Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Made Upset Victor Over Ross in Star Meet Mile
5000 See Yale Man Score;
Palmer Finishes Third
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and the Nations outstanding ath-
lete of last year-the Sullivan
Award winner.
Matthias ran the first leg for Kiski
Props sprint medley relay team and
gave his quartet 10-yard lead that
it could not hold The handsome
Californian, built more along the
lines of a field event man than a
runner, complained of stiffness
and did not compete in the high
jump, where he was to give an exhl-
bition.
Fred Wilt turned in a 909 time
for the 2-mile run, clOcklng that
may stand for the indoor season,
as he won going away from Curtis
Stone, the recognized two-mi1e king.
The new champion in the Eve
ming Star Sprint Series is Marcellus
Boston, University of Iowa fresh
man, formerly of Cardozo High
School. Boston was a shade ahead
of ex-high school teammate Bill
Mathis in winning the 10 and 80
and although Mathis came back to
win the 100, Boston held a one
point edge for the three events. Fav-
ored Olympic star Lorenzo Wright's
best was a fourth-place finish.
Wade Also Helps in Relay.
Wade, the mile winner, came back
to protect Yale's lead in the B Sec
ton of the two-mile relay as he
ran the anchor half mile and helped
the Ellis edge Rhode Island State.
The Capital Invitation Mile Relay,
billed as the per-duper of the
baton-passing events, was a Texas
A. and M. production all the way.
The Southwest Conference cham
pions posted the fastest mile relay
time of the night, 3:26.1, and stayed
moving-van distance ahead of
Seton Hall all the way, despite the
presence of Phil Thigpen and Frank
Fox in the Jersey teams quartet.
The Aggie lineup was D. R. Mitchell,
Connally Ludwick, E. G. Bilderback
and c. r. Hornbrook.
The next best mile was 1868 by
Morgan State in winning one of
the closest relays of the night over
Georgetown as Bob Tyler edged Ed
Sause in the last few yards.
The University of Maryland sur
prised with the ease in which it won
the Southern Conference mile over
Duke in 1926. The Hoyas also fin
1Shed a close second in Section B OF
the two-mile relay as Ross and
George Thompson gave Villanova a
slight edge in 8:01.5 compared tc
Yale's winning 8:05.l in its section
Cards Md. Reign Ends.
Roanoke College broke Catholic
University's monopoly on the Ma
on-Dixon Conference sprint med
ley relay when long-legged ]. Dav.
export put on burst of speed or
the last lap Of the $50 leg to pas
Larry Brandenberg of Washington
College. which finished second. The
Shoremen had been in the leac
from the start.
Catholic University defaultec
when John Rudd pulled a muscle
in the 220 leg and withdrew from
the race. The winning time was
3:47.7. c. U. had won 10 times in
the last II years.
The Acacia Invitation Emile rur
run was one-man show from the
minute Wilt decided to take matters
into his own hands with half
mile to go. The former Indiana
distance ace permitted Curtis Stone,
recognized king of the two milers,
to set the pace for three-quarters
of the distance.
The minute he saw the -four laps
to CO. sign, Wilt spurted ahead
of Stone and increased his margin
until he won by at least 60 yards
over Stone with Bob Black, the
"triple-crown cross-country cham
pion" another 60 yards back in
third place. Nobody else threat
ened.
Penn State sent premeet notice
that 1t had the hurdle sensation OF
the year in 23-year- Jim Gehrdes
winner of the Sugar Bowl hurdles
and the Nittany Lions boast was nc
idle one.
Gehrdes won his heat in Sc and
in the final had slight edge over
the defending champion, Billy
Mitchell of Georgetown Ed Digger
indoor and outdoor champion back
in 1910 and Al and the record hold
er, was third after finishing second
to Mitchell in the first heat
Gehrdes' winning time was 85.
The University of Maryland's Bill
Alexion won the District AAU 100
va I'd da Sh in 10 nuer Ed Melrase of