Varsity Track Team Humbles Elis, 77-63

The varsity track team climaxed its most successful season in history by picking up unexpected, but invaluable points in what are nominally its weakest events Saturday, to crush Yale, 77 to 63, at Soldiers Field.

Following their previous pattern, the slightly-favored heptagonal champions capitalized on unexpected clutch performances, mopped up in their strong events, and sent Eli coach Bog Giegengack back to New Haven to plot only revenge for the third straight year.

Sprinter Norm Bruck began the series of upsets, splitting Yale's flashy 100-yard duo of Bill Andrews and John Halpern. He came within inches of beating Andrews for the first place.

Hurdler Joel Cohen, in his only race this season, provided the next upset. Although he had not run since breaking his foot during the indoor season, he nearly beat Yale's Jim Stocking, runnerup in the Heps high hurdles. He missed by a foot.

In the low hurdles, Mike Robertson and Ed Carter nearly broke the Bulldog's back by taking first and second. The Elis had figured on no worse than four points.

In another major upset, Dick Wharton, who had just won the 440, came back to whip both Halpern and Andrews in the 220, long one of the Crimson's weaker events.

Yale, expected to sweep the broad jump, took only first, as the varsity's Art Mayo placed second, and Warren Plath third.

Phil Williams, the Crimson Heps mile champion, nipped teammate Ken Wilson at the wire, to win his specialty in 4:20. A strong headwind slowed all times during the afternoon.

Undefeated two-miler Pete Reider ran away from everyone, beating teammate Ralph Perry by 150 yards. Dave McLean, with an unbelievable sprint, came from 30 yards behind to beat Eli Tim Hogen by five yards.

Jim Cairns nipped rival Eli Hedeen by almost two inches in the 880, after having trailed during the entire race.

Captain Art Siler ended the season undefeated in the discus, beating Yale's Dick Winterbauer. He also placed second to Winterbauer in the shot.

Kip Smith and Don Richards tied Eli Walt McConnell in the pole vault at the low, for them, height of 12 feet, while Jack Murphy tied for second.

Ed Hurley unleashed his best toss of the season in the javelin to place second, preventing an incipient Yale sweep.

The battered Bulldog won an anticlimactic mile relay by nearly 20 yards.Winner PHIL WILLIAMS leads the milers at halfway mark.