Evening star., 1951-01-15

"1t was beaut. Gehrmann beat Bengtsson"
Saunders jaw dropped "Bentgsson?" he said ncredu-
ously could he twice in succession Wasn't he In
my race, too?"
the others to be startled. "You mean to
say you didn't know Bengsson wasn't in your race?
mo" Saunders said, 81 didn't know"
SMILE CROSSED the young face Maybe I'm
ucker than thought what happened
to Bengtsson the 10O0?" .t..~t
didn't read the fine print program" said the
reporter 1T All contestants and report to the
the three events the progress
There will be calls
"You mean he was late?" Saunders asked
He at the Armory. He'd already warmed and
downstairs resting He said that in Europe it's the custom to
call individually like in the theater But how is it
you didn't know who you were running against?"
shrugged We'll only provisional starter
When to the Armory coach, Frank Sevigne said
There's pretty good chance you'll in the 1000 guess
excited, but did Nal Whitfield and must have
thought one of the others warming was Bengtsson
The young man ran corkng race He was second to
Frank Enger of Yale until the last lap when he took charge
Enge faded and Saunders stood off the challenges OF George
Thompson of Villanova and Whitfield to win
IF SAUNDERS VICTORY lacked the elecrying impact of
the mile popular victory Georgetowners by
the hundreds tremendous ovation to young
who, colegan little known until Saturday night
At Clifford Scott High in Orange j. Saunders
State honors in the half mile three years row. which
not lost that intrepid and unpaid scout Frank Geige
who wanged him scholarship to the Hilltop
Saunders suffered linear fracture of the leg AS sop
he the 2e relay team, but in what he suggests
misguided moment he transferred to Rutgers
The result that he time toward graduation but
it that he's only Junior Georgetown and
has this year the which reap behalf
of the Hoyas.
my favore distance?" he repeated I'D have to say
1000 yards" And now victories has he this
route?
"One" Saunders replied, grinning until The Star Games
I'd never longer than $50 yards
WHEN MEET DIRECTOR DORSEY GRIFFITH sympa-
thzed with Bengtsson he appeared in time to hear the
lap gun the 1000 of the best breaks The
Griffith permitted the Swede to
and Bengtsson running 760 yards
farther than expected the responsible for bring
ing the crowd to its feet.
and the coaches rerunnng the meet
Coach Rankin of Purdue whose John Sayon finished
mile asked how the rousg piece de resistance
in better time than 4:16!6.
According Fred Wilt" he reminded "Gehrmann is
the one miller who may the mile in four minutes
"And he may conceded the Purdue coach. But Gehr
pressed had his BengtSson who
isn't the kind of runner to force a pace"
JOE sHEEHAN of the New Times. track writer
stop-wach, chimed in: at typical Gehr-
mann pace then laid back and relied on
finishing wasn't running against time; he was
running against Bengtsson"
Rankin was inclined to agree. Later on" he said,
"Cehrmann will faster especially when he Wilt
likes better place But that great mile
better one"
If there had sportsmanshp award Bengtsson would
ing With the help of Holmberg Swedish hill billy
University of managed convey
feelings
1000 yards preferred" Holmberg interpreted
Bengtsson "I wasn't to be- Customs differ but
races Gehrmann is very great"