Evening star., 1955-01-22
Dane Made Bid
loo Early in
Race
Richards In NuuIt,
Perry in Hurdles.
Star Comes Magnets
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22.-
Watch for Gunnar Nielsen TO lay
back q bit In the Junior Cham
ber Of Commerce Mile. top at
traction OF the eighth annual
Star Games tonight at the Ma
tional Guard Armory In WASH
ington.
Second to Yves Santee by
about eight yards here last night
in the Inquirer Games at Con-
yention Hall, NELSON indicated
later it just wasn't his type Of
race.
"It's not his usual tactic to
take the lead like that" ex-
planned Evjind Sondergaard Of
the Danish Embassy In WASH
ington, a longtime friend Of
Nielsen's. HE just felt it was
going too slow. He felt he had
to-"
The grinning Nielsen wasn't
doing much talking. He ad-
mitted he might change his
strategy for The Star meet, but
would wait until sometime today
to decide.
Different Pattern Likely.
Actually, tonight's race in
Washington. second in a series
of indoor races between the
worlds fastest milers now active.
should follow q much different
pattern than the one here. It
is expected that one Of the
others in the field-perhaps
Alva Grimm Of Maryland or Joe
LaPierre Of the Baltimore Olym-
pic Club will set q fast early
pace. And then there's Bob
McMillen, who just missed win
ming the metric mile at the 1852
Olympics and is attempting q
comeback. McMillen did not
race last night.
Santee got OF TO an early lead
last night and Nielsen stayed q
couple Of yards behind until the
halfway mark. The. rest Of the
field--Vic Milligan. the Irish
champion who win run In the
2-mile event in Washington;
Gene Maynard Of Illinois and
Bill Smith of Boston University
dropped far back early.
At the halfway mark Nielsen
took the lead unexpectedly.
Fresh in mind was the Danish
pressman's victory at the Bos-
ton Knights of Columbus Games
last Saturday. In that one, his
American debut, the 6-foot-1
165-pound Dane laid back until
the last lap, then put on q burst
that left the sagging Fred
Dwyer a loser by 5 yards. Last
night it was Santee who put on
the finishing touch, taking con-
troll in the backstretch Of the
18th lap of the 12-lap race.
Santee was clocked In a not too
impressive 4:10.5. Times should
be better tonight In Washing
ton.
Richards In Form.
Bob Richards again viii go
after the world pole vault record.
He went over the 15-foot mark
for the seth time last night,
winning the event In o sensa-
tional l5-feet-5, just Slz inches
shy of the world indoor mark
set by Cornelius Warmerdam in
l943. Don Bragg Of Villanova;
Don Laz. who owns The Star
Games record Of 1873. and Jerry
Wellbourn, who upset Lag in the
washington meet last year, all
tied for second at 14-5. Richards
tried three times to clear 1873.
Joining these stars in Wash
ington tonight will be Rod Perry,
another standout here. All Per-
| ry did was beat Harrison billiard
in the 50-yard hurdles. While
doing 1t, he tied billiards. world
record for the infrequeptly run
distance, so seconds. Perry could
get plenty Of competition to-
night from Ensign Jack Davis.
who pulled up before the second
hurdle Of last nights semifnal
Davis blamed the starting
gate, which Is not used in Star
Games, for his failure to finish
"I1l run my race in Washing
ton," he said. 81 had good SNAP
tonight. I'm not worried. Tht
race In Washington Is for 7t
yards and that's more my dis
tance anyway"
Ron Delany. the villanova
| freshman from Ireland, won thu
I ,0O0-yard run In 2:l5.5, foul
yards ahead of Tom Courtney
Of Fordhain. Both go in Wash.
ington tonight.
| Jenkins IN Relays.
| Another star here was Charley
| jenkins, the freshman sensa-
ton who won the 600-yard riir
and anchored Vilianova's mile
relay team to q meet record o.
3:21. Jenkins ran his quartel
in 4S.2, which ties the best timt
lever recorded for that unofiicia
endeavor by Roy Cochran oi
New York in ie42. Jenkins vii
pass up The Stars 900, but vii
anchor the relay team In thu
| Variety Club event.
Art Bragg. the ex-Morgan
State star: George Sydnor. thu
highly regarded villanoya fresh
man, and Alan Kline Of Penr
all win welcome the longer dis.
tance In the sprint series TO-
night. Qualification for the 70
| so and 100 yard events win b.
over 10 yards, 20 yards morl
than the lone sprint event here
None of these stars made i
| TO the finals here. won hy And,
| Stanfleld ID 5A seconds.
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