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V 12 N. 91 And Still More Long Beach Archives Featuring Bob Soth

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Darryl Taylor has provided some more photos from his private collection.  Here's how he accounts for having those pictures.

George-here is what I remember. When I came to LBSC (Long Beach City College) in the 1961-62 school year the current school records were fair but nothing . exceptional.  There was a LB Press-Telegram sports writer who covered LBSC T&F and after a couple of track meets he sensed that some very big changes were on the horizon. Don't ask me why but he picked me as a target for the Sunday edition of the sports page and I would wake up Sunday to find my photo in the paper. I must have gathered five or six photos from the paper that year.  When I graduated in 1964 I went to his office in downtown Long Beach and asked if there was any way I could get a negative or 8x10 of the photos he had from those articles. He asked if I would care to have some others he had in his files and of course I jumped at the offer. I cannot tell you which ones were in that first bunch or which ones I obtained from the LBSC Forty-Niner school paper. These are a mixture of those two sources and just grabbing old programs and asking for copies here and there. The photos of Ullis Williams and Lindgren I got from Tom Jennings at some point in the past. Always looking to save things that were being tossed. I worked in the equipment cage for a while and one day when emptying the trash I found a set of brand new Wilson spikes that Rose had tossed that dated back to the opening of the school circa 1949. No telling the origin of any particular image but that pretty much covers it.


I am always interested in the past! Explains why my wife took me to a surprise visit to the Orange County Center for the Performing Arts last night to see JOHNNY MATHIS perform old songs and Christmas carols at the age of 87. He pulled it off if I must say.  More historical stuff coming your way as the new year gets underway.

Darryl,
You probably have all the photos that got nixed by the photo editor at the paper.  There must be incredible numbers of great pictures in old newspaper archives.  One of those resources I've used in the past is the Wright State University Library in Dayton, OH.  The old newspapers donated their files to the library.  They have several people working at that collection who are very helpful at digging out old pictures and stories.  To our readers, some of you may have a detective nature and be willing to go that route to find track history in your local libraries.   George

Here are a  few more photos for that special 5K Rose put together in an effort to get Bob Soth on the Olympic team. He had already finished 3rd in the trials but needed to meet the Oly standard:  Darryl
                                                                 The Meet Program



George Young pacing Bob Soth in attempt to qualify for 5000 for 1960 Olympics
Jack Rose on sideline


He makes it.  13:38.8  3 Miles
This is the man who was widely featured collapsing in the heat in the 10,000 in the Russian 
dual meet in Philadelphia in 1959.



He made it.

Mrs. Soth, "We're going to Rome"


Long Beach State Staff 1961
Bob Soth, Chuck Polizzi, Coach Jack Rose, 
T&FN Don Potts, Ty Hadley

Beach Run Trophies,  Bob Soth, Bill Tilney, Beach Run Queen Lee Miller


Recent Article on Bob  link:     BOB SOTH




                                                 The Near Tragedy in 1959





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