Evening star., 1942-06-20
Defending Champion
Faces 4 Who Have
Left Him Behind
1900, Pole VouIt Head
Senior Card; Juniors
Make New Marks
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ASsOClhJeu rIcoo opUi0 WEitcI.
NEW YORK, June 20-Father
Knickerbocker's populace turned a
very cold shoulder to the junior di-
vision of the 55th Annual AAU
Track and Field Meet, but it is so
worked up over today's metric mile
that the betting fraternity is max
ing book on the outcome.
The $500 meters, 120 yards short
of a mile, brings together Leslie
MacMitchell, defending champion,
and the four men who have de-
feated him since last spring
Despite his recent losses, the
bookmakers still hold the New York
U. graduate as the 8 to 5 favorite
with Gil Dodds of Boston, the
preachers son. at to S. Bob CHM.
Nebraska mite who whipped him
soundly in last weeks National Col
legiates, Is held at to while Don
Burnham, Dartmouth sophomore
and Leroy Weed, Southern Califor-
mia ace, are 2 to l choices.
The remainder of the field, which
includes the dangerous Ed Culp Of
Xavier College, is punched at 5 to /.
New York A. C. Gets Team Lead.
That race, along with the pole
vsulting of Cornelius Warmerdam.
IL expected to fill at least Is 900 Of
the seats at Randalls Island and
make 1t possible for the AAU to
turn over some $4,000 to the Army
Emergency Relief Fund.
At leNst $50 900 OF this will come
from a 150-page program which is
crammed with enough advertising
to permit its distribution free to
spectators.
The New York Athletic Club hopes
to break the San Francisco Olympic
Clubs domination of the team
championship and has concentrated
much of its strength in events
which the Westerners scorned.
The New Workers built up 27-
too edge over the Olympians yes
terday by counting heavily in the
3,000-meter walk and the 10000
meter run.
John p. Connolly won the walk
with teammates taking fourth. fifth
and sixth while 1t. Joe McCluskey
of the United States Navy annexed
the longer race for the winged foot
club.
McCIuskey Sets z2d Title.
1t was the 22d AAU title for Nc
Clusky. although his first in the
10000 meters, marathon Of miles,
376 years and 4 inches. The ancient
mariner trailed until q half mile
from the finish when he spurted
past Fred Wilt OF Indiana Univer-
sity.
McCluskey's final half was timed
in 2:18 and the last 40 yeards
took only Sc seconds.
Although the New York A. C. won
the Junior title yesterday with 101
points to 40 for second-place South
ern California, all four of the rec
breaking exploits were turned
in by athletes from the Middle or
Far West.
Charles Had, Michigan normal,
lowered the time in the 200-meter
low hurdles to 233 seconds in the
afternoon preliminaries before 100
spectators, and James Smith OF
Southern California, slashed 1t to
23.1 in the twilight final as 200 Gus
toners watched.
More New Marks.
Bob Beierle, University OF Wis
consin strong man, twirled the dis
cuss 1853 feet 5s4 inches to wipe out
the 157-foot 21a-inch toss that
Hugh S. Cannon of Brigham Young
made in 1886, and Frank Kaiser Of
Sacramento, Calf, junior college
lowered the time for the 400-meter
run to 47.3 seconds.
Bill Watson, former University OF
Michigan athlete and once private
secretary for Heavyweight Cham
pion Joe Louis, was the days busi-
est man.
Now wearing the uniform of the
Detroit Police A. c., he won the shot
and 56-pound weight throw, was
third in the discuss and fifth in the
broad jump. That gave him % Of
his teams total 80 points.