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| St. Lambert's Legion Builds Asphalt Track - For Best General Use 8T. Semen Que. (CP)-- » Two years Pi deers track and field llevan be- gan wrestling with a perplexing problem It arose after the city and Royal Canadian Legion branch 68 decided to build a track and . field park incorporating every modern technique. The question was whether to build an asphalt track, knowing that any world records set on it wouldn't be recognized, or to) put down a traditional cinder ». track that would be harder to maintain but would qualify for international recognition. The promoters went to vari- ous persons for advice, includ- ing Lt.Col. Jack Davies, an * engineer and also Canada's | representative on the Interna- * tional Amateur Athletic Feder. ~ ation, governing body of world track and field. Told that the group had been approached about using a com- mercial asphalt mixture for the running track, Davies said: "T'm warning you now; world or national records set on any- thing but a conventional cinder * track won't be recognized by » the world governing body." "This bit of advice really * shook us," says Ed Ruthven, a Legion member of the track committee. "We spent a lot of days and nights discussing this. ' There was a great deal of con- troversy and some frayed tem- pers." Presently, the committee de- cided to install the commercial mixture..The asphalt track is much like an ordinary road surface but more resilient. Ath. letes wear the short pin spikes used on boards at indoor meets rather than the customary %%4- inch outdoor spikes. Deciding on the asphalt track was "a decision not taken lightly," Ruthven says. When Davies heard about it he was strongly critical. 'This is foolish. It's silly. I can't un- derstand what they're doing." He said the IAAF stand won't change in the forseeable future because ail European track powers "are 100 per cent) against it." About the same time the Amateur Athletic Union of Can- ada released the result of a poll of its provincial branches showing the majority in favor of the IAAF refusal to recog- Qualifying Play' For Ont. Open -- Starts June 25 TORONTO (CP)--The Ontario Golf Association announced Tuesday it has exempted 85 pro- fessionals and amateurs from the qualifying round of the On- tario Open golf championship at suburban Islington June 25-27. There is $5,000 in prize money to be won, including top prize of $1,200 and the top. three pro- fessionals in the tournament will win starting place in the first world tournament at De- troit's Oakland Hills Course jaug. 27-30 The remaining 65 in a starting field of 150 will be. selected in an 18-hole qualifying round at Islington June 23. In another announcement} Tuesday, the association said that every amateur must pre- sent at the first tee a handicap certified within 30 days of any sanctioned tournament. The card must be attested by either. a club secretary, a club captain or the chairman of the handi-| cap committee. D. J. Donovan, OGA public | relations director, said the new rule will be strictly enforced. "If a player forgets his card, he's in trouble. He won't play," said Mr. Donovan, SPORTS BRIEFS FUND NEAR TARGET | HAMILTON (CP)--The foot-| ball hall of fame fund cam-) paign has reached the $75,000 mark and projects are under way which should boost it over the $100,000 objective shortly, | Lorne Coady, chairman of the; citizen's committee sponsoring the drive, said Wednesday. AUSSIES SWEEP TENNIS | ROME (AP) -- Australia' | Margaret Smith added three ti-| tles and a five-pound silver cup! to her luggage Wednesday as| she wound up the Italian inter- national tennis championships | with a amixed doubles victory.) | The 21-year-old teamed with) John Newcombe, teen-age Aus-| sie Davis Cup player, and won| the mixed doubles by beating) Maria Bueno and Thomas Koch) of Brazil] 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. s BOMBER HITS 50 NEW YORK (CP)--Joe I former world heavyweight bo ing champion Wednesday aa brated his 50th birthday in a suite on the 50th floor of a mid- town hotel. Sticking to his guns, Louis reiterated his belief that} a healthy Sonny Liston can whip| champion Cassius Clay in a re-/ turn bout for the title Liston lost to Clay early this year. nize records set outdoors on any but cinder tracks The Quebec Track and "Field Association, an AAU member, backed St. Lambert, announc- ing it would recognize any rec- ords set on the asphalt track. But this was feeble support. SITE OF TRIALS Before the controversy blew Lambert had been the 1964 Canadian trials. There was some fear that the fuss might result in a change of venue. However, N. A. Beach of Tor- onto, national AAU chairman, assured St. Lambert that it would get the trials. They'll be held Aug. 7-8, the official open- ing of the $100,000 park. James K. Stewart, the alder- man representing the city on the track building committee, wondered what all the contro- versy was about anyway. He said only three world outdoor records have been set in Can- ada in 20 years, all by Van- couver sprinter Harry Jerome. "There is a trend toward non-traditional type tracks," he said. "We ae constructing this track as_a municipal facility to help train youngsters in track and field." Stewart noted that there are about 160 non-traditional tracks in the United States, 93 of which are made of the same material as St. Lambert's. EASY TO MAINTAIN Construction of St. Lambert's Seaway Park Track and Field Centre is. due to be completed THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, May 14,1964 17 ing $35,000 of the cost. There will be seating for 3,800 with room for additional seats. Track maintenance cost will be nil as compared with the $1,000 der track in shape each year. Hugh McMillan, a Toronto architect and former track ath- lete recommended by Davies as a consultant, examined the pro- to $2,000 needed to keep a cin-|a that we were going to deprive athletes of any records." "There's a safety angle, too," says Stewart. "Youngsters using rubber-soled shoes have tendency to slip and fall on a cinder track but they will have surer footing on asphalt. "Also athletes using spikes, while they don't slip on cinder, will have surer and more uni- posed site--land reclaimed from the St. Lawrence River -- and form footing on this surface." ae Se ee SER approved it. Soil tests were carried, out on|ff J. A. the rock and rubble fill and, Stewart said, they showed a serious drainage problem, 'nell that could be solved most easily with an asphailt-type surface. It would be waterproof and usable eight months of the year. "But there was more to it than just that,"' says Ian Hume, chairman of the St. Lambert Community Sports Association. "Our idea was to give athletes the best possible track on which to run. There was no feeling For Expert Building DEMOLITION | SMALL JOBS---BIG JOBS 161 Mill St. - eukewel 725-4285 | -- Se oe aw See There Are Special Benefits For All BUSINESS EXECUTIVES | AND SALESMEN For personal use or for @ ACADIAN Other Company use there ere On definite advantages when @ PONTIAC Request vou lease e peel by @ BUICK Models ps insurance ¢: meintenance costs . One rete covers stags be ie cs ace de the yaar ae boo "Phone or come im for full detelis. MILLS AUTC LEASE PHONE 723-4634 LTD. 266 KING ST. WEST in mid-June. The Legion is pay- 3% HP. i! 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