Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
SixChampiions
Face Big Tests
In Star Games

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milers. Lea is in the 600-yard
run where he will meet Lou
Jones, ranked a notch above
him. and Gaffney. who has won
that event three straight times.
OF these featured attractions
eight in number when you
lump together the three sprints
its strictly a matter of opin-
ion as to which has the most to
offer.
Many fans like the mile run.
which has the natural advantage
Of being long enough to offer
more than a passing glimpse and
the psychological advantage of
being run at the generally ac-
cepted speed distance. Truck, the
ex-Ohio State star who set
meet record in winning two years
ago. will have to go some to set
another one. Nielsen was clicked
in 4:09.5 on the unbanked track,
shaving SO seconds of the pre-
vious mark set by Truck.
Other Mile Entrants
The competition for Truck will
come from Ike Matsa of NYU.
winner Of the recent Metropoli-
tan New York AAU mile; Bill
Tidwell. a close second to Jim
Bailey's ord-breaking 1900
meter run in the Sugar Bowl
games: Bill Taylor, ex-Pacific
Coast half-mile champion now at
the Quantico Marine Base, and
two hopefuls from this area-Joe
Skutka of Georgetown and Carl
Party of Maryland. Party also
may run in the two-mile.
Then there is the ever-popu-
lar pole vault where Richards.
pastor Of the Church of the
Brethren at Long Beach, Calf,
reigns supreme. OF this meet
Richards says: For some reason
I vault better in the Washing
ton Star Games than in any
other indoor meet. I'm taking
dead aim at the world record
next Saturday"
Richards has gone over the Is
foot mark nearly 10 times and
has gone as high as Is feet 5l2.
three inches under the world
mark set by Cornelius Warmer
dam in Chicago in 1943. His Is
.foot-five leap last year in The
Star Games, a meet record, was
his high Of the season.
Poucher Apologize,I
Lac, another 15-footer; Well
bourn, George Mattos of the Air
Force and Bob Ehrhart of the
Quantico Marines are among the
.htghly-regarded pole vaulters.
Earl Poucher Of the University
of Florida. who tied with Lag and
Wellbourn for second last year,
thinks so much of this field he
has declined to enter, apoligizing
because he didn't think he could
do IA feet 6 inches at this time.
Splinter Richard, the Negro
Army lieutenant who plans to
become a doctor, and Stan
field appear to be the class of
the dashes. but not to be over
looked are Gabe Markisohn of
Princeton and Rod Wilger. like
Richard a former West Coast
star In the Air Force. Altogether
Is are entered in this one. in
GLIDING Ken Kave of Morgan
State. the ex-Dunbar High star.
and Dave Sine of Duke, third
behind Bragg and Richard in
the 100 last year.
Davis. the defending champ
in the high hurdles. will be bet
ter prepared this time for his
assault on Dick Attlesey's rec
ord Of S.3 seconds. Davis. g.
foot-3. l90-pound former Uni
versity Of Southern California
star, negotiated the 70-yard OBJ.
stacle test in 8.5 last year. just
after completing a tour of sea
duty aboard a carrier. A naval
officer, he is stationed in San
Diego
Wilt and Ashenfelter hope to
have the 2-mile run to them
selves again, but there are nine
others with different ideas, in
Guiding Warren Chukinas, the
ex-Richmond University mile
star: Jim Beatty. highly re-
garded distance star of the Uni
tversity OF North Carolina: Frank
Pfaging Of Georgetown and
Party Of Maryland.
Holding Aims for I Feet
Holding, 26-year-old Air Force
officer from East Texas Teachers
College, is the Star Games re-
cord-holder in the high jump.
The 6-foot-6 former basketball
standout jumped 6 feet 7's
inches last year and has reached
the 7-foot barrier in practice.
Vic Fritts Of the Shanahan Cath
Ollie Club of Philadelphia will be
among Holdings 10 competitors.
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