Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
PURE CLIPS MARK
IN STEEPLECHASE
Schwartz, Illinois A. c., Also
BetterS Own Record in
16-Pound Shot-put.
BY TED VOSBURG.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

| one went into a temporary
eclipse.
A few moments after Paavo Nurmi
had been disqualified from future COM
petition in the United States by last
minute withdrawal from the Emile
steeplechase ip the National A. A. U.
track and field championships at Madi-
son Square Garden, Elmo Purje, youth
| full countryman, took his place in the
same event and set a new world mark
full seconds better than the former
| standard
Word was received at o'clock from
Nurmi that he would not be able to
| compete. No reason was given. The
committee met at once and took the
drastic action which will keep the seven
times Olympic champion from doing his
stuff on American tracks until he ex-
plains his withdrawal to the A. A. us
satisfaction.
Shows Great Speed.
Winning the steeplechase in the re-
markable time of 9:55 Us by a wide
| margin, Purje, who was running his
first race in this country, chalked up the
second world record performance OPP
posite his name. He already held the
outdoor 2,000-meter championship made
| In Finland.
More than living up to advance
notices that heralded him a second
Nurni, Purje clipped exactly 4 seconds
OF the worlds best previous time made
by Willie Ritola, New York Finn, at
Louisville, KY, in 1925. Apparently
tireless, he ran the rest of the field into
the ground to finish so yards ahead of
| Owe Anderson, also of Finland. who was
second. Franklin Osgood Of New York
A. c. was third
So easily did Purje run that few of
the spectators realized a smashing
world record was in the making He
cleared the barriers with an easy hurting
stride. A huskier runner than Nurmi
or Wide. he seemed to feel the pace not
at all and appeared well able to run a
| few more laps. The event is run on a
regular track with two obstacles, one
a fence that requires a combination
hurdle and broad jump and the other
more like the orthodox hurdle.
Hurts Shot 50 Feet 3 Inches.
Herb Schwartz, giant from the IIli-
| nois A. c.. shattered his own world rec
ord for the indoor 16-pound shot-put
not once. but twice, heaving the weight
so feet 8 inches on two consecutive
tries. The former standard was set by
him at 40 feet 67s inches in the title
! games here year ago.
On his second great heave Schwartz
| literally rang the BELL" knocking over
The gong used to sound the final lap
of the races, which had been placed at
supposedly safe distance
Dave Adelman, Georgetown, and
Barney Berlinger. Penn, who were Sec
ond and third. were more than feet
behind the Chicago stalwart.
The one and Seven-eighths mile re-
lay went to the BROOKLYN Central Y. NJ.
G. A. in an upset which saw the I'LL
nois A, c. finish third behind New
York University. which was second.
Wide Scores Easily.
| Running Leo Lermond, Americas best
standard bearer. entirely of the track.
Edwin Wide, Sweden's long-striding
schoolmaster, carried off the 2-mile
championship in minutes z seconds,
new record for the title meet.
Lermond, defending champion, who
has been suffering from a severe cold,
dropped out after mile and a quarter.
| Lermond set the early pace. but was
| cut down by Wide after six laps. He
logged the Swede's heels until shortly
after the start OF the second mile,
when he began to wilt badly. Finally
| giving it up altogether Bob Dalrynple,
Boston A. A. clubmate of Lcrmond, was
second by about five yards less than
a lap and Frank Bayley. NJ. Y. A. c.,
former Dickinson College runner, third.
! Wide ran easily and sprinted the last
two laps with almost the speed of a
quarter-miler. His time was a second
and a fifth slower than he made in
Boston last night, when he turned in
the fastest two miles of the season. The
championship record which he erased
! tonight was set at 900 3-5 seconds by
his rival Nurmi in 1925 at Louisville.
| Engle Wins Thriller.
In one of the most hair-raising fin
ishes the event has seen, Charles Engle
OF Yale succeeded Launcelot Ross, a
non-defending Eli teammate, as 800
yard champion. He beat out H. G..
Oestreich, Illinois A. G. veteran, by
inches in the final rush. Frank Cuhel.
former Iowa collegian. was third The
time was 33's seconds. Eddie Roll of
Colgate, q favorits, failed to place.
A second meet record fell in the 600
ward f1nal before the fying feet Of
Phil Edwards. New York University
Negro and Canadian Olympic star, who
succeeded himself as champion, Scooting
around the course in one minute 12
seconds. The dllsky flyer cut one and
one-flfth seconds from the champion
ship mark made by George Lencss in
1927 and missed the world record set
by Alan Hlffrich four years ago by
just fifth of a second.
Ed Blake of the Boston A. A. was SEC
ond several yards back and Fred Vcit.
N. Y. u, third
Charley Major, Negro high Jumper.
who formerly competed for st. Bona
venture College. was crowned champion
IN his speciality with a leap of 6 feet
inches. Hal Osborne. Illinois A. C..
star. was second, inches below this
mark, and George Wolf of Yale third.
with feet IL inches.
Harry Hinkel strobe away with the
one mile walk championship as easily
as ne did year ago. Mack Weiss.
Newark A. c., was second to the New
York A, G. crack and Anthony Podbiel-
ski, New York, third. The time was not
fast. 6:402s.
William Werner of the Greenwood
Track Club, New York, likewise retained
his honors in the standing broad iump.
clearing 10 feet 61a inches. while Allen
Thomas, Penn A. c., and Dan Lyons,
Illinois A.. c.. tied for second at 10
feet u inch.
Champions Are Dethroned.
A new champion was crowned when
Jimmy Daley, slim young sprinter from
Holy Cross, dethroned Karl Wildermuth
q Georgetown as champion in the
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