Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 37

Lookout Tower Watches Burned Out Halsey Area Jack Wins Again i- Jt lllSililSllillliiK iillliip Plllifl llll (NEBRASKA JNATIONAL FOREST wits maam laiSBa campsites, each complete with a macadam, parking space, a personal picnic table and benches, water supply and firebox. Down near the entrance Is a fine swimming pool, open to the public for a small fee. There is even a wading pool for small swimmers, although most days the water is rather icy. Hiking trails lead up into the hills south of the campsites, and on our visit there a whitetail doe wandered out to spice our hike. She looked us over at some 200 yards, then leisurely strolled over a hill into the woods.

About 54 million trees are produced annually at the Bessey Nursery, and are distributed to those wanting them through the Nebraska State Forester and county extension agents. A visitor is told that the Bessey Nursery was founded in 1902 to grow trees for planting throughout the Great Plains. But it is the recreational complex that interests campers the most, the 33 campsites and 25 picnic units, the scenic drives, the hiking and horseback riding rails. At night a cool calmness settles over Halsey. It is the time for campfires in the fireboxes, a time to study the embers and reflect on the wonders of nature and man, a time to enjoy being alone in the outdoors with your own family.

One leaves Halsey with regret. It is an oasis of green in a sea of range land, and another spot in Nebraska that many Nebraskans pass by unfortunately. Seven years ago flames blackened trees here and well over 100 feet in the air. It is STAFF PHOTO BY BOB MUNGER peeled paint to the very top of Scott Lookout Tower, a vantage point for the entire area. Wade Captures Midwest By BOB MUGGER One of a Series Halsey High atop Scott Lookout Tower in the Bessey Division of the Nebraska National Forest near here a U.S.

Forest Service ranger tells a visitor "come back in 75 years and we'll have a complete forest for you to see." Seven years ago disaster struck here, and its scars are everywhere. At 11:30 a.m. on May 5, 1965, a lightning bolt exploded In tinder dry grass 11 miles southwest of here, and within five minutes firefightmg crews faced a 7-acre range fire. "Within five hours," the ranger tells visitors, "75 years of work has gone forever." Eight 4-H cabins and one bath house were burned, 10,920 acres of trees went up in smoke, along with 7,820 acres of range land. It took two days to finally control the last spark.

35 -La coin High graduate, who won back-to-back features last season before finishing second behind Jack Sweney in Midwest's season championship race. "It was like turning a dash," Wade said of running 35 laps without power steering. "It was twice as hard. I've only raced without power steering once before and that was about a month ago I finished third or fourth in the C-feature' Wade started the feature on the fifth row, outside position. He advanced to third behind Marv Marushak and Terry Richards by lap 11 and moved to second behind Richards on lap 22 before gaining the lead two laps later.

Richards spun out on lap 25 and dropped from second to sixth. Walt Keast, who was running fourth, left the race-on lap 26 because of apparent mechanical difficulties. "I first started thinking about winning when I got out front on the restart about two Japs after I took the lead," said Wade. "It was a one-line track tonight. You just had to stay in the groove.

I knew tofo Lincoln, Neb. Journal Wednesday, July 5, 1972 37 To this touring family the fire-swept acres were a thing at which to marvel, to shake heads In wonderment, but to the rangers it only meant another 75 years of hard work. The largest man-made forest in the world, covering 90,350 acres in all with sojme 22,000 acres in trees, the Halsey National Forest offers more than burnt trees to a vacationer. If one is a camper, it offers a number of pine-shrouded it would be hard for someone to pass because he would have to go out of the groove to do it." Norm Bruner and Sweney finished 2-3. Bub Offenbacker, however, made the biggest advancement in the field, moving from 20th and last to a fourth place finish.

He collected $100 for the two-day holiday point championship, edging Bruner by 30 points. At Eagle Raceway, Kansas City's Dick Sutcliffe led from start to finish to win the 30-Iap super modified A-feature and $300 Tuesday night. He had won $500 Monday night for capturing the Big Car Racing Assn. feature at Grand Island. Although Sutcliffe led all the way, it was a bumper-to-bumper finish among the top three as Ray Lee Goodwin and Lloyd Beckman placed second and third.

