Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-06
Gaffney Scores Upset
With Victory in $780,.
Richards Sets Mark
BY the Associated Pres,


clock beat Yves Santee tonight.
The Kansan won the Columbian
Mile in walk in the Knights of
Columbus games but, without a
semblance of competition, he
could do no better than 4:10.4.
Santee was at least 80 yards
in front of Joe LaPierre of the
Baltimore Olympic Club. Lowell
ZellerS of Indiana was third and
Lew Olive of Army finished
fourth.
The crowd of 10000 in Madi-
son Square Garden let out
chorus of "oohs" when the race
started. 1t appeared as though
the four starters were walking.
Santee took over the lead in the
third lap but by then he couldn't
make up any time. The first
quarter was a piddling $50.
Santee's half-mile clocking was
2:07,5 and he was caught in 1908
for the three-quarters. But any
ideas he had to winning back the
world indoor mile record for the
United States were dispelled in
the first quarter.
At the end, the crowd obvious
ly was displeased and catcalls
rang throughout the Garden.
1t was Santee's slowest mile
since his 4:10.5 in Philadelphia
at the start of the season. Now
he has three more tries to win
back the mark which he held
for one week before Gunnar Mel
sen broke it with a 4:03.6 effort.
Gaffney Takes 800.
Joe Gaffney of the Shanahan
Catholic Club of Philadelphia,
who had won only one other ma
10 rrace all season, fought off |
three of the fastest middle dis
lance men in the business-Mal
Whitfield. Reggie Pearman and
Charlie Jenkins-to win the 600
in 1:12.1. Whitfield. Pearman
and Jenkins finished in that |
Record Hopes Dashed.
Gaftney, who won the 600 in |
The Evening Star games at |
Washington at the beginning of !
the season, then took a back
seat to the others, whipped into
the lead at the very start and .
hung on all the way. i
Whitfield, who holds the world
indoor track record of 1:09.5 for
the distance, moved into second
place with lap to go, then |
tried to pass Gaffney on the
backstretch and again about so |
yards from home. But he wasn't |
up to it and the Philadelphia |
beat him out by inches. |
Richards Sets Meet Mark.
Bob Richards, the flying par
son from the Los Angeles Ath-
letic Club. scared Is feet AZ
inches to shatter his own meet
record by half inch in the pole
vault.
Richards, who hasn't made !
any Roadway this year in his
pursuit of Dutch Warmerdam's
world indoor mark of 1891, /
thus went over the l5-foot mark
for the 68th time. That's far bet
ter than Warmerdam. 1t also was
the sixth meet records Richards
has broken this indoor season. !
But after he made his 15-41a |
effort, he missed three times with
the bar at 1876. He didn't get
close.
Jerry Welborne Of Columbus,
Ohio, was second with vault of
14-10.
Bragg Wins Dash.
Art Bragg Of Morgan State Col
lege, competing unattached, won
the 60-yard dash from a classy
field in So seconds. Bragg, who
was passed over for the Pan
American team because of the
committees lack of confidence
in his ability to hold up, edged
out Indy Remigino, the Olympic
100-meter champion of the New
York Athletic Club.
Ancient Harrison (BoneS) Dill
lard won the 60-yard high hur-
dies for the sixth year in a row.
His time Of To equaled the meet
record and was a 10th Of a second
off the world mark set IS years
ago by Allan Tomlich. Joel
Shankle of Duke was the only
other timber topper who even got
close.
Delaney Takes 1000.
Ron Delaney, an Irishman who
is attending Villanova. whipped
to victory in the 1,000-yard run
in 2:10.1, overtaking Fordham's
Tom Courtney in the last 100
yards and winning by about 2
feet.
Harry Bright of the New York
Pioneer Club was far back in
third and Dick Ollen of North
eastern. who has been acting as
mechanical rabbit for the milers
until now. was fourth.
Horace AShenfelter of the FBI
won the two-mile, as usual, in
1865, while Vic Fritts of the
Shanahan Catholic Club took Che
high jump with a 6-8 mark.