Evening star., 1952-04-27
Wilt and Gehrmann
Defeated by Finn in
Penn Relays Upset
Continued from Page BID

Indy Remigino and Bob Carly,
didn't set any records in their
two victories. Nobody could on
the sloppy, rain-soaked track, but
they came surprisingly close in
pair of dazzling performances.
They ran the 44O-yard relay in
42 seconds fiat, as compared with
a meet record of ALL. They came
back a short time later to win the
half-mile relay in 1852, only
eighth-tenths Of a second slower
than the meet standard.
Each time they beat the strong
Morgan State team. sparked by
George Rhoden, holder of the
world 400-meter record, and Art
Bragg, who captured the 100
yard dash today.
Under the weather and track
conditions, both times were
enough to draw gasps from the
checkers. The track had been
thoroughly soaked by three
day rain and churned into a gooey
mess during the running of Fri
days events.
JOhanssOn Jolts U. S. Hopes.
Johansson's mile victory came
as severe jolt to American hopes
Of scoring in the Olympic $500
and 5,000-meter races. Although
the Purdue student is champion
of Finland at those distances, he
is not regarded as a standout
among European runners. But
today he beat three of the best
Americans and did it decisively.
Trailing him at the finish were
Fred Wilt, the New York FB1
man; 1t. Warren Druetzler, for
mer Michigan State star now at
Camp Lee, Va, and Don Gehr-
mann, the speedy Milwaukee
publicity man.
Johansson was timed in 4:18.2
ordinary time even considering the
sloppy track. Some of the relay
runners, notably Michigan's Don
McEWen, had been caught in
better times.
AS the rain continued through
out the night and intermittently
today, the ground crew could dc
little to improve the footing.
The new inside track was
ismoothed out a bit and preserved
for the major events, but most
of the runners just had to slosh
through deep puddles and muG
which caused a number of spills
and injuries in the relay races.
New Track Causes Mixup.
It was this new track which
produced the confusion among the
officials and deprived Michigan:
four-mile relay team of shot al
the record. This race was shifted
to the inside path, which is some
what shorter than the regular
440-yard oval. After the race wa,
under way the officials discovered
they had miscalculated the start.
ing poSitions. AS a result, each
runner went 101 yards less thar
a full mile.
Michigan, winning a breeze BY
about 100 yards, was timed il
1922 for approximately three
and three-quarter miles. The Penn
Relay record for the full distance
lis 17:16.2, and only yesterday al
the Drake, Relays Kansas estab-
lished an American record OF
.17:15.4.
Manhattan closed the meet with
"a third smashing victory, winning
the college mile relay champion
ship with the team of Carly, Ror
Ferraro, Lou Jones and Verr
Dixon. Battling Fordham anc
Seton Hall all the way, Manhattan
was timed at 1928, not close tc
any records but excellent under the
conditions.
Flyers Win Three Races.
The Army Air Force team from
Lockbourne Air Base in Ohio alsC
won three relays-the college two.
mile, the 480-yard shuttle hurdle.
and the Class B college mile event
Under an agreement with thu
competing colleges and the man.
agement, the Flyers did not receive
the winners trophies, and thu
second-place college teams will
be officially recognized as thu
champions"
The Air Force team also scorec
in one individual event when 1t
Otis Chandler, 1850 Pacific Coast
champion shot putter from Stan.
ford, won his specially with a tos.
of So feet, II inches.