1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

34 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for SEPTEMBER, 1964^,y^f%'THIS QUARTET of Whitman College tennis players,three of them Phis, mopped up in NAIA district andNorthwest Conference play in 1964. Steve Ronfeldt,left, Ron Witten, second from right, and Bill Schoen,right, along with Randy Jacobs (a Sigma Chi), secondfrom left, handily won the NAIA crown when all fourreached the final round. Ronfeldt, defending champion,beat teammate Jacobs for the singles title, and Ronfeldtand Jacobs beat teammates Witten and Schoen for thedoubles laurels. Ronfeldt, a four-year tennis and basketballletterman, has been president of the AssociatedStudents, while Witten, a junior, is currently second vicepresidentof the Associated Students. In Northwest Conferenceplay, a five-man Whitman team tied for thechampionship, after having won it outright the threeprevious years. Ronfeldt reached the fourth round inNAIA national single competition.SPORTS SHORTSBy Dr. John Davis, Jr., Washburn '38, with Cohfributors:Clarence W. Walls, Oregon '12; Ken Hansen,'New Mexico '55; Lothar A. Vasholz, Colorado '52Monte Johnson (Kan.), for three years directorof promotions and public relations at Kansas University,was recently elevated to a newly-createdposition of assistant athletic director.. .. Dale Morey(LSU) built up a five-hole lead and then stavedoff a late rush by Billy Joe Patton to win the North-South Amateur golf championship 3 and 2 at Pinehurst,N.C. Morey reached the 5th round of theBritish Amateur. . . Clarence McGuire (Kan.)coasted to the Missouri State Senior golf title. . .Tom Garrity (Mo.), former All-Phi Honor Roll/Golfer, won the Missouri State Amateur championshipat Indian Hills in Kansas City. . . . BuddyFowUtes (Ga. Tech) was recently named head trackcoach at Georgia Tech. Jim Kelly (So. Dakota),long-time Minnesota track coach and 1956 USAOlympic track mentor, who retired several yearsago, has joined the coaching staff of the PasadenaAthletic Association. . . . Blaine Lindgren (Utah)was runner-up in the National AAU 110-meter highhurdles, while Chris Stauffier (Maryland) finishedsixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 52.0 after running51.3 in the prelims.Bill Toomey (Colo.) of Santa Clara Youth Vdlageplaced fifth in the National Decathlon championshipwith 7,620 points, with Phikeia DaveWilliams (Washington) and Tacoma T.C. finishingwith 6,784 pts. . Phis on the 31st All-Star footballsquad are Dave Parks (Texas Tech) end; TedDavis (Ga. Tech) end; Harrison Rosdahl (Penn St.)guard. . Phis participating in the Ail-Americanfootball game at Buffalo in late June were threemembers of the All-Phi football team: Parks, Rosdahl,and Jay Wilkinson (Duke) back. Wilkinsonwas co-winner of the Ernie Davis Memorial Awardin the game. 'Bill Cowan (Utah) is covering center field for theChicago Cubs. . Two-time All-Phi tackle MikeBriggs (Washington) recently signed with the DallasCowboys of the NFL. . Greg Ruth (Lehigh), thePan American Games wrestling champion nowrepresenting NYAC, won the National AAU 154-Ibs. free style wrestling championship.New Fraternity Track MarksBob Day (UCLA) broke the fraternity mile markthree times during the year, running 4:04.1, 4:01.8and finally 3:58.9 at Compton on June 5. Helowered the fraternity 880 yard record of 1:50.6,held by Charles Draper of Texas Tech, to 1:50.3in the Modesto Relays. He also posted a new marlof 3:42.1 in the 1500 meters at the NCAA chair),pionships.Phil White (Stanford), holder of the fraternitypole Vault record, broke his own mark with a16'li4" vault. He had another vault of 16'i/^"Jim Heath (Colorado), running for Camp Pendle-Phis and Phikeias Star inOlympic Track TryoutsBlaine Lindgren (Utah) ran second in the 1 IOmeterhigh hurdles in the splendid time of 13.7sec. at the Olympic Track & Field Tryouts atRandalls Island in New York early in July. ChrisStauSer (Maryland) placed third in the 400-meterhurdles with a new fraternity record of 50.1 sec.Bob Day (UCLA) sophomore placed 6th in the1500-meter run in 3:46.6.This trio qualified for the final Olympic Tryoutsin California in September, along with PhikeiaJim Stevenson (Penn State), who won the javelinat 242'8". Phikeia Stevenson's case was a very unusualone as he had not qualified in the top sixfrom the AAU or NCAA championships to make theOlympic Tryouts. However, the Committee gavehim a special invitation since he was only one-halfinch behind the sixth place qualifier and he camethrough to win first place.Mike Cole (Maryland) broadjumper, Phikeia BobKeppel (Wash. State) high jumper, and Jun Heath(Colo.) quarter-miler participated in the Tryouts butfailed to make the final six for the finals in Californialater.