New Britain herald., 1925-03-31
ll5 NEW WORLD
 RECORDS MADE
This Is Result Of Closing Indoor
 Seasons Efforts

New York, March 31.-One hun dred and fifteen world records have been made to date in the indoor track and field season which virtu- ally closed last Saturday night with the Morningside A. c. games here. Of this amazing total-itself a rec ord breaker-61 marks still stand; the others were superseded on the books almost before the ink tl-lt wrote them was dry, by better per formances.
 Paavo Nurmi, Finlands fair-hair- ed ambassador of athletics, leds the procession of mark makers with S4 records, of which IS still stand to his credit, Most of the other sixteen he himself has broken in subsequent meets through the east,
 Spurrcd by Nurmis unprecedent- ed feats, Americas tracks stars have contributed their best to make this the greatest indoor season in the his tory of the sport. Their efforts in any other year would have been phenomenal; but the books show that they spent most of their ener- gies in a vain pursuit of Paavo, the abo antelope, the flying Finn. the son of mercury.
 To Willie Ritola. a fellow country man of Nurmi but a resident of the United States. goes the honor of sec ond place in the record total. This | persistent member of the Finnish American A. C, has broken eighteen records since the first of the year, but has seen most of his perform ances fall one by one behind the speeding feet of the Olympic cham pion.
 Ugo Frigerio, Olympic walking champion who came to the United States from Italy soon after Nurmi'' | arrival, has made fifteen marks al his speciality. middle and long dis tancc walking. Nine of his records were made last Saturday night wheI he defeated Willie Plant, his Amer ican rival in 10000 metres race
 Plant. with three defeats owe Frigerio 10 his credit, has made si' records and has held four of them.
 Of the other outstanding stars o the indoor season, Alan Hclffrich the Penn State runner, has prove q sensa tion, setting and rctainin
 three world marks and losing onl
 one race. Lloyd Hahn. fleet memhe
 Of the Boston Athletic association has lowered Nurmi's time for l.5O metres and three quarters of mile
 and still holds those marks. Harol Osborn. high jump eXtraorjinar! , has broken his own record thrc { times.
 Joio Ray and Hahn stand or
 among tho American milerS wh have pcrsistently held to Nurmi F trail. Ray. whose many records. pa f tiently accumulated during a decad r have bccn beaton by the Finn, ra e thc Er, ato.st mile of his career Q Madison Square Garden on the nig. 0 Of March 1T and equalled Paavo !, indoor record time of 4:i9, whl O Hahn finished four-fifths of a set ond behind. Joies fondest wish sinc
 his carly season defeats by Nurn
 has been 10 meet the visitor in al
 other mile race; and this would haN - been realized on that night had n, d Paavo been stricken with acute Il O digestion and fore, 10 withdra e from the meet.
 Q NurmTs records have been ma'
 at distances from three-quarters ,- a mile to and including 4,000 metre e he had the 5000 metre mark witt q in reach when taken i'll. His ou n standing performance, however, Q the opinion Of the eYperSs, is h if mark of S minutes 5S Is secon'
 for the indoor two mile run, ma Il on February 14 al the New Hot
 Athletic club games in Madist
 Square Garden. Entil Nurmi did