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was comparatively slow-9:17-
but Capozzoli didn't lose Ross
until the last lap. Throughout
the race. Ross remained about
from two to three yards behind
Cappy, who took the lead at the
end of the first lap.
Capozolli shook off James
Brown of the Navy Olympic team
after one lap. Robert Hollen of
Penn State made a bid, but Cappy
took charge and Ross moved
right behind him. They remained
in a 1-2 position throughout and
many thought Ross merely was
biding his time.
Cappy Draws Away.
AS the gun sounded for the
final lap, however, Capozolli
turned on the heat and drew
away with astonishing ease.
The time was well off the meet
record of 9:05, set by Horace
Ashenfelter last year. But, judg-
ing by the way Capozolli turned
it on when necessary, it's pos
sible he could have Topped off a
couple of seconds.
The 70-yard high hurdles pro-
duced the first surprise when 49,
year-old Lee Calhoun of North
Carolina College at Durham, who
posted the fastest heat time Of
8.6, won the final in 8.5, two
tenthS of a second over Dick
Attlesey's meet record.
The one-two favorites in the
hurdles were Barnard of the
Navy Olympic squad and Camp
bell of Plainfield, N. j. High
School. Barnard. who placed
third in the Olympic no.
meter high hurdles, has been
suffering from a severe cold since
Thursday and finished fourth
in his heat. He said he was
going home and go to bed.
Campbell, the 19-year-old
All-State scholastic fullback,
swimming champion and run
nerup to Bob Matthias in the
Olympic decathlon, won his heat
in 81 but was noSed out by CAL
houn in the final. Campbell.
just a week ago, defeated Har-
rison billiard, the worlds great
est hurdler, in a meet in
Jamaica.
Calhoun, whose home is in
Gary, Ind, finished fourth in
the hurdles here last year, but
has improved through diligent
practice. He was a Schoolboy
sensation in the hurdles, but
this is his most important tri-
umph as a collegian.
Maryland Sprinter Wins.
After tying his meet record
of 10 seconds fiat in a heat of
the District AAU 100-yard dash.
Don Stonehouse of Georgetown
was beaten in the final by Dave
Mathews of Maryland, who ran
1912 heat and won the final
in 1913.
Catholic University won the
Mason-Dixon Conference sprint
medley mile relay with the fast
est time of the two sections,
1904. Roanoke, runnerup to
Gu in the first section, was Sec
ond and Towson Teachers, WIN
ner of the second section, had
the third best time.
The Cardinals, coached by
Dorsey Griffith, director of The
Star Games, won the Mason
Dixon mile in 1948. the first
year of the meet and thus be-
came the first repeaters. How
ever, the Shah and Shah trophy
goes to Bridgewater College for
permanent possession for having
the fastest time of the last three
years in which there was no
double winner.
A bulky field in the 880-yard
run was split into three sections
and the winner was Andy
Graham of North Carolina Col
lege with a two-yard handicap.
His time was 1888. John Blood
of the Penn A. C: was second.
He had an 18-yard handicap.
Gaffney Takes 600.
The Evening Star invitation
600-yard run, which lost some
of its luster W hen aMWl
two-time Olympic 800-meter
champion. remained in New
York for the Metropolitan AAU
meet-and Kemal Horlulu of
Turkey did not appear-was won
by Joe Gaffney of Villanova over
Bill Smith of Boston U. in 1853.