Evening star., 1936-02-02
BY the Associated Press.

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N YEW YORK, February with
M a blazing stretch finish, Joe
NJ Mangan OF the New York A.
c., former Cornell University
track captain, came from behind to-
night to whip the great Glenn Cum
ningnam, world record holder, In the
Wanamaker mile, feature event Of the
annual Millrose A. A. indoor carnival
at Madison Square Garden.
Mangan, as well as Gene Venzke,
Pennsylvania, passed Cunningham in
the last few strides as the winner was
clocked in minutes IL seconds
Mangan ran the greatest and fast
est race of his life to beat the king of
the milers in a thrilling finish that
had capacity crowd OF 1900 track
fans on their feet yelling wildly.
The slim boy from Rutland, Vt,
wearing the colors OF the New York
A. c., stuck to Cunningham's heels for
10 Of the IL laps and outsprinted the
Kansan as they raced of the last
turn for a 20-yard dash to the tape.
Mangan passed the faltering Cum
ningham within the last three strides
and finished a scant 2 feet in front
Of the fast-closing Venzke, who was
another 2 feet ahead of the record
holder.
Venzke. beating Cunningham for
the first time in three years, was
clocked in ALL and Cunningham in
ALP. Thus only one-fifth of sec
ond separated the trio as they whirled
across the finish mark.
Mangan's time was only 26 seconds
short Of the world indoor record OF
4:084, held by Cunningham, who
also holds the outdoor mark of 4:06.7.
Running front ract all the way
Harry Williamson, North Carolina
star, scored a decisive victory over
eight rivals in the l,000-yard race. He
put on the steam In the stretch to beat
John T. Grady Of the Paterson IN. j.
College A. A. by 10 yards in the good
time Of minutes 1876 seconds.
Coleman Headley, University Of
Maryland runner, challenged on the
last lap, but was unable to match
Williamson's fast finish and took third
place, 3 yards back Of Grady.
The Terrapins finished ahead Of the
Lord Jeffs in minutes 272 seconds.
Yale and Princeton trailed Amherst.
University of Maryland's powerful
mile relay team showed the way to
Amherst, Yale and Princeton in a
thrilling race in which Coleman Head
ley, running anchor for the Maryland
four, STAYED of the closing rally Of
H. v. Stewart Of Amherst.
Warrent Evans sent the Southern
ers away to a 10-yard lead, which
Frank Cronin and Robert Archer held
through the second and third quarters.
Headley, apparently running we'll
within himself during the early part
Of the final quarter was forced to give
his best in the last so yards, however
He held only 2-yard margin at
the finish.
Maryland was clocked in 3:27.2 as
Amherst finished another 10 yards in
front Of Yale, with Princeton trailing.
Georgetown, once dominant entry
in all relay racing, was no match for
two metropolitan New York rivals in
mile event. The Hoyas ran a poor
third as st. Johns of Brooklyn OUT
footed New York University to win by
4 yards in 3 minutes 281 seconds.
Georgetown finished rs yards behind
N Y. u, but beat out New Hamp-
shire. the remaining entry, by yards.
Joseph Ryan, University of Mary
land sprinter. failed to qualify in the
50-yard handicap. He finished third
behind Arthur Thomas of Pittsburgh
and Bill Eisenberg of New York Uni
versity in his heat
The final OF the 80 yards invita-