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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 28, 1964
Missouri Coach Calls Lingle 'A Coaches Dream'
COLUMBIA, Mo. — (UPI) — Missouri Track Coach Tom Botts' description of his star anchor-man Robin Lingle: "Team wise, he's a coach's dream, a real team man. The team comes first, Lingle second with him."
Lingle has established himself as one of the nation's most promising track stars. The Tiger whiz creates a stir of excitement wherever he competes, which has included London and Spain.
His track laurels are many. He was voted the most outstanding performer at the Texas Relays and repeated the honor at the KU classic.
Lingle owns three Big Eight indoor marks outright. He's run the fastest mile (4:03.2), half-mile (1:-50.9) and 1000-yards (2:07.6) in conference history.
"We're all very proud of him," Hogan said. "He has outstanding scholastic ability as well as athletic ability."
Ralph Arnold Lingle, Jr., the son of a Philadelphia policeman, is one of those rarities in collegiate athletics. A gifted athlete, a superior student and a young man overflowing with so much discipline, it makes you think he's still a West Point cadet.
HIS 1000-yard mark, second to Canadian Bill Crothers at last year's Chicago Daily News Meet, stands as an American Record.
ACCORDING TO Joseph Hogan dean of Missouri's engineering school, Lingle ranks in the top 10 per cent of all engineering students.
Lingle transferred to Missouri last year, after two years at the Academy.
He said he decided to resign from West Point because he preferred an engineering degree to a military career.
Hogan stressed that Lingle never asks for special favors. After competing in the New York Athletic Club indoor meet last fall, he was back in class the next morning.
Here at KU, Lingle anchored a sizzling 4:01 mile to spark his Tiger mates to a meet 4-mile relay record of 16:41.6.
Missouri's blazing foursome, touted a sure bet to challenge the world's pending two-mile relay record of 7:19 by Oregon State, came close at Texas in 7:22.7, when Lingle flashed home in 1:48.3.
"That all started in Texas," he said about publicity that Missouri might shatter the world mark.
"I will never say, or predict when or where we might break a record," Lingle said. "But I do think we are capable. We never aim at setting any records, we go out to win the race."
"TIM SORRY that all got started." Botts said in reference to the publicity. "We run to try and win the race and let the records take care of themselves. I think the boys felt the pressure at Kansas."
"I think Robin's biggest asset is his mental attitude. He's a positive thinker, cheerful, optimistic, but not cocky." Botts said.
"He also has a great deal of mental discipline which I think is important."
"I think very highly of these four young men," Botts went on. "Lingle
on the Olympic team. He said he believed he would have to crack the four-minute barrier to grab a spot on the U.S. team. When reminded that his grade-
point average of 3.54 was a similar figure to Peter Snell's world record mile, (3.54.4). Lingle chuckled, "Quite a coincidence. I never even thought of it that way."
for somebody, and with them as a team. The tie binds the four of us, we're actually one person out there running," Lingle said. His goal is a 1500-meter berth
of course is outstanding, but the other three (Larry Ray, Bill Rawson and Charlie Conrad) are doing an outstanding job too."
"I get more of a thrill competing
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