Evening star., 1947-12-31
Six Opponents Hoping
To Boost Prestige
AGAINST Jamaican

Herbert McKenley, the famed
,, Jamaica runner who has entered
the 6oo-yard Invitation in the first
Evening Star-AAU track meet Sat-
urday night at the National Guard
Armory, will not find the 10th event
on the schedule a cake walk. The
other six contestants will be cunning
for him, hoping to increase their
olympic prestige with an upset
triumph.
McKenley, incidentally, will run
for Jamaica in the Olympicss He
will leave the United States next
Monday for a two-month tour OF
Australia, returning in time for the
latter part of the indoor season.
The indoor record for the 900 is
I minute 1912 seconds, co-held by the
great John Borican and Hugh Short,
the former Georgetown middle DIS
tance runner who transferred to the
University of Michigan after his dis
charge from the Army. Borlcan S
mark was set in 1941 and Shorts
year later, both wearing spikes.
McKenley in Fourth Position.
Meet Director Dorsey Griffith
figures that excellent time here Sat
urday, running without spikes, would
be Ills.
McKenley has drawn the fourth
position, with the rest of the field
lined up like this: Royce Crimmln
of Brown on the pole; Barry Reed
of Holy Cross, second; Edward Fltz-
gerald of Villanova, third; Edward
Palmieri of Tufts, fifth; William
Kash OF the United States Naval
Academy. sixth, and Robert Black OF
the University of North Carolina,
seventh.
Reed recently turned in 1:l5.4
time for the 600 on the outdoor
board track at Holy Cross, which
requires more laps for the distance
than the 22O-yard Armory track,
the biggest indoor track in the
country. Thus without any wind in
reference here he is extremely
capable of turning in Ills in one
of the outstanding events on the 81
event schedule.
Crimmin of Brown is another who
will make McKenley step. In the
New England intercollegiates, Grim
min turned in a 4o.4 performance IN
the 44O-yard dash and 1:54.6 in the
$3.50.
! Fitzgerald in 600 Debut.
FITZGERALD will be making his
debut in the 600 but he is anxious
to move up to longer distances.
In a race with the Villanova relay
team, Fitzgerald turned in a Ala
quarter, which compares favorably
with the All that McKenley ran in
winning the National A. A. U. 400
meter championship last year.
Kash, a member of the strong
contingent from the Naval Acad-
emy, is a former IC-4A champion.
The starting time for the 600 is
9:55 pm and Griffith promises that,
like all events on the schedule, 1t
will start on the dot. The last event
is scheduled to start at 10:40.
A companion event to the Invita-
ton 900 is scheduled at 9:45, the
District of Columbia AAU-yard
championship, a new event to local
meets which will draw field of 13.
The entrants, in the order, in
which they will lineup from the
pole position, will be; Albert Hay
den of Fordham, Joseph Deadly,
Patrick O'Brien, jr., and Vincent
Cino of the Georgetown University
Athletic Association; Richard Hol-
lander, unattached; Gene Green
and Joseph Grimoldi of the Uni
versity of Maryland, Henry Bright,
William Collins and Henry Cameron
of Howard University, De Reef
Greene of Cardoza High School,
John Kountz of Fort Belvoir and
James Barico, unattached.
O'Brien School Titlist.
OBrien, a freshman at the Hilltop,
won the Catholic High School cham
pionship in the $50 and also in the
private schools meet last year.
A number of the contestants
worked out at the Armory yesterday
and more were expected today to
familiarize themselves with the
boards.
The ticket sale has been brisk
with reserve box seats at 81, reserved
seats at SO and general admission
at 50. There still is time to purchase
tickets by mail through Room 724
at The Star, while other tickets
are on sale at the lobby of The
Star and at announced locations.