The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-30
TRACK TREAT OF.
SEASON SET FOR
BOSTON TONIGHT
Cunningham, Venzke, and
San ROmani Run in
mile Of Century"
BY ERNEST BARCELLA
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

UNITED Press Stan Correspondent
Boston; Jan. 80 (UP)-What the
sponsors proudly and perhaps justly
refer to as the mile of the CEN
fury" will be run of at the Boston
Garden tonight as the five-star fea-
ture of the 10th annual Prout
Memorial games. :
1t will be "nve-star" event in
every sense of the word.
To begin with, every one Of the
five men entered is a star. In fact,
champion in his own right. Every
mothers son Of Them has run the
mile in less than 4:11-which is
mighty fancy Logging in any mans
language. And, to top it off, this is
the first time in the history Of in
door track that the five will COM
pete in the same race.
In case you haven't heard who the
flying five are, we give you Glenn
Cunningham Of Kansas, worlds in
door and outdoor mile king; Archie
San Romani Of Emporia (Kansas)
Teachers college National Collie
wiate 1,500-meter champ and twice
victor over Cunningham; Don Lash
Of Indiana, worlds outdoor two-mile
record holder and Outdoor mile
champion of the big 10; Gene
venzke, the former Penn flash and
owner of the worlds 1,5O0-meter In
door title; and Charlie Fenske of
Wisconsin, the western conference
mile champion who'll be making his
debut OH board track.
All will prime their pumping legs
to better the Boston Indoor mile
mark made by Venzke in last years
B. A. A. games. That mark is 4:l4.4
actually a mighty fast mile for
the Garden track, a VIGOROUSLY
slow one.
But Venzke's Boston record is vir-
tually certain to be blasted tonight.
For one thing, the unprecedented
competition should be sufficient In
itself to result in a new Hub mark.
If that isn't enough, 1t has been dis
closed that workmen have labored
secretly for the past three weeks
trying to eliminate the slow spots in
the Gardens pine oval. Their work
has been SO extensive that the track
now is rs per cent renovated.
The result Is that a new Boston
record of under 4:14 is looked for.
Though Cunningham is fayorite
TO capture the K. of c. mile for the
third consecutive year and thus re-
tire the James M. Curley trophy,
Lash Is rated as the dark horse"
competitor. The Hoosier board
sorcher is the choice of long-shot
specialist, including the oversigned.
Other rate San Romani tops. While
Kansas Italian has twice demon
strated his superiority over Cum
ningham In recent months, these
victories have been achieved on
cinders. 1t should be a different
story on the boards.
Lash also is entered in the two
mile event where his chief competi-
tors will be Ray Sears Of Indiana,
the favorite and American indoor
champion, and Joe McCluskey of
New York.
Other headline attractions include
the 600-yard run In which Dick Gill
of Boston college and Eddie O'Brien
Of Syracuse are the standouts; the
50-yard dash where Ben johnson of
Columbia, Marty Glickman of SYRIA
cuse and Larry Scanlon Of Holy
Cross should dominate a field that
will include New England's fastest
grid halfbacks; the 1,000-yarder
with Lou Burns Of Manhattan and
William Ray Of New York the
standouts; and the high hurdles in
which Sam Allen of Oklahoma and
Jack Donovan of Dartmouth rate
tops.