Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-25
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ), FRANCE, srAuu
The Two-MiIe Run

DORSEY GRIFFITH is SPARE man who normally
speaks sparngy He is noted expert antiques and on
athletes whom he has coached for decades From the
beginning back 1s4S been director of The Star
Games and while there have many thrlers Griffith
has stuck out his neck until now.
Our two-mile tomorrow night" Dorsey says fatty,
twill be the greatest in this country. You
quote In fact, wish you would"
Grihs notion that Laszo Tabor of the Hungarian
Olympic team who detected after the Games in Australia
is of the ame great distance Dorsey dis
counts Tabors loss to Fred Dwyer in his American debut
in Boston
Heres what happened up there" Griffith says "Tabori
who speak English told via his interpreter coach
that Horace Ashenfeer Americas best Watch Ashen
felter' he was told. When he moves, you move
LAS it turned out Dwyer hot that night and, too
late Tabor realized that he had to catch him. Dwyer won
by about is yards The times remarkable-Dwyer
1884 and Tabori in 8:543"
TABoRI is rs YEARS OLD, lean. spindly-legged,
snake-hpped machine operator with unusually small feet
He started to seriously in 1885, following avid
interest in
81 talked to Dale Ransom the veteran track coach
the University North Carolina Dorsey says As you
know training this country in New
shifted to Miami and wound up at Chapel HILL Ransom told
the guy marvel For instance he for solid hour
and half the golf down there That in the
morning In the afternoon he the track at UNC for
two hours and SIS minutes taking only short breahers after
,sprinting at the end of each run"
While extensive in his praise of Tabori Griffith is by
certain the Hungarian will win The Stars two-me
at the National Guard Amoy There's another refugee
named John Macy he warns That's not his real name.
He's Pole who attending the University of Houston
scholarship
There's pretty fair story connected with Macy who
might win it all-Tabor Ashenfelter and the rest of
truly great field Notwithstanding"
DRAWING SHORT BREATH Dorsey continued:
This Macy tangled with Ashenfeter in the National
AAU croscountry and the Pole from Houston got lost
He 100 yards off That meant he had to come
back he extra 200 yards And still he lost to Ash
enfelter by only 40 yards"
DOCS that suggest that Macy and Tabor can handle
Ashenfelter?"
well" Dorsey hedged al" all depends on the distance
and in how good condition those boys Personally
think that two miles Tabori and hide from
Ashenfelter Now did tell you about the rest Of the
held?N
There is a twosome from England-Frank wyatt and
Ray Hatton They given scholarships to the University
of Idaho They IL cross-counry some records
reveal only and finished in each Consistent
is the fact that Wyatt and Haton set records
each time they ran 12o RI
MOST TIMES THE MILE the feature of any first
class trackand-eld games The Stars mile stacks up well
out the two-mie event will be the big On past
performance basis Tabor rates tops On May g. 1885,
won only triple minute" mile history his 1853
beating Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson Of England
Why is he running at two miles at the ArmoryP
my avorte distance Laszo explains logically "s the
in which get there fastest and with the best performance
do not mind losing, because it will be good to
have beaten me. happy to be running" He feels
apparently that by running the miles he builds up
endurance for the mile.
Ashenfeter, oddly, is not highly respected in this
country perhaps he should be- He is 34year-od FB1
agent beat the Russian Vladimir Kasantsev in the
5000 meters in the 1852 Oympcs He is four-me winner
in The Star Games and holder Of flock American records
varying distances.
This has got to be the greatest two-ie race" Griffith
concludes you've got Ashenfeer always moderated
spite his record You've got Tabori You've got the Pole
Macy plus the Englishmen You've got Jerry Smart
other Houston runner who could take it ALL
IF you remember the stir that was made when Paavo
Nurmi against joey Ray you'll parallel think
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