Embree Near-Misses High Jump Title

Mel Embree came about as close to the IC4A high jump championship as possible without winning it Saturday, when he leaped 6 ft. 11 in. but lost to Temple's George Horn on fewer misses.

"I had one more miss than Horn and that made the difference," Harvard's only point scorer said yesterday. "I'm satisfied with the four points but I'm not thrilled with the jump." Embree had already jumped above 7 ft. in regular season contests.

Coach Edgar Stowell said yesterday that he thought Embree did well at the Pittsburgh meet. "At that level I though he might win," the head coach said. Stowell took three other competitors to Pennsylvania with him but all three failed to pick up any points.

John McCulloh, the high jumping freshman, was knocked out of the competition at 6 ft. 8 in., Steve Niemi failed to qualify in the hammer throw and Nick Leone Made the finals in the 440 after running a 48-second quarter in the semifinals, but he could not come back as strong as his trial heat.

Of the Harvard competitors, only Embree will be headed to the NCAA finals next weekend. Embree could capture a few points in the national championships, considering his past performances in top fields at the Penn Relays and the Heptagonals.

Penn State took the overall crown in the IC4A's with Navy a surprising second place. Harvard placed 20th in the competition.

"We had a good one," Stowell said, summing up the track year. "We had a strong dual meet season but when we got to the bigger meets we didn't have the overall quality and depth to do the job. We did take a fourth in the Heptagonals though, and that is what we expected at the beginning of the season. It's first division."