Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
CHARLEY HOFF
CAPTURES INDOOR
WORLD TRACK TITLE.

New York, March 16-(AP)-Shat-
tering two worlds records and win
ming five Of the seven events. Charley
Hoff of Norway captured the worlds
indoor all-round athletic champion
ship tonight, defeating Emerson Nor
ton OF Georgetown after Harold Os-
born Of the Illinois A. c., American
and Olympic title holder, was forced
out by a sprained ankle.
Hoff broke the worlds indoor broad
jump and pole vault marks in scor-
ing clean cut triumph and regis
tering one Of the greatest all-around
performances ever witnesses, indoor
or out.
The slim, debonair Norwegian dis
played the broad jump standard with
a leap of % feet, z 3-S inches, after
which he thrilled a crowd of 10000
at the Knights Of Columbus track and
field carnival held in Madison Square
Garden. by pole vaulting to a height
of 13 feet. Z inches, the ninth time
he has surpassed the worlds record.
Mishaps blasted the hopes of both
American stars but it is doubtful
whether either, in top form, could
have taken the laurels from the
vaulting Viking tonight.
Hoff finished the seven event COM
petition with grand total Of $685.
points while Norton amassed 4,70S.4.
Osborne withdrew at the end of the
third event with total of 1894.
Osborn's injury was sustained in
his favorite event. the high jump, in
which he provoked an old sprain in
the ligaments of his left ankle. He
was forced to quit after gamely stick
Ing 1t out for another event, the shot
put.
Norton met disaster in the sixty
yard high hurdles, in which he was
disqualified and deprived of all points
by knocking down two of the four
hurdles. AS 1t was he finished sec
ond to Hoff but even had he been CIV
en- the point total to which his per-
Torrance was entitled, $40, he would
not have threatened the Norwegian
in the final count.
Another worlds indoor record went
by the boards when Georgetown Uni
versity's crack quartet McClain. Asher,
Swinburne and Burgess sped to victo-
ry over an ali-star quartet in a 1900
metre relay race. The time of 1922 3-5
displaced the former mark of min
utes "a AS seconds, set by Hol yCross
last January.
Georgetown's team trailed over the
first half of the distance with Cooke
Of Syracuse leading McClain by 10
yards on the first leg and Vincent
Lally Of New York holding two yards
advantage over Asher at the half way
mark. Swinburne, however, took the
\
York A. c. on the third leg and hand
ed Vineyard advantage to the
Georgetown anchor man. Burgess,
who STAYED off spirited losing ruch
by Ray Robertson of the Boston A. A.
to win by a scant yard.
The chances of Osborn In the all
around test faded in the second event,
the running high jump, when he re-
vived an old sprain in his left ankle
and barely was able to clear fraction
more than six feet.
Osborne not only is the Olympic and
American all-round champion. but the
worlds record holder in the high jump.
so that this failure in his pet event
robbed him of what was expected to
be big boost in his point total.
After Osborn's unexpected mishap
Americas other. hope, Norton, came
through to win the high jump with a
leap of feet l "a inches, garnering
ga points. which put him temporarily
in the lead with total of 1894 points.
Osborn, although jumping only 6
feet IA inch, got enough points to put
him in second place so far as total
points were concerned, wnife Hoff, as
result of clearing only 5 feet 8 L.
inches, was third in the standing for
two events.