Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1932, Page 55

Basket Ball, Boxing SPORTS SECTION The Sundlay Star _Put 5—4 Pages Griff Enthused Over Team's Prospects : Hickey of WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1932. o R e LR < I XS Venzke Races to a New World Indoor Mark in SPIRIT OF PLAYERS MAKES PREXY GRI Optimism Over Marberry and | Crowder Is Tempered by Shortage in Catching. B stone at a pelican, or a sea- gull—or, maybe, it was only a horsefly—down on the beach this afternoon. ‘Mr. Grifith was in a playful mood. Not that he throws stones when he is feeling happy, but the fling was accompa- nied by a thorough enthusiastic smile. And people never throw stones and smile down here when they are angry. | He could have been laughing at your} correspondent’s “down home” haircut, | which had just been perpetrated upon | him & few hours before. | But he was not. What Mr. Griff was | feeling so playful about was a few lit- | tle things he had seen on the ball field today at Biloxi Stadium just before | the boys came romping from it to an-| swer the melodious whistle of the lunch- | eon call. “Did you see those boys perform?” de- manded Uncle Clark. And‘ your correspondent had. For instance he saw Mr. General Alvin Crowder, from North Carolina, get shooed away from that mound by the excited Mr. Griffith. The sun-tanned rugged young man with a knotty right arm was spelling out the rookies’ names with his pitches, slamming a few curves for good measure and causing Eddie Ainsmith, his catcher, to wonder if some one had not been fool him that this is still Spring and is Dixie, and not Washington next June. ‘Wand Drills Start. And he observed Al Schact wobble from the mound as those pitchers and catchers lunged at the ball with a nice, new backstop behind them. And how those boys sprinted for the flies. While Howard Maple popped eyes with the fastest chasing you would want to see for a heavy, little man. Yes, there was much to be seen and Mr. Grifith and Walter Johnson wore no smiles down on that field. For doxically the boys were too good for their own good. Back on the beach Griff was talking of the morning’s scenes. “Neither Crowder nor Fred Marberry won me a game until a month 'o! the season had elapsed last year” said Griff. “They were in not what you would call good shape when they came into camp. Fred was loppy around the waist and the general was sluggish. “Now take yourself a good peek at that pair. Both in there working so hard that they alarm me, because I am planning for nobody to do any heav- ing of any kind until the crowd has been at work for two weeks. A team that takes its time in training and| works up gradually, getting to the bell | in good condition, 15 a pennant-winning type of outfit. | Spirit Pleases Griff. «But it makes me feel happy and optimistic to think that the boys are ‘working with such spirit. Their actions back up the words of promise made to me by this pair upon their arrival at “c';owder said he was golngd'.o brul: inx of former years an af 3: :jun He worked hal‘((lua]l Wlnull;; often spending sunny afternoons Wlnswn?gllem pitching the ball. Mar- berry went on a diet to get here in shape, and his condition is marvelous. The folks back in Washington will never know the big boy.” And there you have a few of the things which are making Griff grin | down here, though he admits his catch- | ing problem is a tough one, and that | there is nothing he can do about it | but trust to luck, improvement in Bol- | ton's ability to get under fouls, and the | BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss., February 27.— Mr. Clark Griffith shied a hope that Roy Spencer will indulge in | | day, March 20, while the regular outfit | same. CARDINAL RUNNER | - BEATS NAVY STARS Is Step Ahead of Hardman in Ryan 1,000—Many High- Class Performances. J just far enough and in time to beat Ward Harman of the Navy and score an upset victory in the Ryan 1,000 feature event of the third annual Catholic University indoor meet last night at Brookland in record time. His time of 2 minutes 20 2/5 seconds was 2 seconds under the mark estab- lished last year by Ray Conger of the Tlinois A. C. Lloyd Johnson of William and Mary trailed the leaders by 3 yards. The only other contestants were H. Duffy of Villanova and E. Federhoff of Temple. Hickey and Hardman set the pace all the