Evening star., 1950-01-16


Meet I'm bringing youngser 17yearold Henry Thresher.
who is going to win sprint series And he's going be
Olympic champion in 1852"
Before the start of Evening Star sprint
night at the Amoy the Mercersburg coach
of his optimism Thesher goodlookng 6ooter from Long
Island had spraned his ankle during the week and it
swollen and heavily taped apoogizng
brilliant young sprinter saying wouldn't
Injured Ankle Was No Drawback
Perhaps Thresher his best maybe thrives
sprained ankles But would have trouble convincing
of the Nations track coaches that there anything
seriously with Threher after they watched him win
the 70yard dash in IL and the 80 in 49, both
the third the sprint SERIES 00-yard DASH
Henry finished Georgeowns Jim Fielding Although
paid Fielding yesterday he also said that
Threher would have the 100 it preceded
dash events AS Curan almost pulled Threher
the 100 his sprained ankle had been pound
Ing in the 70 80 yard daSheS
going for the triple
running his favore distances in the sprint
SERIES but if the Island speedser Olympic champion
1t will be in the 22O and not the shorter dasheS according
Curran The Scottish counterpart Fitzgerald
is positive that Thresher greatest at 200
meters in 1882 and that he also will be running the quarter
mile in AS fiat.
Although the youthful Thresher reporters Saturday
night that he had not decided college, his says
will make the most of the Eastern indoor meets including the
Inquirer Games this Friday in Philadelphia He may
here for outdoor meet in the spring.
Ted Meredith Still Curon's Fovorite
There will be another former Mercersburg trackman
among the 80 Olympic champions according to Curran in
Charles Moore Star Games victor in the Invitation eOO The
Cornell trackman will win the hurdles his ex
coach says in positive
Moores father under Curran at Mercersburg
high hurdler in the "a Oympcs Olympic team
members also included Bill Carr who
Los Angeles while he Penn student Allan Woodrng
who beat the great Charles Paddock in the Olympic 200
while Woodring was freshman at Syracuse.
But Ted Meredith apparently Curran's favorite
1912 he broke the world scholastic quarter
and half mile and for the first time schooboy the
Olympic squad In Stockholm, Meredith the meters
and although that the year of Thorpes decaon
pentahlon triumphs in which he II of Is
bosh Meredith the first toast the Olympic squad
that he received much publicity Thorpe
Meredith enrolled at the intercolegiates
but was while at Mercersburg that he his greatest
Barry Trophy Used in Coffee Toast
Curran who has reached the of 10 by making such
decisions passed Grif1ths little post-meet party
touchdown Club for the visiting coaches
midnight after the weary and depressed Griffith had re-
measured the Armory track he escorted
the Easts top mentors to the club refreshments
They killed few hours there but when track
rehash fresh meet they don't stop at few They
adjourned to nearby restaurant for coffee, taking their
sutcases trophies and other paraphernaa along.
At O'Clock Sunday morning they filled John Barrys
Acacia twoile trophy with coffee toast What
was Bars trophy doing there? Nobody you
that Barry like all good two mers almost everybody ese
tucked in bed