The Washington times., 1934-03-13

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games at Madison Square Caro-
1t is fitting that, for cam
paign that has had the mile or
$500 meters as its greatest attrac-
ton, the finale again should have
mile as it's stand-out event. It
will be the Columbian Mile, gen.
orally the fastest of the season,
that should provide the highlight
of the meet and possibly of the en-
tire year.
This is one of the most fascinat-
ing races in prospect that has
come along in some time. Glenn
Cunningham, of Kansas, and Gene
Venzke, of Penn, are tried and true
milers. Much is known Of their
ability. But no one can gauge
with any degree of accuracy Just
how good John Follows, of the New
York A. c., and Charles ("Chuck)
Hornbostel, of Indiana, are over
the eightfurlong route.
Unbeaten This Year
Both are unbeaten this year in
their specialties. Each has tri-
umphed by virtue of sizzling home
stretch drives, Follows at two
miles and 5000 meters and Horn
bostel from $50 yards to 1000 me-
ters. One will step down his dis
tance. The other will step it up.
Track fans will be conjecturing
from now until Saturday just how
good they will be at the new route.
Will Follows still be able to cover
his last quarter in less than so
seconds after faster early pace?
Will Hornbostel still have his
sprint kick left after he has run
further than hitherto this cam
paign?
Those are the two queries that
will not be settled satisfactorily
until Saturday night. In antici-
patton of finding the answer an
other gala crowd of $4,000, the
fifth gathering of the campaign
to reach such proportions, is ex-
pected to jam its way into the
Garden
Kept to Minimum
For this looks to be one Of the
most promising meets of the year.
It will be the first invitation
games, for one thing, in a month.
The number of athletes is being
kept down to such a minimum
that there will not be seemingly
endless procession Of qualifying
heats before reaching final. All
the fields are small and select and
the races will be run on the old
Garden track that the sports fol-
lowers know so we'll.
The mile, for instance, will
have just five starters. There will
be Venzke, the holder of the
worlds mile record of 4:1O; Cum
ningham, the national indoor and
outdoor 1,500-meter champion and
worlds record-holder; Hornbostel,
the national 1,000-meter cham
pion and worlds record-holder at
$50 yards; Follows, the national
indoor and outdoor 5,O0O-meter
titleholder and the fastest Ameri-
can two-miler since the great Joie
Ray. and Glenn Dawson, of Tulsa,
a 4:12: miller in this same race a
year ago.
Along with these three national
titleholders are Ralph Metcalfe,
of Marquette, in the 60-yard dash;
John S. Collier, of the Boston A.
A., in the 60-yard high hurdles;
Milton Sander, of the German
American A. c. in the Casey 600;
Joe McCluskey, of the New York
A. c., in the two-mile run and
George Spitz in the high jump.
Stand-out Entrants
In addition to these there will
be such stand-out performers as
Ben johnson. Columbia freshman:
Sam Maniaci, Columbia's inter
collegiate sprint champion, and
Jesse Owen. the Ohio State fresh
man who set a worlds record in
the national title broad jump and
equaled the 100-yard record of
0:09.4 as schoolboy. They all
will be pitted against Metcalfe in
the sprint.
Arrayed against McCluskey in
the two-mile will be Frank Nc
Kenna, Manhattan's intercol-
legiate 3,00O-meter winner: Ray
Sears Of Butler, the national
crosS-country champion and 9:12
two-mller: Harold Manning Of
Wichita, the runner.up for the
national Steeplechase crown: Joe
Mangan of Cornell, Paul Rekers
Of the New York A. C. and Paul