Slants on Sports

The Knights of Columbus track meet officially ushers in the 1935 indoor track and field carnival. A galaxy of sprinters, middle distance men, and milers will toe the mark at the Brooklyn Armory.

Eddie Siegal, Harry Hoffman, Marvin Stern, Gus Heyman and Milton Sandler are only a few of the outstanding Jewish track men who will measure their strides on the boards against the country’s foremost runners.

Glenn Cunningham and Bill Bonthron will be settling a personal feud between them. This feud started on a sultry June afternoon at Palmer Stadium, Princeton. Thirty thousand shirt-sleeved spectators stood on tiptoe and alternately shifted their eyes from the fleeting second hand of a huge clock to the barrel-chested figure of a runner driving like a demon down the home stretch. Glenn Cunningham was in the lead, Bill Bonthron, his rival and the then mile champion, was hopelessly behind. It was a race between man and time in a grim, impersonal duel. Glenn breasted the tape in four minutes, six and seven-tenths seconds for a new world’s record. It was the fastest mile ever run by man. Bonthron’s time broke his own record for the distance but he lacked the stamina that Cunningham possessed that day.

The two have been aching to measure their strides ever since. Bonthron, now a member of the New York A. C. has publicly challenged Cunningham to another race. It will be held tomorrow night.

SANDLER TO {SPAN}S###T{/SPAN} IN ‘500’

Milt Sandler, the Jewish sprint champion and holder of the national title for the 600 meter event, is entered in the 500 meter race. Milt burned up the boards at most of the indoor track meets last season. At present he is looked upon as the most consistent winner that the sporting world has seen for some time. Without a doubt he is the greatest Jewish sprinter ever developed in this country.

Last year we witnessed Milt break the tapes with record runs in the Milrose 600, in the popular Casey 600 at the Knights of Columbus mammoth track and field carnival, and in eight or nine other indoor pageants.

Sandler is now a dental student at one of the metropolitan schools. Yet, despite his long hours of study he finds time to devote for strenuous practices for such meets as will be held tomorrow night.

C. C. N. Y. MEETS ST. JOHN’S TOMORROW IN GARDEN

For the first time since basketball was instituted as a major sport at City College a Lavender quintet has lost three games in a row. For a decade a Beaver squad hasn’t lost three games all season and with such formidable opposition as N. Y. U., and St. John’s remaining on the schedule it looks pretty bad for the Holman five.

Geneva, the team that beat L. I. U., and Duquesne took the Beavers on successive nights. A powerful Westminster quintet from Pennsylvania accounted for the third C. C. N. Y. defeat. St. John’s, although its basketball team is not up to par this year, having lost to Westminster also, will still be able to make the Beaver basketeers bow. The combination of Rip Kaplinsky, and Java Gotkin is a tricky one. Both pass well but seem to have fallen into the habit of relying on their trickiness to elude a close guard rather than cutting in and moving the ball in under the basket.

The City-St. John’s battle is one of the two major court contests of the East. The other is the N. Y. U.-City classic. Tomorrow will probably see the Redmen beat the Beavers by a big score.

N. Y. U. MEETS KENTUCKY FIVE

N. Y. U. seeks its twenty-first consecutive victory when it tackles the Kentucky quintet in the second game of the double-header at the Garden tomorrow night.

Kentucky will bring a powerful five to the metropolis but it is doubtful whether the smooth-working, well coordinated Violet basketball machine will be stopped by the Southerner’s opposition.

A capacity house is expected again for the second twin court bill of the season.

THE FIRST UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAY

The first unassisted triple play was made on June 10, 1887. On that day the Detroit National League Club visited Sandusky, Ohio, which was a member of the Ohio State League. In the seventh inning with none out, Jack Rowe on third and Dan Brouthers on second, Jimmy White slashed a terrific drive toward third. It was a line drive about eight feet high and to the right of the third baseman, Mulholland. Neither Rowe nor Brouthers anticipated that the third baseman could possibly make a catch and both runners were off for home. The third sacker made a phenomenal stop, stepping on third to double Rowe. He had no trouble at all touching Brouthers who was almost on third when the catch was made. This was the first unassisted triple play in the history of organized baseball.