A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week

SWIMMING—INDIANA won its third consecutive Big Ten championship by a convincing 90� points, but some of the individual laurels went to others. Minnesota sophomore Wally Richardson , almost a beginner at the butterfly, broke American records for both the 100 (:50.6) and the 200 (1:53.7) and Steve Jackman, also of Minnesota , completed a three-year sweep of Big Ten 50- and 100-yard freestyle events.

The Los Angeles Athletic Club's two young wonders, Sharon Finneran, 17, and Cathy Ferguson, 14, set three American records, Miss Finneran finishing the 500-yard freestyle in 5:26.8 and the 200-yard butterfly in 2:16.1, while Miss Ferguson swam the 100-yard backstroke in 1:02.7.

TRACK & FIELD—JIM BEATTY set a world record for the indoor two-mile event by running the distance in eight minutes 30.7 seconds before the season's largest crowd, 16,759, at the Chicago Daily News Relays (see page 14). Setting his own pace all the way, Beatty departed not at all from his prerace plan. "I knew I was going to get the record." he said afterward. Tom O'Hara , who pushed Beatty to a record indoor mile a month ago, established a new meet mark for the mile of 3:59.5, even without benefit of Beatty's competition. Meanwhile, John Thomas high-jumped seven feet for the 100th time and Dave Tork outsoared Finland 's Pentti Nikula by six inches as he cleared 16 feet and won the pole vault.

Brian Sternberg, a University of Washington sophomore, became the highest-vaulting American in history when he cleared 16 feet 3� inches in Milwaukee . The highlight of the new U.S. Track and Field Federation's first indoor championships. Sternberg narrowly missed an attempt at a world record height of 16 feet 9�.

Villanova , perennial eastern track power, won the IC4A championship at Madison Square Garden for the fifth time in seven years. Jumbo Jim Elliott 's men took four firsts: a 16-foot 1-inch pole vault by Rolan Cruz, a 2:11.1 1,000-meter by Noel Carroll , a 9:02.1 two-mile by Pat Traynor and a 3:16.3 mile relay. Villanova scored 27 points, beating second-place Navy by nine.

VOLLEYBALL—THE AHERN SHAMROCKS of Long Beach , Calif. successfully defended their national women's championship, and Santa Monica City College repeated as collegiate titleholder as the country's best teams met in San Antonio . It was the seventh straight national title for the Shamrocks.

MILEPOSTS—HIRED: JOHN PONT , 35, highly successful football coach at Miami of Ohio ; by Yale , to "assure the continuation of our proud football heritage." Pont had a 43-21-2 record at Miami , a school that has produced numerous famous coaches, including Woody Hayes , Earl Blaik and Paul Dietzel .

MENDED: BEN HOGAN 's left collarbone, which was broken in a near-fatal automobile accident in 1949 and has caused him increasing trouble recently; by surgeons in a successful operation in New Orleans . Hogan should be able to play golf again in three months.