Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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Track and Field The spring of 1937 saw the Pittsburg Teachers track and field con- tingent chalk up its tenth consecutive Central Conference title, win plenty of honors at the big relay meets, both indoor and outdoor, and produced the best broadjumper in the nation—Kermit King. IjThe Gorilla thin-clads opened the season at the Middlewest intercollegiate track and field meet at Naperville and were nosed out by the host school North Central college by a single point. Had it not been that Ralph Brown was disqualified in the 440 yard dash the Gorillas would have won with plenty to spare. He ran to a new field house record in the quarter mile, but it was all in vain on account of step- ping out of his lane on the first turn. H After working out for a week on the Naperville boards the Weedemen journeyed over to Indianapolis for the fast Butler U. relays. They took first place in the college divi- sion and Kermit King leaped to victory in the broadjump. The Go- rilla runners took first in both the mile and two-mile relays. llNext on Pittsburg’s slate came the dual relay meet with Emporia Teachers on Brandenburg field and the locals won by 15 points. The track events consisted of seven relay races and the six field contests were also fig- ured on a team basis. If Each team won three field contests, but Pitts-

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declared ineligible and Don Rutherford and Walter “Pete” Atkinson, a pair of lettered forwards, were reinstated. H New faces appeared in the Pitt line-up for the Springfield contest here, but there was noth- ing new about the outcome. The Rears continued to keep the Indian sign on the locals as they walked off with a 28 to 23 triumph. | South- western followed up the Springfield defeat to give the Gorillas a 35 to 33 defeat on the Pittsburg planks, but the local hoop-hitters earned a moral victory. They chalked up a 21 to 14 halftime lead, rode the Builders hard all the way, held the high-geared Lloyd Tucker to one goal from the field, and only in the last fewr minutes did they relin- quish the lead to Southwestern. IjNext the Gorillas went West and were handed defeats by McPherson college and Fort Hays State in a pair of free scoring games that saw the two teams pour 198 points through the hopper. I[j The “hucklety-buck” Wichita Shockers split a two-game series with the Gorillas here as the fans got plenty of thrills during the course of the battles. The next week Pittsburg went Wichita and took another beating at the hands of the Shockers as they made it two out of three for the season. TfThis left the local forces with a pair of two night stands to finish up the season. A double-header at Emporia with the Yellowjackets and two games here with Fort Hays State. The Hornets surprised almost everyone as they took both games from the Gorillas. Tf In the final set Pittsburg and Hays split, with the Tigers taking the final game, it was the first time they had won a game here since ’way back in the twenties.

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. Bruce Cummings Donnhl Strait David Shrader Basil Kelly Pole Vault Pole Vault Weights Javelin Elmer Carson Ralph Brown Broadjump 440 Dash Earl Doiithit Broadjump burg took five relays to the Hornets two, Archie San Romani was the main cog in his team’s victories in the two-mile and distance medley races. The Gorillas were victorious in the440, 880, mile, and shuttle hurdle relays as well as the mile team race. f| Next the Pittsburg track- sters took in the Kansas relays, where Donald Dunn won the open cen- tury dash against the Middle West’s top (light speed merchants and Tom Stevens tied witli Jack Vickery of Texas as they set up a new record in the high jump. David Shrader Look fourths in the shot put and discus throws and Kermit King, defending broadjump champion, was unable to hit his stride and had to be content with a fourth. 1] The crimson and gold clad runners captured the two-mile baton event in the college class and were in the money in all the other relays outside the university division, 1} Competing in the 28th annual running of the Drake relays in Des Moines, the Pittsburgers captured the sprint medley, half mile, and two-mile relays. Tom Stevens took third in the high jump as he competed with a classy field. The Gorillas turned on the heat to swamp Emporia Teachers for the second time in the season. 83 to 48, in their annual dual meet. The outstanding perform- ance of the day was Kermit King’s sensational leap of 25 feet lOi inches to send the old record to the junk heap. It was the best mark made in the U. S. last season. Donald Dunn and David Shrader Track and Field Lester Kirk Sprints