Evening star., 1942-04-25
Face Country S
Best Teams in
Title Contest
Shotput, Discuss Soft
For Georgetown Stor;
Kane Shows Heels
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, April 25-
Georgetown's great mile combina-
ton hoped TO emulate towering Al
Blozis today as the 48th annual
Penn Relays carnival went into the
second and final day of competition
on Franklin Field.
The Hoyas were to face the cream
of the crop in the American cham
pionship test, final event of the
lengthy program and one of the
days top attractions. and they were
primed for record -sf1attertng ef-
fort.
Only other entrant from the Dis
trict of Columbia on today's card
was Catholic University's mile quar-
tet which was TO defend Its Mason
Dixon Conference crown against
mediocre field. The Cardinals were
top-heavy favorites to repeat.
Blozis sent off Georgetown to q
flying start yesterday in picking up
the marbles In the shotput and dis
Gus without being pressed. He cap
tured the shot with lackadaisical-
for Al-heave of 54 feet IL inches
and later pocketed the discus medal
with toss of $50 feet So inches.
Maryland's Horn Surprises.
Heckert Horn, Maryland's lone en-
try In the games, scored surprising
third in the latter event with
throw of 142 feet 10 inches. He did
not compete in the shot, evidently
conceding victory to the George
town ace.
Today,s program was to be fea-
tured by the resumption of the feud
between Campbell Kane of Indiana
and Leslie MacMitchen of New York
University. They were to match
strides In the anchor legs Of the
2 and mile relays.
Five times they met year ago
in the 1941 cinder conclave with
MacMitchell the winner in three.
Twice they met yesterday with the
Hoosier hurrier triumphant by
inches in each effort.
In yesterdays medley distance
relay MacMitchell, co-holder of the
world indoor competitive mile mark
started his stint with a 15-yard
handicap and lost only in the final
strides.
He was clocked in Ala to Kane's
4:15.6 but the Big Ten ace did most
of his sprinting down the home
stretch to win.
North Texas State, which spent
most of the week getting the feel of
the Franklin Field track and was
one of the favorites In the race, was
deep In the heart OF trouble all the
way and finished distinct fifth.
Penn State Wins Title.
Although the interest was CEN
tered on the second chapter of the
Kane-MacMitchell thriller in the
sprint medley, the championship
went to Penn State, winner Of the
second heat. Kane and his New
York rival came laundering down
the stretch-behind Ed Culp OF
Xavier.
After the judges held their con-
sultation they picked Penn State
first on time basis, Syracuse sec
ond, Seton Hall third and Xavier
fourth.
There were also surprises for the
5000 sun-drenched fans in the 440-
yard college relay which went to the
Xavier four with the University of
Pittsburgh quartet the only other
finisher.
New York University, one of the
favorites, was disqualified In the
preliminaries for two false starts
and in the final both Penn State
and Pennsylvania were banished for
making illegal baton exchanges.
Today the war makes its second
contribution to the program. Two
1-mile relay races, one for members
of the armed forces and the other
for firms engaged in defense manu-
featuring have been added to the
program.
The service team affair is ex-
pected to bring 1t. John Woodruff,
long -striding former Pitt and Olym-
pic star. out of retirement.
And the wars first contribution?
Penn officials had no difiiculty get
ting the STA safety pins-of the
finest steel-needed to number the
2.S56 athletes.