Thad Dosher also was challenging for the win, but his car lost a spark plug coming out of the fourth turn on the last lap and dropped from fourth to seventh. More than 6,000 fans attended the holiday events at both tracks. His total was the best mark in the world this year, 36 bet- iar tv MiI, than Russia Nikolai Avilov, but Bannister says "it'll take at least 8,200 to win in Munich." pper -fit port: factor working against him Tuesday night. "Our power steering went out before the first heat race," explained the 24-year-old Lin- 3. Jay Sterns, Lincoln; 4.

Bob Engel, Lincoln. Second heat (10 laps) 1. Norm Bruner, Bralnard; 2. Marv Martishak, David City; 3. Ron Stadsklev, Seward; 4.

George Meyers, Lincoln. Third heat (10 laps) 1. Kent Tucker, Aurora; 2. Jim Carpenter, Lincoln; 3. Jack Sweney, Lincoln; 4.

Bob Reich-waldt, Lincoln. Fourth heat (10 laps) 1. Bub Offer-backer, Lincoln; 2. Don Matulka, David City; 3. Don Stvskal.

David City; 4. Orvilie Hoffman, Lincoln. Fifth heat (10 laps) 1. Walt Keast, Lincoln; 2. Terry Richards, David City; 3.

Joe Wade, Lincoln; 4. Lonnle Athey, Lincoln. Trophy dash laps) I. Tucker; 2. Marushak.

Consolation (12 laps) 1. Marv Hllger, David City; 2. Carroll Adamy, David City; 3. Larry Rahe, Lincoln; 4. Ed Sumovlch, Columbus.

B-Feature (15 laps) 1. Bruce Price, Lincoln; 2. Wayne Luglnbill. Lincoln; 3. Don Carman, Bennet; 4.

Larry Rahe, Lincoln. A-Feature (35 laps) 1. Wade; 2. Bruner; 3. Sweney; 4.

Offenbackeri 5. Terry Rlohards; 4. Marushak. Demolition derby 1. Orvilie Burge-son, Lincoln; best appearing car 1.

Dick Oswald, Lincoln. He sent his mother a plane oktLryfaS She see him compete. Now a Los Angeles resident, Bannister lost 10 pounds from the 200 he normally carries as he ran the 110-meter high taken "us about five or six hours to put it in." Wade, who plans to use the 327 as a backup motor to the 350 in the future, had one other Eagle Results Time trial 1. Lonnle Jensen, Lincoln, 2. Roger Rager, Lincoln, :I4.M; 3-4, tie between Lloyd Beckman, Lincoln, and Tkad Dosher, Topeka, Trophy dash (( laps) 1.

Jensen; 2. Rager; 3. Dostw. First heat (It laps) 1. Beckman; 2.

Gerald Bruggeman, Hosklns; 3. Ray Lee Goodwin, Kansas City, i. Denny Oltman, Beatrice. $r-end hast (It laps) 1. Rsgerr 2.

Larry Upton, Lincoln; Dick Sulcliffe, Kansas City, 4. Jim Rigglns, Lincoln. Third heat (10 laps) 1. Roger Larson, Soloman, 2. Jensen; 3.

Dosher; 4. Eddie Leavitt, Kearney, Mo. Match raca (5 laps) 1. Dosher; 2. Beckman.

Creature (II laps) 1. Gene Gen-netten, Kansas City, 2. Danny Holllman, Lincoln; 3. Jim McVay, Omaha; 4. Don Droud, Lincoln, A-Feature (30 laps) 1.

Sutcliffe; 1 Goodwin; 3. Beckman; 4. Jensen; 5. Rager; 6. Leavitt.

Midwest Results First heat (10 laps) 1. Ed Bowes, Lincoln; 2. Tom Richards, David City; By VIRGIL PARKER i Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben has staged three feature races In the past 10 days and Columbus owner-trainer Jack Van Berg has won them all. Joey Bob came from off the pace to score a one-length triumph over Royal Harmony the same horse he ontlegged in the Cornhusker Handicap a week ago last Saturday to capture Tuesday's $34,500 Board of Governors' Handicap over a mile, and route. Last Saturday Van Berg's British Fleet claimed a similar high stakes victory, in the running of the Omaha Gold Cap.

"We've been trying for seven years to win one of these big ones and never could," Jack said of the stable headed by his father M. H. until his death last year. "Now we get three of them in 10 days." A fourth $50,000 race, the President's Handicap, will be contested on Ak-Sar-Ben's final day of racing, July 15. "I think pulling off the 'Grand Slam' by winning them all is really impossible," Van Berg says, "but we'll have British Fleet ready to try.

