Evening star., 1955-01-23
Nielsen Beats Santee
AS Star Games Field
Breaks Six Records
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ham, who upset Arnold Sowell.
national collegiate champion. in
the !. .000-yard run. and Joe Gaff-
ney of Philadelphia's Shanahan
Catholic Club who won The Eve
ming Star 900 for the third
straight year.
Holding, Q tall, lean Texan,
bettered the meet high Jump
record set four years ago when
Jim Herb Of, Penn State and
Tom DeLuglio Of Brown tied at
8 feet, z inches. Four others
tied for second last night, In
cluding Victor Fritts Of the
Shanahan c. c., who last year
arrived too late to compete be-
cause Of a snowstorm delay but
who in an exhibition jumped
higher than the winner. Others
tied were Wilfred Lee Of Penn,
George Dennis Of Morgan and
Phil Reayis. q Villanova fresh
man.
Bragg equaled the meet rec
ord Of IL in nosing out Richard
In the 70-yard dash, but Rod
turned the tables in the 30. with
Bragg second. Bragg then
clinched the championship by
winning the 100 for a total OF
Is points. Richard. who beat
Bragg q week ago II. Boston. was
second in the century for a total
Of IL points. Carl eager Of Bal
timore Olympic Club tied with
Dave Slime Of Duke and Ronald
Horsham Of Philander Smith
College at Little Rock with 3
points each.
Revenge for Nielsen.
The mile victory was sweet
revenge for Nielsen, who lost
by 10 yards to Santee in the
first meeting between the worlds
two top-ranked active milers
Friday night in Philadelphia
In that one. the Dane. frustrated
| by Santee's slow pace. made his
bid too early and could not stay
| in front.
Determined not to make the
same mistake again last night
! Nielsen ran well-calculated
race. He was content to stay
in third place until the fifth
| lap, when Santee took over the
lead from the fading Warren
Chukinas of Richmond Univer-
sity. At that point, Nielsen
moved into second place and
McMillen to third and this trio
Immediately showed they belong
in q different class than the
rest.
Santee, who set his American
outdoor mark at 4:00.6 in Comp
ton. Calf. last June, was ahead
by several yards when Nielsen
put his running gears in high
Santee never had a chance once
the Dane took charge.
Each quarter was faster thar
the previous. The second quar-
ter was run in 81 seconds, the
third In 59.3 and the final In
a terrific 57.8.
Wits Victory Easy.
Wilt regained what he hope.
will be another long mastery
over Ashenfelter, his fellow FB1
agent and New York Athletic
Club member, by winning "The
Acacia" invitation two-mile rur
by an easy 20-yard margin.
Wilt, running his third two
mile race since he abandoned
the mile. coasted along in seconc
or third place until the gun al
the start of the last lap gave
him his signal. He took over al
that point and Immediately left
Ashenfelter far behind. Vic Mil.
ligan, the Irish champion, nov
at Purdue, was third. The win.
ming time was q not-so-impres.
siye 9:07.8. Readings were 2:13.t
for the haIf-mile. 1914 for the
mile and 6:59.3 for the mile land.
a-half.
! Davis scored dramatic vic.
tory In the high hurdles.
Rod Perry. q surprise winner
over the semi-retired Dillard ir
the Inquirer Games Friday night
in Philadelphia, and a close sec.
ond to Davis in their elimination
heat. was shut out in the final:
as Joel Shankle Of Duke tool
second and Willie Stevens Of thu
Armed Forces team was third.
Davis. former University oi
Southern California star WHIT
has just come of seven months
sea duty aboard the carrier
Yorktown. was clicked in g.:
seconds. one-fifth of secont
slower than the meet record SCI
by Dick Attlesey of the Nayl
Olympic team three years ago.
| Though Davis was aiming fol
q record. the victory nevertheless
was q happy one for him. H.
got of to a bad start In the In
Iquirer Games and failed to finish
the semifinal in his first star
since returning to this country
The distance in Philadelphia wa
SO yards. 20 yards shorter thar
at the Star Games.
In the 608-yard run. Gaf1ne!
put on q last-lap burst Of speet
to overhaul Lou Jones Of thI
Armed Forces team and win th'
event for the third straight year
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