Evening star., 1940-02-11
Fenske Sews Up
Mile Honorsin
Hub Triumph
Zomperini Is Second, I,
Glenn Third; Boricun
Runs Swift 1000
BY the Associated Press.

Runs Swift 1000
BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Feb. 10.-Any linger-
ing doubts about Chuck Fenske be-
ing the Nations outstanding in
door miller were removed tonight
when he captured the classic Hunter
Mile from Lou Zamperini and Glenn
(Old Master) Cunningham in 4:11.2
at Boston Garden.
An overflow crowd of 1904, larg-
est In the city's track history, gave
the bespectacled Wisconsin flyer an
ovation as he finished five yards
ahead Of Zamperini and eight in
front of Cunningham In the feature
event Of the Boston A. AS fifty
first games.
John Borican, Elberon, N. j., Ne
gro star, ran the fastest 1000 yards
IN Boston indoor track history
few minutes earlier to beat Olympic
Champion John Woodruff by two
yards In the games Lapham fea-
ture. Borican ran the distance in
2:12 fiat, nipping CLIO of a second
of the mark he set here last year.
Fenske got of late in the Hunter
Miles five-man field, working his
way to the lead slowly, not taking
over until Gene Venzke Of the New
York A. C. had set 3:l25 pace
for three quarters.
Glann,s Nn.> Tat.
With two laps to go, Fenske out
fought Venzke for the lead as Zam-
perini and Cunningham moved
ahead a notch. Venzke and Blaine
Rideout of Denton, Tex, started to
fade, and Fenske. Zamperini and
Cunningham finished in that order.
Cunningham, bowling to Fenske
for the fourth time this season and
the second in as many starts, was
smiling when he came to the start
ing line. 1t appeared likely that his
cold hampered his efforts.
The Kansan finished only two
yards ahead of Venzke. Rideout was
more than 20 yards back of the Ne-
York veteran, who surprised the
track public here last month by
outrunning the Kansas star in the
Veterans OF Foreign Wars 4:13.1
mile on the same boards.
Boricans victory in the 1000 was
achieved by putting on terrific pres
sure during his last three turns.
He had started of in second place
behind Woodruff. Wayne Rideout,
one of the Denton, Tex, twins, man
aged to nip Don Smith of Maine for
third place and the other stragglers
were Harlan Woods of the Boston
A. A., Lynn Radcliffe of Syracuse
and HOWE Borck of Vie 69th Regi-
ment A. A.
Beetham Steals = March.
Charley Beetham of New York cut
loose much earlier than is his habit
and out-footed four speedy rivals
to victory in the Hollis 900"
The two-ply national middle-dis-
tance titlist came from the rear
during the last half of the race to
reach the tape in 1925, a good
yard ahead of Jimmy Herbert of
New York University, the indoor
record holder. Johnny Quigley, the
brilliant Manhattan freshman, took
third and Bill Fritz of Queens UNI
versity, Kingston, Ontario, last years
winner, and Dick Gill of the Boston
A. A. trailed in that order.
Beetham, who generally holds his
squirt for the last lap, appeared to
catch his rivals of guard, for once
he gained the lead, he was unchal-
lenged.
Herbert Thompson, Jersey City
Negro flyer, captured the Briggs So
yard dash for the second year, in
5:4 seconds, followed by Browns
Ken Clapp, Bob McGlone of HOLY
Cross, Mozel Ellerbee of Tuskegee
Institute, Gil Walker of Boston Col
lege and Arnold Nutting of San
Francisco.
The 45-yard hurdle final was a
romp for Allan Tolmich of Detroit,
who showed the way to Larry
O'Connor Of Toronto, Ed Dugger Of
Tufts and Jay Shields of Yale in
So seconds.
Rice Ends Lash's Reixn.
Little Gregory Rice Of Notre Dame
won the Billings 2-mile with 10
yards to spare over Don Lash, the
Indiana flying policeman, who owns
the 1858 indoor record.
They trailed Forest Efaw of Still
water, Okla, for all but the last two
of their % turns before Rice killed
OIL Lash with a terrific squirt that
carried him to the finish line in
9:08.6.
Efaw wobbled home third and
the other two starters, Bill Atkin-
son of Tufts and Larry Moriarty of
Manhattan, were Tapped by the
three prize winners.
It was Lash's first defeat in the
Billings event in four years.