Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
Courtney Aims
AT $50 Mark in
Mi||rose Meet
Duel With SoweiI
Heads Program in
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NEW YORK, Feb. o (R.-Tom
Courtney. Olympic 80O-meter
champion. will try to do the i'm
possible" and beat Arnie Sowell
to the tape in the half-mile-the
most interesting Of a f1stful of
top events-tonight in the 50th
anniversary of the Millrose
Games in Madison Square
Garden
If Courtney or Sowell really
turns on the heat, this race could
overshadow two other features,
the mile pitting Ron Delany.
Ireland's Olympic 1,500-meter
winner, against Hungary's Lazslo
Tabori and the 2-mile in which
Ipint-sized Fred Dwyer will try to
lower Horace Ashenfelter's 8:50.5
world indoor record
All the years Courtney has
been racing Sowell, he has
beaten the skinny Pitt runner
indoors Just once. That was in
a l.000-yard race in The WASH
ington Star Games two years
ago And Sowell tripped on one
lof the turns.
Il still think I can beat Sowell
on banked track" said Court
ney, a Fordham alumnus who is
serving in the Army. I've been
working hard at my training and
I'm ready for my best.
"A ba6 cold handicapped me
in January, but that's all gone
l just have to beat him one OF
these weeks. In fact, I'm plan
ming a l:49 race"
SOwell Back in Fettle
That. Of course, would lower
the world record of 1905 set Is
years ago by John Borican. That
won't worry Sowell, though, be-
cause he was clicked in l:48.6
running an anchor leg on a relay
team last winter. Relay legs are
not recognized as records.
Courtney. however, has won
the important ones. capped by
his fine performance lin the
Olympics in which he gave Arnie
a sound licking.
Il was just recovering from a
bad ankle in the Olympics, =
Sowell said. but my leg is as
good as ever again and I'm feel
ing like my old self"
AS for Delany, the turkey
trotting 2l-year-old from Villa
nova, he never has lost a race
indoors and someone will have
TO do lot of pushing to get him
down around Gunnar Nielsen's
4:036 indoor mark.
Delany runs only as fast as he
must to win. No fighting the
clock for this lad. Ordinarily
there would be no end of excite
ment for a Delany-T Tabor clash
1t will be the first indoor battle
between two sub-4-minute mil
ers. Bat Tabori, who has detected
from his native Hungary, has
been unimpreSive. having lost all
three of his starts this winter.
Terp in Mile Race
Bobby Seaman of UCLA might
give Delany closer run thar
Tabor. II Seaman hopes to win
though, he'll have to open a loi
of daylight on Delany before they
go INTO the last lap or two. Other
starters will be George King OF
Boston. Jim Beatty of North
Carolina and Burr Grim of Mary
land.
Dryer will be running against
Ashenfelter. the man whose rec
Old he wants to break. Here
again, if there is to be a record
Ashenfelter. now 80. and SEEM
ingly beyond extraordinary ef-
forts these days. will have tc
push DIVER.
Charlie jenkins of ViIlanova is
the choice in the 600, Bob Rich
ards lone of four l5-footers, in
the pole vault, Ira Murchison OF
Chicago in the 60-yard dash, Lee
Calhoun Of North Carolina IN
the 60-yard hurdles. and Phi
Reavis Of Villanova in the higl,
jump.
Among the featured athletes
in tonight's Millrose Games will
be Burr Grim of Maryland in the
Wanamaker Mile and George
towns team in the 2-mile relay
Running for the Hoyas. who
are unbeaten in three big meets
will be Dave Proctor. Norm Will
liams, John Nelson and BOZ
Carney.
Maryland has a team in one oil
the mile relays composed of Lou
Serg, Carl Party, Bill Wagner
and Dave Leas.
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