Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-07
Nuf Demonstrates the Speedest Gotham Competition

|, setting the pace. as though the latter
were standing STILL and easily held his
margin in spite of the desperate final
sprint of the little American, who sur
rendered lis laurels only after GAL
liant struggle.
a crowd Of 1900 that packed the
historic Garden to its rafters gave
Nurmi an ovation sucA as few ath-
letes have ever received. Nurmrs
performance, in which he duplicated
in even more sensational fashion his
olympic feat of taking two races in a
short space of time. was hailed by
experts as particularly remarkable in
view of the Firms comparatively short
period Of preparation for indoor run
nings, under strange conditions and
after an ocean journey.
Loren Murchison, former national
sprint king, carried the Newark A. G.
colors to victory in the opening ev-
emit when he won the 80 meter sprint
in brilliant race with Frank Iius-
sey. former New York schoolboy star
now running for Ridge Tech of Bos-
ton, and established a worlds indoor
record for six seconds fiat for the
event. No previous records were list
ed for this distance.
Willie Plant, American walking
ace. scored an international victory
in the two mile handicap walk when
he won sensational duel with Phil
| ip Granville, Canadian negro, who
| formerly held the American champi-
| onship. Plant shook off his rival two
| laps from the finish after nip and
| tuck race to that point and won by
! 25 yards. Both started from scratch
and outclassed their field. Time
14:1t is.
Abel Kiviat, one of the greatest of
| American milers a dozen years ago.
failed in desperate effort to win the
three quarter mile metropolitan
championship he won last year in a
: comeback campaign. His finishing
squirt tonight failed by yard to nip
| John Barnes, st. Anslem A. c. Time,
| 1892 rs.
Time for the one mile run: first,
Paavo Nurmi, Finland; second, Joie
Ray, Illinois A. c.; third, Lloyd
! Hahan, Boston A. A.; fourth James
j. Connolly unattached. Time 4:13
| and 80. (NeW worlds indoor rec
| ord.)
Loren Murchison. in his second
| start, broke one worlds indoor mark
! and established another when he ran
| away with the ESQ meter sprint.
| Murchison beat his nearest rival, Ed
! die Farrell, New York A. &. by Il doZ-
| en- yards, set a mark of 20 seconds
| for the distance and was clocked at
| the 220 yard mark in % 2-5 seconds,
| beating his own former mark of 22
| and 3-o seconds, set in 1919. James
Shore. Millrose A. A, was third. Time
| 20 seconds. (Worlds record)
Another indoor record was estab-
iished by Alan IIelffrich, Penn State
! star, who out-footed Vernon Ascher
J OF Georgetown University in the SOC
| metre race. Helffrich led all the
| way but STAYED off Aschers final
rush by barely a yard. His time of
1.105 40 sets a new mark for the
| distance. for which no previous rec
! ord is recorded. Francis DAILY OF
| Boston College was third.
The New York A. c. took the
measure of it's Chicago rival, I'LL
| holS A. c., in a relay of | rs miles
conhned to these two entries when
, Willie Goodwin, running the anchor
| mile Tor the local quartet, ran away
| from Kay Dodge after the latter had
pecn handed a big lead by Ray Wat
! son in the third leg. Goodwin won
| by % yards. Time lbs %.
Harold Osborn, Illinois A. C. Star
| Who won the olympic decathlon anG
hlgh jump titles, captured the high
4, Jump tonight with - leap of six feet
| TOUR inches, but failed in an attempt
TO better the worlds indoor mark Of
leet II inches, held Jointly by
| LICK Landon and Leroy Brown.
! rive thousand meter run: First
| Haavo Nurmi, Finland; second. Will
ne Rltola. Finland; third, Verne
| Booth, Millrose A. A.: fourth, George
Lermond, Boston College. Time
! I1.44 80 (new WORLDS record !