The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-27

The pages OF Michigan Normafs
athletic history are inscribed with
a host OF illustrious names, and
among the greatest is quiet Tommy
Quinn, the Huron's star long dist
ance runner of the past three years.
Quinn, who favored basketball
over track in high school, will ring
down the curtain on one phase OF
his collegiate track career Thurs
day when he crosses the finish
line in the National Amateur Ath-
letic Union cross country champion
ships at Meadowbrook Country
Club, Detroit,
The Elizabeth, N. J., flash will
attempt to match strides with the
most outstanding of the nations
hill-and-dale aces. He is not among
the favorites to capture the meet,
however.
Quinn faces this disadvantage:
After training for the past two
weeks for the four-mile National
Collegiate run, he must~sudden y ac-
custom himself to the pace of the
longer A. A. L. route. The Mea-
dowbrook course covers distance
of 10000 meters, approximately six
anda-a-quarter miles.
Don Lash. former Indiana Uni
versity star and now a member of
the state police force in that state.
will seek his seventh straight
championship. He first won the
meet in 1884.
The other stellar entries include
Water Mehl, last years National
Collegiate titleholder; Gilbert
Dodds, who succeeded Mehl as
champion Monday; James Rafferty,
of the New York Athletic Club;
Forest Efaw, OF Saltwater, Okla,
and Quinn.
Mehl will carry the colors OF the
NYA organization OF Madison, Wis
Efaw. the former Oklahoma A. and
NJ. luminary, is regarded as one
OF the No. runners in the South
west.
Quinn was twelfth in the meet in
1888 and seventeenth last year. He
was the first college runner to
finish two years ago.
The New York Ath etic Club has
been Installed as team favorit'
since the Millrose Athletic Assoeia-
ton, of New York. has decided not
to attempt to defend its title.
The roster OF the ~ Y. A. c. team
Includes Rafferty,, Gene Venzke
Elmo Pentti, Luigi Baccali, Joe Nc
Cluskey, George De George anG
Laurence Moriarty All are veter
ans at the grueling 10,O00-mete.
distance.
Michigan Normal, Michigan
State, Norfolk Young Mems AssO
citation and the Shanahan Catholi,
Club OF Philadelphia are the othe,
teams entered. The chief, battle
is expected to be fought over the
runner-up position.
The Huron team, which placed
second to Indiana University in the
National Collegiate Monday, is
rated as "a good bet 30 top the other
three. IndiSa may suddenly enter
the meet at the last minute, how
ever, to further compllcate the race
DR.. Lloyd w. Odds. Michigan Nor
mat cUacff,- announced his-team
Tuesday. Besides Quinn, the 9th
er Huron runners will be Capt
Bob Lee, Duane Temper, George
Cole, Bob Archer, Elmer Burnie
and Paul Hansen. Burnie and
Hansen replace Warren Johnson
and Joe Brzezinski, both OF whom
ran in the Collegiate test.
The Meadowbrook course is rank,
ed by both DR.. Odds and David l.
Holmes. Wayne University athletic
director, as the best in the coun
try. Not only does the turf pro
vide better footing but the Mea
dowbrook layout is also better from
the spectators viewpoint.
The spectators will be close tC
| the runners at the mile. two-and-a
quarter mile, three-mile, six-mlle