Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. "a
Judging by their performances
at Convention Hall last night
before $3.50 spectators In the
Philadelphia Inquirer m e ct.
Horace Ashenfelter. Len Truck,
Don Laz. Harry Bright and the
many other track and field stars
who will compete in Washing
tons. Star Games tonight are
in . record-breaking mood.
Ashenfelter. the olympic
steeplechase champion, showed
he is ready to break the fiat
floor Emile record of $685. by
setting q meet and Philadelphia
mark of 1892 as he won by
nearly q full circuit of the rick
ETY. 12-lap banked track used
at Convention Hall. Having won
the Star 2-mile in 9:05 2 years
ago. the FBI agent should be
able to beat the flat-floor stand
ard set by his fellow Govern
ment sleuth. Fred Wilt. in a
Brooklyn armory in 1852.
Cappy Fourth in Mile.
Georgetown's Charley Capoz-
zoli ran fourth in the mile last
night. but his time Of 4:16 can
be taken as an indication that
he might be able to make it
real rough for Ashenfelter at
2 miles tonight. Cappy, now
q law student. won the Wash
ington feature last year in GIT
as Ash stayed in New York for
the conflicting Metropolitan
AAU senior championships.
II Cappy can't do the rushing
in the Washington race. Ashen-
felter is hoping Richie Ferguson
of Iowa, the NCAA Emile cham
pion. will be ready to do better
than he did taking third in
Boston last week. Ferguson
skipped last nights meet here
and should be ready to 60 all
out in the Capital.
Ashenfelter, a special agent
in the Newark FBI office, Tapped
seven Of the 10 men allegedly
running against him last night
and was at least $50 yards ahead
Of second-place John Joe Barry
Of Philadelphia.
Il had to look good" said the
Olympic champion and former
Penn State ace. MY wife Lii
liam, her mother, my mother,
several uncles and a couple of
other relatives were watching.
This is my home town, you know.
And I thought I'd treat myself
to a birthday present. I'll be
81 tomorrow"
| Truck Noses Out Wilt.
| Truck, the fastest miller in
doors last year with a 4:07.8,
showed he may be the successor
to Villanova'S Fred Dwyer in
the Washington 8-furlong fea-
ture as he won the Inquirer Mile
by inches over Wilt in ais.
Both veteran campaigners, Truck
and Wilt should threaten the
Star Games mile record as they
| clash again tonight.
Truck trailed until he showed
himself ahead of Wilt before
they hit the tape to climax a
two-man race for the last lap.
Gordon Mckenzie led for six
laps. then Capazzoli took the
lead and he was succeeded out
in front by Wilt.
/ Truck. winner Of the mile in
the Penn Relays last summer,
did not appear to be threat
until the final lap. Bill Smith
Of Boston u, who Will run in
the 1000 in Washington. was
third behind Wilt, followed by
Capozzoli and Mckenzie.
The Touchdown Club 1000 in
The Star Games will find Bright
after his third meet record Of
the season in his third per-
Torrance. A former Howard
University runner in Washing
ton. now representing the Pho
neer A. c. in New York, Bright
won the 1000 last night over
Carl Joyce, the Marine who
gained track fame at George
town.
Bright Sets Record.
! Bright's 2:1l.3 was a meet
record here and two weeks ago
he broke the Metropolitan AAU
mark in the same event. Joyce
won in Boston last Saturday in
2:11.9.
/ The Philadelphia 50-yard dash
also indicated great COMPETE
ton in the Washington sprint
series. which has dashes at 20, 80
and 100 yards. Stanf1eld, Olym-
I pic 200-meter champion from
the Grand Street Boys Club of
New York. scored his first vic
tory Of the season in the race
here by inches in 5.4 seconds.
Morgan States Ken Kave. a
graduate Of Washington'S Dun