Mullin Bid Fails; New Star Found

Mark Mullin reacted the only way anyone could have to the stupendous ballyhoo attending his big-time debut, but the Crimson track team may have found a future immortal Saturday night at the K. of C. track meet at the Boston Garden.

In the O'Reilly Mile, Mullin bogged down in the early going and was exhausted by the time he battled his way through a slow 2:04.7 half. He eventually finished sixth, as Deacon Jones edged out Ed Moran for first in a time of 4:07.8. Mullin was clocked in 4:21.0.

But in the Larrive Two-Mile, a star was born. Bruce Kidd, a 17-year-old high school senior from Toronto, took the lead with four laps to go and held off a determined challenge by Pete McArdle, a 30-year-old veteran from New York. Kidd's winning time, a meet and Garden record, was 8:49.2. Fred Norris, the 39-year-old freshman from McNeese State, came in third.

The Garden crowd, hungry for a hero of any description, cheered Kidd for five solid minutes. Crimson supporters had a special reason to be elated, for it became known during the evening that Kidd, an excellent student, may come to Harvard next fall it all goes well.

Blodgett Takes Second in Hurdles

Tom Blodgett contributed the best Crimson effort, a second place in the hurdles. Blodgett finished a hair behind Bill Johnson of Maryland despite a stumble on the last hurdle.

The varsity two-mile relay squad was second behind a strong Holy Cross quartet in a rapid 7:48.2 race. Fred Howard's 1:55.1 leg paced the Crimson. Dave Nawl turned in a surprising 50.6 440 as the mile relay unit finished second to Yale. The Yardling mile relay team, with Eddie Meehan running 52.0, also took second, behind the Eli freshmen.

Yale's Gold Dust Twins, Jim Stack in the 600 and Tommy Carroll in the 1000, both were soundly beaten, in a generally tepid night for the Blue.