However the weight (126 pounds has been assigned), will probably be too much. He carried 120, and that's a lot, rin the gold cup." Van Berg, who had a three-horse entry in the field of eight for Tuesday's feature," was surprised Joey Bob was able to handle his weight and distance change from the Cornhusker. "He beat Royal Harmony the last time by two and a half lengths," Jack remembered, "but this race was longer (an extra of a mile) and-we were assigned an extra five pounds this time while Royal Harmony was reduced one. That's a switch of six pounds and everyone usually figures that every extra pound costs you a length at the finish." That rule-of-thumb didn't prove true, however. Just as in the Cornhusker, Van Berg's Road Man took an early lead.

In that first race all the others chased the pacesetter and tired as Joey Bob came on strong at the finish for his victory. "I figured the others wouldn't chase Road Man this time," Jack revealed, "and I actually expected him to hold the lead and win, wire-to-wire. But Jerry (Jockey Jerry Engle) said he started to wob-' ble on die backstretch." King Terry, a 14-1 longshot, took over the lead until the head of the then hung on for third as Joey Bob and Royal Harmony zoomed by. Pollution, Van Berg's third entry, kicked himself and finished last. "His leg was a mass of blood at the end," Jack said.

"That's the kind of bad luck we've been plagued with in past seasons. But this year we've had good luck. It takes a lot of that to get one of them in the winner's circle, and I'd rather have luck than brains." Results Page 38 STAMINAS National 43 36 43 28 37 33 3t 34 31 39 25 46 Wast 44 58 44 29 34 35 33 38 31 47 25 47 Pet. .623 .529 .523 Ml .352 .403 J07 .445 .397 .347 GB Vs 12V 19 Plttsburoh. New York Chicago St.

Louis Montreal Phiiadetohta Cincinnati Houston Cos Anodes Atlanta San Francisco TVt WM 14 19 San uitoo Tuesday's Result Cincinnati 4. St. Louta 1 tiaw York J-2, Son Dleoo 0-4 San Francisco 2, PhHadewii I Montreal 7. Los Anaeles 3 Houston 4, PWsburoh Atlanta 54. Chicaoo 1-3.

2nd oamli 7Vi Irminos, tie. rain weednesdav' Games (All times BQT) Ssn Francisco (Bryant 4-4) at Philadelphia (Reynolds 0-4). 7:35 o.m. Los Angeles (Osteon 7-4) at Montreal (Moore 0-2). 8:05 p.m.

Chicaoo (Jenkins f-7) at Atlema (Niekro 7-7). 8:05 p.m. San Dleoo (Arlin 74) at New York (Msttack -4), 1:15 D.m. Pirhboroh lEIHs 7-t) Houston (Forsch 44). 1:30 D.m.

Onto oames scheduled American Bannister Wins Decathlon Title hurdles in 14.5 seconds for 905 and pole vaulted 13-Ui in the second day. "I sure could improve my pole, vault," he said. "I lose a lot of points there." By RANDY YORK Lincoln's Joe Wade gave himself two chances to win Tuesday night's holiday late model stock car championship at Lincoln's Midwest Speedway. "I thought," said Wade, "the way things were going, my best hope was slim. My next best hope was next to none." Wade, who won $400 for capturing the 35-lap feature, had a lot on bis mind going into the race.

Foremost in his thoughts was wife Paula, who is due to deliver the couple's first child in three days. She was in the stands watching. "I was strapped in my car ready for the feature and couldn't see much when the ambulance pulled out of the pits at the end of the B-feature," related Wade after winning his first feature of the season. "I couldn't see where it was going," Wade said of the ambulance, which left the pits when the engine to Jerry Reed-er's car caught fire. Reeder, however, was uninjured.

"I could think of only one thing when that ambulance Goolagong, Billie Jean Victorious Wimbledon, England WMDef ending champion Evonne Goolagong of Australia defeated 17-year-old Chris Evert, of Fort Lauderdale, 4-6, 6-3, 64 Wednesday for the right to meet Billie Jean King in Friday's final for the Wimbledon tennis crown. Mrs. King, the No. 2 seed from Long Beach, crushed Rosemary Cassis of San Francisco 6-2, 64 in the first women's singles match on the grass center court. The center court was packed to its 15,000 capacity for the first ever meeting between Miss Evert and the holder of the Wimbledon crown.

