Evening star., 1953-01-24
Joyce Individual Star
As 1,OOO-Y Yard Win
Betters Meet Mark
By Froneis Stunn
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. "a
Even with the spectacular Char
ley Capozzoli Sidelined by virus.
Georgetown continues to ride the
glory road In this indoor track
season.
On q night when Americas
foremost performers were smash.
ing or eQualing records with
abandon. Coach Frank Sevigne's
Hoyas kept In step with two OUT
standing performances last night
In the ninth annual Inquirer
games.
Carl Joyce, senior from Bos-
ton, supplanted the ailing two.
mile star, Capozzoli, as George
towns headliner.
He scored q rouSing victory
In the John Borican Memorial
1.000-yard run and came back
an hour later to spark Sevigne's
resurgent two-mile relay team to
q sensational triumph In the
last event on the program.
Joyce . Standout.
Despite the fact that two world
indoor records were set, nine
meet records broken and two
equalled, Joyce belonged in the
upper echelon Of the Inquirer
stars. His own time for the 1000
was an impressive 2:13.1, nearly
two seconds better than the meet
record, and the relay team on
which he ran the third leg closed
the games with q startling vic
tory over Fordham, Penn State.
Seton Hall and Michigan.
Checkers looked with near-dis-
belief as the Hoya team Of Ed
Kirk, Vince Kelley, Joyce and Joe
LaPserre won in 7:43.7. Just
prior to their race q highly-rated
Penn team had won section "A"
Of the two-mfle relay from st.
Johns, Villanova, LaSalle and
st. Joseph's, but Penn's winning
time was 1882, nearly 10 sec.
onds slower than Georgetown.
This is the same relay team
which was unimpressive in The
Evening Star games earlier this
month, but Sevigne ran his men
in different order. Kelley. who
ran the first leg in the Star
games and failed to do well. was
placed second last night. Vince
is not on a par with Kirk, Joyce
and Papierre, but he was vastly
improved.
Kelley q Game Runner.
True. Kelley lost o five-yard
lead and 80 yards besides before
turning the baton over to Joyce.
but he gave it q game try and
that's all Joyce and Lapierre
needed. Joyce made up the 80
yards, added 10 and Lapierre.
intercollegiate outdoor mile
champion, took care Of the rest.
There never was any doubt
about it.
The Hoyas were q happy
group when Joyce earlier had
come from behind to beat Law
ton Lamb Of Illinois, Walter
Molineux Of Brown, Roscoe
Browne Of the New York Pioneer
Club. Ray Wheeler Of villanova
and Reginald Pearman Of the
New York Pioneer Club In the
Boricali 1000. It atoned for the
disappointment that was felt
when Capozzoli. holder Of the
intercollegiate two-mile record.
was unable to appear.
"Cappy wanted to try" Sc.
vigne disclosed, ''but he'd Just
come out Of the infirmary after
running q high temperature and
he was SO weak I sent him back
to Washington. There's lots of
this indoor season left. If he
had tried to run he might have
injured his health to such an
extent that for him there'd be
no more season."
Flu Sidelines Others.
Capozzoli was to have COM
peted in the Lawson Robertson
Memorial two-mile, facing Hor-
ace Ashenfelter Of Olympic
steeplechase fame. Osman Cos
gul Of Turkey: Browning Ross
Of the Penn A. G. John Joseph
Barry Of Villanova, and Curtis
Stone Of the New York A. C. The
slender Hoya had won The Stars
two-mile event and last week
in Boston he conquered Ashen.
felter with a blazing 1853.
The flu bug struck at least
two other stars rs-Milers Ingvar
Ericsson Of Sweden and 1t. War
rem Druetzler Of the Army. In
addition, Miller Bob McMillen
Of the Olympic team was
scratched. pleading lack Of con-
dition. For q brief time the
Inquirer promoters were wor-
ried lest their show mop.
They needn't have worried be-
cause it was one Of the top track
spectacles in years.
Dillard Sets Record.
Harrison billiard. the veteran
Olympic champion. turned In q
breathtaking race In the 50.yard
high hurdles final, winning In
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