The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-27

America placed all four Of it's
starters in the two spirits, Scholz
and Paddock running one-two in
the 200-meter dash. It also got
the first three places in the pole
vault, first, second and fourth in
the high Jump and discus. first and
second in the hammer throw, ana
first, third and fourth in the shot
put.
In addition. Osborne furnished n
new world record in the decathlon
and a new Olympic record in the
high jump; Legendre hung up new
world figures, rs feet 6 5-16 inches
In the broad jump or the pentath-
Ion series; Morgan Taylor repeated
his world record effort of So 3-6
seconds in the final heat Of the
400-meter hurdles, the 400-meter re-
lay team stepped its distance in II
seconds, a worlds record, and the
l,600-meter team cid likewise in 5
minutes IS seconds.
Outside Of Nur1ni and ~RitOla,
the Firms who scored nine-tenths
of the points for that nation,
America supplied the only double
winners Of the games in Osborne
and HOuser. 1t was great
American team that was only
prevented from overwhelming its
field by q series of miSfOFtuneS,
notably the disqualification Of
BroOkins in the 4OO-meter hurdles
and Guthrie i'm the 11O.meter
hurdles, and the injury to COard
/ Taylor, probably the greatest
quarter-miIer of the present gen.
Grafton.
Nurmi, Of course, was the out
standing figure Of the meeting in
winning the 1.500-merer, 5,OOO.meter,
S,000-meter team race and the TO-
000-meter cross-country run within
a single week. He proved himself
the greatest runner of all time.
Charley Paddock, who was a bit
"underdone' in his training for the
games was a disappointment, get
ting a fifth In the 100-metre and
second in the 200-metre run. But
he came back at the national cham
pionships at West Orange, N. ].
and left no doubt in the minds Of
those who saw him as to his right
to be rated the premier sprinter of
the world.
On the occasion in question he
won the 10O-yard dash from Murchl-
son and Leceney IN 8 3.5 seconds,
equalling his, worlds record for The
distance. Less than an hour later
, Paddock ran the legs off Murchlson
to win the furlong by four yards in
| 20 40, equalling another Of his
world marks.
Running in that form in the
Olympic games. Paddock would
have been unbeatable and the
British chant of triumph over the
victory Of Abrahams over our best
sprinters at 100 metres would
have been stilled forever.
Another great performance went
to the Boston College two.mile re-
lay team which defeated Cam
bridge University and the field in
general at the Pennsylvania relay
games in TAT 3.5, worlds record.
The team was made UP Of McKil-
lop, Mahoney, Welsh and Cavan-
augh.
After a famine OF many years
standing, Yale came back with i
victory In the Intercollegiate, caus-
| ing something of an upset. The
Bulldog also supplied the individual
cross-country winner in M. l..
Smith, but Pittsburgh won the
team prize, another unforeseen oc.
currence. Fred Wachsmuth, Of
New York, led the field home in the
A. A. u. senior event, while Cum
mar Nilsson, Finnish-American A. c.,
won the junior title. The senior
outdoor track and field champion
ship went to the Illinois A. c. So
did the junior championship.