The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-08-10
AMERICAN NO.
One
COMING here
Gil Dodds, Holder of Sullivan
Award, Will Speak at
Gospel Rally.
Program to Be Held i'm Glasgow
School Auditorium Next
Wednesday.

Gil Dodds, holder of the Sullivan
award and adjudged the outstand-
ing athlete among amateurs in the
nation, will visit Glasgow next
Wednesday night at 8 to speak at
a young peoples rally in the Glas-
Cow high school auditorium. Ad-
mission is free and people of all
ages are welcome.
This is part of an extensive Cos
pei crusade designated Christ for
the Youth of the Northwest" spon-
Sored by Christ for America, a ma
tional no-nSectarian evangenstlc
movement in cooperation with the
Montana Gospel Crusade with head
quarters in Billings, and which is
directed by the Rev. Walter j. Feely,
who will also be here.
DOdds has chalked up seven track
victories in the past year. AS all
sports fans know, for years runners
have been aiming at a four-minute
mile. Until the past winter the rec
cord for an indoor race was 4:OI.4
minutes. Last March IL, Dodds at
Madison Square Garden in New
York clipped a tenth of a second
from that world mark, putting 1t
down to 4:07.3. A week later Gil
whitfield his own record down to
4:O6.4-the fastest mile any human
ever ran indoors in a competitive
race.
Believer in Prayer
When asked to say a word before
the m~icrophone at the Chicago ev-
ent, Dodds surprised not only n
1926 sports fans in the Stadium
but also the millions listening IN
on the hookup. attributing his sue
cess to the Lord and to prayer. Il
appreciate your kindness to me.
said the modest champion. Il think
many of you realize that running is
only a hobby with me. My main job
in life is serving the Lord, Jesus
Christ and it was only through Him
tonight that a worlds record was
broken. Thank you"
Gil is "a. son of a preacher faith
err. the Rev. j. G.. Dodds, pastor OF
the First Brethren Church OF
Smithville, Ohio. The younger
Dodds is now a senior in Gordon
College of Theology at Boston
where he is preparing for the min
istry. He is married and has one
cnJu, JOHN ELOyu.
An Athletic Career
Shortly after high school days,
Dodds got his biggest sports thrill
when he Won the N.C.A.A. mile title,
his first national championship.
From there he was invited to race
in Madison Square Garden against
Don Lash and Greg Rice OF Mon
tana, the cream of the racing crop
at that time. Rice and Lash made
a race of it, but Dodds fizzled. He
a laugh at that race now but 1t
was deep agony then.
The crowd roared, Get off the
track-you bumi" Dodds did get
off the track but not for long. A
year later he turned that shellack-
ing into a victory by running the
two mile ace so fast that he forced
Rice 10 a new record. Three weeks
later Dodds snapped Les Mac Nit
chel's string of 10 straight wins.
Since then there has been no stop
ping him, and his record for the
1914 indoor season stands at seven
wins in seven races.
National Chairman Directs
Horace F. Dean of Philadelphia,
director of the movement, is person.
ally directing the campaign in Mon
tana and Wyoming. Other members
of the team conducting these rallies
will include Rev. Feely, who is wide
ly known through his daily broad
cast over KGHL from Billings with
Guy Fry and Bob Love, also of Bill
lings, associates of Mr.. Feely, and
formerly musicians on WMBI, one
of Chicago's large radio stations. A
special souvenir song sheet will be
given to all in attendance.