Evening star., 1953-01-04

caster, Will nanQle the mike.
to the three record setting win
ners, the field will include three
others who came in second in the
Olympics, plus another who was
third.
The Olympic champions start
ing their swing around the indoor
circuit here are Walt Davis of
Texas ASSM, the high Jump winner
at 6 feet, 1892 inches; Bob Rich
ards, the pole vaulter who won
at IA feet, 11.4 inches, and Nal
Whitfield. the 800-meter expert
who repeated as Olympic cham
pion with record 1:49.2 clocking.
He'll be in the Invitation 600
field.
Three Others Right Behind.
Right behind them in i'm
portance are three second-place
men at Helsinki: Bob McMillen,
formerly of Occidental College,
who took second in photo finish
$500 meters but who was credited
with the same record time of
1882 as the winner; Don Laz,
runnerup to Richards in the pole
vault and whose IA feet, CIT
inches also exceeded the former
record, and Ken Wiesner, formerly
of Nebraska. second to Davis in
the high jump. Laz is holder of
The Star games vault record Of
IS feet. 3 inches. and beat Rich
ards here last year.
McMillen will run in the mile
event Saturday night against a
field that also includes three other
Olympic 1,500 men. Among his
competitors will be 1t. Warren
DreutZler, formerly of Michigan
State, Ingvar Ericsson of Sweden
and Sture Landquist, also al
Swedish 1900 man who now is al
student at Oklahoma A61M.
Ericsson was eighth in the
Olympic $500 and even in that
position his time of BATS was bet
ter than the former record. He is
due to arrive in this country to-
day. and The Star Games will be
his first meet here. His country
man. Landquist, won his first
event as an Oklahoma A6zM repre-
sentative when he took the Sugar
Bowl Mile last week and beat
Georgetown's Joe LaPierre.
Three Turkish Athletes Entered.
The 7O-yard high hurdles event
in which Dick Attlesey set a
National record last year also
draws Olympic performers. The
c;'oice here may be Art Barnard
of Southern California, who took
third in the 110-meter event at
Helsinki, with stiff competition
coming from Erdal Barkay of
Turkey. Barkay was his country'S
top hurdles man at Helsinki and
is one Of three from that country
in Saturday nights Star Games.
Leading the Turkish group
though, is Osman Cosgul. from the
Olympic 5,OO0-meter field, who
will enter the two-mile race. Two
other Olympic competitors in that
race will be Charley Capozzoli Of
Georgetown, who recently broke
both the IC-4A and NCAA cross
country records, and Browning
Ross, the ex-Villanova ace who
holds the Star Games mile record.
Capozzoli was in the 5000 field
and Ross among the steeplechases
at HelSinki.
The third Turkish entry is
Renal Horuls. He was in the
Olympic 400-meter hurdles, but
will go against Whitefield in the
800 Saturday night.
Art Bragg to Run.
Sprinter Art Bragg of Morgan
State will have an event all to
himself as far as Olympic compe-
tition is concerned. Unplaced in
the Olympic 100-meter race after
winning one heat. he goes in the
sprint series of 10, 80 and 100
yard races at the Armory. He'll
be no stranger there. having won
all three races last year. He'll
have stiff competition all right,
but none from the Olympic
Games.
Completing the Olympic flavor
Saturday night will be two men
from Canada's small but select
Olympic team who are running
with the University of Michigan's
team in the James Fielding Me-
mortal two-mile relay. They are
Jack Carroll, the Big Ten 440 in
door champion. and John Ross,
the Big Ten indoor and outdoor
mile champion.
Carroll ran in the 400 in the
Olympics. making his way to the
SemifinalS. while Ross went in the
800. Both could do well in individ-
ual events Saturday night, but
they chose to put all their efforts
into the relay race in an attempt
to beat Georgetown.
Tickets for the Star Games are
on sale at Fairway Sports Store,
1928 q street NV, and In the
lobby Of The Star Building. Prices
are -. 50. and a, including taxes.
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