Evening star., 1925-01-26

Ritola shattered the marks for
"a miles, 21a miles, "a miles and
5000 meters, in one OF the great
est demonstrations of ability the
sturdy little Finn ever has fur
nished In competition. AS meas
ure of consolation for the sting
ing defeats he has suffered at the
hands of Paavo Nurmi, his illustrious
countryman, Ritola had the satisfac-
ton OF shattering three of the great
Nurmfs records. Nurmi, until Sat
urday night, held the records for
"a miles, 2A miles and 1900 meters,
marks which now are TO the credit
of Ritola.
Further, Ritola succeeded where
Nurmi failed, for when the little
American developed Finn sped past
the 2h mile post in his flight
u 5000 meters. Ritola shattered
the 12-year-old mark of HanRes
Kolehmainen, a record which Nurmi
missed when he attempted it at the
games of the st. Joseph's Catholic
Club in Newark recently. The other
mark which Ritola shattered was
one Of his own.
Skaters Nurmi's Mark.
Ritola, the inspection Of the timers
reports yesterday showed, few past
the 2 Il mile post in 10 minutes 36 2-5
seconds, an improvement of five and
three ffths seconds over the record
of 1912 for the distance established
by Nurmi in Newark. At Pa miles
Ritola's time was II minutes As As
seconds, or four and three-fifths
seconds faster than the record
of lis 2-5 made sby the once great
Kolehmainen back in 1913. These are
the two records which the A. A. L.
officials overlooked in the confusion
of the meet
When he passed the 2% mile station
in 1901 1-5 Ritola shattered Nurmi' s
mark OF 13. 03 and at 8 miles the Finnish
club standard bearer was caught
in 14.11 80, displacing Ritolas own
mark of 1915 As. Ritola's time OF
14.39 20 for 5000 meters shattered
Nurmi's record of 14.443-5.
The competition was one of the
last important races OF the season fol-
Ritola, according to his present plans
Unlike Nurmi, Rjtola has announced
his intention of foregoing important
races because Of the demands re.
quired OF him in unbroken training
and frequent races.
Nurmi to he Busy.
Nurmi, on the other hand, plans tc
continue with the intensive active
campaign he has undertaken and is
eonfronted with particularly busy
week. The worlds greatest athlete
his star undimmed despite his failure
to overcome handicaps in Brooklyn
on Saturday night, is scheduled to en-.
gage In races on each night of the
important athletic carnival Of the
Millrose A. A, to be held tomorrow
| and Wednesday nights in Madison
| Square Garden: at the games under
the Joint auspices of the 102nd En-.
| gineer Regiment and the Morning
side A. c. in the Engineers drill shet
on Friday night and at the classic
| games of the Boston A. A, in Bostor
| on Saturday night. Incidently, thi.
l Is program which is duplicated b,
| that. of another International athleti,
star-Ugo Frigerio, Italian walking
| star who is to make his debut at tn,
| Mtllrose A. A. games, when he Il
| scheduled to compete on each night
Nurmi Is promised q severe test to.
| morrow night when he toes the mari
| for the three-quarter mile special In
| vttation race, d distance which is ad
| mittedly a trifie short for the grea
runner from Abo. Nurmi's rivals will
include Joie Ray, Lloyd Hahn, Jimmy
| Connolly and Leo Larrivee, according
to the entries announced by the Mill
rose officials. The Rodman Wanna
maker u mile special invitation rae,
will be the event in which Nurmi will
start on Wedne esday night. At the
games in the 102ds Engineers Arm
| ory Friday night Nurrni Is scheduled
to race in a record attempt at 2,00t
meters and on Saturday night il
| Boston the great Finn win seek 6
| 3,000-meter record.