Evening star., 1940-02-06
Rice Of Notre Dame
Named Over Lash
AT 5000 Meters
FumiIior Names in Long
Runs, Most Changes
In Sprint Events
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6-Almost any,
body can run 100 yards and a lot
of people can run it fast, but 1t
takes more than speed to win races
at distances of mile or more.
That rather well-known fact was
brought to light again today with
the release of the 1889 all-American
track and field team, selected by
Dan Ferris, secretary-treasurer of
the Amateur Athletic Union. Most
of the changes made on the team
he chose year ago were among the
short-distance runners and field
event performers, while the same
familiar names appeared in the dis
tance runs.
Heading the list of veterans are
Glenn Cunningham, who has been
on every all-American team since
1888, and Joe McCluskey, who has
failed to make only one team since
1880. Cunningham didn't gain the
national 1,500-meter title at Lin
coin, Neb., last summer, but Ferris
gave him the call at that distance
over Champion Blaine Rideout.
McCluskey, as usual, was named the
Nations leading steeplechase run
ner.
Greg Rice Newcomer.
Greg Rice of Notre Dame Is a
newcomer at 5000 meters, desplac-
ing Don Lash. Lou Gregory of New
York, picked for 10000. $4,000 and
10000 meters; Ellison (TarZan)
Brown of Westerly, r. L. $4,000 and
10000 meters; the late Pat Dengis
OF Baltimore, marathon, and Lash,
cross country running-all were on
last years team.
In contrast, only two of those
picked for distances up to 1000
meters were named year ago,
and those two appear in slightly
different spots. Clyde Jeffrey of
Stanford University and the San
Francisco Olympic Club replaced
Ben johnson of Columbia at 100
meters. He was the 200-meter
choice last year, but that spot
went to Norwood (Barney) Ewell,
Penn State College freshman. John
Borican of Elberon, N. j., was
chosen for the 1000 meters run
as well as repeating in the pen
tathlon.
Other newcomers this year in
clude Herb Thompson, Jersey City,
N. j.. so meters; Erwin Miller,
Southern California A. A., 400
meters; Charlie Beetham, New York,
600 and 800 meters; Les Steers, San
Maeto (CaljfD Junior College, high
jump; Elmer Hackney, Kansas
State; Henry Dreyer, New York;
Stanley johnson, Maine; John Nc
Laughry, Brown; Phil Fox, San
Francisco, and Bob Peoples, South
ern California. in the various weight
events. They are mostly well-known
performers, who reached the peak
last season.
Here's List of Leaders.
Ferris all-America team:
Sixty meters, Thompson: 100
meters, Jeffrey: 200 meters, Ewell:
400 meters. Miller; 600 and 300
meters, Beetham; 1000 meters and
pentathlon. Borican; 1500 meters.
Cunningham: 5000 meters. Rice;
10000 meters, $4,000 meters and
10000 meters, Gregory; $4,000 and
10000 meters, Brown: marathon,
Dengis; cross country, Lash;
steeplechase, McCluskey.
Sixty -five-meter hurdles, Allan
Tolmich. Detroit; 110-meter and
20O-meter hurdles, Fred Wolcott,
Rice Institute; 400-meter hurdles,
Roy Cochrane, Indiana University:
1,50O-meter and 2,0O0-meter walk,
Otto Kotraba, New York; 10-kilo-
meter walk, AL Cicerone: Irvington,
N. j.; 15-kilometer, 3O-kilometer
and 40-kilometer walk, John Rah-
konen, New York; 20-kilometer
walk, John M. Deni, Pittsburgh; So
kilometer walk, Ernie Crosbie, Bal
timore.
High Jump, Steers: broad Jump,
William Lacefield, Los Angeles; hop,
step and jump. Merschel Neil, Mary
vile, Mo-; pole vault, Cornelius
Warmerdam, San Francisco: 16-
pound shotput, Hackney; 35-pound
weight throw, Dreyer; 56-pound
weight throw, johnson: hammer
throw. McLaughry; discus throw,
Fox; javelin throw, Peoples; decath-
lon, Joe Scott, Western Reserve Uni
VerSity.