Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-07
SHARKEY MADE
FAVORITE OVER
JOHNNY RISKO


NEW YORK, March H1--Jack
Sharkey has been made q decided
favorite over Johnny Risko Tor the
second semi-tinal of the heavy
weight elimination tournament, but
it isn't quite clear Just how the So
called wise money gets that way.
With the exception OF Honest
Tom" Heeney all of the big fellows
in the tournament have been in-and-
cutters. Tom has plugged along con-
Sistently, in fact too consistently foT
his own good A flash OF the some
thing or other that has made Jack
Dempsey stand out would boost
Heeney to the top of the heap
! Sharkey and Risl1o are more spec
tacular than Heeney, but more diff
ficult to figure in advance, Unless
the railbirds base their contentious
on the ground that Sharkey, after
two unsatisfactory bouts against.
Dempsey and Heeney, is due for a
return to form it is difficult to see
how the Boston sailor can be made
topheavy favorite.
Risko is apt to connect with one
of his terrific left hooks any time
/ Il
durance and aggressiveneSs OF the
Heeney sort. He isn't the boxer or
sharpshooter that Sharkey is, but he
is difficult target for any marksnan
to bring down.
G. C. Pyle's transcontinentar foot
race, popularity known as the "bunion
derby has brought back into the
limelight one OF the greatest mara
thon runners of all time, Willie
Kolehnainen of the well known
Kolehmainens OF Finland.
If his bunions do not succumb to
the long grind Willie may find the
end of the big-money rainbow some
16 years after ne started out in quest
of it.
Back in 1912 Willie turned PRO"
at time when there was much hub
hub over professional long-distance
running. Tom Lcngboat; Alfred
Shrubb, Johnny Hayes, st. Ives and
others were in the public eye. 1t
looked like a chance to clean ur,
for Willie was the fleetest of the
KolehmainenS He collected worlds
professional records for distances OF
| IL miles up to the standard marathon
routes but didn't collect much money.
No promoters were offering $4,000
purses for grand tours IN those days.
! The day is not far past when
! outdoor track and field records were
the standard OF the world bnt since
1925 many OF the principal perform
| ers, such as Lloyd Hahn, Sabin Carr,
Paavo Nurni and Willie Ritola, have
been doing better in the steam-heated
arenas than on the cinder paths.
Hahn and Carr both have surpassed
outdoor records this winter.
! Here's how the worlds indoor and
| outdoor marks compare in the Il
standard events:
100 Yards--Indoor, :09 4-5 (Clerke); {;
outdoor, :O9 3-4 IS men).
22O Yards-I Indoor 20 2-5 (Murch1-
| SOM; outdoor, :2O.5 Oocke).
44O Yards-Indoor, :49 3.4 G1al-
pin); outdoor, AT 2-5 (Meredith).
800 Yards-Indoor, ISL 2-5 (Hahn); !;
/ outdoor, 1:5l 3-5 (Peltzer.
One Mile Indoor, 4:12 (NurTni,
! Ray); outdoor, 4:1O 2-5 (NurrnD.
Two Miles Indoor, 8:55 is Nur-
nil; outdoor, 9:O1 Us (Wide)
Three Miles = Indoor, 1886 10
1 (Ritolal; outdoor, 14:11 1-5 fNurmD :.
Five Miles-Indoor 24:21 As Crit
4 olal: 24:06 1-5 (Nurn1D.
I Pole Vault-Indoor, IA feet inch
| Carr: outdoor, IA feet Carr.
i High Junp-Indoor, 6 1eeV IA
inches Osborn; outdoor, 6 feet 8 IA
inches (Osborn).
/ Bread Jlimp-Indoor, "a feet Z Ii
| inches (Hubbard); outdoor, rs feet
10 7-o inches (Hubbard).
Shot Put-Indocr, 49 feet 6 7-8
inches (SchwarzeN; outdoor, 81 feet
Ose).
mo Breakfast Complete Without