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LINEUP GREATooTRACK TOURNYaDAZZLING ARRAY OF 31 MLSENTER EAST’S INDOORPROGRAMNEW YORK, Jan. 19 (/Pj—-A dazzling array of truck and fiolcl talent today was lined up by the Amateur Athletic Union for the coming big Eastern indoors meets in an effort to keep the wolf away from the door.Faced with an economic situation which finds most other sports organizations drastically curtailing activities, track officials hope to attract the cash customers with asambitious a program as they have attempted in many years.I No Jess than six Olympic cham-IiI1caa' pions—two of them from Europeseveral national champions and outstanding competitors from every section of the United States have been invited by Daniel J. Ferris, A, A. U. secretary-treasurer, to make the Eastern swing, starting with the Millroee games in Madison Square Garden February 4 and running through the Nationals February 25 and the K. of C. games early In March. Most of those invited have either accepted or indications are they will, Ferris said.Luigi Beccall. Olympic 1,500 meter winner of Italy, and Jan Kusocinski, Poland, 10.000 meter titleholder, are the star foreign entries. Big Leo Sexton, shotputter, Little Bill Carr, 400-meter winner and world record holder, Bill Miller, pole vault champion, and Jim Bausch, all-around champion, head the list of homebred aces.In addition, Ralph Metcalfe, national sprint king, Emmett Toppino, the little Southern filer who tied the 60-yard dash mark nearly every time he ran the distance last fall, Frank Wykoff, holder of the world 100 yard record, Glenn Cunningham, who ran the fastest mile in collegiate track history last summer, and Gene Venzke, holder of the world indoor mile record of 4:10, will spice most of the big features.J
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Amarillo, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 19, 1933
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