Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-11
he Impressive Here Seen 4ne Miller When He Learns Pace
Rice, BIozis, WoIcott,
Others Stir Small
{. u. Meet Crowd
Kehoe Loses Greet Race
To Beethom; Fields Is
Fast in Rector's | 1000
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Leslie MacMitcheu is a cinch tt
beat Glenn Cunningham's best tim'
of 4:04.7 for the mile: Jimmy Kehot
could run the $50 in nothing fla
and still lose by nose; Greg Rice
has no idea of becoming a miller
Al Blozis is just trif1e weary Of
hosting a 16-pound COB of lead
Fred Wolcott is the "TopSy" o.
murders, and Dorsey Griffith cal
breathe a sigh of relief that hi
eighth annual Catholic University
indoor games went off without 6
hitch last night at Uline Arena.
A disappointing crowd of some
1890 fans turned out to see one Of
the best fields ever assembled on one
floor in Washington and the athletes
didn't let them down. No less than
II new meet records were written
into the books as the Emer-leggec
contestants churned around the new
and fast 11-lap oval.
1t was a zestful appetizer for the
second and final meet of the winter
which will be served up Saturday by
the Washington A. A. at the same
arena. And while there will be some
prominent faces missing. such as
Rice-who can't make it because OF
a previous engagement, there will
be an abundance of top-fight talent
on deck and it should be another
interesting evening.
MacMitchen Just Developing.
MacMitchell, who remained out OF
the mile to anchor the Violet's crack
2-mile team to victory, Is going to
be a pretty good runner as soon as
he learns what it's all about, graying
Walter Won Filing, his coach, told us
when a 20-year-old boy can run
as fast as he does he's liable to do
anything in a couple of years. But
it'll take couple of years at least.
He doesn't know what it's all about
yet. His judgment of pace is ter
rible-but he's learning Break
Cunningham's record? Sure, sure.
And run a 4-minute mile, too But
it's going to take time and we've
got to be patient. After all, he's
just youngster in this game"
Kehoe, leading to the bell lap and
setting brisk pace, was overtaken
by deep-chested Charley Beetham
as they came off the last turn in
as thrilling a half mile race as this
town has ever witnessed, and when
they counted noses at the finish
Beethams was out in front. He won
in the excellent time of 1:527-a
record. and Kehoe was so close it
was difficult to differentiate between
them.
After the race a report was cir
culated that Kehoe was off his feed
and not up to par, but he squelched
that rumor.
II never felt better and I know I
ran another good race. It's simply
not my year-at least I don't think
so after running second 10 or II
times and always losing by an inch
or So
Rice Holds Reception.
Rice, a pleasant sort of a chap
who held off Mel Trutt in a thrill
ing stretch duel to take the Emile
run, held open house for the boys
from the old hometown of Missoula,
Mont, in his dressing room. Judg-
ing by the attendance, half of Mis-
soula has migrated to Washington
and the other halt is en- route.
Nope, no mile for me-" Greg
grinned, politely showing a friend
out of his shoes so he gould put
them on. My coach and I went
over 1t and decided I'm better suited
for longer distances because of my
size. 1 only weigh 1873 pounds, you
know, and I can sort of wear EN-
down in long races. But you catch
a lot of big fellows with long strides
in the mile and they'd probably run
the legs off me.
Say, I'd like to come back to
Washington sometime and see the
town. just caught glimpse of
it today. It's nice here, isn't it?"
The former Notre Dame star had
his race moved up half hour so he
could catch the 1885 plane for
Detroit. He's due in Cleveland this
morning at o'clock and if his time
card in the utilities concern, where
he is employed, isn't punched on the
dot he'll get docked.
Blozis Wants a Change.
Blozis, two feet off his best effort
end still putting the shot out there
like a bean bag. would rather play
baseball, or football or, well, any
thing for change.
TITS all right, I guess" he said.
"But It's not very diversified" He
was combing his hair when a
photographer came in and said he d
missed an action picture of him
and needed it for the Office
wait Il I take off this shirt" said
AL obligingly. Wont a head and
shoulders do If I change into a
jersey?"
Wolcott, blond, handsome chap,
wasn't sure just how he got into
hurdling and grinned broadly when
somebody remarked he certainly got
into it in big way.
81 guess it's just natural with me,
but-and I'm not egotistical about
this-it's not hard. Good coaching
helped a lot. but jumping those
things is just like walking up stairs.
I don't even think about it-and
that helps too. Some of the boys
have mental as we'll as material
barriers to hurdle and it's twice as
hard for them. Mel just run and
jump"
Wolcott brought the fans to their
feet with his first appearance of
the evening. Those who had never
seen top-f1ight hurdler before
simply couldn't believe it. He went
over as easily as though he had a
balloon In either hand and an out
board motor hitched to his pants.
Fields Smart and Speedy.
Tom Fields, sprightly Maryland
ace who is beginning to come into
his own with the middle distance
crowd, ran smart and speedy race
to take the Rector's 1000, one OF
the evenings outstanding events
His time of 2:121 was the second
fastest of the winter season ano
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