Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
Sine Sets 9.5 IndoorMark for 100
In Sweeping Star Games Sprints
King Tokes
Alb Mile:
SoweIIHot
By BILL FUCHS


annual Star Games last night at
the National Guard Armory with
o clean sweep of the sprint Sc
ries that UNNECESSARILY raised
Americas hopes in the 1856
Olympics.
The 19-year-old sophomore
from Fair Lawn, N. j., became
the favorite of the gallery of
more than 5000 as he set q new
American indoor record for the
100-yard dash after whipping
Andy Stanfield, Rod Richard and
other crack speedsters In both
the 70 and 80-yard events.
Four Of the i've watches
clicked Slime in 9.5 seconds. eras.
ing from the record the 9.6 clock
ing Of Michael AgoStini of Wiz
lanova in the Star Games Of 1854.
In the 70-yard dash his time of
z seconds nat was good for a
meet record and his 8 seconds
fat in the 80 was only one-tenth
of second OF the existing mark.
Several Upsets
Shines victory was one Of sew
erai notable upsets in featured
events. For while the Rev. Bob
Richards again won the pole
vault, Horace Ashenfelter the
Acacia two-mile and Tom Court
ney repeated in the Touchdown
Club 1.000-yard run, there were
some surprises, such as Lou Jones
winning the 600 from Joe Gaff-
ney and Lee Calhoun defeating
Jack Davis in the 70-yard hur-
dies.
And there were two real upsets
when George King Of NYU. .
late entra1t. won the mile and
/ Robert Barksdale Of Morgan
Estate took the high jump.
Shines closest rival for meet
lhonors was another brilliant
Olympic prospect. Arnie Sowell.
1.-THE University of Pittsburgh's
great middle-distance runner.
Sowell, who won the 800 meters
lot the Pan American Games, did
mot run as an individual per-
former. but made his great show.
ling as anchor man on Pitts team
In the James Fielding Memorial
Itwo-mile relay.
S0well Runs Away
/ The lanky Negro. who is nearly
70 feet tall and weighs only l31
pounds. spotted his Syracuse and
Georgetown rivals nearly 20
yards In the final leg and won
by 10 yards. Sowell ran his half
mile in 1915.
Sine, q pre-medical student
who also excels in baseball and
football. was shut out" Of the
t100-yard sprint finals in Phila-
delphia Friday night. which Bob
Chambers, Duke track coach,
called 1.-The best thing that could
have happened. Dave wasn't
known and. although he quail
fed. he wasn't given a chance
in the final. I think it put him
on edge for what he did here
in Washington"
The 6-foot-2, 187-pounder with
q crew cut Is attending Duke on
q baseball scholarship. In high
school he was noted for his CEN
terfielding and for attaining
All-New Jersey honors as a half
back the one season he played
football. He came to Duke with
no experience in track.
Three-Race Thriller
Rarely II ever have The Star
Games been blessed with Q three.
race rivalry to match that be-
tween Slime and Stanfield, the
veteran from the Pioneer A. c.
OF New York. 1t started with the
Exchange Club Sprint Series
elimination. with Stanfield win.
ming one heat and Slime the
other in identical time. ~. This
was over 10 yards.
In each Of the three sprints
for the title. Stanfield, winner
of the 200 meters in the 1852
Olympics. finished second to
Slime. Richard Of Fort Lee, pre-
games favorite, was third in the
70, fourth In the 80 and out in
the 100.
Shines margin was narrow In
the two shorter dashes, but he
was 4 or S yards ahead of STAN
field in the 100. His sweep of the
sprint series was the third in the
nine-year history Of The Star
Games. Art Bragg, ex-Morgan
State star now retired, did it in
1852 and 1853.
King Surprises in Mile
King, given little chance In
the Junior Chamber of Com.
merce mile run, left the three
most likely candidates for VIC
tory behind MIN on the last lap
and won in the good time Of
Alb.
A former schoolboy star from
Boston and now a New York
University student, King won
the IC-4A tUo-mile crown last
summer. But in the mile he was
not regarded in a class with Len
Truck. late CT Ohio State. Bill
Tidwell Of Kansas State Teach
ers Of Emporis, or Phil Coleman,
former University of Illinois star.
They finished behind the win
ner in that order.
Tidwell, who finished second
to Jim Bailey of Oregon in q
meet-record I,500-meter race in
the Sugar Bowl meet a few
weeks ago, had the lead going
into the last lap. King, right on
his heels. took over at that point.
Truck, who won in 1858. led only
for the first two laps.
Kings time was his best ever
and 1t vas the second best
clocking for the event, surpassed