hunt of the Houston strides. His time was 1 48.4with Tom Farrell of the . Army second in 1 49.0. Tim Danielson of the san Diego track club took the mile in4 02.1, beating Andre de Hertoghe of Belgium who was timed in 4 02.9. Tom von Ruden of the army was third in 4 03.0. Prairie View ends Southern naia reign Albuquerque . A Prairie View am of Texas stormed to the 1968 naia track and Field championships Satur Day night ending injury hampered Southern University s three year hold on the team title. Southern University was upset in the 440-Yard relay by Stephen f. Austin College of Texas Andin the mile relay by Prairie View  am a behind record setting performances by Alfrancis in the 400 meters with a time of 45.6 and Earl Goldman in the 800 meters in 1 48.1, finished  University sprinter Oliver Ford who tied the world record in the 100 meters Friday in 10 seconds Flat pulled a mus Cle in the semifinals of the 200 meters and was t Able to an Chor the Louisiana school s favored mile , Prairie View s team of Fred Newhouse Alvin Dot son Felix Johnson and thur Man Boggess clocked a 3 06.5with Arkansas am a in second place at 3 07.5.stephen f. Austin s 440 relay team was timed in 40.1 and it Sladoff relay runner Andrew Hopkins also won the 200 me ters in 20.9. Dodgers stun giants on ninth inning come bad los Angeles a Jim Fairey lashed a run scoring Tri ple in the ninth inning and Tal lied on Bob Bailey s bases loaded single giving the los Angele dodgers a 4-3 Triumph Over the san Francisco giants saturday night. The loss dropped the giant from first to third place in the National league one percentage Point behind Atlanta and St. Louis. The dodgers trailed 3-2 with one out in the ninth when Willie Davis doubled and scored on Fairey s triple to right. Reliever Frank Linzy the walked Tom Haller and Ron fairly intentionally filling the bases before Bailey came through with the winning Singleto left. Jim Hart poked a run scoring single off dodgers starter Bill Singer and reliever Jim Brewe walked Pinch hitter Jack Hiatt gentleman Jim san top ten american league player club g a r h pet.  was 46 173 28 61 .353 Yastrzemski bin 46 165 24 57 .345  det 40 143 25 47 .329 Carew min 2 167 21 51 .305 Harrelson bin 36 124 22 37 .298 monday Oak 4 104 12 31 .298 Kosco by 38 127 16 37 .291 White by 46 161 26 46 .286 Freehan det 45 168 24 48 .286 Alvis Cle 48 172 17 49 .285 Home runs , Washington 20 , Detroit 15 Harrelson Boston 10 Mcmullen Washington 10 Repoz California 9 Killebrew Minnesota 9. Runs batted in , Washington 41 , Detroit 31 Freehan Detroit 29 j Harrelson Boston 29 Powell Baltimore 28. Pitching 4 decisions John Chicago 4-0, 1.000 Perranoski Minnesota 4-0, 1.000 Mclain Detroit 8-1, .889 Wright California 5-1, .833 Bahnsen new York 5-1, .833. Hunt 2b Cline in Mays of Hart if Davenport Marshall Hiatt pm Obrown Dietz c Lander is Perry p Mccovey Gibbon p Linzy p Francisco a r h by 4130 5200 5011 4011 3010 1 los Angelesa r h by 3b of of 0100001 00004000 010000 Parker in Davis of Gabriels i Fairey if Haller fairly of Bailey 3bpopovich 2b Versalles Sysinger p Billingham Brewer p Boyer a Purdin p soi421 12 0 11112120 30014011 30114000 30000000 00001000 0000 total 34 3 8 3 total 32 4 8 4 one out when winning run scored. San Francisco. Los Angeles. 000 001 02 0 3 010 010 00 2 4 a Versalles Gabrielson , Lanier. Do san Francisco 1, los Angeles 1. Lob san Francisco 9, los Angeles 13. 2b Gabrielson . 3bfairey. A Popovich. In h r Erbb so Perry 6 4 2 2 56 Gibbon 1 1 0 0 1 1 Linzy l.2-5 11-33 2 2 2 1 Singer 71-38 3 1 2 7 Billingham 000 0 0brewer 2-3 0 Purdin w.2-2 1 00010 hip Gibbon Gabrielson. We Singer. Pm Dietz. T3 10. A39,854. National league player club Rose Gin  ugh flood St  Gin staub Hon  at Helms Cin  clip Grote  Covey of g a 46 192 34 112 46 189 44 185 46 178 45 195 44 174 47 189 41 137 35 120 r 36 11 26 29 19 20 12 22 11 24 h pet. 70 .365 39 .348 64 .339 61 .330 58 .326 60 .308 53 .305 57 .302 41 .299 35 .292 Home runs , Atlanta 9 Hart san Francisco 9 Mccovey san Francisco 9 Mays san Francisco 9 Shannon St. Louis 8 Banks Chicago 8 