Evening star., 1940-01-18
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

One of the longest and most
persistent sports rivalries on record
in these parts forks off on a re-
freshingly new tangent Saturday
night in New York, where Jim Kehoe
and Mason Chronister of Maryland
are scheduled to run in the Grover
Cleveland Democratic Club games.
Oddly enough they will not oppose
one another, but are entered in diff
ferent events.
There was time when the pair
took their rivalry seriously-too serl-
ously as a matter of fact 1t started
in high school when Kehoe wore Bel
Air High Schools colors and Chron-
lister ran for Baltimore City College.
It continued unabated not only in
their first year at college, but blazed
even more intensely. So keen was 1t
as one stage that Chronister was re-
tiring at the unheard of hour OF
9 pm. and rising at the crack OF
dawn to stretch his legs on the
quarter-mile oval.
But eight years in the bunion busi-
ness and the maturity that comes
with passing years have given them
a new slant on themselves and their
rivalry. It's a friendly competition
now, still as sharp as gossip, but only
for the commendable purpose OF
squirting one another on to greater
achievements.
Saturday Chronister matches
strides with Glenn Cunningham IN
the mile special and Kehoe will do
his hiking in the $50. No chance for
competition there-but there is IN a
remote way. A couple of weeks ago
Kehoe lost to Cunningham by the
length of a shoe in the K. OF G..
games in New York. He turned IN
one of the best races Of his career.
This week Chronister gets crack
at Cunningham in the mile special
and he, of course, wants to do better
than Kehoe. Two weeks ago he fin
ished sixth in the 1,000-yard run at
the K. of c. games after declining
q 10-yard handicap. He preferred
to gamble on a scratch start and ran
a brilliant race. He's been working
like horse for Saturdays race and
freely admits, in his laconic manner,
that Glenn will have to fly to beat
him. But he has that mental bar
rier Of Kehoe's great race before
him and it may cause him to set
false pace, make his move too quick
" in his anxiety to reach the tape
first, or commit one of innumerable
errors that can throw man off
stride.
At any rate it will be interesting to
see Daddy Long Legs" try to outdo
his teammate at Cunninghams ex-
pense.
Gard Boxers Meet Mystery Foe.
Shadow boxing, one Of the most
important items in ring training
routine, is being stressed, appropri-
ately enough, by Catholic Univer-
sity's team this week. Saturday the
Cards tangle with McGill University
Of Montreal but aside from knowing
the Canadians have no bantam or
feather weight Catholic Is totally In
the dark concerning its makeup.
Shadow boxing is the best way I
know Of to get ready for them"
Coach Eddie La Fond admits. "It's
. mighty mysterious team although
Gerry Strang, our middleweight,
knows something about the school
and says they usually have good
team. Strang comes from up that
way, you know. But while we're not
neglecting our other work we're en-
phasizing the shadow punching-it
may come in handy"
The Cardinals are looking beyond
this match to next weeks tussle with
Maryland at College Park which
high : lights the season. These
matches are as close a. your teeth