way, alternating until the last lap, when the Cardinal stepped into a yard lead. Hardman was closing in fast as Hickey broke the tape. It was the first major triumph for Hickey, who is a Washington youth and a graduate of St. John's College. How- ever, he has been an ace of the Catholic University mile relay. He gave up his place on the varsity basket ball team this Winter to give all his attention to running. New meet records galore were hung up in a program that included numer- ous events for college, high school and club athletes, but the crowd of 1,000 got its big thrill when Hickey con- quered Hardman, one of the fastest half- milers in the land and a strong favorite in the Ryan classic. Makes Great Leap. A leap of 6 feet 2 inches by F. Bacon of William and Mary established an all- time District record. It was an inch better than the old one, made by C. Milans, formerly of Central High, now at Dartmouth, in the C Club games, The Abbey Club trophy remained at Brookland when Johnny Lyons beat a crack field in the 50-yard intercol- legiate invitation, with Waybright of Navy second and Fe acher of Villanova third. Lyons set a new fig- ure for the distance of 52-5 seconds. Lyons’s mark was the eleventh of the | night. idmyer, Maryland freshman BY R. D. THOMAS. OHN HICKEY, spindling C. U. senior, stuck out his chest Earl Wi flash, got home in front of a big field in the 50-yard open in 5 3-5 seconds. ‘The high school sprint went to Jannell of Massanutten, who showed his heels to the class of Washington schoolboys. ‘Widmyer came back quickly to score again, this time in the District A. A. (Continued on Second Page.) Biloxi Bunts ILOXI, Miss., February 27.—Biloxi Bakers, champions of the Missis- sippl Coast League, will play the ‘Washington second team Sun- will be in action against Mobile, at Mobile. Nick Altrock has turned his cap peak over his left ear, indicating that he is getting into condition rapidly. Today he juggled a pitch while stopping them at first base, also proving that his clowning practice is underway. Nick spends most of his afternoons on the Biloxi Golf Club links, where his cream- toned knicker putfit leads the sartorial attractions. Mike Delaney and Bob Priederichs, rook rrxtchm. are plenty swift. Mike played foot ball in Chicago and Bob is | Just naturally fast. Eddie Ainsmith does not know whether he is a catcher or a coach, but is getting along alright, just the Eddie and Ed Gharrity spend a | lot of time fanning on the old days. the expensive luxury of but few injuries during the season. Griff admits he wanted to trade Joe Judge for a catcher. There were a couple of deals on the fire in which agured, but they all dimmed out | into a mist. Show Mr. Griffith where | you can get him a catcher and you | Will be surprised how he will dicker. But inability to find himself one_gives the inexperienced Boiton the chance for which he has been looking. Fischer Overworked in '31. But the interesting part of Grifl's beach-talk today is the fact that he admits that without Crowder's and 'Marberry's help during the first naonth of action his team is lost. Last year Carl Pischer was thrown into the breach, with the result that the curly- haired southpaw hurled his ears back until he was of little use to the club during the latter days of its fight. Fischer won nine games in a row, tired out, and then never seemed to recover from the hectic start. But Fischer too, is working around to form down here and, take his word for it, is going to turn in a peak year. | If Marberry and Crowder move as they proeniee. Carl will get his work in regu- r portions and that flying start which | Griff promises may be something more than stuff in the funny papers Griff likes to point out to the war correspondents the speed of the men at camp. “Bluege,” said the white- haired sage of base ball, “still is the | fastest man on the club. He has never | been caught coming in on a hit in his base ball career and he can start away | from a bag like no other man in the game.” “All of my men are fast. You know T've always demanded speed on the bags. I'm noted for that, it's one of my pet likes. My club in 1924 and 1925 was the fastest outfit arcund. A lot of people wanted to know how we rated being American League champs during those years. It was because we had fleet-footed players.” And then Griff went on to extol the speed of