Evening star., 1953-01-09
Hoyos Aim for Relay Record
In Star Games Tomorrow


air today as the advance guard
of contestants in tomorrow's
sixth annual Star Games took
over the big indoor arena for
final tune-ups.
A large number Of Olympic
stars will lead the assault on
meet records. some of which are
almost certain to go, and Of
f1cials expect this to be the big
gest track show ever presented
indoors here.
A strong advance sale indi-
Gates new high in attendance,
too, but seats are still available.
The Armory box-office will be
open after / pm. today. One
section has been reserved for
service men and high school stu
dents at the special price of 81.
These tickets are available in
The Star lobby as well as at the
Armory.
The games will not be televised
in Washington. although they
will be shown on a Nationwide
hook-up through the facilities of
the American Broadcasting Sys-
tenn. with Jimmy Gibbons de-
scribing the various events. start
ing at 8 pm. The meet will open
at 1880.
Hoyas to Attack Record.
With all teams finished with
strenuous training, Coach Frank
Sevigne of Georgetown said to-
day he thought the Hoyas' two
mile relay team had a good
chance of lowering the record in
the James Fielding Memorial
event. The existing mark of
7:46.8 was made by Illinois in
1948.
Two sophomores, Vince Kelly
and Ed Kirk, will lead off for
Georgetown and, If close to their
best for the Hilltoppers could
come up with new record. Back
ing up the two sophomores will
be the veterans Joe LaPierre.
running third, and Carl Joyce
at anchor.
IF Kelly and Kirk do 1883"
Sevigne said today, 1--WE can
make it. I look for the other two
to do 1:55 or better"
Counting on Brophy.
Sevigne also is counting on
Ray Brophy to add some COM
petition to the 70-yard high
hurdles, and looks for a good
performance by Don Stonehouse
in the District AAU 100-yard
dash.
Johnny Peyton's strong work.
outs may cause a shift in
Sevigne's plans for the Invitation
600-yard run, with Peyton re-
placing Gene Kiechlin. It's a
touch-and-go rivalry between
them and their coach believes
that with a little racing luck
either boy could spring an upset.
The high hurdles will include
Milton Campbell. Plainfleld IN.
J) schoolboy who was second in
the Olympic decathlon and is
one of the Nations most promis-
ing youngsters. Campbell seems
to be the class of the big hurdles
field but will have to stretch his
legs to win.
Pole Vault an Attraction.
AS usual, the pole vault will
attract plenty Of attention. and
rightly so. Don Laz, former nli-
nois ace who put the bar up to
it's present record Of Is feet 3
inches last year. will defend his
crown. His most serious rival
should be the Rev. Bob Richards
of the Illinois A. c., the Olympic
champion.
Competition has been ar
ranged on national. sectional and
local basis and one of the hottest
races on the program should be
the Southern Conference mile
relay. Coach Jim Kehoe Of
Maryland has hopes of picking
the winning combination from
among Ken Thornton, Bill
Stroup, Burk Wilson. Bob Jones
and Jim Penser. Kehoe is aware
that Coach r. A. Fetzger Of
North Carolina will send a sharp
team against him, and also
knows Walter Cormack Of Vir-
ginia Military Institute has a
darkhorse contender. Richmond
and Duke compete in the field In
this event.
The CIAA relay matching
Howard, Morgan. North Caro-
lima College and North Carolina