European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse In dodds1 retirement and Gunder tardy arrival from Sweden have deadened the Public interest in indoor track this As in base boxing and pro veterans who in Normal times would have Long ago stopped running for anything except streetcars Are doing their Best to keep the sport but it int exactly in Radiant some of the names on this Winters track like Elmore Harris and Milton mystify the fan who has been on an overseas assignment for a couple of but there Are still familiar ones like Charley Jim Forrest Howard Eulace Dave Barney Don Tommy de Dugger and Don with Harris and have been the main attractions at the indoor Blu ribbon event of indoor of is the americas Hope against if the swede decides to run at that is a medium sized 29yearold new York Bank Teller named Jim Rafferty who has eight years of major Competition for Fordham and the new York athletic club under his Rafferty Best Effort was a mile behind Leslie Mac Mitchell of but he was never headline material until Parson Dodds swapped his spikes for ministerial since then the new yorker has had every thing his own Way in winning the metropolitan millrose and Boston a Miles in and keeping up the Best tradition of the Glenn Cunningham Bill Bonthron Gene Venzke Era that sue sports by Tom Shehan vets carry oar track season Cess Ful milers must have some serious leg ail ment in their did not Blossom As a distance runner until after he got out of College and broke his Elmore a Young negro who runs in the colors of Johnny Borican old the Shore a of is being touted by track coaches As a future Harris com petes in the 600 he was the sensation of the 1944 outdoor when he emerged from obscurity by winning both the 400meter and the Low hurdles titles at the Mcaa and the aau before that he had done most of his running As a halfback on the Morgan state College football although Harris trailed the Veteran Jim Herbert in both the millrose and Boston 600yard coach Emil von Elling of who is tutoring thinks he will break Middle Dis Tance von Elling blames his defeats in the millrose and Boston events to inexperience he Points out that Harris fell Down at the first turn in the millrose got a lacking brilliance of americas milers of the Jim 29yearold new York Bank was undefeated in first 4hree starts of indoor season against mediocre milers after Dodds break when the race was but then allowed himself to get at he tired himself by successive spurts to keep the Lead Early in the race nov was unable to stand off Herberts final two of the Best gis competing this season Are Barney Weil and Milt Ewell won the dash at the millrose meet but was nipped by Herb Thompson Bulc of the coast guard at Boston in which tied the meet a former Penn state is stationed at Camp where he works in the Supply Thompson is a communications Man in a disaster who holds a and old degrees from the University of is attached to the new York engineers office in the contract termination Able to train Only one Day a week at he easily won the pole vault at both the millrose and Boston Don Kinzle of the former South Ern conference Champion while at is another competitor who has added some spice to this indoor track Kinzle lost a photo finish to de Dugger in the 60yard High hurdles at the millrose a affair but reversed the verdict at Boston at 45 the Only Man Ever to beat Fred Walker of Rice at the Mcaa is an aeronautical Engi Neer at a Dayton he was a one Man track team at tits College a few years probably the oldest Veteran still in action is Dave 31yearold negro High jumper from he is the Only member of the 1936 Berlin olympic team still drawing expense Money but he int jumping High enough to get a tie for second even with the kind of opposition he is facing sports service record fran peacetime football coach at Emporia state teachers col is conducting the second expedition of civilian coaches overseas to hold coaching 1 schools for army athletic the party is expected to spend 60 Days in the Mediterranean Cecil Purdue coach and former Green Bay will teach football Howard former Oregon University will handle basketball instruction William Billy West Point boxing will explain the Art of and William Bald Bill formerly of Kansas uni will handle track and Field others in the group Are Seward Charles director of physical education at the University of Illinois Dean Kansas University and George Eastern intercollegiate also going on tour is Jack Dempsey of the coast scheduled for a visit to Pacific Erwin five time world billiards Cham was embarrassed during an exhibition at fort when he dropped two of three matches to Don wounded Jack former Louis Browns in Belgium Emmett exp Hillies in rejected Morton Louis cardinals reclassified Pat Cleveland indians previously to retired Larry former general manager of the dodgers and who Heads the Syndicate which purchased the Yankees Bill acting head coach of football and head coach of basketball at to inactive inducted Ray 32 year old Catcher of the Cincinnati at the new Cumberland reception station Jake Yankees at and Barry first racing Secretary at Al hip Dromo de Las americas in Mexico City and official at California tracks in san Francisco transferred Ernie former Stan Ford Al american and exc Oach of Lafayette and the Chicago from treasure is san to the san Diego Marine corps base As athletic i Stan Star of the yets serial number training at the my station
