Trackmen Topple Princeton, Yale In Big Three Championship Meet

Collecting first places in nine of the 13 events, Harvard's track teams swept to its fifth consecutive indoor Big Three crown Saturday.

Harvard finished with 69 1/2 points, Yale netted 35 1/2 and Princeton--which has never placed ahead of Yale--trailed with 32.

It was a day for outstanding individual performances from the Crimson. Double-winners Jim and Baker and Chris Pardee each set a meet record, and Jeff Huvelle broke his old University record in the 600-yard run.

Pardee, broad-jumping for the first time in two months, shared first place with Yale favorite Paul Jones at 23 ft. 29 in, and then later broke his own meet record in the high jump with a 6 ft, 3 in, leap. Harvard's Harvey Thomas placed third in the broad jump at 22 ft, 4 1/2 in, and Charles Njoku's 6 ft, 4 in gained a share of third place in the high jump.

In the mile run. Baker pulled away from the field at the half-way point and won handily at 4:12.5, 4 seconds ahead of Princeton's Werner Endrikat and 6 seconds before Crimson teammate Randy Langenbach.

Princeton saved Rich Geisel just for the two-mile run, but Baker's 9:31.2 bettered Geisel by over 8 seconds and also smashed Eli Bob Mack's 1962 record of 9:23.1. Harvard's Joe Ryan placed behind Geisel for third.

Huvelle's time of 1:10.5 broke his old Harvard University record by 1.4 seconds in the 600, but even that was not enough to match Yale sophomore Mark Young, whose fantastic 1:09.9 is only .7 off the world record.

Young's final leg erased Harvard's 15-yard lead in the mile relay, despite Frank Haggerty's 49.6 final leg.

Misfortune struck Yale in the 60-yard high hurdles and dash Yale hurdler Ken Donovan recently dropped out of school, leaving Harvard captain Tony Lynch with no competition in the Big Three. Lynch won in 7.5, but the other Crimson hurdlers failed to place.

Eli Richard Robinson, who set a Yale record in the dash at 6.2 last week, pulled during the Big Three meet and will be doubtful for the Heptagonal meet. Harvard's Wayne Anderson won the dash at 6.3, followed by teammates Andy Cahners and Sam Robinson, who tied for second.

An anticipated duel in the pole vault fizzled, as Tiger Jon Morse's 13 ft. 6 in did not even come near Crimson sophomore Steve Schoonover's 14 ft.

Prospects for Harvard looked bright in the weight throw and shot put. Sophomore Ron Wilson, consistently improving his distances in meet after meet, won the weight throw by 3 feet at 55 ft, 6 1/2 in. Another sophomore, Bob Brooks, placed fourth.

Wilson also gained a third place in the shot, behind Eli Bob Greenlee's 52 ft, 3 1/2 in and teammate Carter Lord's strong 51 ft, in toss.

In the freshman meet, Harvard finished with 76 points, to Yale's 35 1/2 and Princeton's 25 1/2.