each of his players. “Let me get something out of these youngsters and the fulfijlment of the promises made by Marberry and Crow- der and I'll show 'em how speed plus some brainy pitching arrangement do_something once more. No wonder this ruddy-faced diamond general is grinning. He believes he sees something out here in the baseball offing. will | smokes. Doc is chief medical examiner “Johnson,” says Eddie, “had one of the easiest balls to catch, despite its speed. It sped into the glove like a feather, because it was as true as an arrow.” Carl Reynolds will be in tomorrow and Bob Burke is due late lonlxht."c“ Everybody on the club ths Reynolds is going to be just the. Tellng the doctor ordered to give the Nationals that right-hand hitting punch. Al Schacht says that the re: Griffith never gives him & raie i that because when he applies for one he and Griff swap jokes and Al forgets what he came after. Carl Pischer hunted quail and pl golf all Winter in New York Slnlg,aaylelg with & few other boys says the reason ball players are reporting in such good slh:pe this yurfli; that because the Win- er was $0 mild it permitted the get outdoors more olzn. = Today’s sun was a blistering one. Thi thermometer on the Biloxi Hotel purt;l showed the mercury doing a dance around 90 all afternoon. Several war correspondents here, in- cluding your own, were inveigled to go out for a before-daylight fishing trip on the bayou over near the Back Bay today. The net result was a collection of bayou mud, wet feet, a late break- fast and no fish. Al Schacht insists that the fishing here is merely Chamber of Commerce advertising and that it does not exist. But the writers and Altrock will make 2 trip out into the gulf tomorrow for redfish. Ther® will be no players, be- | cause Griff ihsists that his outfit gets| | a real rest tomorrow. | | Alligator grunts and marsh hen shrieks along the bayou this morning may cause the correspondents to change | thefr plans for tomorrow, fearing shark barks out there near the 12-mile limit. ‘ Mike Martin's l’epor:.x t.odng “:“u that every one was _getting stingl, | heaithy. - And . Doc Wesley —Furster. friend of Griffith and annual vacationer here from Cincinnati, warns the boys about their proteins and calories and of the Cincinnati Boxing Commission and medical adviser, golf and tennis coach of St. Xavier College, Cincin- nati. He is the Washington Boss' links 3 . » I %’ THE ROOKIE WITH FRANK 15 AN OLD~FASHIOAED ROOK(E ~RIGHT AT HOME AND QUICK ON THE COMEBACKS.. .. « FRANK (Rags) RAGLAND “THE RoOKIE WHO PiTCHES WITH HIis ELBOWS™ HE WON |3 AND LOST B WK CHATTANOOGA LAST YEAR. K3 R < 82 o:o THE ODD PITCH. “ PITCH WiTH ELBOWSL FooeY, | Ts THE OLD BRAINS THAT < SToPs ‘EM..... I T “Tom Doerer, BiLoxt Ragland Ideal Rookie Type Griffs Right-Handed Box Recrnit Impresses With His Height, Bulk and Confidence. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss., February 27.— Frank Ragland, the six-| foot right-hander from _ just around the corner Paris, Miss., is a rookie of the old- fashioned type. This is the big boy’s neighbor- | hood, and he knows all the games. He is right among his pals from the Chattanooga Club. 80 he is thoroughly at home down here, swapping repartee with his rookie mates ont on the veranda of the hotel, handling the hardware at the table and strolling into town with the crew of youngsters, who move in a body when they go touring. But Frank will not agree with the rest of the base ball world that he has a peculior method of delivering the apple to men at bat. Mr. Griffith’s big right-hander thinks his toss is just about the same as any other right-hander’s and then pitches a few practice twirls to prove to the onlookers that i#s nothing of the sort. When Rags stands up there on the mound doing a Statue of Liberty, he tbrows his hands above his head, brings .them down slowly to his side, elbows close together, leans back, shoots out portruding elbows, and then flips the ball quickly toward the plate with a sHght sidewheel motion. What annoys sthe batters is the view they get of Frank's elbows and the absence of a view of his pitch- ing hand. They are not sure whether the 'Sippi boy is going to toss pine cones, tomatoes or a can of shrimp. It affected the batters in the South- ern League to the extent that the tally for Frank last year was 13 games won | and 8 lost. And it was a