Evening star., 1941-03-15
Trio OF Star Rivals
To Make Champion
Meadows Press
Beetem to Push BIozis;
MehI, Munski, Venzke,
Fields Run Mile
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Washington abbreviated indoor
track season ends tonight at Uline
Arena with the running of the first
annual Washington A. A, games and
1t Is savory brand of pin pumping
that will be set before the fans
Eight trial heats. including semi
finals in the collegiate 5O-yard
sprint, one of the programs bright
est features, were scheduled this
afternoon. Finals will get under way
promptly at 7:30.
No stone has been left unturned
to get the association off to a flying
start with its indoor meets and there
will De enough nationally known
stars to give plentiful zest to the
evening. -Four will compete in the
pole vault and are expected to lift
the bar higher than it ever has been
before in Washington.
Topping the field in this event is
Earle Meadows, indoor champion;
Dick Ganslen, who won the Mary
nd-Fifth Regiment test with a
vault of IA feet; Howard Jensen and
Ken Dills. John Welsh of Penn
Dave Wiley and Bill Buckley Of
Georgetown also are entered, but
they're going along for the ride.
Blozis Gets Competition.
AL BloziS will crank up again in
the shotput and hopes to better the
throw of 54 feet 6 inches he made
in the Catholic University games
last Monday. This isn't bad but
Blozis will have some genuine COM
petition tonight from Ed Beetem of
Penn, who towers 2 inches over the
Georgetown giant and outweighs
him by several pounds. Beetem, to
hear Hap" HardeN tell it, is the
pound ball out the window some
night, breaking all records.
Penn, incidentally, stands a good
chance of snatching the team title
from Georgetown and Fordham. The
Rams captured the l. c. "A cham
pionship two weeks ago and seem to
have enough all-around strength
to conquer their rivals tonight. But
there can be an upset if Penn comes
through with a couple of victories
and the Red and Blue team coached
by Lawson Robertson will be very
much in the running.
Robertson's son, Charles, will COM
pete in the 50-yard intercollegiate
sprint and has a good chance of
picking up few points. Penn is
regarded as a certain winner in the
high jump, what with Sam Moore
entered He does we'll over 6 feet
consistently and the only chap who
Alexander, Maryland freshman. who
has gone as high as feet Al
inches.
Presidents Mile Inaugurated.
The meet will mark the Inaugural
ton of. the presidents Mile" which
association officials hope to build up
to the outstanding indoor mile run
of the country It has attracted
a small but select field, including
Walter Mehl, national A. A. U.
champion and the favorite; Tom
Fields of Maryland, Gene Venzke
and John MUnski.
One of the evenings most excit-
ing duels is anticipated in the 1000
yard invitation in which Jimmy
Kehoe of the host organization will
try to square matters with Charley
Beetham. The latter defeated his
old rival by a whisker in the Phi
Kappa $50 last Monday night with
an amazing stretch run that caught
Kehoe in the last few strides. Jim
hopes to have more left to meet
Beetham with tonight.
An added attraction will pit
GeorgetoWn's great freshman mile
relay team of Paul James, Lou Col
lado, Bill Malloy and Al Rogers
against Washington A. A. team
to be selected from Bill NARROW,
Jim Kehoe, Bernie Bierman, STU"
Reeves and Erwin Lillijgren.
Tickets for the meet may be OBJ
tanned before noon at the Young
Mems Shop, FairWay Sports Shop
and the Sports Center at Eighth
and D streets NV. After noon,
they will be on sale at Uline's
Arena.