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THE SUMMER SCHOOL WEEKLY
Friday, June 21, 1957
Beatty Eighth In Two Mile
SPORTS CLOSE-UP
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Delaney, In NCAA
Cheek to Cheek
BY LARRY CHEEK
Half Mile
Dave Scurlock: Man With A Future
Dave Scurlock, a powerfully built youngster with little or no ex
perience as a big time runner, has come out of nowhere to establish
himself as a threat to the world's best in the middle distance races.
Scurlock became a slar in abrupt fashion last Saturday night
when he blazed through the NCAA 880 yard run in 1:48.2 to take
third place behind the legendary Irishman, Ron Delaney, and
America's best miler, Don Bowden.
The lanky UNC sophomore was at Delaney's elbow at the tape,
about five yards behind the front running Bowden. And the fleet
footed Delaney was more than satisfied to escape with a second place.
Before the NCAA race. Scurlock's best time had been 1:51.5,
recorded in the Carolinas AAU meet a few weeks earlier. In this one
race, the Greensboro lad had chopped .more than 3 seconds off his
previous best a remarkable accomplishment in such a short 'race.
Just a few years ago Dave's 1:48.2 would have been good enough
to go down as a world's record. It also would have been good enough
to beat former Olympic great Mai Whitfield. But although that
1:48.2 shattered the old NCAA meet record, it wasn't good enough
to catch the California comet, Don Bowden. ,
A brilliant future lies ahead of the guy they call "the horse."
This weekend he takes the next step toward greater glories and a
possible 1980 Olympic berth when he competes in the National
AAU 880 against the nation's best.
The field will be a brilliant one. NCAA champ and four minute
miler Don Bowden will be there, as will world record holder Tom
Courtney and ever dangerous Arnie Sowell. A score of promising
youngsters will also be on hand.'
Scurlock's Tar Heel running mate, Jim Beatty, will also be in
. Dayton to run in the three mile. Beatty ended a glamorous col
legiate career in the NCAA meet by finishing eighth in the two
mile. The "Jim Dandy" of Carolina athletics suffered a foot injury
a couple of months ago, and apparently never quite recovered.
Another promising UNC soph, Wayne Bishop from Greenville,
fell victim to an old, old jinx in the NCAA meet and will not move
on to the AAU meet with his teammates. Bishop, plagued by injuries
since his high school days, was accidentally kicked in the knee by
Beatty in the. two mile event, and was forced to the sidelines with
a locked knee.
When the incident occurred, Bishop was moving up in the field
with only a lap and a half to go, and seemed assured of finishing in
the top five or six.
A Grad Makes Good
One recent UNC graduate has been making quite a name for
himself since leaving the Chapel Hill campus. He's Jim Raugh, the
very capable baseball pitcher who recently signed a contract with
the Detroit Tigers.
The Tigers farmed Raugh to the local Durham Bulls, and the
big righthander in his first appearance hurled a two-hit shutout
to beat Wilson, 1-0 last Saturday. The former UNC star has
sparkled in relief also, holding Greensboro hitless for one inning
and preserving a 2-1 win.
The experts have nothing but praise for Raugh. They call him
a smart pitcher with plenty of stuff and lots of head a prerequisite
for a major league pitcher. A brilliant baseball career is predicted
for the ex-Tar Heel.
VARSITY
Friday
Anastasia
Yul Brynner Ingrid Bergman
Saturday
Strategic Air Command
James Stewart
Late Show Saturday Sunday-Monday
Abandon Ship
Tyrone Power Lloyd Nolan
Tuesday
Between Heaven and Hell
Broderick Crawford
Wednesday-Thursday
Bail Out At 43,000
, John Payne
By LARRY CHEEK
Dave Scurlock, workhorse
UNC sophomore from Greens
boro, took a gaint step toward
track stardom Saturday night
in Austin, Tex., when he
finished a close third behind
Don Bowden and Ron Delaney
in the National Collegiate 880
yard run.
Scurlock headed a four man
UNC delegation to the NCAA
meet, but was the only Tar
Heel to place. Jim Beatty, runner-up
in the collegiate two
mile for the past two seasons,
folded in the stretch to finish
eighth in his speciality; soph
omore Wayne Bishop was
forced out of the same race with
a locked knee; and junior
Everett Whatley finished far
but of the'running in the mile.
Don Bowden of the Uni
versity of California, America's
first four minute miler, became
the first man to master Olympic
1,500 meter champ Ron Delaney
as he won the half going away.