In her match, which lasted one hour, 35 minutes, Miss Evert fought from a 1-0 deficit to capture the first set and held a commanding 3-0 lead in the second before the defending champion rallied to claim victory. The American challenger led the crucial third set at 2-1 and again at 3-2 before Miss Crooiagong broke' through to earn a repeat berth in the finals. It will be Mrs. King's sixth Wimbledon final since 1963. She won three times in a row 19664968.

Jimmy Connors, the other half of America's teen-age tennis combo, was eliminated for the men's singles action Tuesday. Top-seeded Stan Smith of Pasadena, Calif, was the only American to make it to the men's semi-finals with a 6-2, "8-6, 6-2 victory over Alex Metreveli of Russia while Connors, the 19-year-old sensation from Belleville, UL was losing to Hie Nastase of Romania 64, 64, 6-1. In the other two men's quarterfinal marches, Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia beat Onny Parun of New Zealand 6-2, 6-3, 64 and Manuel Or antes of Spain topped Colin Dibley of Australia 6-2, 6-0, 6-2. In Thursday's semi-finals, Smith meets Kodes, the man he beat in the final at Forest Hills last year to clinch the U.S. open title, while Nastase and Orantes meet in the other.

pulled out and that was Paula was ready to nave the baby," said Wade. "I knew the B-feature was over. I didn't think there was an accident'' Wade, who wrestled the lead from Terry Richards on the 24th lap and held it the rest of the way, had other reasons for not giving himself much chance to win. For one, the 327 cubic-inch motor in his 1969 Chevelle may have been racing in its last race. "We were expecting to be running tonight with a new, 350 cubic-inch motor," pointed out Wade, "except the camshaft didn't get here.

I was waiting at the airport at 12:30 this morning for it to come in from Los Angeles. "I was the only on there to pick it up," he added. "They (Crowier Cams Inc.) had assured us that it would be tn the flight. It's sort of lonely waiting at the United Air Line terminal for something you're excited about that doesn't come. "Everything was ready to go.

American Motor Parts had clearanced and line-boarded it," said Wade. "It would have Chess The Russians broke off their talks with representatives of American chess challenger Bobby Fischer Wednesday, ithrowimg serious doubts on the possibility the twice-postponed World Championship match win the USSR's Boris Spassky would ever be held The talks between representatives of Fischer and Spassky started Tuesday after Spassky triggered the second postponement of the scheduled 24-game series, saying Fischer had insulted him by not showing up for the pre-maitch ceremonies. He said he would not play until FIDE punished Fischer and Fischer personally apologized. Officials had hoped the match could start Thursday. Track Larry Young of Sibley, set an American record for the 50-kilometer walk with a time of 4 hours, 13 minutes, 4.4 seconds at the U.S.

men's Olympic trials in Eugene, Tuesday. Boating Bill Mancey won both of his preliminary heats in Atlas Van Lines I and was declared the winner of the $30,000 Madison Regatta when the championship heat was canceled because of debris in the Ohio River. Fencing Ruth White, a New York University senior from Baltimore, is the U.S. women's fencing champion for the second time. Miss White regained the title Tuesday night.

The 20-year-old coed won 22 of 23 matches in claiming the crown and gaining a VS. Olympic berth. Bowling Paul Colwell, a 23-year-old airman, crashed through to his Erst professional victory Tuesday night in the $40,000 Tucson Open Bowling Tournament. Colwell came from fourth place, 60 pins behind pacesetter Nelson Burton during the final eight-game block. Sports Briefs EN NUIS Thursday POST TIME 4 P.M.

