The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-03
D0DDS SELECTED
THIRD IN MEET
Irving Mondschein OF New
York. University Named
First By Writers

NEW YORK, Feb. 2-(P-Gil-
bert Dodds spreadeagled the field
in the Wanamaker mile at the Mill
rose games last night while sprint
er Barney Ewel and hurdler Ha--
rison billiard equalled world rec
crds, but the No. l performer, in
the opinion of the experts, was
Irving Mondschein, who cracked
a high jump record that had stood
for Is years.
Mondschein, National AAU de-
cathalon champion from New York
University, was named winner OF
the Rodman Wanamaker 1nterna-
tional trophy today by a committee
of sports writers who selected him
as the outstanding athlete of the
seasons first spiked-shoe festival
in Madison Square Garden.
Many in the capacity crowd of
more than Is, 900 had already de-
parted when M%ondschein scared
over the high jump bar at
6 feet. 7 ga inches in the last event
of the night to wipe out the meet
standard Of 6 feet, 7 SO inches sci
by George Spitz of NYU back in
1882.
Both Mondschein and defending
champion John Vislocky of the New
York athletic club had cleared 6
feet, 7 inches and Mondescheln
made his record leap on his sec
ond attempt while Vislocky missed
on the added height three times.
Six of the seven writer's on the
selection committee voted foi
Mondschein as the No. l perforInel
and the other placed him third,
giving him a total OF 81 points in
the balloting, figured on a 5-3-f
basis.
M~ondschein's name will be in
scribed on the handsome trophy
along with those of such previous
track greats as Paavo Nurmi. Gene
Venzke. Glenn Cunningham. Chuck
Hornbostel, Chuck Fenske, Fred
Wolcott, Cornelius Warmerdam,
and others.
Second place in the voting went
to Ewell, the former Penn State
star who now runs for the Shana.
han Catholic club Of Philadelphia.
with five second place and two
third place votes for II points.
Ewell thrilled the sellout crowd
by stepping the 60-yard dash in
81 seconds, edging out defending
champion Ed Cornell by inches
and equalling the world indoor
march which he and Connell share
jointly with five other sprinters.
The customers were still chatter.
ing about that performance wher
Harrison billiard of Baldwin Wal
lace college, Americas No. ]
hurdled. skinned over the 6O-yard
nigh sticks in TO seconds to tie
the world standard set by Charles
Had of Michigan Normal in the
Millrose meet Of 1912.
The Wanamaker mile, feature OF
the 10th annual Millrose carnival,
turned out to be a runaway for
Dodds. the 28-year-old Nebraska
preacher who runs for the Boston
Athletic Association.
Dodds ran off and left his four
opponents to win by 40 yards in
1902 and demonstrate that he has
no equal among the indoor milers.
The trophy committee gave
Codds n first, two seconds and a
third for u points, which landed
him in third place in the voting.
billiard received three points on a
trio of third place votes to be
fourth.
Tommy Quinn of the New York
athletic club finished second in the
mile, followed by Eddie Walsh OF
Manhattan, Rune Gustafsson OF
Sweden and Leslie MaeMitchell of
the New York A. c.
i, Elmore Harris of the Shore A. C
at Long Branch, N. Y, won the
Mel Sheppard 900 in 1:1l.7. de-
feating Herb McKenley of Illinois.
George Guida of Villanova and
Johnny Quigley of Manhattan. and
Forest Efaw of Saltwater. Okla,
won the two-mile handicap in
9:13.1.