Evening star., 1951-04-28
By MerreIl Whittiesey
Stor Siaff Correspondent

Stor Siuff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, April ga
soft. dusty, sand-like track may
prevent Georgetown'S great Emile
relay team from extending its
meet-record streak to 10 in the
57th annual Penn Relays here
today.
The slow track may also prevent
the mile mark from falling when
Don Gehrmann and Fred Wilt
renew their feud in the Benjamin
Franklin mile. with England S
Roger Bannister a serious threat.
The Hoya quartet already has
won the distance college medley
relay. in which it defeated a fast
field yesterday. Tt figures to easily
win a second title with the same
four men today in the 2-mile relay
but it has its heart set on breaking
|Indiana'S 10-year record of TAIL
Hoya Coach Disappointed.
In eight indoor meets and the
Seton Hall Relays outdoors last
week. the Georgetown 2-mile team
the Nations greatest, not only has
won every event but smashed a
meet record every time out. The
|Hoyas' handsome, boyish coach
Frank Sevigne, was bitterly dis
appointed over the condition of
the Franklin Field track and said
it would take a super effort today
to break Indiana'S mark.
Sevigne also was somewhat dis
appointed yesterday when the
Hoyas failed to break the record
in the distance college medley re-
lay.
The winning time of 10:12.8 was
i3.8 seconds behind Penn's winning
time of last year and well back of
the carnival record of 1884 by
North Texas State in 1888.
Georgetown Happy to Win.
However the Georgetown boys
were happy to win. regardless of
the time. Carl Joyce ran the OPEN
ing half-mile in 1853 and was
third, behind opposition from
Princeton and Tennessee. Dave
Boland, the sprinter of the Hoya
four, ran a SOL quarter to take
1.-THE lead, and in a fine 3:06.5 effort
for the three-quarter mile, Joe
Deadly turned over a 15-yard lead
to Joe LaPierre, running the an
chor mile.
La Pierre's Tennessee opponent
was the touted Swedish miller, Ali
Holmberg. But Georgetown's soph'
omore from Boston quickly
opened up a comfortable margin
and the Hoyas won by at least 81
yards. La Pierre received the big
gest hand of the day.
Ia Pierre's first quarter of 5;
was not too good timing but HI
ran a 4:18.2 mile, and If he con.
centrated on the mile probably
would be the third best in tht
country, behind Gehrmann ane
Wilt.
In the two-mile relay today, tht
same four will each run a half.
mile with Boland leading off, La
Pierre and Joyce second and thiro
and Deadly in the anchor.
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Tenth Title for Hoyas. e
The distance medley title was
Georgetown's 10th in Penn relays
history in the relay races alone
Before the Hoyas won the 2-mile
last year. their last victory hae
been in field events, when the late
AL Blozis won the shot and discus
lin 1912.
Georgetown had another spirited
performance yesterday from 10.
year-old, 118-pound Charlie Ca.
pozzoli, who ran the last four ane
a quarter laps of the eight-lar
2-mile run with an ankle SpraiI
and still finished second to th'
Penn Relays record breaker, Dicl
Shea of Army.
Shea, who beat Capozzoli in tht
IC4A indoors, ram a 9:11.9 against
Greg Rice's former record o1
9:12.2, set in 1914. Capozzoli rar
9:19.6 to beat Bridgewater's sur.
prise third-place finisher. Merle
Grouse, in the 36-man field.
I Collides With Opponent.
1t would not be fair to Shea, 9
distance runner with powerful
sprint, to say that Capozzoli'.
sprain affected the race, but
Charley probably would have made
it closer had he not hit the mar
in front of him just before he took
the lead going into the fourth lap
He lunged and injured his left
ankle. Capozzoli led at the mile
point with a 0:39.6 effort and Shea
did not pass him until they started
the last lap. Capozzoli was limp
ing slightly today and may not
be ready for the District AAU meet
Tuesday.