First rscs. purst claiming $2,000, 4-year-olds and up, milt and 70 yards. Account Clntd (Anderion) 114 Ocean Sea (Engle) 114 Not Too Shabby (Whlled) 114 Banked (No boy) 114 Poundmaker (Stalling;) 114 Van Luxenberg (Lewis) IW Co Bla Ka (Lombardo) 114' Classic Charcoal (Peterson) 114 Fire Buff (Stauffer) 114 Road Break (No boy) 114 Claudius Max (Fleselman) 117 Dashing Across (No boy) 10 Also: Precious Dumbo (Rettele) 114; Royal Teenager (Whlted) 117; Fish Around (Meier) xxl02i Dotty's Alibi (Ecoffey) 112; Rub The Lamp (Leelkig) 114; Bishop Brown (Engle) 114. Second race, purse $3,000, claiming $2,500, Nebraska-bred 4-year-olds and up, furlongs. Grand Onion (Engle) 114 Heidi Win (Pacheco) 107 Wooden Coin (No boy) 114 Ann Var (Powell) 112 Pack Of Gems (Ecoffey) 1)4 Fan Tan Man (Stauffer) 117 Kay (No boy) 10 Happy Vie (Alexander) 109 Bebers Image (Rettele) 107 Vagabond Flyer (Lombardo) 114 Butter Burger (Burgos) 114 Good Harvest (Lively) 107 Also: Poona Miss (No boy) 107; Arml Carla (Rettele) 107; Splnnin In (Lewis) 117; Hesa Kem (Meier) xxl07; Lazy Maa (Pettlnger) xxlOJ; Jessft In Space (No boy) 109.

Third raca, punt $4,000, claiming $5,000, 2-year-olds, furlongs. Princess Anna (No boy) Ill Last Shadow (No boy) Ill Slipped Peg (Whlted) .114 Spicy Taste (No boy) ,.111 Cuik Date (Ecoffey) 114 Artist Chanch (Alexander) 117 Gala Sailor (Lively) 114 Restless Rex (Anderson) 114 Seafarin Lass (No boy) Ill Scufflln Man (Pettlnger) xxl07 Lizrally (Lewis) 114 Natives Angel (Salazar) Ill Also: In Camelot (No boy) 111; Nickel's Hyperion (Engle) 111; Voner Marine (No boy) 114; Wezzle (No boy) Ill; Better Shooter (No boy) 114; Quick Slipper (Meier) xx107. Fourth race, purse $5,000, claiming $7,500, 3-year-olds, 4 furlongs. Ray Bauer (Powell) 114 Stormy John (Engle) 117 Miss Crispy (Herrera) 109 Star BUder (Pettinger) xxllO Battle Bloom (Lively) 112 Maverick Miss (Anderson) 107 Jersey Jet (Moyers) 114 Diamond Link (Alexander) 109 Mr. T.E.

(Lewis) 117 Fifth race, purst $3,500, maiden J-ytar-olds, 4 furlongs. Gypsy Drum (Herrera) 113 Voyagette (Powell) 113 Can't Go Wrong (Titus) 118 Doc's Charger (Stallings) 113 Superior Hands (Alexander) Tevere (Peterson) 113 Harper King (Ecoffey) Ill KagaNrl (Engle) 118 Shirley's Song (Meier) xxll) Loma Chiquita (Rettele) 113 Also: Dancing Duzy (Fleming) 113; Royal Whisper (Lewis) 113; Wood Wink (No boy) 118; Miss Fay (Anderson) 113; Combat Bush (Alexander) 118; Golden Glo (No boy) 113. Sixth ract, purst $4,700, claiming $4,500, 4-year-olds and up, 4 furlongs. a Bold Tuppy (No boy) 113 Longway Homo (No boy) ,,,.,,.,,.110 Nikkls Promise (Whlted) lis Ptlson (Alexander) US a Malapai (No boy) Ill Rocky Dream (Powell) 113 Frostown (Ltwis) 115 Lucky Trust (Lively) US Money Dusttr (Pettinger) xxl03 Swiss Policy (Engle) 110 Ima Contender (Burgos) 110 Wingo Lea (Herrera) 113 a Entry M. H.

Van Berg Stable Inc. (Jack Van Berg Et Al) Seventh ract. Vale Of Tears purst, purst $4,500, allowanct 3-year-olds and up, 4 furlongs. Arrowdan (Moyers) 114 You Know What (Burgos) 114 Ketncut (No boy) 108 High Rover (Whited) 114 Little Blue Boy (Powell) 114 M. Star (Lewis) 114 -Aquarius (Lively) ..114 Sonny's Delight (Herrera) 109 Swift Capture (Anderson) 114 Julia Princess (Engle) 112 Mona't Jet (Fitselman) 114 Chilipin (Leellng) 112 Eighth ract, purst $4,200, allowanct 3-and 4-year-olds, mils and 70 yards.

