Track Team Defeats Yale, 85-55; Landau Triumphs in Four Events

Justice prevailed at Soldiers Field Saturday, but it needed a hearty assist from Joel Landau, Pete Reider, and the rest of the high-riding track team to over-whelm Yale, 85 to 55.

Landau recalled the days of the incomparable Bob Rittenberg. He plagued Eli coach Bob Giegengack all afternoon, as he entered and won four events for 20 points. More important, however, was the fact that he led Crimson sweeps of both dashes. Landau first won the 100-yard dash in 10.1 seconds, followed closely by Sandy Dodge and Lee Barnes. Then, after he had won the high hurdles in 14.9 seconds, 15 minutes later he came right back to win the 220 in 21.6. Barnes finished second and Dodge third.

In his final race, a half-hour later, Landau far outdistanced the pack to win the low hurdles in 23.7 seconds, with Dave Rosenthal third for the varsity.

Captain Reider, appearing in his last Yale meet, was the unbeatable Reider of old as he won both the mile and the two-mile events. In the former, he outran Eli Jim Wade and romped to an easy win in 4:20.1. In the two-mile, it was Eli John Morrison who shadowed Reider for most of the race only to fall to Reider's finishing kick, which thrilled the large partisan crowd. Morrison was operating under an unusual handicap, however: he had to run the last mile and a quarter minus one shoe.

The third Crimson sweep came in the high jump, where John deKiewiet, Bob Downs, and Cal Kean finished in a three-way tie for first at 6 feet, 2 inches. In the hammer, John DuMoulin and Jim Doty both far exceeded their best throws of the season to take first and second. DuMoulin threw 178 feet, 2 inches, and Doty 171 feet, 51/2 inches.

In all, the varsity won 10 of the 16 events, with Yale winning five and the relay. In the 440, Al Gordon continued his amazing running, fighting off a challenge by Eli Bob Skerritt at the top of the stretch to win by five yards in 49.1 seconds, excellent time in the teeth of the miniature gale whipping around the Soldiers Field oval.

Pat Liles upset Yale's Stan McDonald to win the broad jump at 22 feet, 1/2 inch. McDonald finished in a second place tie with Downs.

The other varsity point producers were Sam Halaby and Dick Williams, second and third in the pole vault; Hank Abbott, third in the shot; Skip Pescosolido and Chris Angermeyer, second and third in the javelin; Art Cahn, second to John Slowik in the 880; Dyke Benjamin, third in the two-mile; and Neil Muncaster and deKiewiet, second and third in the discus