Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-23
TWO new INDOOR
! MARKS IN GAMES
AT new YORK meet

New York, Feb. 22.-(AP)-Two
worlds indoor records were shatter-
ed and a third equalled today in the
track and field games held under
the auspices Of the 245th Coast Ar.
tillery in the Thirteenth Regiment
Armory while the Brooklyn-Queens
Marathon was In progress.
Willie Ritola, Finnish American
Iron man." tumbled the first record
when he conceded big handicaps to
a score Of rivals in a 5000 yard race
and passed them all to break the
tape in 13 minutes, 30 seconds. This
was seven seconds faster than the
former standard for the distance, set
by Ritola himself at st. Paul, Mimi,
last year during his transcontinental
tour with Paavo Nurmi. Ritola fin
ished fully 30 yards in front Of his
nearest rival, A. I. Totten of Union
College, who had handicap of 100
yards.
Alan Helffrich shared record
breaking honors with the sturdy
Finn by topping the 600 meter
mark which Vincent Lally Of New
York had set less than a week ago.
Helffrich, former Penn State flier,
now sporting the colors Of the New
York A. c., spurted to the front at
the gun and set the pace all the way,
beating off a ch..llenge by Lally to
win by 10 yards in 1 minute, % 2-5
seconds. Lally's former mark was
1.24.
Louis Clarke, erstwhile Johns
Hopkins flash, now representing the
Newark A. c., beat his clubmate,
Chester Bowman, by inches to win
the 100 meter dash in record squat
ling time of II seconds. This mark
was set by Bob McAllister, the
flying cop" two years ago on the
same track.
University Of Pennsylvania ath-
letes carried off fair share Of hon.
or swith Russell Payne carrying the
Red and Blue to victory in the 1900
meter run, while a Quaker quartet
romped to triumph over Lafayette
and Fordham in two mile relay.
and Carl Christensen in the IS
yard hurdles, were victors in other
specials, while Charley Hoff, crack
Norwegian pole vaulter, gave an ex-
hibition as the worlds record height
now is 10 feet 4 inches, but he did
not try to beat this today.
ouihihni1C VI tiC IcdLuE0 cNeLISs
100 meter dash-Won by Louis
Clarke, Newark A. c.: second. Ches-
ter Bowman. Newark A. c.; third,
J. o. Mcdonald, Pennsylvania:
fourth, John Tiedeman, Union Col
lege. Time, II seconds equals
worlds indoor record).
1900 meter run-Won by Russell
Payne, Pennsylvania; second, Paul
Farnham, Lafayette; third, John o.
Neill, Newark A. c.; fourth, Philip
Edwards, New York University.
Time, minutes 8 seconds.
5000 yard run (handicap)-won
by Willie Ritola, Finnish-American
A. c. (scratch); second, A. 7. Tot
ten, Union College, Goo yards) +:
third, r. Curry. Loughlin Lyceum
(15O yards): fourth, Louis Milofsky.
Glencoe A. c., GOO yards). Time,
IL minutes, 81 seconds (new world 8
indoor record).
10 yard high hurdles-Won by
Carl Christensen. Newark A. c.;
second, Herb Meyer, Newark A. c.:
third, Tom Farrell, Newark A. c..
Time, 8 As seconds.
Two mile intercollegiate relay
Won by Pennsylvania Greene.
Barnshaw, starratt. Rogers); second.
Lafayette: third, Fordham. Time, s
minutes 16 40 seconds.
oOOO meter walk (handicap)-Won
by Willie Plant, Morningside A. c..
lscratch); second, G. Mcintyre,
Morningside A. c. GO seconds) !:
third, Harvey Tinker, New York A.
G. 90 seconds). Time, 13 minutes
1 second.
600 meter run-Won bv Alan
Helffrich, New York A. c.: second
Vincent Lally, New York: third. Les.
ter Austin, Newark A. C. Time. 1
minute % 2-5 seconds. New world,s
indoor record).