Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-22

lobby on the first floor and will con-
finue until 5 pm. tomorrow.
Ticket soIes at the Armory viii
start at pm. tomorrow. The doors
will open at s pm. The first event
will start at pm.
mile. Ken WieSner, in the high
Jump. Don Lag. in the pole vault
and Fordham's two-mile relay
team. were picked and II any
of them loses. it will be an up
set.
1t is impractical to name IA
vorites in many of the top
events. including the Exchange
Club Sprint Series. because the
season is young and there are
SO many top contenders.
Three Top Sprinters.
The sprint series could 20
either to Arthur Bragg, who has
swept the 20. 80 and 100 yard
dashes the past two years,
Michael Agostini, the l8-year-
old Trinidad flyer. or Indy
Remigino. the Olympic 400
meter champion.
The high hurdles are wide
open. The Invitation 800 finds
Oklahoma's j. W. Mashburn,
who ran the fastest outdoor 440
in the country in 1858. getting
only a slight nod over Villanova's
Jim Gaffney. winner last year.
The Touchdown Club Invita-
ton 1000 could be a blanket
fnish between Carl Joyce. the
Paul Raudenbush Of
Penn and Henry Cryer, who was
second to Nal Whitfield last
year in the National AAU half
mile run. The Philadelphia area
track coaches could not agree on
a favorite in the Borican 1000
tonight in The Inquirer Meet,
but the consensus was that it
will be Joyce. Raudenbush and
Cryer, in that order. Bill Smith
OF Boston u. who extended
Joyce last week, cannot be over
looked.
Early Meets Help.
For the first time. the Nations
outstanding track stars will have
more than one indoor meet
under their belts before coming
here. Many of them ran in the
Metropolitan AAU meet in New
York two weeks ago. followed in
the Knights of Columbus Games
in Boston last Saturday, and
will compete in the Inquirer
meet tonight.
The selection of Lag over Doc
Richards. the Olympic pole vault
winner. was made because of the
weak ankle that forced Richards
to withdraw after hittinb IA
feet 3 inches last week in Bos-
ton. Richards won here with a
15-foot performance last year.
His defeat in Boston was his
third in his last 152 COMPETE
tons. all three by Lac. his long
time friend and rival.
Wiesner Unanimous Choice.
Wiesner Is the unanimous
choice to top the Inquirer high
Jump field tonight and to beat
the same rivals here
tomorrow night. Wiesner, for
mer Marquette star. now in the
Navy. has jumped higher than
any man now in competition
6 feet 1914 inches.
Wilt lost the mile run in Bos-
ton last week by less than yard
and the veteran FBI distance
ran the distance in faster
time than The Star meet record
Of 4:13.7, set by Browning Ross
in 1948. Leonard Truck, who
was the standout of the indoor
season last year, might push
Wilt with the additional week of
and after another crack
at Fred in the Inquirer mile.
Willis narrow defeat in Boston
was at the hands of Josy Barthel
Of Luxembourg, the Olympic
| .500-meter champion. Barthel
is unable to compete In Phila- .
delphia or here because of mid
term examinations at Harvard,
where he Is taking graduate
work. -
There are a half dozen others
In the mile who think they have
. chance. including the place
dnisher Of last year. Sture Land
quist. the Swede now represent
Ing Oklahoma A6SM.
AShenfelter's favored role in
the Acacia Invitation Emile run
will be disputed by the fans of
Charlie Capozzoli, now a George
town law student, who won this
event las year. Ashenfelter beat
Cappy in the K. of C. emile,
but Cappy was bothered by a cold
and could not adhere to his rigid
practice routine.
Ashenfelter's 9:04 time in
Boston is far better than Capoz-
zoli's winning GIT here last
year. and ! second better than
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