Evening star., 1941-03-09
Fine Fields Challenge
Rice, 2-MiIe Champ;
MehI Ace Miller
Hoyus' BIozis, MoyIand's
Fields, Kehoe of W. A. A.
Brighten Program
By LEWIS #. ATCHISON.


will inaugurate indoor racing to-
morrow night at Uline Arena, where
the eighth annual Catholic Univer-
sity meet Is scheduled.
Pick any event at random and
You'll come up with big dipperful
of top-flight stars, the ne plus ultra
of hoofing. Positively nothing like
1t has been seen here before, IN
Guiding the old Georgetown games
that featured such world-famous
names as Joey Ray and Paavo Nur-
mi and packed 'em in at Convention
Hall.
Greg Rice, 2 and mile champion;
Walter Mehl pronounced Male, one
of the countrys ranking mllerS; Joe
McCluskey, the "Old Faithful" of
the boards: Fred Wolcott, champion
hurdler: Charley Beetham, cork
ing good middle distance man; New
York University's potent 2-mile re-
Law combination and such local talent
as Al Blozis, Georgetown Shotputter;
GeorgetoWn'S freshman mile relay
team, Jimmy Kehoe, Washington A.
A. $50 star, and Tommy Fields,
Maryland miller, are numbered
among the entries. Their presence
is a guarantee of fast and furious
action.
Field Should Push Rice.
Rice, hailed as the greatest run
ner since Nurmi revolutioniZed the
middle-distance style, is in with
field that will push him to the limit.
His outstanding rival appears to be
Mel Trutt, flashy University of In
diana performer, who needs no in
PRODUCTION to dyed-in-the- fans.
Trutt is the choice for second place,
but quite possibly could surprise Rice
If he has good night.
McCluskey, second to Don Lash in
the 2mile miss-and-out at Balti-
more Friday night, will be on edge
and though he doesn't figure to
win he'll be right up there forcing
the favorites all the way. A dark
horse in this event is Forest Efaw
OF Oklahoma A. and M, who cap
tured the 3000-meter steeplechase
crown two years ago. Charley Adams
of Wake Forest also is entered, but
probably will have to take a back
seat IN this company.
One of the closest and most excit-
ing races is expected in the Phi
Kappa $50 in which Kehoe will run
against Beetham, Lou Collado of
Georgetown, Frank Leary of Ford
ham, Jack Galloway of Wake Forest
and possibly STU" Reeves of the
Washington A. A.
Kehoe won the Oriole $50 in the
record-shattering time of 1:22 at
Baltimore last Friday, beating Beet
ham in a smart race. But Beetham
will not be the only source of COM
petition tomorrow night. Collado
ran a fiat 0:50 for his quarter on
GeorgetoWn's freshman relay team
and, having drawn the pole posi-
ton, will be distinct threat. Many
critics look for the Hoya yearling
to take all the marbles in his first
appearance in a major test.
Leary Dangerous in $50.
But all the boys will have to
keep an eye on Leary, cagey run
ner, who was third in the National
A. A. U. 1000, finishing behind
John Borican and Kehoe. Leary is
a powerful runner and with any
racing luck must be conceded a
chance. Kehoe, incidentally, got a
bad break on the draw, pulling the
No. 4 position, next to Reeves, who
is on the outside. Worst yet was
GalloWay's luck, which placed him
in the back row.
The Rector's 1000, one of the
outstanding features, is a wide
open affair, with Bill Carey of Ford
ham, I. C. "A 1,000-yard champion,
the probable favorite. Running
against him will be Ken Lyden,
Georgetown star who was third in
the I. c. "A games and hung
up a new record for the $50 at Bal
timore last Friday; Tommy Fields
of Maryland. Harry Keefrider of Viii
lanova, Bill Carey of Fordham,
Dave Morrison, North Cardinals
Southern Conference champion;
Cliff Muller of Washington and
Lee, and Phil Thomas of William
and Mary.
Morrison drew the pole in this
event, with Fields second, Lyden
third, Carey next and Muller on
the outside; Thomas and Keefrider
were placed in the second row, but
the latter may scratch. as he is
slated to run on the Wildcat re-
lay team few minutes later.
Not to be overlooked is the Abbey
Club so, which has drawn the cream
of sprint talent in this area. The
II men entered will be paired in
two sections.
Doolan Sprint Favorite.
In the first will be Jack Doolan,
Georgetown flash, who hung up a
record of IL in the Maryland -5th
Regiment games; Eric Hopley of
Navy, De Carlo of Villanova,
Stracher of Fordham, Glazer of
Johns Hopkins and Nicholas of st.
JoSeph's. The latter was only 1-1O
of a second off the world mark at
Baltimore a couple of weeks ago.
In section will be Morty AInwick
of Georgetown, who ran a record
breaking 440 at Baltimore last Fri
day; Hershberger of Navy, Lou
ChaCos of Maryland, another IL
performer; Glenn of Fordham,
Brundage of Johns Hopkins and
Charley Moutenot of Catholic U.
It's tough race to dope, although
Doolan will go to the post favorite.
Fred Wolcott of Rice is expected
to give the customers an eyeful of
expert hurdle hopping in his spe-
cialty if he makes it. Wolcott was
grounded in Missouri Friday while
flying East and had to scratch out
of the Baltimore meet. This will be
his first appearance in this vicinity
and his presence lends a nice bal
ance to the program.
Preliminary events will be run
of at 3 o'clock. Finals will get
under way at 7:30.
The track, IL laps to the mile,
virtually is completed. Only a few
sections of the straightaway re-