Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08

nois A. c. and then by Earl Fuller of
the Olympic Club San Francisco. in
the f1rlal 800-meter race, broke the world
mark for this distance, but failed in
his additional attempt to shatter the
880-yard record. His time of Isl Us
for the 800 meters erased the figure of
] 81 3-5 set by the famous German, DR..
Otto Peltzer. in London In 1925, but
the doctor ran full 880-yard race that
day in that time, receiving credit for
the 800-meter mark because it improved
on the book standard also.
Hahn today was timed at the half
mile, about 6 yards longer than the
300 meters, in / so rs after apparently
slackening his pace as he broke the
first tape. After the race Hahn said
he misiudged his pace and thereby
spoiled what seemed a certain attempt
to shatter both records, for he was
pushed most Of the way by Watson and
extended to hold off Fuller's rush by a
margin of yards at the finish.
The new American records fell TO the
distance-running prowess of the veteran
Joie Ray in the l0.000-meter final and
to his Illinois A. c.. club mate, Ray
Conger, IN a spectacular 1,500-meter
race.
Ray, = already having clinched his
place on the marathon squad and
looked on as the chief American hope
In this classic, ran big field of rivals
into the ground to cover the 10000
meter route, approximately 614 miles,
in 81 minutes % Us seconds, more than
Is seconds faster than the record set in
1912, by w. j. Kramer at Cambridge.
Joie. leading all the way, with effort
less stride, finished 200 meters ahead of
John tBlondy) Romig of the Meadow
brook Club, Philadelphia. with Verne
Booth of the MillroSe A. A.. of New
York. third in a field that again en-
phasized the inferior class of American
distance running talent, barring such
an exception as Ray.
Conger is Extended.
Conger had to kick through with a
wonderful sprint in the last so meters
to win the 500 meters in the new
American record time of 3 minutes IS
seconds, and save himself from possible
elimination. The fleet Iowan was
pocketed and in the ruck with less than
half half lap to go but he came up
with long. space-eating strides 70 beat
cut Sid Robinson Of the New York A.
c.. by Scant yard. with Nick Carter
of the Los Angeles A. c., and Orval
Martin of Purdue in close pursuit.
This race took heavy toll among the
favorites. including Joe Sivak of the Il
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Carolina. and Rufus Kiser. University
of Washington ace, who finished fifth.
sixth and seventh. respectively. outside
the coveted first four of which the team
selections we're to be based
An even more startling upset marked
the final of the lI0-meter high hurdles
| won by Steve Anderson. rangy Univer-
/ sity of Washington star. in the world
| record -equaling time of IA seconds.
| after Ross Nichols of Stanford. the ia
vorite and hero of the trials. fell over
| the next to the last barrier. finishing
| fifth and last
| Nichols. who had equaled the world
mark yesterday. was leading. shoulder
| to shoulder with Anderson and John
Collier of Brown. when he stumbled
and Sprawled to the track. sliding into
the next and last hurdle as he turned
somersault. He was the victim of an
unfortunate break" It developed after
wards. when officials announced the dis
covery that the hurdle over which
Nichols tripped was slightly out of place.
Just enough to catch his feet as he al
lowed a minimum of clearance in the
wild chase over the barriers. AS ne
went down. Anderson came on with a
final rush to nose out Collier and Leigh
ton Dye of the Los Angeles A. c. with
Carl Ring of the New York A. c. fourth
The Olympic record of II SIS seconds
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