Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-18
Jenkins, SoweI|
Head Field al
Garden Tonight
q Olympic Stors
In AAU Title Meet;
O'Brien Seeks Record

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NEW YORK, Feb. 10 R.-
The cream Of Americas track
land field notwithstanding %
members Of the 1852 Olympic
Iteam-invaded Madison Square
Garden today for the National
IAAU championship.
But time passes fast and two
youngsters who still were in high
school during the last Olympiad
ATTRACTED most of the attention.
They were Charlie jenkins OF
lVillanoya and Arnie Sowell of
Pitt.
So far, they've been invincible.
jenkins has been whirling
around the indoor boards all
lseason and turning back every
ichallenge. Only last week. he
Ishaved two-tenths of a second
|off Nal Whitfield's 56.6 world
Indoor 500-yard record.
He's won all five races in
which he has competed and with
1.-THE greatest Of ease. Perhaps his
lonly failing has been his in
liability to beat Whitfield's 800
yard record of 1905, a mark
with which he has been flirting
all season.
Challenger Tonight
Tonight. though, he'll be fac
ling Tom Courtney. the former
Fordham runner. who now is a
IGI stationed at Fort Dix, N. j
lOf them all. Courtney appears
the best qualified to give Jen-
kins an argument. The big ex-
Ram thinks he is capable of
breaking Whitfield's mark.
Whitfield's in the race, too
but he is practically a forgotten
man. He. too, must be wonder
ing about the tricks passing time
plays on an athlete.
As for Sowell, he goes In the
1000 in which he co-holds the
record with Don Gehrmann-
I2:08.2. Sowell has spent most OF
his time running on Pitt relay
teams this season and never
really has been pressed from
start TO finish in a cup race. But
Joe Deadly Of Washington. the
former Georgetown star. dropped
out of the mile to do just that.
There's no reason to believe
that Sowell doesn't have a kick
when he has stiff opposition. It's
merely that the stiff opposition
hasn't shown up yet. Deadly
could be that.
So while almost anyone in the
meet is capable of breaking rec
ords. jenkins and Sowell, along
with big Parry O'Brien, the shot
putter, are the most logical can
dicates.
O'Brien Aims at 60 Feet
O'Brien. the only one to putt
the shot so feet or better, never
has done it indoors. He broke
his own record last week in the
New York AC games with a
59-foot-9 toss. Now he says he's
getting the feel of it and is about
READY to get of a 60-footer.
There's no one around capable
of giving Villanoya's Ron Delany
an argument In the mile, and
Horace Ashenfelter is a cinch in
the. 3-mile. The same can
be said Of Bob Richards in the
pole vault and Roslyn Range in
the broad jump.
But the 60-yard dash is wide
open with Dave Slime, John
Haines and George Sydnor bat
Ting 1t out. The 60-yard hurdles
also is no certainty with ancien,
Harrison billiard defending his
crown against upstart Lee Cal
houn. Ernie Shelton will get
plenty of competition from Phi
Reavis and Bob Barksdale in the
high jump. while Harold Con-
molly, and Bob Backus will battle
! it out in the weights.
| The team race appears TO be
between the New York Pioneer
Clubs depth and Villanova's in.
diyidual stars.
| Some events will have qualify
ling heats this afternoon.