Evening star., 1952-06-25
CapozzoEi, LaPierre
Given Good Chances
In Olympic Trials
Speejcl Disposeh 70 The Stos

LOS ANGELES. June 25-Both
Charley Capozzoli and Joe La
Pierre Of Georgetown have good
chances of making the Olympic
track team in the final trials here
Friday and Saturday.
Cappy will go in the 5000
meters Friday and IaPierre tries
the $500 Saturday. A third
Georgetown runner, Carl Joyce,
also is eligible for the final try
outs in the 800 meters, but he has
no more than an outside chance
in an outstanding field.
Capozzoli and LaPierre also are
in classy fields. but in the last two
weeks both have shown they have
the stuff to finish among the first
three. There will be three men in
each event going to the HelSinki
games.
Capozzoli was second at 5000
meters in both the NCAA meet
and the AAU National champion
ships. Yves Santee. Kansas States
great runner, won the college meet
with a record 14:36.3, while Cur
tiS Stone, former Penn State star
and now representing the New
York A. c., topped the AAU field
in 1908.
Has Beaten All But Three.
Aside from Santee and Stone,
Cappy has beaten every one Of the
runners he will face Friday with
the exception of Jim Brown, for
mer Stanford runner now in the
Navy. Browns qualifying time of
15:16.6 in the Armed Forces meet
doesn't compare with Cappy's un-
official 14:45.5 in the NCAA, how
ever.
Others in the 5000 field are
Fred wilt. New York A. c.: Cor
don Mckenzie, New York Pioneer
Club; George Lynch, unattached;
Bob Stout, San Francisco Olym-
pic Club; John johnson, Pioneer
Club; Warren Rouse, Oklahoma:
Bob Reed. Stanford, Phil Cole
man, unattached: Art Garcia.
Southern California, and Bob Fox.
Missouri.
LaPierre also is due to come up
against the talented Santee at
1900 meters and his chances are
that much less Of making the
team. La Pierre was second to Bob
McMillen Of Occidental in the
NCAA, as McMillen won with a
record 3:50.7. La Pierre had an
unofficial time of 3:51.1, beating
Fred Dwyer Of Villanova. Len
Truck Of Ohio State, John Ross
Of Michigan, Bob Simon of STAN
ford and Len Simpson Of Cali
fornia. All except Ross will be
in the Olympic race Saturday.
1t was in the AAU meet last
week that LaPierre fell back to
fourth place behind Santee's ter
rife 3:49.3. Ahead of LaPierre
in that race were Warren Druetz-
Ter. formerly of Michigan State
and now in the Army, and Xavier
Montez Of the New Orleans A. c..
They were not in the NCAA meet,
but will be running again Satur-
day.
Two Appear Too Tough.
Both McMillen and Santee ap-
pear too tough for LaPierre, so he
will have to overtake either
Druetzler or Montez to get that
third place on the Olympic squad.
The classy 800 field in which
Joyce runs Friday includes Reggie
Pearman of the Pioneer Club,
Truck, McMillen, Bob Chambers of
Los Angeles A. c., Leon Leopard Of
the Army, Don Gerhmann, unat-
tached: John Barnes, Occidental;
Henry Cryer of Illinois; Lon Spur
rier, California; Wheeler, Stacey
Siders Of Illinois. and Nal Whit
field Of the Army. Joyce can beat
some Of them. but probably not
enough Of them to make the Hell
sinki squad.
Washington has a roofing in
terest in another Olympic candi-
date here. Bob Allison, the Naval
Academy javelin expert. In Eastern
competition earlier Allison had al