year when Frank insists he wasn’'t going just right. Rags has had a varied career in semi-pro ball, playing various positions on teams in Louisiana and Mississippi. He has played amateur base ball and simon pure basket ball. And when you add up what Frank’s peculiar delivery did last seasom, total with it a pair of shut-out games and a one-hit combat. Griff_is impressed with the 'Sippi boy's bulk, height and confidence. Frank tips the beam near’ 190 pounds, | and is one inch less in height than Lynn Griffith, the tallest boy in camp, | who reaches over 6 feet 1 inch. He is the most ideal rock in camp when you figure them asthey were before base ball began putting a smooth polish on 'em. He is picturesque in his actions, just as he is in his de- livery. He trots across the field in a ponderous, yet easy-moving motion. In looks, Frank Is the old base ball man's picture of how a rookie pitcher should appear. Whether his stuff down here will be smart enough to gain for him a place on the Washington Club at & time when a handful of other smart young- sters are bidding for a job, femains to be seen. But if he goes up ".‘h\s season Wash- ington will see another big fellow, built along the Marberry, Earnshaw and | Johnson lines. And he is not the type of youngster to allow big leaguers to worry him, either. STRIBLING NOT TO QUIT Bad Defentkby Schaaff Tails to Kill Georgian’s Ambitions. CHICAGO, February 27 (®).—W. L. “Young” Stribling is going to carry on in the ring, despite his decisive defeat by Ernie Schaaf last night. | “Pa" Stribling, father-manager of | the young Georgian, said today that | Stribling intended to rest for two months and then resume warfare with the heavyweights. Stribling has no thought of retiring. “He wasn't hurt last night” Pa Stribling said. “But he needs to build himself up if he is to fight those big rough fellows.” Stribling left for his home in Macon, Ga., by automobile today. BETTERS SWIM MARK Michigan Relay Team Does Rec- ord College 300. ANN ARBOR, Mich.,, February 27 (.—The Univers ley relay swimming team bettered the National Intercollegiate record for the 300-yard medley tonight by doing the | distance in 3:06 1-5." The old record of 3:09 was made by Northwestern at St. Louis February 21, 1929, The Michigan time compares favor- ably to the national record of 3:05 2-5, made by the Illinois A. C. {n 1928. TWICE HAND BALL VICTOR | Atchison Retains Singles Title, Then Shares Doubles Honors. CLEVELAND, February 27 (). —Sam Atchison and Walter Streuli, both of Memphis, Tenn., retained their na- tional Y. M. C.'A. doubles hand ball championship today by defeatipg Lloyd Walker of Toledo and James Brown of C’i‘&'n‘"ufl' 18—21, 2119, 21—20. n previousl; his sin- gles' champlonship by sesin Fobelman of Baltimore L ‘rae straight games, 21—17, 21216, y of Michigan med- | Hosts Wins C. - Ca}turing —By TOM DOERER HE Hp8 A CONFIDENT RAGS WINDS OP BY STICKING HIs & HANDS ABOVE H1S HEAD,BRINGWG THEM DOWA TO His RIGHT s1DE Sters H\S ELBOWS INTO THRE BATTERS GAZE, HIDING THE PITCH NORTHCAROLINALL FVE JOLTS CHOIGE Defeats Kentucky in Dixie | Tourney—Duke, Georgia, Auburn Also Win. A upper half and Auburn, the lone surviving seeded team, will meet North Carolina in the lower half in the Southern Conference basket bail tourney semi-finals Monday night. There wes only one upset in the games this afternoon and tonight, North Carolina stunning the dopesters by conquering the favorite Kentucky five, 43 to 42. Duke, as was expecteq, downed Florida, 33 to 22; Georgia made Virginia its victim, 40 to 19, and Au- burn scored over Lousiana State, 30 to 22. It was the sixth time in the eight years’ history of the tournament, that Georgia entered the semi-finals. The Georgians rang baskets from all corners of the court, and the Cavaliers never were in the running. Georgia (40) G.FPts. Virginia (19) G.F.Pts. l, £.... 3 7 Mayo, f.....2 0 Delafield, dgson, 1. TLANTA, Ga., February 27— Georgia will play Duke in the | 2 3 1 6 1 2 2 Young, Chandle Totals 1 e 6 840 Totals ... 7 519 | Auburn, playing the first of the two night games, was held to 12-all by Louisiana State in the first half, but went on to win handily in the last 20 minutes of the tilt. Auburn’s passing| was_ particularly impressive. | The Duke-Florida and the North | Carolina-Kentucky games were played | in the afternoon. Summary of Auburn game. Auburn (30)” G F.Pts. L. State (37) GF. Lumpkin, f.. 6 113 Jordan. 