Evening star., 1932-02-28
SMASHES RECORD
BY225 SECONDS
Runs Distance in 3:53 2-5.
TOPPING Ties Dash Time.
G. U. Four Beaten.

-Gene Venzke of Potts
L Y town, Pa, tonight set a
new world indoor record
for $500 meters in the knights
OF Columbus games at Madison
Square Garden. Venzke'S time of
8 minutes SO Us seconds for the
classic Olympic distance shattered
both Lloyd Hahn'S American in
door record of 3:55 As and Ray
Conger'S record of 3:55 outdoors.
Venzke, who 10 days ago established
a new world record Of minutes 10 Sec
onds for the indoor mile, eclipsed the
1900 mark just as easily as his ad-
mirers had anticipated. Taking it easy
until more than half the distance had
been covered, he moved into second
place five laps from home and did not
take the lead until two laps from the
finish, when he swept past Frank
Crowley Of Manhattan College and won
going away.
Crowley finished second, 35 yards be-
hind Venzke, barely beating out Frank
Nordell, New York University sopho-
more, who was third. Ray Conger,
holder. of the outdor record for the
event, was fourth, with Leo Lermond of
New York A. C. fifth and E. F. Catalan
Of Boston A. A. sixth.
Although Venzke's time eclipSed all
recognized records for this country, it
fell short of the listed worlds outdoor
record of minutes 81 seconds, held by
DR.. Otto Peltzer of Germany.
With Leo Lermond setting the pace,
the first quarter pole was passed in the
fast time of COL is seconds. They
passed the half-mile post in 2:06 AS,
with Lermond still holding doggedly to
the lead. At the three-quarters pole
Nordell had forged to the front in 3:14.
with Venzke in second place.
Two laps from the finish Venzke
made his bid. Giving everything he
had, he swept past the last Of the boys
who had been put in there to extend
him and, with the crowd Of 10000
cheering him on, went the rest of the
way like a sprinter. He appeared fresh
as he broke the tape.
Bernard McCafferty of Holy Cross re-
tired the Cardinal Hayes trophy in the
Casey 600-yard rum" winning the
event for the third straight year with q
time of minute IL 4-10 seconds. Ar
mold Adams, Bates College star, making
his Garden debut, ran second, Z yards
behind the leader. Eddie Blake OF Bos-
ton A. A. was third.
TOPPING Equals MARX.
Emmett TOPPING equaled the world
record time of 2-10 seconds IN win
ming the 60-yard dash. Jumping into
big lead with the gun, the Loyala Uni
versity speedster steadily increased his
margin to hit the string full 2 yards
IN front of AloySiuS Kelly OF George
town, who nipped Eddie Tolan, De-
troit Negro star, for second place.
George Weinstein of New York Uni
versity captured fourth place, beating
out Ira Singer, last years indoor cham
pion.
It was Toppino's final indoor appear
ance of the season, and he completed
an arduous months campaign In the
East with the record Of not having
been beaten either in the preliminary
heat or finals of scratch event. His
only defeat was in a handicap event, In
which he started at scratch.
Percy Beard, national indoor and out
door hurdles champion, romped in first
IN the 60-yard high hurdles in 5-l0
seconds. The New York A. c. star had
to hustle to beat out Frank Mardulier
Of the Boston A. A., who barely was q
foot behind at the tape. Charles Sum-
merrill Of Princeton was poor third.
G. U. Quartet Defeated.
New York University's crack mile re-
lay team won the senior relay event
when it outran Georgetown's fast four
in minutes % As seconds. George
town, after setting the pace for the
| first two laps, finished second, five yards
back, with Manhattan College third.
Michael Pecora, the Brooklyn walker,
| who heeled and toed to new worlds
record for the mile in the national
, amateur meet Monday night, found q
lap handicap too much to handle to-
night and could finish no better than
| fourth in his speciality. Charles Ash
| enback of the New York A. c, with
a 2O-second handicap, won the event.
| in 7 minutes AS seconds. Earl Rugle
Of Stonewall, D. c., was second.
George Lermond of the New York
Athletic Club made a sensational clos
| ing sprint to beat out Joe McCluskey,
Fordham distance ace, in the 2-mile
run in 9 minutes II 3-5 seconds. Nc
Cluskey, who Monday night set new
| worlds record for the indoor steeple-
chase, had 10-yard lead as they went
into the final lap, but he didn't have
what 1t took to stand on Lermond's
great squirt.
Forty yards from the finish Lermond
passed his fast-tiring rival and hit the
tape yards in front. John Ryan Of
Manhattan College pulled up a poor
third after having fought nip-and-tuck
with the leaders until the last two laps
Of the gruelling event.
Let's Wins 1000 Meters.
Dale Let's of the Illinois A. c., ma
tional 1000-meter champion, won the
half-mile invitation after brisk battle
with George Bullwinkle of New York
A. c. Bullwinkle, determined to gain
revenge for his defeat by Let's Monday
night, set a furious pace and held the
lead doggedly until they entered the
bell lap. There the Illinois star gave it
the gun, fought his way past Bullwinkle
a half lap from the finish and swept
home a yard in front. Let's time
was 1855.
Fred Sturdy of LoSa Angeles, another
national champion, could do no better
than tie with Tommy Warne, former
Northwestern star, in the pole vault,
each making Is feet inches. Three
Yale Vaulters. w. L. Thompson, r. Z.
Pierce and T. H. Lee, tied for next
place at 13 feet.
As usual, there was no one to stand
against George Spitz. phenomenal New
York University sophomore, in the high
jump. The world record holder sailed
over the bar at feet 6 inches and
called it night. Harold Osborn,
Illinois A. c. veteran, tied for second
place with Howard Spencer of Geneva
College, each doing 6 feet inches.
New York's dapper mayor. Jimmie
Walker. appeared long enough to pre-
cant Uauzke with n c1in and a Veru