Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
Slime Sets Record at 9.5
In Sweeping Of Sprints


Continued from Page c.
only by Gunrar Nieisen's 4:os.;
last year.
Courtney Il Convincing
Courtney. ex-Fordham runner
now in the Army at Fort Dix
was q convincing winner ir
1.-THE Touchdown Clubs Invitation
Il .ooo-yard run. taking this fea'
Itured event for the second
straight year. Courtney, whit
also won the 1000 at the Boston
K. Of C. games last week. hac
been bothered by q bad leg ant
did not send In his entry unit
Monday.
Courtney's winning time wal
I2:l4.2, wen back Of the 2:ll.i
mark set by jerome Connolly
also Of Fordham. In the frs
Star Games In l948.
/ Second behind Courtney was
Harry Bright Of the Pioneer
Athletic Club, with Gene May.
nard Of Fort Monmouth vel
back In third place. Rod Melon.
laid Of the Lemoyne Club wal
fourth. Carl Joyce, ex-George.
town star, faded and finished fai
back after being with the leaders
early In the race.
Barksdale added his name X
the list Of upset victors by win.
ming the high Jump with . lear
of 6 feet 8 inches. Charles Hold.
ling, the Air Force officer from
Texas who set the meet recort
of 6-7ss last year, could do nj
better than ga and tied fol
second with George Dennis o.
Morgan. Victor Fritts Of thu
IShanahan Catholic Club, Mary
lands George Hogan and Penn
States Bob Findley followed
each with 6-foot-2 jumps.
Richards Hits Is Event
The pole vault. Q perennial
Iheadiiner 10 the Star Games
again went TO another defend
ling champion as Richards sue
cessfully negotiated Is feet fol
the 85th time Id his career. Rich
ards, the 1852 Olympic champion
took three tries at Is feet 3, but
couldn't quite make 1t. He set {
meet record Of Is feet 4 when h
won the event a year ago.
| Closest TO Richards last nigh
were Jerry Welbourn. former
Ohio State vaulter, and Don Lag
another long time rival, wht
tied for second at IA feet 9
George Mattos Of the Air Force
and Harry Mcknight. Ohit
Track Club, tied for fourth plac,
at IL feet 8. Richards now hai
won or tied for first place i've
times in seven appearances here
| Calhoun Wins
! Perhaps 1t is wrong to list Cal
houn's victory in the hurdles a.
an upset. The Negro star from
North Carolina College, whit
pushed his way into the hurdle;
picture Friday night In Philadel
Iphia. simply remained there b.
winning the 70-yard obstacle tes
lin 0.3 seconds. His time tied tn,
record set by Dick Attlesey Of tn,
Navy olympic team four year
ago.
1 A record-setter while beating
favored Harrison Dillard over tn.
60-yard distance In the inquirer
Games In Philadelphia, Calhoun
beat out Joel Shankle of Duke
and Davis. former University Of
Southern california star who wa.
IA hairline second to billiard II
the 1852 Olympics. in that ordel
in the final. Davis won last year
Probably unremembered BY tn,
fans. Calhoun won the same
event in 1858. He has just re.
turned from a tour Of duty II
the Army where he won honor.
as the All-Army 220-yard low
hurdles champion. His TIME
three years ago was 8.5 seconds
| Ashenfelter. who win be 8;
years old Monday, missed hi
long time friend and chief rival
Fred Wit. and won an effortless
Itwo-mile run. Wit. Ashenfelter's
fellow FBI-agent and New York
Athletic Club member. pulled ur
lame after competing in Phila-
idelphia and could not run. 49,
Ashenfelter Coasts
The result was that Ash, win
Iner Of the 1853 Sullivan Award
for his 3.000-meter steeplechase
victory in the olympics, had q
breeze, finishing about 40 yards
ahead Of the second-place rum
Iner. Walter Boehm Of the Air
Force. Ashenfelter's time was
l9:l4.2. compared to the meet
record Of 9:02.e he set two years
ago. Jim Beatty Of North Caro-
lima was third.
Jones. a Pfc. at Fort Meade