Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
Slime Sets 7.8 World Mark in 80
Wins 1OOAfterLoss to Murchison
King, Dennis,
Gilbert Score
In Star Games
BY BILL FUCHS
star Stan Writer


Dave Slime. strapping Duke
athlete. Numbered back from
early defeat for another world
record performance and
emerged as the big hero Of the
18th Star Games last night at
the Armory.
A crowd Of $500 fans roared
their approval as Slime. defeat-
ed by arch-rival Ira Murchi-
son in the 70-yard dash, shook
it of. whizzed through the 90
in record time and won the 100
TO claim the Exchange Club
Sprint Series trophy.
King and Macy Repeat
No other major meet records
were broken, but there was an
other repeat winner In George
King. who scored in the mile.
an da successful title defender
in John Macy. an easy winner
In the two-mile run.
Other big winners were
George Dennis in the high
jump. Elias Gilbert in the
hurdles, Josh Culbreath in the
600-yard run. and Harry Bright
in the 1000. The pole vault
ended UP in a four-way tie at
IA feet 6 inches, while John
Humcke Of the New York A.C.
won the mile walk, q new event
this year.
Slime, who tied the indoor
record for the 10 and set the
record for the 100 while sweep
ing this series two years ago,
added the only mark he failed
to get then. He left Murchison
a foot behind in winning the
80 In 7.8 seconds. The former
indoor record Of 10 seconds was
set in 1850 by Henry Thresher.
then q schoolboy at Mercers-
burg Academy.
Tense Rivalry
The 2-to-l victory was fitting
settlement for the tense rivalry
between these two star sprinters.
The chunky Murchison. Negro
CT student at Western Michi-
gan, swept this series last year
at q time when Slime was suf-
fering from q stomach ailment.
Tonight was their first meeting
since. except for the National
lAAU outdoor meet last summer
when neither won and both
were ailing.
Murchison came here with
an indoor victory streak that
had extended through IS meets,
and it appeared at first he was
going to add another. He won
his 70-yard elimination heat in
IL seconds. while Slime was O
tenth Of q second slower in win
ming his. And in the 70-yard
final. the 5-foot-6 Murchison
beat his 6-foot-3 rival BY inches
in ~ seconds.
The 80 and 100 were not ex-
actly alike. Slime led in the so
all the way. while in the 100,
Murchison had the lead until.
with about so yards to 60, the
redhead from New Jersey put
on his burst to win by q yard
in 81. He won this one in 1855
in 9.5 seconds.
! Next to Shines performance,
Mays victory in the two-mils
drew the biggest applause,
particularly on the last lap
when he was for enough In
front Of Jerry Smart. his
University of Houston team
mate. to fly a couple Of bombers
between them.
Macy. Polish refugee study.
ing diesel engineering at Hous-
ton, was clicked in 9:l0.3. He
set q meet record Of 9:02.6 in
winning last year. 1t was Q
four-man field. with Dave
Pitkethly. running unattached,
dropping out before the mile
and-a-half mark. leaving only
Macy, Smart and Gordon
Mckenzie of the New York
Pioneer Club. Mckenzie wound
up a distant third.
Gilbert Wins Hurdles
Gilbert Of Winston Salem
Teachers. heir apparent to the
indoor hurdles crown vacated
by Lee Calhoun because Of an
AAU ban through next August.
won the 70-yard obstacle course
as expected in 81 seconds.
That was two-tenths OF a
second of Calhoun's record
time of last year. but it was
Gilbert's third victory without
defeat this indoor season.
Gilbert got some argument
from Willie Stevens. former
Army hurdling champion from
Tennessee All. Stevens was q
fraction behind at the finish.
after which he tripped and fell.
Francis Washington Of VIM
Ston-Salem was third and
Georgetcwn's Al Hoddinott was
fourth.
For the first time since 1854
the pole vaulters failed to reach
Is feet. Don Bragg. former
Villanovan who won at IS feet
3 Friday night at Philadelphia,
was one Of the four tying at
l4-6. The others were Jerry
Welbourn Of the Ohio Track
Club, Mel Schwarz. former
Maryland star. and Eeles
LaandStrom, Finnish exchange
student at the University Of
Michigan.
Culbreath Tops GaNney
Joe Gaffney. veteran runner
who is putting in his last so
days in the Army at Fort Nc
Nair, lost his bid for q fifth
victory in the 600-yard run In
the last 10 yards.
Taking the lead on the gun
lap, Gaffney appeared headed
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