New Britain herald., 1929-07-05
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY B. 1929.
EDDIE TOLAN IS
 CENTURY CHAMP
Takes 100 and 22O Yard DaSheS
 in A. A. U. Track Meet

Denver, Colo, July 5.-(P-Eddie | Tolan may not be the worlds fast est human," but so far as the anna teur athletic union is concerned the | stocky little University of Michigan Negro is the 1929 champion in the ! 100 and 20 yard dashes. Further more, Tolan can run faster against i Colorado winds than Claude Bracey of Rice institute, Frank Wykoff, the "Glendale greyhound" or Russell Sweet of the Olympic club. He prov ed that yesterday in the senior cham pionships.
 Tolan won the Century dash against an 1S-mile an hour wind in 10 seconds, and bucked 13-mile an hour blow in taking the 20 in 2l 9-10 seconds. His sensational, driv- ing finish won him the hundred, for, like Wykoff, he was away to a slow start and was in third place ten yards from the finish. In the 20 he came in fast on the last 100 yards. and had plenty of room to spare on Wykoff, in second place.
 Against the steady wind that pre- vailed yesterday there was no hope for records in the sprints One of the four new A. A. |. marks registered was on the track, nevertheless. R. F. Bowen of the Pittsburgh A. C., ra1. 44O yards in 4S 4-10 seconds.
 Other records:
 157 feet inches. by Eric krenz of the Olympic A. C. in the discus. 1 IS feet 9 1-4 inches in the pole vault by Fred Sturdy of Yale.
 o04 feet 9.75 inches in the javelin by Jess Mortenson of the Los Angeles A. C.
 ] The Olympic club of San Fran cisco with A points, displaced their Los Angeles rivals from the team championship, the Southern Cali | fornia club being close behind with 39
 Four senior champions retained their titles. They are Herman Erik of the Los Angeles A. c, in the shot put; Steven Anderson of the Univer- l cils oI " etollillS loll III NIiN I-u Sdl | hurdles; Pat Mcdonald, of the New l York A. C.. who has been a cham pion or contender since 1911, in the SC pound weight, and Harry Hinkle. also of New York in the "heel and | toe" three mile walk. Anderson add ed the 20 yard low hurdles cham pionship by beating out Dick Rock away of Ohio State, the favorite. To- Ian and Anderson were the only con- testants able to win two first places. Among the noteworthy perform ances of the day were two by Colo rado boys. Gordon Allot of the Uni versity of Colorado won the junior | championship in the 440 yard low | hurdles Wednesday and came back | to capture the senior championship in 54 S-l0 seconds. Allot beat out the defending champion, F. Morgan ray Tor of the Illinois A. C. with yards to spare. He was the only junior cham 1 pion to crash through with a senior title, although Ed Parker of Cobra do college, who won the junior two mile steeplechase gave Dave Abbott. | the national collegiate champion, scare in the senior event. Parker. trailing by wide margin as they came down the stretch. put on great burst of speed and finished only inches behind.
 | Other new champions are; 16 pound hammer, Jack Merchant. Olympic 4. C.; six mile run, Louis Gregorie. St. Joseph's C. C.; New York; hop, step and jump, Robert Kelley. Olympic A. C.. SS-yard run, | Phil Edwards. New York university; one mile run, Leo Lermond, Boston A. A.; high jump. Henry Lassallette, Los Angeles A. C., and broad jump, Edward Gordon, University of Iowa.
 Today's program consists of the relay events and the decathlon. Ken meth Doherty of the Cadillac A. C., Philadelphia. is the defending decathlon champion. and the out standing favorite to repeat. The Den yer. Los Angeles, New York. New ark and Boston Athletic clubs will have teams entered in the relays, which include the quarter. half, one two and four mile events.