Scoreboard: Who Won Jun. 12, 1964

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> Rice University Star Fred Hansen: a new world record in the pole vault, with a leap of 17 ft. 1 in. (the old record: 17 ft. ¾ in., by Miami's John Pennel), at a track meet in Houston. > Oregon's Dyrol Burleson: a one-step victory over Loyola of Chicago's Tom O'Hara in the mile run at the Compton, Calif., Relays. Burleson was clocked in 3 min. 57.4 sec., and the next seven finishers all cracked 4 min. too. Wichita's Jim Ryun, 17, came in eighth at 3 min. 59 sec.—fastest time ever recorded by a high school miler.

Who Lost

> The New York Mets: the longest single game (7 hrs. 23 min.) and the longest doubleheader (9hrs. 52 min.) in history, both to the San Francisco Giant, before 57,037 supersatiated fans—biggest crowed of the 1964 season—at New York's Shea Stadium. The first game was a regulation nine-inning affair, and the Giants won 5-3. But the nightcap went 23 innings before Catcher Del Crandall, only able-bodied man on the Giant roster (except pitchers) who had not yet played, drove in the winning run with a pinch double to give San Francisco an 8-6 victory.

> Frank ("Pop") Ivy: his $23,000-a-year job as coach of the American Football League's Houston Oilers, to onetime Passing Whiz Sammy Baugh—whom Ivy had hired as an assistant coach two weeks before. "This town just doesn't go for losers," explained Owner Bud Adams, whose Oilers won 17 games, lost 11 in Ivy's two seasons.