DuMoulin placed fourth in the hammer with a toss of 173 feet, 9 inches, made in the qualifying round. Pescosolido bested his qualifying throw of 188 feet, 10 inches, but his 190 foot throw Saturday did not change his fifth place Friday standing.
Of the other Crimson entrants, captain Al Gordon did possibly the best, although he did not get past the trials in the 440. He finished in a virtual tie for second, and sideline observers felt that he had finished second, or at least no worse than third. However, the judges saw it differently, giving him fourth and eliminating him from further competition. The second place time was :48.3, only .3 seconds off the Harvard record.
The other Crimson entrants did not place. Pete Reider, in the two-mile, showed the effects of the heat and a rough trip to Villanova the night before. He faded badly after the first mile and was never able to move back into scoring contention.
Lee Barnes in the 220 got off to a fast start in his preliminary heat, but the distance proved too much for him, and he too faded badly at the end, finishing out of the qualifying bracket.
Neither of the other two hammer entrants, Jim Doty or Dunc Johnson, was able to advance into Saturday's finals. Doty just missed qualifying, however, as his best throw, 164 feet, placed him seventh among the competitors. Six of the qualifiers advanced to the finals. Johnson's best toss was 150 feet.
Landau in NCAA Meet
Both Landau and Gordon will go to Berkley for the NCAA tournament June 13-14 at the University of California. There Landau will meet the best in collegiate hurdling, including Elias Gilbert of Winston-Salem, and Glenn Davis of Ohio State, the Olympic 400-meter hurdles champion. Gilbert last week broke the world's record in the 440-yard dash.
The following week, both will enter the AAU meet at Bakersfield, California.