Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
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take the former Villanovan and
win by q good stride In l:l42.
THE time was 90 seconds of
the meet record set in 1851 BY
Jamaica's Arthur Whit.
Culbreath's victory was not q
big surprise. inasmuch as he
owns the world record for the
440-yard hurdles and was third
in the Olympic 400-meter hur-
dies In 1856.
John Telford Of Wayne UNI
versity was third. Jim Norton.
an added starter from Penn
State. was fourth. and Reggie
Pearman. veteran from New
York's Pioneer Club. came In
nth and last.
Bright Wins 1000
The same misfortune that
struck Gaffney almost befell
Bright. who formerly was a stu
dent at Dunbar High and How
ard University. in the 1000.
Bright, who for the last several
years has run for the New York
Pioneer Club. almost lost his
bid for his first victory in The
Star meet when Lionel Stevens
OF st. Johns University came
on with q rush. But Stevens,
who overhauled Bruce Locker
bic Of the New York A. c. for
second. made his bid too late.
Bright won in the compare.
lively slow time Of 2:l5.3.
Fourth place went 10 Carl
Party Of Maryland University.
Dennis Wins At GIN
The high Jump was captured
by Dennis. former Morgan
State star who this year has
emerged as the one TO beat. But
1t was q confusing performance.
with Dennis being credited by
the public address system and
those at the pit with a meet
record Of 8 feet 9 inches. He
was going to try for 60. but
pulled out with q muscle in
jury.
Many minutes later the Of
fetal ruling came out that Den
mis- winning jump was 6-7l2. or
one-eighth mch short Of the
meet record set by Charlev
Holding Of the Armed Forces
In 1855.
Floyd Smith. who tied Bob
Barksdale for the honors last
year. was eliminated at 6 feet
Ga. good for second place.
Tied for third at 6 feet 81
were Barksdale, Tim TAFT Of
Maryland and the champion
from Poland. zbigniew Lew
andowski.
King Takes Mile
King. former NYU star, won
TO Close after three laps and
pulled up on the final lap. Dry
time in three years, taking
over from Peter Close Of st.
Johns University on the sew
enth lap Of the eisht-lap event
and fighting OF q late chal-
lenge by Jim Beatty. Kings
tire was 4:l36.
Beatty was q last-minute
eptry. The former Atlantic
Coast Conference champion,
now In the Army at Fort Jack
son. came with a real burst In
the last two laps.
Burr Grim. former Maryland
star. took the early lead. lead
ting the first quarter in q good
SIS seconds. He lost the lead
to Close after three laps. and
pulled up on thu final lap. Dry
wal Mugosa of Yugoslavia
wound up third and Bobby
Seaman. UCLA star who won
last year, was fourth. The
fractional times were 6l.3,
2:07.5. 3:i3.3 and 4:l3.6.
The. mile walk was a crowd
ticker. The contortions Of the
walkers and their taut facial
expressions as they strained to
keep to regulation form in
duced much laughter. Humcke
won in 6:54.2. with Ron Laird
Of Fort Monmouth second and
Elliott Denman Of the New
York Pioneers third.
Terp Freshman Wins
John Lowondes, a Maryland
freshman from Baltimore Poly.
scored a 1851 victory in the
District AAU 600-yard cham
pionship. finishing a few steps
ahead Of Dave Proctor of
Georgetown. Bill Wagner. an
other Marylander, was third.
An unattached runner. Don
Whitaker. beat last years
winner. Steve Scheck Of Mary
land. in the District AAU 100
yard championship. finishing
first in i0.l seconds. Scheck
took third behind John Libert
Of Catholic u.
Dick Svehla of the Baltimore
Olympic Club used a 65-yard
handicap for the fastest time
Of two sections In the AAU
open SS0-yard handicap, I'm
ishing in 1888. The other
section went to Frank Traut-
lein Of Georgetown. who had
a 20-yard start. in 1883.
Trailing Svehla we're Henry
calavita. Maryland freshman
with "a yards, and Sam Bolden
of Virginia State. with 40
yards. Second and third TO
Trautlein we're Tom Monaghan
Of Navy. 10 yards. and Mike
Ilolt.tva 80 NoNhalta II On .,a.As