3.7 ] 2 0 Pts [] Stewart, Kaley. & Hatfield, 2 e 0 ‘o Blevins, | Stevens, ¥ | Stayton, & | Totals .. Totals ... | A BRILLIANT late offensive gave the | | North Carolina Tarheels their l-‘ point margin on the Kentucky wildeats, [ |~ The Kentuckians often had a 3 or 5 point lead but the Carolinians would | not be denied in the final minutes when | anything might happen. | It was the unexcelled floor work of | Alexander. whose shooting also figured | prominently in the unexpected victory that brought about an upset equal to | Florida's surprising defeat of Maryland in the first round yesterday. Alexander scored 13 of the Tarheel points. Both the champion and runner-up are now out of the tournament, Ken- tucky having lost to the Old Liners in the finals of 1931. North Carolina _(43). G.FPts 0 1 12 76 30 (42). G .4 32 0 1 Kentucky Darby. {.. Demoisey Kreuter, { Sale. ¢ Worth'to; t Weathers, £.. 5 0 10 ] Hines, 1 i0'8 5 3 2 Brandt. e.... 1 S 0 | Alexander. . 5 2 | M'Cachren, & 1 Johnson, §... 3 1 § 19 RO TP | UKE showed plenty of strength, both in passing and shooting, in eliminating Florida, the dark horse of the tourney. The Blue Devils gained an early lead and were in command of the situation throughout. Alpert, tall and rangy center, was the main cog in the Duke quint. He got 15 points on 6 field goals and 3 shots from the foul line. 2 3 2 3 Totals ... Totals Florida (22) GF Pittman, Bradley, 2 ) of 1 ol onowns, 8l wewnbes® 8l cormns | sowon! Totals .... BLAEHOLDER IN LINE. ST. LOUIS, February 27 (#).— George Blaeholder, St. Louis Brown pitcher, who has been a holdout, signed & one-year contract today and will other bat- leave for training camp with terymen We HOYA QUINT LOSES T0 CARNEGIE TECH Defeated 36 to 26 in Last Game of Season—Frosh Also Trounced. ONCLUDING its basket ball sea- son last night, Georgetown Uni- versity was handed a 36-to-26 drubbing by Carnegie Tech’s fast quint on the Tech High School floor. The Hoyas, who were outdis- tanced 19 to 10 at half-time, never were in the running. Displaying plenty of speed, and with its basketers hitting the cords accurate- ly, Carnegie Tech romped all over the court from the outset of hostilities. The Plaid quickly made the count in its favor 16 to 1 before the Hoyas managed to really get into the game. In the second half Georgetown ral- lied to play the visitors about evenly, but it found the early Carnegie Tech advantage too formidable to offset. In a preliminary Georgetown suffered another trimming, its freshmen team being beaten by the Tech High School quint, 40 to 30, Georgetown (26). G.F.Pts, ae. Tech Carnegie .CD.P. S t: Connors. ¢ Caralon. Crowley. Gordon. x- Totals | oom1000mmm: Bl cowomeana ol comooorm; coBoounbuf Totals . G. U. Freshme: G.F. j,argedan, 1.1 an. cuoory 5 38 2l suooltd = 2| Wheeler. f... Reichhardt. 1 aly. c....... Thomas. ¥... Russell. ... Runal »l o0000w. Totals .....18 4 40 Totals DODGERS SIGN HOYT. CLEARWATER, Fla, February 27 (#)—Waite Hoyt, former Athletic and Yankee hurler, has accepted the terms | offered by Brooklyn, Manager Max Carey announced here today. U. Meet Feature > o D Classic 1,500 Meter IIr On the Side Lines | With ¢he Sgores Editor. i | | | | | ;\ BY DENMAN THOMPSON. = J EWS that Mr. Paulus Bowser’s troupe of trained pachyderms will start operations in this vicinity within the next week or so doubtless will be of keen interest to M. Jacques Curley, boss of the rasslin clique repre- sented locally by Mr. Josephus Turner. This invasion long has been foreshadowed, considering the high degree of financial suc- cess the mat game has achieved here, for the Capital now is re- glrded as one of the strong- olds of a sport that for many years prospered not at all. Turner Reported Unperturbed. Our operatives report on the one hand that Mr. Turner is unperturbed over the prospect of opposition for his weekly shows, and on the other that telephone and telegraph mes- sages to Washington from the Eastern trust headquarters in Gotham have increased since the imminency of rival attrac- tions has become bruited about. Although = Strangler Lewis, long their headliner, recently flopped over to the Curley cligue, presumably due to lean pickin’s with the Bowserites, the latter still control a color- ful aggregation of grunting imacers, including Karl Po- ello, Billy Bartush, Gus