Evening star., 1941-02-25
By LEWIS r. ATCHIsON.

Has any one In the house q re-
liable old horseshoe, rabbits foot or
four-leaf clover Jimmy Kehoe could
borrow week ends? The Washing
ton A. A. middle le-distance star thinks
he needs some sort of lucky charm
to break the evil spell that has cast
pail over his track work this
winter.
Hes been running as regularly As
Republican presidential candidate
since the first of January, broken
two records and tied two others, but
all he can show for his efforts is
one gold medal and flock of Sec
ond places.
Il can't explain it." he said today
with a puzzled wag of the head. Il
never felt better in my life and my
times prove I'm running faster than
ever before, but I can't get better
than second. It's bsff1ing-and ter
ribly discouraging.
Cause of the thin mans woe is q
field of crack half-milers, Campbell
Kane, Charles Beetham and John
Borican, who have suddenly gotten
red hot this year. They've been
beating him like rug since the
Sugar Bowl games. where Kane, the
great Indiana star, started it. It's
a case that Smacks of the famed
Paavo Nurmi-Jimmy Connolly due
II years ago. in which the famous
Gnoronrnxx-r1 ilar
more than 20 times.
But, unlike Kehoe. Connolly
didn't have the heartbreaking ex-
perience of smashing records only
to see his opponent flash across the
finish line first.
Jim's troubles began, as noted
above, at New Orleans. where he
was a close second to Kane. The
HooSier beat him with a record
shattering run of 1884. but Kehoe
also was 10 of a second Under the
old mark.
In the Veterans of Foreign Wars
games at Boston Kane and Keho,
we're clocked in identical figures
1:55, but the jinX caught Jim again
officials said Kane was an inch OF
so in front when they hit the tape
/ although both were credited with
tying the games record.
Kane chalked up his third victory
over the former Maryland star in
the Boston X. of c. games when he
romped through the Bishop Cheveru'
1000 in the record time Of 2:11 8
This time Kehoe equaled the ole
mark, but didn't have enough steam
to stay with his powerfully con-
structed rival.
The Bel Air speedster got his first
victory Of the season in the Laphan
1000 at the Boston A. A. games
beating Andy Neidnig of Manhattan
Lyn Radcliffe of Syracuse and JOE
zeitler of Brooklyn, among others
His time was 2:l3.4.
But the very next week he was
back in record breaking stride anc
running second again, this time tt
Borican who won the New York
A. C. 1000 with a new mark of 1:526
Jimmy was 40 of a second under
old mark hung UP the previous veal
by Long Jawn Woodruff.
Last week it was Borican anc
Kehoe again in thrilling duel dowr
to the finish line with Borican frs
in the record time of ais. Thai
was in the National A. A. u. 1000
yard championship run, you'n recall
and Kehoe was 7/10 of a second
under the old figures of 2:12.6.
The most puzzling aspect Of the
whole thing, says James, is that he
whipped Beetham five times in row
and Borican four before lapsing into
this losing streak. And their vic.
tories are no accidents, he admits
! He hasn't been boxed in, tripped
spiked. elbowed or anything like
that, simply outrun.
Nor does Kehoe think his trouble.
are over Saturday he goes against
Charley and Borican in the X. of G
games at New York. He's booked