Bowden's time was 1 :47.2 as
compared to 1:48.1 for Delaney
and 1:48.2 for Scurlock. ,
Bowden crossed the finish
line 5 yards in front of the
Villanova running machine,
while Delaney was only a scant
step ahead of Carolina's Scur
lock. All three men shattered the
old NCAA meet record, and
Scurlock's time was over 3 sec
onds better than his previous
UNC Golfers Compete
In NCAA Tournament
By DICK BURROUGHS
Six golfers representing North
Carolina in the 60th annual
NCAA golf championships will
leave today at 2:35 for Colorado
Springs, Col. After two days of
practice, play will begin for the
team title which will be decided
on a two-day 36-hole score.
The lowest four .scores from
each team will decide the team
champion while the lowest 64
individuals of the some 200 par
ticipants will continue in match
play until an individual champ
ion is crowned on Saturday.
Tom Langley has the honor of
representing Carolina on the 20-
Raugh Wins
Pro Debut
Jim Raugh, sensational UNC
pitcher this spring, made a
spectacular professional baseball
debut at Durham last Saturday
night when he uncorked a two
hit shutout as the Durham Bulls
nosed out the Wilson Tobacco
nists, 2-0.
Raugh, making his first start
since being signed by the Detroit
Tigers, was in complete control
throughout the ball game walking
just three men while striking out
four. The big right hander who
compiled a 7-3 record for Coach
Walter Rabb's Tar Heels this sea
son, made only 87 pitches, 53 of
them strikes while pitching the
fastest Carolina League game of
the local season.
Bishop Heads Group
Wayne Bishop will head the
UNC Athletic Association' next
year. He is a track man, and suc
ceeds another track man, Jim
Beatty. Both are distance runners.
man east squad which plays the
west on Sunday. Joining Lang
ley the following day for the
team play will be Gene Lookabill,
Buck Adams, Sam Patrick, Wal
ter Summerville and Bob Ruffin.
The Tar Heels had a fine 6ver
all record of 10-2-1 for theeason
but suffered a setback by losing
their ACC championship to Wake
Forest. Carolina was hampered
somewhat during this affair
though because their number
three man, Sam Patrick, was
missing from the line-up.
Carolina has never won the
NCAA crown but finished second
to Stanford in 1953 Harvey
Ward, current national amateur
king, won the individual title in
1949, while just last year Gene
Lookabill advanced to "the quar
terfinals. Coach Chuck Erickson,
a member of the tournament
committee and former president
of the coaches association, feels
that the Tar Heels could go all
the way this year if they play
np to their potential.
best. The Tar Heel sophomore
was sixth going into the stretch
drive, but a brilliant finishing
kick put him at Delaney's
elbow at the tape.
The two-mile, won by Deacon
Jones of ,the University of
Iowa, was a tragic race for
two Tar Heel runners. Beatty,
the little man running in his
last race as a Tar Heel, led the
field with a lap and a half to go,
while Bishop, a highly promis
ing sophomore, was fifth.
Then the strange hand of
fate intervened. Beatty began
to fade, and Bishop pulled out
to pass his teammate. Just as
he started around, Beatty
swerved in front of him and
accidentally kicked Bishop in
the knee.
The blow aggravated an old
injury, and Bishop's , knee
locked, forcing him out of the
race. Beatty went on to finish,
but could do no better than
eighth with a slow time of 9:18,
nearly 17 seconds off his prev
ious best.
Jones of Iowa won the event
with a time of 8:57 while Bob
House of California was second
in 8:59.9. The first four men
were under the old meet record.
The mile was divided into
two heats, one slow and one
fast. Whatley led the slow heat
at the halfway, mark with, a
time of 2:01, but tightened up
in the stretch to finish last.
Ron Delaney had little
trouble in his speciality as he
swept to a 4:06 victory. Jim
Grelle of Oregon was second in
4:07, while Maryland's Burr
Grim was right behind in
4:07.1.
Scurlock' and Beatty move on
to the National AAU meet in
Dayton, Ohio, this weekend.
Beatty will compete in the
three mile, while Scurlock will
go against such runners as Tom
Courtney, Bowden and Arnie
Sowell in the half.
CAROLINA
Friday-Saturday
The Lonely Man
Jack Palance Anthony Perkins
Sunday-Monday-Tuesday
The Wayward Bus
Jayne Mansfield Dan Dailey
Wednesday-Thursday
The Seventh Sin
Eleanor Parker - Bill Travers