Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

~ ETROIT, June 30 (P).-Morgan
Taylor. the lanky, blond hur-
dler, wearing the colors of the
~ Illinois Athletic Club, Chicago,
established new world record
for the 400-meter hurdles today when
he cleared the barriers in the Midwest
sectional Olympic tryouts in 53l
seconds.
Tay1ors sparkling performance clip
ocd seven tenths of a second off the for
mer record made by Stem Petersen of
Sweden in a meet in Paris in 1925
TAYLOR also surpassed the Olympic rec
ord of 0 "a, set by Frank LoOmis OF the
Chicago Athletic Association in 1920
While Frank Cuhel of Iowa and other
murders have surpassed the 53-second
mark. their performances have never
been regarded as official, and Taylor's
mark will go down in the books as
record time.
Taylor, the defending Olympic cham
pion, won the event in the 1924 Olym-
pics in 500, but the record was not
allowed because he knocked down the
next to the last hurdle, and he was also
favored by strong wind.
Youth Wins Dash Event.
The performance of the lanky Illinois
A. I.
showing OF Eddie Tolan, 19-year-old
negro youth of Detroit, who achieved
a surprise victory over Fred Alderman
of the Illinois A. C. in the 200-meter
dash Tolan, 1927 national interschol-
astic sprint champion, and now fresh
man at the University of Michigan,
beat Alderman, former Michigan State
star to the tape by inches in OH 2-l0.
Alderman. however, ran a thrilling
race to win the 400-meter run when
he came up from seventh to first place
in the last 100 yards to break the tape
ahead of Ken Kennedy of the /. A. G.
in 48 seconds. Herman Phillips, for
merly of Butler College, but now of the
Illinois A. c. who had not heretofore
been defeated in the 400-meter event.
was nosed out for the first time today
when he finished a poor fourth. Phillips
was for three years national A. A. u.
champion. and also national intercol-
legiate titleholder in the quarter mile.
Ray McHugh of the Chicago Athletic
Association captured premier honors in
the 10.000-meter run, beating out John
zola. also Of the G. A. A.. but formerly
of the University of Wisconsin. Nc
Hugh negotiated the distance in 33:57.2.
with Lauren Brown of Michigan State
College third.
Ketz Wins Hammer Throw.
MILFORD Ketz of Detroit, representing
the University Of Michigan, and Holly
Campbell of Laurium, Mich. former
Hillsdale College star. competing unat-
tached. assured themselves of places in
the final trials for the United States
Olympic team next week at Harvard by
their performances In the hammer
throw. Although Ketz failed to ap-
proach the mark he made for new
Western Conference record, he tossed
the 16-pound hammer 153 feet inches
to gain first place over Campbell, who
registered lac feet inch.
Dan KinSey. former University Of IL
linois star. running under the colors of
the Chicago A. A.. won the ll0-meter
hurdles In race that saw Chick Wer-
ner of the l. A. c. finish fourth. Kinsey
won the event in 1872. with Lee Seminar
of Decatur, H., competing unattached,
second.
Werner. a former IlIini. was forced to
run around his last hurdle to avoid
crashing into a spectator who had
strolled out onto the track AS the re-
suit of this mishap he and Brickman
of the Chicago A. A. run second race
to decide third place. and Werner
turned in 14.9 seconds after Brickman
fell fiat on his face after tripping over
the second hurdle.
The events today were run over q
track heavy and SLOW the result Of yes
terday's downpour. All the field events
with the exception of the hammer throw.
the I00-meter dash. the 3000-meter
steeplechase and other track events will
be decided tomorrow.