Title | Houstonian, 1954 |
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Date | 1954 |
Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published by the students of the university in 1954, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 v. 20 1954 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
File Name | index.cpd |
Title | Competition |
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File Name | yearb1954147.jpg |
Transcript | The Cougar trackmen, behind the expert coaching of Jack Patterson, placed second to Oklahoma A&M in the Missouri Valley Conference and ranked very high across the nation in sprints and relays. This may not sound too amazing, except when you consider the U of H track squad was only fifteen strong. They say solid competition is a great thing for perfection, and five times Coach Patterson had to watch his relay teams run second to the great Texas Longhorn teams. Four times, Texas had to establish new records to edge the frustrated Cougars. Coach Patterson is fast developing into one of the great track coaches. He has probably done more with less than any other coach. Working with a very thin squad, he molded runners into events they had never run before. Larry McBride ran the low hurdles for the first time this year and by the end of the year had developed into one of the top hurdlers in the Southwest. Our hats are off to a great coach and team who gave it all they had, but could not quite attain victory. As Harv Boughton, sports editor put it, "It's like climbing an unsealed mountain only to find somebody selling hot dogs on top." Kneeling and sitting: Cooper, Petkovsek, Clement, Richers, Boone. Standing, left to right: Spillios, Stegall, Jones, Fowler, Pruitt, McBride, Grainger, Mcllroy, Armstrong, Jett, Coach Patterson. INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES 100-YARD DASH McBride 9.7 220-YARD DASH McBride 20.6 440-YARD DASH Richers 48.5 440-YARD RELAY Boone, Jett, Jones, McBride 40.6 880-YARD RELAY Boone, Jett, Jones, McBride 126.0 MILE RELAY Fowler, Petkovsek, Boone, Richers 3:15.6 220-YARD LOW HURDLES McBride 23.5 120-YARD HIGH HURDLES Pruitt 14.5 DISCUS Spillios - 156'0" SHOT PUT Spillios 49'8 7/8" JAVELIN Mcllroy 177'5 3/4" BROAD JUMP Stengall -- - 22' 6 3/4" BILLY MclLROY Discus 200 |