Swoboda new York 8 Stargell. Pittsburgh 8. Runs batted in Perez Cincinnati 29 staub Houston 28 Swoboda new York 28 Santo Chicago 27 , Atlanta 27 Mccovey san Francisco 27 Mays san Francisco 27. Pitching 4 decisions Selma new York 4-0, 1.000 Reed Atlanta 6-1, .857 Carlton St. Louis 6-1, .857 Wise Philadelphia 4-1, .800 Koosman. New York 8-2, .800 Marichal san Francisco 8-2, .800. Cotton comments on Mcaa aau Washington a  Cotton r-n.h., said Here he still Hopes the Mcaa aau track and Field dispute can be settled without Federal legis lation. Cotton ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce commit tee commented As the commit tee released the contents of let ters exchanged Between it an the Rev. Wilfred Crowley presi Dent of the . Track and Fiel federation. The Commerce committee believes Amateur sports is a most inappropriate area for fed eral legislation and any arrangement whether legislated or arbitrated is Only As Good As the Mutual willingness of its participants to cooperate and try to make it work Cotton  federation has charged that a decision by the sports arbitration Board restricted the Freedom of american athletes. Continued from Page is Turbine on the second turn and was 19th on the final  preface predictions were that the turbines might run away from the Field and Fin ish 1-2-3.Bob Wilke of Milwaukee owner of the winning car at Indian Apolis and a Leader against the turbines said there is just no Way to compute the horsepower of a Turbine and a reciprocating  said there is a new Pratt & Whitney Turbine being developed that will put out 50 per cent More horsepower and of turbines is 60 pounds  denied this. He said whatever the other car owners want to do i wish they would do  refuse to believe the Sac Board of directors will vote against the turbines Granater 1 i said. With the bases loaded in the eighth giving the giants their one run  Popovich s run scoring single gave the dodgers a 1-0lead in the second inning and they added a run in the fifth Villanova grabs easy ic4awin continued from Page 19 phia54-0. 6, Andy Kenney northeastern 53-9%. 440 hurdles 1, Dave Hemery Boston u., 50.4 meet record old record 51.5 Don stauffer Maryland 1963, and Tony Lynch Harvard 1965. 2, Andy Bell american u., 51.2. 3, John Hanley re Gers 51.5. 4, Bill Mcguire Fordham 51.9. 5, Joseph Dicosmo St. Joseph s Phila delphia53.1. 440 relay1, Villanova Dave fender Hardge Davis Erv Hall Larry james41.0 meet record old record 41.2 by Vil Lanova on Friday. 2, Boston College 41.1. 3, Maryland 41.2. 4, Yale 41.2, 5, Penn state 41.3 440 run1, Larry James Villanova 45.5 meet record old record 46.7 by Hubert Brown of Morgan state 1962. 2, John Collins holy Cross 46.5. 3, Mark Young Yale 46.8 4, Pete Schuder rut Gers 46.8. 5, Ron Thompson Central Connecticut 47.1. Triple jump 1, de Marks Maryland 50 feet 1 Inch. 2, Brand Salter Pitt 49-6. 3, Warren Rockwell Penn state 49-5. 4, Hartley Saunders Morgan state 48-1%. 5, Mike Neff Maryland 47-10. 1001, Erv Hall Villanova 9.5. 2, Roland Merritt Maryland 9.5. 3, Bill Krause West Chester state 9.6. 4, Bob beam Penn state 10.0. 5, Dick Pfeffer pm colleges 10.0. Mile run1, Dave Patrick Villanova 3 56.8 meet record old record 4 04.9 by Patrick 1967. 2, Brian Kivlan manhat Tan 3 57.4. 3, Jerry Richey Pitt 3 58.4. 4, Frank Murphy Villanova 3 58.6. 5, Jack Fath Fordham 3 59.5. 6, Jim Baker har Vard 4 00.2. 3-mile run1, Steve Stageberg George town 13 32.6 meet record old record 13 50.6 by Lawrence Funnell St. Johns 1965. 2, de Sternberg Duke 13 49.2. 3, Dave Starnes Maryland 13 50.5. 4, Ben Wilson Mit 13 50.5. 5, Dick Buerkle Vil Lanova 13 52.2. 880-Yard dash1, Bob Zieminski Georgetown 1 48.3 meet record old record 1 49.1 by Arnold Sowell Pitt 1955. 2, Byron Dyce Nyu 1 48.7. 3, wer Ner Endrikat Princeton 1 48.8. 4, Craig nation Villanova 1 49.6. 5, Roger Holly Pitt 1 49.7. 3,000 meter steeplechase1, Terry Don Nelly William & Mary 8 46.2 meet record old 9 07.7 by Bill Norris Boston College 1966. 2, Jim dare Navy 9 00.5. 3, Tom Donnelly Villanova 9 00.8. 4, Des Mccormack Villanova 9 10.2. 