Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Whitfield Sets
Record in 500;
3 Royas Lose
Copy, Not in Shape.
Fourth in 2-MiIe:
Joyce Lost in $50
Special Dispoteh to The stor


NEW YORK, Feb. Z. - Nal
Whitfield did just as he had pre-
dicted tonight, breaking the
world indoor record for 500 yards
by winning in 56.6 seconds in
the New York A. c. Games be-
fore 10000 at Madison Square
Garden.
Georgetown University's three
star runners all were beaten in
other feature races, their poorest
showing since the start of the
indoor season. Carl Joyce, the
favorite. finished dead last in
the six-man half-mile field;
Charley CapozzoI, back after a
two-week bout with the flu, was
far off form and wound up
fourth in the 2-mile, while Joe
LaPierre did about as expected
with third place in the mile.
Horace Ashenfelter was the
2-mile winner in 1885, his
fourth such victory since his
defeat by Capozzoli before the
Georgetowner became i'll. Fred
Dwyer of Villanova won the mile
for the fifth time this season
with a 4:09.8 clocking. Roscoe
Browne of the Pioneer Club took
the $50 by two yards over Frank
Turner Of Seton Hall in 1853.
Cappy Not in Shape.
In the 2-mile race, Ashen-
felter was all by himself at the
finish, tapping everyone in the
field except Browning Ross of
the Penn A. c. John Joe Barry
of Villanova ran third.
From the start, it was OBJ
vious that Capozzoli was not
in shape for a big effort. He
wasn't sharp and struggled
along, running fourth or fifth,
and was Tapped with two laps
to go. His unofficial time was
9:25, a far cry from the 1858
with which he beat Ashenfelter
and Ross January II at Boston.
This was the fastest two miles
ever run by a college undergrad
uate.
Dwyer changed his tactics in
the mile race and led from the
start to beat Fred Wilt of the
New York A. C. by two yards.
LaPierre was 20 yards behind
Wilt with an unofficial 4:13.2
time. with Germany's Rolf
Lamers fourth. Walter Moli-
neux of Brown, Ingvar Ericsson
of Sweden, and 1t. Warren
Druetzler of the Army were ALSO
rams. LaPierre Jagged through
the first half mile, but then
moved up to take his good third
place and was in the battle
until the last lap.
In the half-mile race, Lawton
Lamb of Chicago was third, Reg
gle Pearman of the Pioneers was
fourth and Stewart Ray of the
New York A. c. fifth.
Browne Stays in Front.
Browne jumped out to an early
lead and was running easily as
he passed the quarter pole in
58.8. Joyce was second at that
point, but the Georgetown run
ner started to fade just at the
time he usually makes his bid
for victory. Turner challenged
on the last lap but could not
catch Browne.
Joyce was favorite in this race
off 1,000-yard victories in Phil
adelphia and Boston and a Sec
ond-place behind Germany's
Heinz Ulzheimer in the Millrose
Games last week.
In Whitfield's 500 race, Ollie
Sax of Penn State, winner of
the event last year. was second,
and Herb McKenley of the
Grand Street Boys Club was
third. Joe Gaffney of Villanova
was last IN a field limited to four
men so as to give the Olympic
800-meter champion room to run
in and enough competition to
push him.
The record Whitfield broke
was $50 seconds, set by George
Guida of Villanova in this same
meet in 1949.
1t was McKenley, one Of the
worlds greatest outdoor runners
who pushed Whitfield to the rec
ord. Herb grabbed the lead at
the start and didn't give it up
until the backstretch in the final
lap when Whitfield took over.
From there on, the former Air
Force sergeant virtually few over
the banked saucer and crossed
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