Evening star., 1951-01-20
.Gehrmann Tightens
Hold on Mile Honors;
Creamer Wins 1000
By Howard P. BoiIey
Stor Sfoff Correspondent

Stor Siaff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20. -
Don Gehrmann and his mile
rivals will go at it again tonight
in the knights Of Columbus
Games at Boston, but Gehr-
mann's victory in last nights
Philadelphia Inquirer meet was
so convincing it makes those
races coming. up in the immedi-
ate future appear to be mere
formalities.
Arrayed against him last night
was the best mile field assembled
in many months, but the former
Wisconsin star made it seem easy.
He won for the 34th straight
time.
His opposition included Fred
Wilt, whom he defeated in such
close mile at last years Milrose
Games, that it almost took an
act of Congress to make it off,
cial. Also on hand were Ingvar
Bengtsson of Sweden whom he
beat by inches in last weeks
Evening Star Games; John Joe
Barry, the Irish champion pres
emily running for Villanova; ALI
Holmberg, winner of the Sugar
Bowl Mile; Thomas Kirwan,
former Pennsylvania Star, and
Leonard Truck of Ohio State.
Race Again in Boston.
Practically the same group will
go tonight in Boston, with the
exception of Bengtsson. He prob
ably will drop back to his favorite
1,000-yard distance, where he will
be in another classy field that IN
Icludes Dick Saunders of George
town, winner of the 1000 in last
weeks Star Games; Phil Thigpen
of Seton Hall, Bill Conrardy Of
Chicago Loyola and Alex Perritt
of Syracuse. Georgetown also has
entered a mile and 2-mile relay
team in the meet.
In last nights mile, Wilt jumped
into the lead and set a pretty
good pace for the first quarter.
Kirwan was ahead for a while,
then Wilt again until Gehrmann
started his famous kick. He took
over on the back stretch of the
ninth lap and it was no race 60
ing into the last straightaway.
Gehrmann won in 4:129. Wilt
was 7 yards back, followed by
Treux, Bengtsson, Barry, Holm
berg and Kirwan.
Doc Richards and Don Laz tied
in the pole vault at IA feet 95s
inches, meet record. They tied
at 14-8 in last weeks The Star
Games and at IA even in The
Star Games of 1850.
C. U. Coach Proud of Relay.
The proudest man at the meet
was Dorsey Griffith. when his
Catholic U. mile relay team,
in a class rated much over its
head, thrilled the crowd by run
ming an exceedingly close second
to North Carolina. Due to the
peculiar manner in which relays
are run at this meet the Cardinals
ran a longer mile. The starts
are not staggered and the team
having the pole runs a shorter
distance than the one on the out
side. The Tar Heels had the pole
and the Cardinals were on the
outside, and c. U. lost by less
than yards. Larry Gaffney run
ming the third leg for Gu over
took Gordon Hamrick of North
Carolina and opened up a short
lead which Andy Sefcik could not
hold.
Wint Sets Meet Record.
Arthur Wint, bothered by the
tight turns on the track, trailed
for a time in the 600 but when
those long legs of his really began
to stretch out he walked past a
stellar field to win in record time
for the meet, 1875, somewhat
slower than his 1:12 in Washing
ton. Charles Moore of Cornell.
1850 Star Games winner, was
second, with George Rhoden Of
Morgan State third.
Tyson Creamer of Maryland.
with a 15-yard handicap. walked
off with the 1.000-yard handicap.
He fought off a bid by Earl Foster
of the Pioneer Club of New York
with a 5-yard handicap and Earl
Grim of the Baltimore Olympic
Club with 10 yards.
Princeton nosed out Maryland
in a one-mile relay run in 1902
with La Sale finishing third and
Pennsylvania fourth.
Howard's mile team, losing tre-
mendous yardage during the ex-
change of the baton between
Alonzo Williams and Esmond
Mapp, turned on the heat during
the last two legs and almost
caught Morgan State which stayed
out in front in the third fastest
time Of the evening. Lincoln was
a fading third.
De Graffired Is Fourth.
Henry de Grafired of Cardozo
High won the second heat of the
interscholastic 50-yard dash but
finished fourth in the finals when
Henry Thresher Of Mercersburg
clipped tenth of second off the
meet record of 5.4 seconds.
Edward Bailey of Cardozo won
one section of the mile in 5:04.7,
but failed to place when runners
in the other sections beat his time.
Armstrong Tech defeated Phelps
land CardOZO in a mile relay