Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-17

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spotlight. but on four previous
occasions they've lost it to the
dash men.
Rod Richard. a Negro Army.
lieutenant who plans to become
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a doctor. is operating on the
theory that he can take all
three races In the sprint series
and thus join Art Bragg Of Nor
gan State in the all-winning
circle. Bragg swept the series.
which includes the 10. 80 and
100 yard dashes. In 1852 and
1858.
No one else has had a sweep,
but double winners made the
|sprints the top events on two
occasions. Henry Thresher, then
"a l7-year-old schoolboy attend
ing Mercersburg Academy. won
the 10 and 80 In meet-record
time in 1850. Michael Agostini
set an American record Of 9.6
seconds In the 100 after winning
the 80 in 1854.
Winner Of the 100 in 1850, in
cidentally. was James Fielding
of Georgetown, who died q short
time later Of acute nephritis
and for whom the big two-mile
relay is named.
Bragg has been the dominant
figure in this Exchange Club
series since 1851, but he is out
of competition. Favored to move
up is Richard, the former Pacific
Coast champion from UCLA. His
chief competition is expected to
come from either Andy Stanfleld,
1852 Olympic 200-meter cham
pion, or Carl eager. a product of
this area.
Upsets Not Rare
That word expected" is Of
prime Importance. Upsets are
not unknown in this exciting
event. as Bill Mathis and Lorenzo
Wright can testify. Mathis, the
slightly-b built National sprint
champion from Cardozo High
School. and the University Of
Illinois. was the big favorite in
the first Star Games in 1948.
He won only the 10. as Joe
Cianciabella, IC-4A champion
from Manhattan, took the other
two.
Wright. Negro speedster from
Wayne University and one of
two 1913 Olympic champions
entered Bob Matthias was the
other). was expected to romp in
l949. Instead he finished fourth
in all three, as Marcellus Boston
won the 10 and 80 and Mathis
took the 100. Boston and Mathis
were teammates at Cardoza. y
Just like last year. two pre-
liminary 70-yard heats will cut
the field to six finalists. In the
first heat, Richard will face
Stanfield, Gabe Markisohn of
Princeton. Ken Brown. a Seton
Hall freshman, Rod Wilger Of
the Air Force and Tom Torian
Of Tennessee A6sI.
eager In Second Heat
eager, a carpenter by day who
works out at the University Of
Maryland on his return from
work. is in the second heat along
with Dave Slime Of Duke, Ronald
Horsham Of Philander Smith
College. Ken Kave of Morgao
State. formerly of Dunbar High
here: Bob Harrell of Montclair
Teachers and Bill Andrews of
Yale.
Richard. who is a company ex-
ecutive officer at Fort Lee, and
eager have been working out to-
gether at the University Of Mary
land, where the Terps' track
coach. Jim Kehoe, and Dorsey
Grifith, director Of The Star
Games and coach at Catholic
University. have clicked them in
81 seconds for go yards.
Other invitation events on the
program included the 70-yard
high hurdles, 600-yard run, 1000
yard run, mile run, two-mile run,
pole vault and high Jump.
Seven big relays, four District
AAU events. the National Wom-
ems Indoor championships and
a high school program complete