Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-17 | Page 21 | Kansas Star Seeks 18th Mile Victory

Kansas Star Seeks 18th Mile Victory NEW YORK. Feb. IT (IN8) I Glenn Cunningham, undafeattd In IT atralght mila grinds, will again hold tha cantar of attantlon whan ha race ovar tha boards In tha Baxter mil, highlight al tha aav. eatleth anniversary Indoor track game ot the New York' Athletic club tomorrow night at MadUon Square Garden. The fleet Kansas will ba starting in hi seventh Baxter mile, and a victory will mean in addition to It atralght that ha becomes tha first man to triumph In the event five time. Abel Klviat won tha race four tlmaa atralght Irom It beginning be-ginning In 1(10. Another victory for the highly favored fa-vored Kanaaa and he retirea another Baxter cup. Glenn ha a big edge for this time" cup over a three-year three-year span with his 4 :08 6. Cunningham will ba opposed by Chuck Fenske of Wisconsin, who look a hi toughest foe; Archie San Roman 1, fellow Kanaaa now apparently appar-ently rounding Into real indoor form; Joeeph Foatart, Belgian ace, and Gene Venike, veteran miler. Sharing much of tholntereat la Don Lash, Indiana's running policeman, police-man, who look lik a possible record-breaker in tha two mila race. Lash now boasta the Indoor mark of :5. Against Do will ba pitted Mikloa Slabs of Hungary. :M two-mile outdoor record-holder, woh makes hia season debut; Tommy Deckard of Indiana; Joe McCluakey, N. Y. A C veteran; Forest Efaw of Oklahoma, Ok-lahoma, and George Degeorge of the N. Y. A. C