The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-30
Tony PlAnsky Wins Decathlon
Championship State
Carries Off Major Champion.
ships in Relay Events
Whitley Lloyd Wins Three
First Places.

Philadelphia, April 30.--(AP)--
The combination Of 4 se,nifrcczing
rain, mud inches deep and the col
lapse Of . section OF the stadium's
brick wall that spilled two score
or more spectators on the track,
failed Saturday to keep Paddock
from smashing the worlds record
for l7S yards in the Pennsylvania
relay carnival
Just % the bark Of the gun sent
Paddock and three rivals flying
through the mud and rain, q ~
foot section Of the retaining wall
at the edge Of the track yielded to
the force Of the crowds push and
spilled / ton Of bricks and Q wild
tumble Of spectators, including
many girls, out on the cinder path.
The flashing, baby blue clad fig.
ure Of Paddock, out in front, swept
into view At the height Of the con-
fusion. Enough Of the track was
left clear Of the tumble for the
blonde California flyer to swerve
and dash by. On sped Paddock,
knees pumping high and, arms fly
ing. to break the tape six yards in
front OF Folwell Scull, Penn track
captain, and SKATER his own worlds
record.
None Hurt in Rush
Paddock's time, after an official
parley, was fixed ut II 2-5 seconds,
two.fifths OF Q second faster than
the ITS yard mark he set at Salt
Lake City last year.
No one was hurt, beyond few
bruises and scratches, in the tumble
of some seven feet to the track as
the wall gave way, but it seemed
many escaped by close margins
from serious injury in the heap. The
sudden accident diverted the atten-
ton Of most Of the soaked and shiv.
sring crowd of $1,000 from the fin
insh of Paddock's race.
Officials rushed to the spot to
extrjcate the victims of the pile up
and it was several minutes before
there was . chance to cheer the an
nouncement that the California
comet had shattered worlds rec
ord under unprecedented difficulties.
The unexpected and double bar
relied sensation cclipsed the rest Of
the days program Of events, fought
out under - bad weather and rae
ing conditions ~ any track meet
has ever known. Paddock's record
performance was all the more re-
variable under the circumstances
and this was the only event Of the
dsy to zee ! new mark established.
Plansky Wins Deeathlon
The dseathlon championship end
cd . victory for Tony Plansky,
husky former Georgetown football
star, who beat out his nearest rival,
Kenneth Doherty Of Detroit by
about 100 points in the two day all
ereund battle.
This decAthlon was on official
Olympic test, the finish of which
was . sensational duel between
Plansky and Doherty.
The former Georgetown star, now
representing the Saint .Alph.nsius
A. A. Of Boston, won three Of the
10 events while Doherty captured
only one. Plansky compiled q total
81 7,ll2273 points and Doherty
amssssd 7,o4l.3S8.
Tom Churchill, the young Uni
versity Of Oklahoma star, staged q
great finish in winning the 1900
meter run by . big margin but was
in third place, we'll back of Doherty
In the final standing with 6,585.319
points. Vernon Kennedy, last years
winner Of the event, came back
strong today to place fourth With
6,<Oe.l16 points.
OF the original field Of 18 death
lon starters only 0 survived the
efuellino battle to the end. Whitley
Lloyd, the speedy midshipman from
Annapolis, won three first places,
breaking two records end equalling
another, but performed poorly in
the field events AMI withdrew after
starting the 1900 meter race. Lloyd
finished eighth.
Buckeye Sprinters Star
Ohio State, with flashy array
Of sprinters and hurdlers, carried
off the imajor honors in relay cham
pionships and other features Of the
closing days struggle in the mud,
rain and chilling tmosphere.
George Simpson, ace of the scarlet
sprinters, proved himself . good
mud horse by winning the 100 yard
sprint special in 10 is seconds af-
ter leading the Ohio State team to
victory in the half mile relay cha:l,.
pionship over Penn State.
The Ohio State timber.toppirg
quartet gathered futher laurcls by
capturing the $50 yard shuttle hur-
de medley championship. The Ohio
ans in the final heat conquered
Pennsylvania and Yale. Ohio's team
in the final was 1905 3-5.
North Carolina's great quartet Of
nljlers wcn the four mile champion
ship in sensational fashion, leading
virtually al the way.