Evening star., 1952-01-27
Slow Time Due
10 FBI Agents
Altered Tactics
Elects to Stoy Bock;;
/, Richards Wins Vuult
With l5-Foot Effort
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BY The Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Don
Gehrmann made it three straight
over Fred Wilt as he forged to the
front on the last lap to win the
Wanamaker Mile by about a foot
at the Millrose Games In Madison
Square Garden tonight. The time
was a disappointing 4:11.2.
Denis Johansson of Purdue was
third and Fred Dwyer of Villanova
fourth.
The slow time was accounted
for. by Wits. strategy, which
Ialmost-but not quite-did the
trick. He hung back this time and
permitted 1t. Warren Dreutzler
to set the pace. Eventually,
Druetzler finished last.
First Sellout In Years.
With a capacity crowd Of more
than $4,000 looking on-the first
|sellout for a track meet there in
more than four years-G Gehrmann
paid no heed to anyone but Wilt.
Flying Freddie. of the FBI. who
incidentally, also clocked in 4:1l.2.
lit out with three laps to go, hop
ing to run Gehrmann into the
ground. But it was not to be.
The skinny University Of Wiscon-
sin graduate passed Johansson at
the start of the gun lap and
caught wit about two yards from
the tape to win his fourth Wana-
maker Mile in arrow.
Gehrmann, after the race, said
he had a slight cold.
Mile Relay Record Set.
The Manhattan College relay
team of Ron. Ferraro. Lou Jones.
Vernon Dixon and Robert Carly
not only ran the fastest mile Of
she night In the college tests, but
Whisked around the boards in
I3:18.4, the speediest ever run in
|the Garden. Seton Hall was Sec
i0nd.
The previous Millrose record
Twas 3:19.5, set by Seton Hall two
years ago, while New York Uni
versity established the all-time
Garden record of 3:18.6 in 1910.
The Jaspers fell short Of George
towns 3:l7s2 world record, how
lever.
Roscoe Browne of the New York
Pioneer Club barely won the 880-
yard run when he, hit the tape
in bfanketa finish with Nal Whit
field of the Air Force and Ray
Wheeler Of Villanova. His photo
finish clocking was 1:56.7.
Whitfield, second, and Wheeler
third, respectively also were
caught in 1867. so close was it.
WHEELER led until about 100
yards from the end when Browne
whipped into the lead by inches.
Whitfield, Olympic record holder
for 800 meters, also made his try
at the end, but as 1t turned out
he was too late.
Richards Vaults Is Feet.
The Rev. Bob Richards of La
Verne, Calf, went UP to is feet
again and won the pole vault.
But that was as far up as he got.
It was his sixth Millrose victory
i in a row.
Although he made the Is feet,
lit was disappointing night for
Richards because he did not beat
Cornelius Warmerdam's meet rec
iord of Is feet Ia inches. The
vaulting clergyman figured he
would be a cinch. to accomplish
this. and maybe even beat the
world mark of 15-81a. He missed
lat 1872 three times.
Harrison billiard Of Cleveland
duplicated Richards effort by win
ming his sixth consecutive 60-yard
high hurdles event. but he was
almost caught by Lawrence john
son of the United States Military
Academy, who missed by about
an inch. billiards. time was rs.
Rhoden Wins 600.
| Charley Moore of the New York
A. C. and George Rhoden Of Nor
lgan State College put on a whing-
ding battle in the Mel Sheppard
t60O and to the surprise of no one
Rhoden won it in a rather medi-
Iocre l:12-mediocre for him. that
is.
Both Moore and Rhoden went
crashing across the finish line
with yards to spare over third
Iplace Herb McKenley and fourth
place Hugo Maiocco. They went
ltumbling into a crowd Of photog-
lraphers at the end. Moore also
WAS caught In 1:l2.
| II Moore had set the torrid pace
lhe was expected to, the clocking
probably would have been faster.
But Rhoden took over with two
(See MIILROSE. Page B-3.)