Netters:
Since I don;t get the Times on a daily basis, I had missed Frank
Litsky's obit on Ben Eastman, but will get to the library pronto to read it.
Eastman;s absence from the Hall of Fame is certainly a big boo-boo,
but noty the only one. At least two New Jersey athletes should have been
indi=ucyed long ago: Al Blozis, who dimnated the shot put world the same way
Cornelius Warmerdam did the PV in the same era (early 40's) and John
Borican, who shared worlkd indoor recoirds at both 600 and 1000 yards, Both
belonged to that "losy generation" whose careers were boighted by WW II;
both also died far too young, Blozis heroically in WW II, Borican as a
result of a rare blood disease less than a year after he had won the outdoor
AAU 800M crown in 1942.
Perhaps Eastman might have been chosen had he not insisted on
challenging Bill Carr for the 400M title at he '32 OIympics and run the 800M
instead, probably his better distance.
Two other local matyters:
Lindsay Van Alstine, a Footlocker finalist last year, may have run
her last HS cross-country race. After winning in convincing fashion at last
week's Shore Coaches meet, Lindsay experinced upper leg pains during her
warmdown and, when they persisted, went in for a medical checkup. A
preliminary disgnosis of a stress fracture in her frmur was made, but she
will be examined again this Thursday.
Questions have been raised about the absence of Amber Trotter from
the New England CC race this week. Also missing were the Guiney twins, Megan
and Cate, who have not run for Boston College in almost a year now. I hear
rumors of a transfer, but no confirmation. Anyone have further knowledge of
their plans.
Our present twin set in NJ, the Trotters (Amanda and Kate, no
relation to Amber), now appear to have a clear shot at a 1-2 finish at the
AG meet. They took this past weekend off, with their county meet coming up
Tuesday at Holmdel County Park.
ED Grant