Son- nenberg, Jack Sherry, Joe Savoldi and Joe Malcewicz. Turner, being well established and having the superior loca- tion in the Auditorium, to which his shows return this Zeek, is in an intrenched posi- on. But. if the newcomers can make their cards sufficiently attractive the necessity for a trip to Bolling Field, where they plan to stage their activities, will not keep the fans away. Basket Ball Signs Off. ARSITY basket ball here- about signed off for the season last night and at- tention next will be focused on Spring foot ball drills, with the leanest base ball campaign in years following. Georgetown, Catholic Univer- sity and Gallaudet had indiffer- ent records on the court, but George Washington and Mary- land both conl:.rfled a notable string of victories, despite set- backs absorbed toward the end of their campaigns. Burt Shipley’s Terrapins, con- sidering the caliber of their opponents, demonstrated - they probably were the best-bal- anced quint in this section, but the sudden end to their hopes of repeating in the Southern Conference title tour- ney was not unexpected. ‘The Old Liners suffered from the “seniors’ complex,” an af- fliction which has proved fatal to many a high-ranking college outfit. As juniors, when they %xdl- loped through to the Dixie championship, they dl.sglayed glenty of hustle and ambition, ut this season their play large- ly was devoid of fire and dash. TRYING 300-MILE SWI" | Argentine, Who Failed Twice Be- | fore, Seeks World Record. SANTA FE, Argentina, February 27 (#).—Seeking a world distance record, Pedro Candioti, Argentine swimmer, started to swim from here to Buenos Alres, 300 miles to the south, via the | Parana and Plata Rivers, today. | His two previous attempts to com- plete the swim resulted in failure. Nationals’ Club House Boss Assumes New Side Line Job BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss, February 27— Prank Baxter, club house ma- harajah, consoler of complain- ing ball players who toil for the B Olark Griffith ensemble, has taken over | a new task. After much bickering on price and threats of holding out, Baxter has agreed today to become the official listener for Al Schacht, club coach and comedian. Al is slightly deaf in one ear. Not, the ear, however, upon the side which & speaker says something he does not want Al to hear. Being unable to hear clearly is very confusing and embarrassing to Mr. Schacht at times, particularly the occa- sions when some one is suggesting that he have a portion of something or other for nothing, gratis, free, or be- low cost. These occasions being rare in Camp Biloxi, Al has hired Frankie to listen- in on his deaf side and to relay to him the things he should hear. Words like “you owe me a dollar,” as coming from Mr. Walter Johnson this morning, are to be scraj as an :tl:nm which Al should not hear at any e. Schacht plans to save money on the deal, SMASHES RECORD BY 2 2:5 SECONDS Runs Distance in 3:53 2-5. Toppino Ties Dash Time. G. U. Four Beaten. EW YORK, February 27 (@), —Gene Venzke of Potts- town, Pa., tonight set a new world indoor record for 1500 meters in the Knights of Columbus games at Madison Square Garden. Venzke's time of 3 minutes 532-5 seconds for the classic Olympic distance shattered both Lloyd Hahn's American in- door record of 3:554-5 and Ray Conger’s record of 3:55 outdoors. Venzke, who 10 days ago established 1’, new world record of 4 minutes 10 sec- nds for the indoor mile, eclipsed the 1,500 mark just as easily as his ad- mirers had -nuclmed. Taking it easy until more than half the distance had been covered, he moved into second place five laps from home and did not take the lead until two laps from the finish, when ‘he swept past Frank Crowley of Manhattan College and won going away. Crowley finished second, 35 yards be- hind Venzke, barely beating out Frank Nordell, New York University sopho- more, who was third. Ray Conger, holder- of the outdor record for the event, was fourth, with Leo Lermond of New York A. C. fifth and E. F. Cahalan of Boston A. A. sixth. Although Venzke’s time eclipsed all recognized records for this country, it fell short of the listed world's outdoor record of 3 minutes 51 seconds, held by Dr. Otto Peltzer of Germany. With Leo Lermond setting the pace, the first quarter pole was passed in the fast time of 601-5 seconds. They passed the half-mile post