Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
By GEORGE Huber

meets, such as last nights Evening
Star Games at the Armory. to spread
to Europe They have nothing like
that there, but a very impressed
visitor at the Armory last night was
Armas Waste, coach of the Finnish
Olympic team and chief coach of the
Finnish Athletic Association.
He arrived in this country Just
five days ago and last nights gala
affair was the first indoor meet he
ever has seen. AS prominent off,
cial in athletics in Finland, he says
he may try to put on an indoor
meet over there when he gets back
in about month and half. 1--WE
have hall nearly as big as this
place. but I don't think anybody
ever suggested an indoor track meet.
Skiing is the big winter sport there.
We don't star running until spring"
Waste also is neWspaperman
when he has time to write between
running track meets. being con-
nected with the Helsinki Sanomat,
the biggest paper in Finland. Rea-
son for his trip here is that he's
a representative of the committee
getting ready for the 1852 Olympic
games which will be held in Fin
land.
He will make a tour Of the big
meets here and visit as many COL
leges and athletic clubs as possible
TO study conditioning and form in
this country You won the Olympic
games last time, so we come here to
learn from you," he said.
Good to see Perry Varoutsos of
Georgetown, who finished third in
The first heat of the district AAU 100
yard championship. back in COM
petition. That was the first track
competition in six years for former
Roosevelt High boy who in 1913
won the century in the &C" Club and
interhigh meets. He has been in the
service since then and since getting
out has been hampered by series
of pulled muscles.
Lorenzo Wright, the Olympic star
from Wayne University running in
the Evening Star sprint series, ar
rived in Washington in plenty of
time for the meet, flying in Friday
night. But yesterday he oversight
at his hotel and didn't get to the
Armory until Is minutes before mis-
first event. That gave him time for
quick change into track silks and
to swing his arms 10 times as a
warmup. He actually was reporting
to the numbers clerk to check in
when the first call for his first race
was sounded
Bob Palmer, Maryland sophomore
who brought lot of credit to the
Old Liners with third place finish
in the Junior Board of Commerce
Invitation Mile, looked scared and
admitted he was before the race
I've watched these fellow run, bat
never thought I'd be in a race with
Them" he said referring to the very
classy field. Palmer, who already
has scored we'll in a number of
cross country races. is going to con-
centrate on the mile hereafter and
intends to continue as a miller and
hit all the big meets after his COL
lege days are over.
The 6-foot-5 Bill Adams of North
Carolina did in winning the high
Jump is a right fancy height for a
boy who has been in school only
since after Christmas. He's fresh
man at "a years old, having been in
the Navy until last year after getting
out of high school at Crawford,
N. j.
He was on the Olympic team as
a hop, step and jump competitor,
but as there is no such event in
the Southern Conference his coach
tried him at the high Jump when
he reported for the team. HE
was a natural" says Coach Dale
Ransom, of the Tar Heels. He
can do anything better than almost
anybody else" mot So" replied
Adams. Its the coach. I was
doing 81 or GO until he gave me
one or two tips. think now I can
do 81"