Evening star., 1955-01-24

good predictions, the who
hold the stop watches thought his first two performances Of
He the mile in the Philadelphia Inquirer Games in
410 then lost to Gunnar Nesens 4095 in The Star meet
outdoors his 1855 time luck has been bad He
the Sugar Bowl mile unimpresvey after the meet had been
raed out day and week yesterday rain washed out
his crack at 4-mnute mile before the pro football ALI
Star game.
WITH TWO VICTORIES in three indoor meets, in
which santee did not participate you'd have to say that
Gunnar Nielsen the grinning Dane with the long blond hair
Is the top miller of the young
Nielsen in Boston nine days ago in 4:079, lost to
Santee Philadelphia where Gunnar said his strategy
poor, and won here.
Next Saturday in Boston, Nielsen and Santee meet up
with Dwyer who with the cokness that be
trait of many track men, claims he beat both 1t
Dwyer who the 1902 equarters at the knights Of
Columbus in Boston, only to virtually collapse under
the pace and lose to Nielsen's better-paced effort
Dwyer been in training for the minute mile
Fred went to Roger Bannister the first to beat four
minutes for advice and has been following Bannisters
recommendations The Brtsher like most European distance
believes in much less competition than the tight Ameri
schedules demand of the big names.
Dwye obviously running against time and not Mel
in the Boston He the ourminue mile
pace for but had nothing left for the last
quarter mile He that from he is out to win
and thus will plan his against live competition rather
than the stop watch
THIS COULD NOT BE confirmed before Nielsen left town.
but track authority predicted sandwich after the
meet Saturday night that Nielsen might down to the
The likes variety running, this fellow saying
and in fact his favorte distance is the half mile he
the 800 That despite the fact that he
ranked fourth in the world in the mile last year.
In the 1852 Oympcs Nielsen third behind Nal Whit
field and Arthur Wint the 800 meters. and he is
holder with Whitfield of the world record for the half mile
outdoors.
The scribe further predicted that Nielsen
back the half mile and gets involved in series of duels
with Whitfield the mile might lose its accustomed place
gas the No. attraction Nesen-W Whitfield match could
het the customers interest particularly Sanees times
for the mile remain mediocre.
ANYBODY WHO LEFT before the final event Saturday
missed Of the nights top anchor leg
the Vllanova relay team by Sophomore Charley
Jenkins who already has been touted Olympic calber
The 6foot Negro from Cambridge, Mass 49second
quarter which included tremendous second lap in which
he appeared float the Armory Joe Sheehan
of the New York Times tipped off the press to watch
Jenkins go.
Jenkins the stick from his teammate. and for half
the distance FIVE yards James Rogers the Morgan
something about Sheehan knowing what he talking
about
At that instant jenkins poured fellow yelled
"What saying? Look at that guy CO." He's just that
fast takes the words right out Of your mouth
Jenkins the 900 in Philadelphia Friday night and
turned 48 quarter in another winning performance for
the Vanova mile relay He's posted lilo in the 600 the
only to 1t that fast except Whitfield They figure
he's lock for the IC4A 900 title this and then will
go for bigger things