Splendid Past (Whlted) 108 Irvine Road (Mcytrs) 108 Freedom Run Lively) 108 Revenge The Sword (No boy) 108 Trigger Too (Herrera) 108 Mischief Mchaet (Ecoffey) Ill Hard Gold (Powell) Battle Award (No boy) 108 Ninth ract, purst $3,708, claiming $3,500, 3-year-olds, milt and 71 yards. Regional Director (Anderson) Hi Husker Star (Baxter) in Mr. Joe S. iLttllng) 112 Sharp Mlldrtd (Powell) 109 Bump An Go (Burgos) U2 Jwnlor (Lombardo) in Sue 'N Sand (Engle) H3 Country Garb (Moyers) Count Kem (Herrera) 1)8 Wooden Swan (Stauffer) 112 Also: Apollo Tom (Meier) xxlOO; Mr. Dale (Alexander) lit; Delta Rex (Meier) xxl04; Bin Cold (No boy) 111; Tommy Dan (Stallinos) Hi; Another Bella (No boy) 107.

Tl 1 -J I v-. I V. -1 i -4 Eugene, Ore. (AP) They call it a "little club of ours" and they refer to the members as they would loved ones. It's the rugged, gruelling, twoday-ten-event test known as the decathlon the event Jeff Bannister calls his own a graduate of New Hampshire who stands 6 feet 3 and weighs 10 pounds less than normal today, captured the U.S.

Olympic Trials decathlon Tuesday with 8,120 points, the top total in the world this year. He conquered 97-degree heat as well as little Jeff Bennett of the Army. Bennett, with 8,076, and Bruce Jenner, a longshot from Iowa, with 7,846, also made the U.S. team which goes to Munich this summer for the 20th Olympic Games. "I just wanted to get on the team.

It's been a long wait," said a champagne-drenched Bannister on the track, moments after completing the final event, the run. Bannister was asked about his own performance but preferred to speak in glowing terms of ins competitors. "I was so happy to see Jeff do so well in the pole vault, and Bruce make the team. I love all these guys. We compete against each other so often." Bennett went 16 feet 7 inches in the pole vault Tuesday, jumping from fifth position in the over-all standings to first briefly.

Then Bannister came back for a 200-11 javelin and regained the lead. The two ran almost arm-in-arm through the last half lap in the 1,500 as both clocked 4:25.5. "I know Jeff likes to set the pace;" said Bannister, "and I like to run behind. He had to beat me by seven seconds to win this thing and we agreed that if we were close to each other with 200 to go, we'd go in together. "We didn't want to make It a ddg-eat-dog affair at the end.

There was no need to. We're both on the team." Bennett, a graduate of Oklahoma Christian, said his former home prepared him for the heat here and said, "besides, it's not that bad because it's not too humid." Bannister hadn't seen his mother since he was graduated from college 18 months ago. Pet. GB HalHmnr 3S 30 .559 Detroit 37 31 .444 Boston 32 34 ASS WewYoric 31 35 .470 Cleveland II Jit MHwauket 40 .403 10'A West Oakland 4 .457 Oioaoo 41 2 JS4 5 Minnesota 36 33 J7i 'A Kansas OtV 34 35 93 11V California 31 40 IS Texas 41 A4 17 Tuesday's Results Cleveland 2. Texas 0 Boston 2.

Minnesota 9 Kansas Cltv 1, Detroit I Baltimore 2. Chicaoo 1 Milwaukee 4. California 2 Oakland 4. New York 2 Wednesdays Games (All times EDT) Baltimore (McNelly 1-7) at Chicaoo (Wood 124). 2:15 O.m.

Minnesota (Perry t-7) at Boston (Pattln 44). 7:30 o.m Texas (Goqolewskl 34) at Cleveland (6. Perry 12-7). 7:30 D.m. Detroit (Lolich 19-5) at Kansas City (Sollrtorff 7-4).

1:30 o.m. New York (Kline 4-3) at Oakland (Holtiman VIS). 11 o.m. Milwaukee (Stephenson 2-0 or Parsons t-7) at California (Rvan t-5). 11 cm.

Jeff Bannister, left, University of New Hampshire graduate, and Jeff Ben-nett, Army, cross the finish line in the 1,500 run, the final event in the two-day Decathlon at the Olympic Trials Tuesday in Eugene, Ore. Bannister and Bennett finished one-two in the competition and will represent the U.S. in Munich this summer. 4).