Track Team Downs Boston University; Mullins, Nichols, Doten Set Records

Varsity, meet, and cage records fell freely last night as the Crimson track team swamped Boston University, 86 to 18, at Briggs Cage.

One record that did not fall was the world's indoor high jump mark of 7 ft., 2 1/2 in. held by B.U.'s John Thomas. Thomas attempted to match the height last night but failed in each of his three attempts.

If Thomas had tied his previous record, the new mark would not have been recognised anyway; a recent international dictum requires record heights to be measured in meters as well as inches. Harvard had no metric tape on hand, and so Thomas was jumping for a U.S., B.U., meet, and cage record only.

The lanky Terrier hit the bar with his leg on the first try at 7-2 1/2, and nearly made it the second try but toppled the bar with his mid-section. He was distracted on the final attempt, hit the crossbar with his knee going up, and had to settle for 7-1 1/2, which he had cleared earlier with an inch to spare.

Terriers Win Jump

The high jump and the 40-yard dash were the only winning events for the Terriers; the Crimson took the lead with a first and third in the opening event, the mile, and continued to pile up the score all night.

In the mile, Mark Mullin of the Crimson set the tone for the meet by shattering the cage record by 2.1 seconds. Mullin paced the field for the first three-quarters and then lost the lead to B.U.'s Art Freeman, a challenger to Mullin for the past two years. The Crimson distance man sprinted back into the lead on the gun lap and beat Freeman by ten yards, in 4:13.1.

Mullin Ties Record

Mullin returned to the track an hour later and tied the varsity cage record in the 1000. He held the lead from the start, as Fred Howard, varsity captain, and Neal Quirk of B.U. battled for second place. Both Howard and teammate Gus Schumaker passed Quirk to complete the Crimson's sixth sweep of the meet.

In the 600 Howard took the lead after the second lap and sprinted home with Larry Repsher closing in on his teammate. Don Kirkland finished third on the basis of his time in another heat, and the Crimson was ahead with a commanding 24-3 lead.

The big scorer for the varsity was triple winner Tom Blodgett, who missed in a try at the cage record in the pole vault. He won the vault with a jump of 13 feet and led a varsity sweep of the event. Blodgett, Marty Beckwith, and Alan Albright joined up for another Crimson sweep in the broad jump.

The big victory for Blodgett was in the hurdles, in which he edged out Thomas and tied a cage record. Thomas shot out with the start first, but Blodgett pulled even and then dove across the finish line with a clear-cut win. His time of 5.2 tied Joel Landau's 1953 record.

Meanwhile, in the weight events, Crimson performers were doing some recordbreaking of their own. In the 35-pound weight toss Ted Bailey set a new University record in an early throw. Stan Doten followed with a toss of his own that toppled Bailey's short-lived mark that had, in turn, erased Doten's distance reached last season. The new record stands at 62 ft., 10 3/4 in. and is expected to go higher as the season progresses.

Nichols Wins Shot

The varsity cage record in the shot, held by Sarge Nichols for a year now, was bettered by Nichols last night with a toss of 52 ft., 3 1/2 ins. The Crimson's other winner was Jed Fitzgerald, who took a quick lead in the two-mile run and lengthened it all the way to the finish.

The freshmen got in on the record smashing act in beating B.U., 30 to 23. Eddie Meehan led the team with a time in the 1000 that set a freshman record and even surpassed the present varsity mark for the cage.