Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-21
Women Smash TwoRecords
To Kick Off Star Games
5000 Expected
To See Tonieht's
Meet at Armory
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James Fielding Memorial two
mile event, q mark that has
stood since the first Star Games
In 1913.
Truck heads the field in the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
mile, an annual feature Of the
meet and one which has counted
among its victors such stars as
IGunnar Nielsen, Fred Dwyer,
Don Gehrmann and Browning
Ross. Truck, now in the Air
Force, also is a former winner.
Ia meet record-breaker in 1854.
Nielsen lowered the mark again
last year to 4:09.5. and that's
what they'll be shooting at to-
night.
Phil Coleman of the Univer-
sity of Illinois Track Club and
Ike Matza, a newcomer from
New York University, figure to
give 1t. Truck sharp compete
ton. Bill Tidwell, the Kansas
State Teachers star who kept a
lstep behind Oregon's Jim Bailey
lin a record breaking 1.500-meter
run in the Sugar Bowl Games a
few weeks ago, also figures
prominently.
The pole vault. which has
gained stature as classic In it
self since it was installed in the
Games in 1949, again will have
Richards and Lac, the worlds
one-two vaulters, aiming for the
elusive record set Is years ago
Iby Cornelius Warmerdam.
Shoot at Vault Mark
Warmerdam's mark, Is feet.
l8h inches, has been attacked
regularly by Richards and Lac.
both of whom have topped Is
fleet on numerous occasions.
Richards went 15-4 in setting q
meet record last year.
Jones will be trying to stop
Joe Gaffney, who has picked up
a winning habit in the 600-yard
run. Gaffney, who has repre-
scented Philadelphia's Shanahan
Catholic Club since he finished
his college career at Villanova.
will be going after his fourth
straight Star Games victory.
Jones, who first gained ma
Itiopal prominence in the indoor
season last year and then went
on to gain world recognition by
setting a global record in the
400 meters in the Pan American
Games last March, is not Calf
ney's only problem. Jack Ingley.
who began his track career at
Wilson High School here and
now is attending Cornell, could
surprise. So could Dick Maiocco.
former NYU runner now with
the New York Pioneer Athletic
Club.
Two Sprint Aces
The Exchange Club Sprint
Series, made up Of the 10, 80 and
l00-yard daShes, figures to be a
battle between Rod Richard and
Andy Stanfield. Richard set q
record in winning the 200-meter
dash in the Pan American meet
and established another in taking
the National AAU outdoor 900
yard title.
| Stanfield. former Seton Hall
flash, swept two heats, Q semi
final and the final in the 1852
Olympic 200-meter dash. In the
windup he tied the record of 20.7
seconds, set by Jesse Owens in
1886.
! Carl eager of this area. Ed
Waters of Morgan State and
Dave Slime of Duke figure to
make things interesting for the
two favorites.
Jack Davis, former University
lof Southern California ace who
missed by the tiniest of margins
of winning the 110-meter hurdles
i'm the last Olympics, says he is
going after the Star Games
record in the 70-yard obstacle
test. another feature. Lee CAL
houn, surprise winner in Phila-
delphia last night, Rod Perry
Shankle expect to give Davis an
argument. Davis won here last
year in 8.5 seconds, though he
had Just returned from sea duty
and had little preparation. The
record is 8.3 seconds.
Crack Field in 1000
Tom Courtney. Gene May
nard. Carl Joyce, Harry Bright
and Bobby Jones, the former
lall-around athlete at George
Washington High School, are in
the field in the popular Touch
down Club 1,000-yard run. Court
Iney is the defending champion.
Three individual running
events and a relay make up the
AAU portion of the meet, and it
will be interesting to see if the
strong Pioneer Club entry. going
from scratch, can hold off the
lesser lights who will be given
handicaps of from S to 20 yards.
Stanf1eld, Bright, Maiocco and
Reggie Pearman. all Individual
standoutS, will be the Pioneer de-
IpendableS in this one, the AAU
mile relay open handicap.
In another event not holding
national attention, Catholic Uni
versity will attempt to win the
Mason-Dixon Conference sprint
medley relay title for the fourth
straight year.
The last event, the Variety
Club Capital mile relay, is sched-
uled to go off at II o'clock. Those
seeing all phases of the meet,
biggest ever held here, will have
watched more than 800 athletes.
Rhnndas E~ D;a.ka.