The Washington herald., 1920-08-17


Fulfilling the promise OF early
trials. the American hurdlers piled
up a total of seventeen points in the
4OO-meter hurdles finals today, when
Loomis. star of the Chicago A. c.,
took first place and established a
new world record of ifty-four sec
onds for the event. He beat the old
mark by one second fat. The Amer
leans also took second. third and
sixth places in the race, out Of a
field Of six.
LoomIs shows Rare Form.
I,oomis ran a race in which he
showed rare judgment from begin
ming to end Norton and Andre
both set out at terrific pace at the
start. and were leading Loomis by
three full strides at the halfway
mark.
At this point in the race Andre
passed Norton. and it looked bad
for our chances for a win until
LoOmis started a few steps farther
on to overcome the lead the French
man had taken, and continued to
draw up on the leader. due entirely
% his perfect hUrdling. They were
about $50 yards from the finish
when Andre kicked hurdle. giving
evidence Of the fact that he was
firing Newton beat Andre over the
last hurdle. and in the sprint took
a lead of yards.
I,oOmis at the finish Of the race
never looked stronger. in spite q
ne fact that he had set = new
worlds record and that the track
was Of the slowest.
The secret Of Loomis' fast running
over this distance lies in the one
fact that he never races AZ the hUr-
dies. Andre sprinted between each
jump. changing from his stride to
a sprint on each occasion. while
Loomis kept his stride all the way.
and timed il TO fit the distance be-
'ween the hurdles. II was notice
able that he gained ground over
each obstacle.
LOOMS nearest contender was J.
K Norton. of the San Francisco
olympic Club. who was three yards
behind. Third place was the only
one hotly contested and A. G.
Desch. of Notre Dame. only led
Georges Andre. Of France. by a mat
ter OF six inches. Carl Christierns-
sen. Of Sweden. and Charles DagEs
Of the Los Angeles A c.. were NTH
and sixth. respectively.
Paddock Easy Winner.
As everyone fully expected. Pad
dock. carrying the colors Of the Los
Angeles, A C.. was an easy winner
in the finals OF the 100 meter sprint.
The Americans also took second
when KirkSey. OF the Olympic Club.
san Francisco, beat out Edward. the
Englishman The order IN which
the rest of the field finished was:
AIkihan. France. fourth; SchoIz.
University Of Missouri. fifth: and
MurChisOn. y Y. A. c.. sixth. Time
for race was 10 4-5 seconds.
LehtOnen. Of Finland, won the
pentathalon with IS points. beating
F l. Bradley. Of the Univ ersfty Of
Kansas. by : points Brutus Hamil-
ton. of the University of Missouri: :
Lortineu. Of Finland. and Legendre.
OF Georgetown University. were tied
at third. LooIand, of Norway, was
fourth, and Ohlson. of Sweden. fifth.
Hamilton was favorite among the
Americans He took the broad jump.
but was unable TO overcome the ad-
vantage held by Lehtonen in the
weight events.
scores for PentathIon.
The scores for the pentathIon
were: Lehtonen. IS; Bradley. 25:
Hamilton. Lortinen and Legendre.
Is. LoOland- p. and Ohlson. 30. The
low score in this contest won, first
place counting one. second two, etc.
Campbell. Scott. Sprott and Eby
qualified for the Americans in the
SNo-met"r finals, which will be run
tomorrow.
r. n. Brown. Of Boston: Ivan
Dresser. Of New York. and c. Fur
mas. NJ Purdue University. qualified
for the 5000 meter run. c F. Hunt
OF. of San Francisco. fourth Ameri-
can starter. was shut out in his heat.