Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
BEARD SETS MARK
OF 14.2 IN THE 20
Four Meet Times Lowered
and MortenSen Claims
DecathIon Title.
BY WILLIAM WEEKES.

EMOh1AL STADIUM, Lin
I'M coin, Nebr., July 4 o.
L Y Il Percy Beard of the New
York Athletic Club, who
never before had won q major
outdoor track event, today stepped
out and knocked two-tenths of q
second off Earl Thomson's world
mark for the 120-yard high hur-
dies in the Senio rdiviSion of the
national A. A. u. championships.
Beard, a former Alabama Poly ath-
1ete, took sixth place in an N. C. A. A.
high hurdle race several years ago,
and last tied the world indoor record for
the 70-yard high hurdles and reached
his peak this season. Racing through o
light rain on a soaked track, the South
erner conquered the barriers in l42 Sec
onds. and officials indicated his accom-
plishment would be offered for approval
as a world record. He whipped Jimmy
Indiana University star,
handily, with Lee Seminar. running
for the Illinois A. c., third, and Byron
Grant Of the University of Utah,
fourth.
Set Mark in 1920.
Thomson, then at Dartmouth, set
his record Of l4.4 in 1920, and it was
tied by Wennstrom of Sweden in 1929
and by Steve Andersen of the Univer-
sity of Washington in 1880.
The team title was won by the Los
Angeles A. c., which collected 43 points
to IS for the New York A. C. The
Olympic Club of San Francisco took
third with "a. and the Washington A. C.
OF Seattle had 10 and the Illinois A. c.
had IL.
Four meet records were knocked
over during the afternoon. Frank
Wykof. the countrys premier 100
yard dash man, whipped a fine fieid
in 9.5 seconds to set a new senior
standard, while Bob Maxwell Of the
Los Angeles A. c. did the low hurdles
in 23.5 seconds for another mark.
Eddie Genung of the Washington A.
G. raced half mile in 1926 to aid
Tolan of Michigan, showed back to
third place in the century, came back
to win the 220-yard dash in 81 Sec
ondS nat. The race was run around
a curve and his time was three tenths
of second better than the accepted
senior mark set last year by Bob Simp.
son Of Ohio State University.
The mile failed to produce a record,
but Leo Lermond, veteran Eastern star,
~s-@e&S ia
whipping a fast field. Gene Venzke,
former New York University speedster.
raced him every step Of the way, and
Lermond finished in AIS. Frank
Crowley of the New York A. q was a
good third, with Frank Lydic, Kearney,
Nebr, State Teachers, who won the
junior title yesterday, fourth. RAY
Conger, 1880 winner. was well back at
the finish.
Wykoff Takes Century.
Wykod left no doubt as to his supe-
rlority in the Century. He blaZed out
OF his holes, and at so yards was lead
ing by 8. Emmett TOPPING Of Loyola
University, New Orleans, moved up, and
Eddie Toland staged his famous finish,
but they finished in that order. with
the former Trojan yards in front.
Tolan had a tough time winning the
furlong from another colored flyer,
Ralph Metcalfe. Marquette University
freshman. Metcalfe got away in front
and maintained a 6-inch advantage
down to the last few jumps, when Tolan
made his drive to win by inches.
Genung ran a corking half mile,
fighting for the lead from the start and
keeping 1t when he got it in spite of a
hustling challenge in the stretch by
Otto Rosner of the N. Y. A. c. Dale
44Cbeo, WIZ AC4CdNC0 SCAAAle 4AA UAAC 4Ad
tional collegiate championships last
month, was third. about 10 yards back.
Jesse Mortensen of the Los Angeles
A. c. unoficiaIly was credited with
8,177.463 points for the Decathlon,
enough to give him a new world record,
but the officials in charge of the event
would not give out an official verdict.
1t was reported that Mortensen's eligi-
bility had been questioned. Mortensen
EAv1na%fny1
Department of Riverside (Calif) High
School. and the report said this might
cause him to lose his amateur standing.
Anderson Ineligible.
John Anderson of the Century A. c..
Cleveland, winner of the discus throw
in the junior championships yesterday,
today was declared ineligible for coHpe-
tition in the division for having been
a member of the last American Olympic
team. The revision gave first place to
Henry Laborde of the Olympic Club,
San Francisco, with Tom Pickell OF the
Los Angeles A. c. second. j. G. Petty
of Kaufman, Tex. moved up TO third
and White of the Kansas State Teach
ers. gained fourth.
Daniel j. Ferris, Secretary-treasurer
of the National A. A. u, said as far as
he knew there was no question about
his record performance in the decatf1-
lon yesterday and today probably would
be offered for approval at the next
meeting of the international fedora
ton.
Mortensen in the two-day test bet
tered the total of 8053 .290 set by Paavo
Yrjola of Finland in the 1928 Olympics
at Amsterdam. He made better mark
in the Southern Pacific meet, and both
records are expected to be offered for
aprrova1