5, Phil Peterson Penn state 9 10.4. 120-Yard High hurdles1, Erv Hall Vil Lanova 13.5 meet record old record by Hall and Jeff Howser of Duke May 31, 1968. 2, Jeff Howser Duke 14.0. 3, Bruce Carson Maryland 14.3. 4, Ken Brinker Penn state 14.4. 5, Tom Doyle Cornell 14.6. 220-Yard dash1, Roland Merritt Mary land 21.0. 2, Larry Jeffers Boston col lege 21.2. 3, Walt  Central Conn. St., 21.4. 4, Roger Pierce northeastern 21.5. 5, Rick Owens Penn 21.5. Mile relay1, Villanova Hardge Dav is Harold Nichter Ken Prince Larry james3 09.1 meet record old record 3 09.7 by Yale 1967. 2, Rutgers s 09.5. 3, Yale 3 10.1. 4, St. Johns by 3 12.3. 5, Maryland 3 12.3. High jump1, Ellijah Miller Rutgers 7 feet. 2, Frank costello Maryland 6-11. 3, Wayne Gustafson Cornell 6-10. 4, John Ca Biati Penn state 6-9. 5, Chester Halka Dartmouth 6-9. Pole vault-1, Vince Bizzarro Villanova 16 feet 4 inches meet record old record 16-3m, by Rolando Cruz Villanova 1964. 2, Peter Chen american University 15-8. 3, Marshall Stone William & Mary 15-4. 4, Bill Marvin Villanova 15-4. 5, Mark Mante Manhattan 15-0. Team standings1, Villanova 63 2, Maryland 43 3, Rutgers 18 4, Harvard 15 5, Boston College 14 6, Yale George town 12 each 8, Manhattan and Penn state 11 each 10, Pittsburgh 10 11, St. John s and William and Mary 9 each 13, american University Rhodi Island and Duke 8 each 16, Cornell 7 Boston University 6 18, Central Connecticut holy Cross new York University and Navy 4 each 22, Lafayette northeastern Ford Ham West Chester and Princeton 3 each 27, St. Joseph s Morgan state and . 2 each 30, Penn pug colleges and Dart in out 1 each. When Davis walked took " l Gabrielson s Fie that a Imler  dodgers committed errors n the sixth before flays singled Home an Wunej run for san Francisco american league Detroit w2�9n Baltimore 26 20 i a Cleveland 26 21 pm Minnesota 4 22 a Boston 23 23 Oakland 2 24california22 28 new York 21 25 Chicago 19 26washington in 28 saturday s result Detroit 5, new York 4 " Boston 4, Baltimore 1 Chicago 1, Minnesota 0 Washington 6, Cleveland 2oakland 4, California o National league won Loit pet. .600 471 .457-.432 .391 Lii 21 21 22 20 23 25 23 25 25 23 .543i.543i .542 .524 .511 .500 .489.457 .444 .439 Atlanta 25 St. Louis 25 san Francisco 26 Philadelphia 22 Chicago 24 los Angeles 25cincinnati 22 Houston 1new York 20 Pittsburgh 18 saturday s result St. Louis 6, new York 5, 10 innings Atlanta at Pittsburgh rain Philadelphia 12, Cincinnati 0 Chicago 3, Houston 1 los Angeles 4, san Francisco 3 Pacific coast league won lost pet. Of okla. City 22 16 .579 san Diego 24 Tulsa 21 Phoenix 24 Indianapolis 19 Denver 11 20 .545 18 .538 23 .511 21 .475 .1 111 2i 4 Western division. 26 .297 10u 15 21 20 22 20 24 .512.500 .500 .459 .385 6k 1. I. 8h .563 .541 .531.500 .450 1 1 id3 5 w co Sci ii Psi Spokane 29 Seattle 2vancouver 20 Hawaii 22tacoma 17 Portland 5 saturday s results Denver 5, Seattle 3 Phoenix 4, san Diego 2 Spokane 2-0,  0-1vancouver at Oklahoma City pm Indianapolis at Portland Ppd rain Hawaii at Tacoma Picl ram International league won lost pet in Rochester 20 Columbus 18 Louisville 20 Toledo 22 Buffalo a Richmond 1� Jacksonville 18 Syracuse ".,saturday s results Jacksonville 5-6, Columbus 4-j Buffalo 10, Syracuse 4richmond 4, Louisville 0 Rochester at Toledo Ppd rain Eastern league saturday s results Almira 6, Reading 5pittsfield 5, Binghamton i York 3-1, Waterbury 1-0 Southern league saturday s results Asheville 3, Montgomery 0evansville 8, Savannah 7, 11 inn " Charlotte 6, Birmingham 0texas league saturday s results Dallas fort Worth 2, Memi Arkansas 6. Full Groveport 4 14 14 17 19 20 22 23 21 1439 w North Atlanta. I 2an5 18new York. 5 \ \ Baltimore. � � 17 15? Washington bcst0"lakes division Cleveland. \ \ Chicago. 4 6 0 15 Detroit. S 4 3 h Toront Westen conference Gulf division Houston. Kansas City. St. Louis. J 2 dalla3pacific division san Diego. J � 3 18 69 Oakland. G 2 is 54vancouver\ \ 3 1b 18los Angeles. Results l5 2 n 3515 of � f " 23 n 239 " Baltimore 1, a Washington 2,   
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