Morton vs. Mills—Act 1
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FASTSTART
Curtis Mills shoots out of
the blocks in the 440-yard
dash with a lead that he did
not give up until the final
40 yards. Mills, who has
had tremendous starts for
the whole season, had beat
en Texas’ Dave Morton once
this year.
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I CAN’T SAY
Dave Morton could not even begin to predict how fast he Morton after the race. Morton had just broken the Con-
would eventually run the 440-yard dash. “Curtis set a ference record of 46.4 by Jim Bankhead of SMU, posting
tremendous pace for me and he ran a great race. He’s a a 45.5.
great guy and I have a lot of respect for him,” commented
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Credits
Photographs by-
Mike Wright,
Charles Rowton
Lay-out by
A FAST THREESOME
Three runners broke the old record of 46.4. They are from
left to right, Dave Morton, Texas 45.5, Curtis Mills, Texas
A&M, 46.1, and Eddie Canada, Texas, 46.3.
GREAT STRIDES
The long legs of Curtis Mills carried him to break a con
ference record in the 440-yard dash—but he still lost. Mills
was timed at 46.1. Mills stride carried him almost all the
way home in his freshman year, but he still has three
more years to work on the finish.
WHY, OH WHY?
Curtis Mills strolls
around the infield
after the race trying
to figure out just
what went wrong
and what he can do
to prevent it from
happening again.
His dream bubble
popped during the
last 40 yards.
IT’S OYER
Dave Morton breaks
the tape with the
new conference re
cord of 45.5. Curtis
Mills strains to hold- fl
off fast closing Ed
die Canada of Texas.
Morton, Mills, and
Canada all broke the ___
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46.4.