in 2:06 4-5, with Lermond still holding doggedly to the lead. At the three-quarters pole Nordell had forged to the front in 3:14, with’ Venzke in second place. Two laps from the finish Venzke made his bid. Giving everything he had, he swept past the last of the boys who had been put in there to extend him and, with the crowd of 10,000 cheering him on, went the rest of the ‘way like a sprinter. He appeared fresh 83 he broke the tape. Bernard McCafferty of Holy Cross re- tired the Cardinal Hayes' trophy in the “Casey 600-yard run,” winning the event for the third straight year with & time of 1 minute 12 4-10 seconds. Ar- nold Adams, Bates College star, making his Garden debut, ran second, 7 yards behind the leader. Eddie Blake of Bos- ton A. A. was third. Toppino Equals Mark. Emmett Toppino equaled the warld record time of 6 2-10 seconds in win- ning the 60-yard dash. Jumping into a big lead with the gun, the Loyala Uni- versity speedster steadily increased his margin to hit the string a full 2 yards in front of Aloysius Kelly of George- town, who nipped Eddie Tolan, > troit Negro star, for second place. George Weinstein of New ¥ork Uni- versity captured fourth place, beating out Ira Singer, last year’s indoor cham- pion. It ‘was Toppino's final indoor appear- ance of the season, and he compieted an arduous month’s campaign in the East with the record of not having been beaten either in the preliminary heat or finals of a scratch event. His only defeat was in a handicap event, in which he started at scratch. Percy Beard, national indoor and out- door hurdles champion, romped in first fin the 60-yard high hurdles in 7 5-10 seconds. The New York A. C. star had to hustle to beat out Frank Mardulier of the Boston A. A., who barely was & foot behind at the tape. Charles Sum- merill of Princeton was a poor third. G. U. Quartet Defeated. New York University's crack mile re- lay team won the senior relay event when it outran Georgetown's fast four in 3 minutes 22 4-5 seconds. George- town, after setting the pace for the first two laps, finished second, five yards back, with Manhattan College third. Michael Pecora, the Brooklyn walker, who heeled and toed to a new world's record for the mile in the national amateur meet Monday night, found a lap handicap too much to handle to- night and could finish no better than fourth in his specialty. Charles Ash- enback of the New York A. C, with a 20-second handicap, won the even$ in 7 minutes 7 4-5 seconds. Earl Rugle of Stonewall, D. C., was second. George Lermond of the New York Athletic Club made a sensational clos- ing sprint to beat out Joe McCluskey, Fordham distance ace, in the 2-mile run in 9 minutes 17 3-5 seconds. Mc- Cluskey, who Monday night set a new world’s record for the indoor steeple- chase, had a 10-yard lead as they went into the final lap, but he didn't have what it took to stand off Lermond's great spurt. Forty yards from the finish Lermond passed his fast-tiring rival and hit the tape 5 yards in front. John Ryan of Manhattan College pulled up a poor third after having fought nip-and-tuck with the leaders until the last two laps of the, gruelling event. Letts Wins 1,000 Meters. Dale Letts of the Illinois A. C, na- tional 1,000-meter champion, won the half-mile invitation after a brisk battle with George Bullwinkle of New York A. C. Bullwinkle, determined to gain revenge for his defeat by Letts Monday | night, set a furious pace and held the lead doggedly until they entered the bell lap. There the Illinois star gave it the gun, fought his way past Bullwinkle a half lap from the finish and swept home a yard in front. Letts’ time was 1:5545. Pred Sturdy of Angeles, another national champion, could do no better than tie with Tommy Warne, former Northwestern star, in the pole vaulf, each making 13 feet 6 inches. Three Yale vaulters, W. L. Thompson, F, B, Plerce and T. H. Lee, tied for next place at 13 feet. As usual, there was no one to stand against George Spitz, phenomenal New York University sophomore, in the high jump. The world record holder salled over the bar at 6 feet 6 inches and called it s night. Harold Osborn, Ilinois A. C. veteran, tied for second place with Howard Spencer of Geneva College, each doing 6 feet 3 inches. New York’s dapper mayor, Jimmie ‘Walker, aj red long enough to pre- sent Vi e with a cup and a very pretty s h. Venzke, in re 3 B s e