Evening star., 1952-02-09
Field Aces May Crowd
|MiIers From Spotlight
In New York Tonight
BY The Associated Press

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NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-These are
the days when the field events can
shove the milers-the glan1or boys
| of the track meets Into the Shad-
ows, and 1t could happen tonight
in the New York Athletic Club
Igames at Madison Square Garden.
AS usual, the mile win put FBl
Agent Fred wilt against Don
Gehrmann, and as usual, it will be
the surprise of the year If Wit
manages to catch his man at the
lend of the 8 furlongs. 4
hasn't happened this year yet, and
there's little reason to believe II
will happen tonight.
Besides Wilt and Gehrmann, en-
Itrants in the Baxter Mile are Joe
| LePierre of Georgeown and Fred
lDwyer Of Villanova,. putting on q
preview Of the IC4A competition
L and two former Michigan Staters
Bill Mack and 1t. Warren Druetz-
Iler. If Gehrmann is to break the
meet record, he'll have to go be-
low the 4:07.4 owned jointly by
Leslie MacMitchell and Chuck
Fenske. That's faster than the
slim Wisconsin graduate ever has
run but the front-running La
Pierre is expected to set a hot
early pace tonight that may pull
the others along to a fast finish
ing time.
Field Marks Threatened.
In the field events there are
three tests that could produce
new standards-the pole vault, the
high Jump and the shot put.
The Rev. Bob Richards. Don
Laz and Don Cooper. 15-footers
all, will try to crack the meet
record of 14-10k set by the par
son. The mighty Cornelius Warm
erdam never competed in the New
York A. C. Games, which accounts
for the low mark. 1t should pose
no problem for any of the three.
The New York IA. C.'s own
whale, Jim Fuchs, will have a bit
more trouble. He, naturally, owns
the present shot put record, Sd
feet 31a inches. The only prob
lem is that it also is an indoor
mark. and they're not easy to
crack, even by Fuchs.
This will be Fuchs first appear
ance indoors this season and he
has predicted that before the
campaign is over, he'll hit that
elusive 60-foot mark-the equiv
alent of a 4-minute mile.
The high jump mark Of s feet
8A inches established by Walter
Marty of Fresno State Is years
ago also is in jeopardy. j. Lewis
Pappa) Hall Of the University of
Florida, who has reached GO and
hopes to go even higher, is the lad
to turn the trick if it is going to
be done
Shoot at Relay Record.
Manhattan'S mile relay team of
Ron Ferraro. Lou Jones, Vern
Dixon and Bob Carly will be out
to lower the 3:17.2 world mark.
They came within four-tenthS Of
a second of it last week.
George Rhoden goes against his
chief rival, Charley Moore, in the
Buermeyer 500; Roscoe Browne
hooks up with Olympic Champion
Mat Whitfield in the $50: Horace
Ashenfelter and Curt Stone will
battle it out in the 2-mile, and
Eddie Conwell will defend his 60
yard sprint title.
In addition to LaPierre, George
town is sending its 2-mile relay
team and Don Stonehouse in the
sprints and Ray Brophy in the
high hurdles. Running in the re-
lay event will be Dick Saunders,
Charlie Capozzoli, Dave sBoland
and Carl Joyce.
Navy. is sending an l1-man
squad, including a mile relay and
la 2-mile relay team. Competing
lin individual events for the Mid
dies will be Jean Falgoust in the
/ 900 and Ira Kane in the 60-yard
dash.