Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-12
SETS THREE MARKS
AND T|ESAFOURTH
Sailing and Keller Also Estab-
Iish World Figures in
N. c. A. A. Meet.
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY.

)HICAGO, June 11.-Uncle
II Sam, an ebony phantom Of
~ the cinder path, is a cinch
to be a member of your
Olympic team.
He is Ralph Metcalfe, 22-year-
old Negro youth from Marquette
University, who today, in two
amazing races, eclipsed three
world records and tied another, as
Indiana won the National Col
legiate Athletic Association track
and field championship with Sc
points.
Metcalfe, in one of the most sensa-
tional individual performances in track
history, shattered the world marks for
the 220-yard dash, the 100 meters. the
200 meters and tied the accepted world
record of 9.5 seconds for the century.
Metcalfe's performance, topping an aft
nailed as the greatest achievement
since Charlie Paddock broke the world
records for the 100 and 220 in one aft
ernoon, back in 1921.
Metcalfe was the outstanding per-
former, although not much ahead Of
George Sailing of the University Of
Iowa, and Jack Keller of Ohio State,
each Of whom set world records.
After 372 athletes from 88 colleges
and universities, from Pennsylvania TO
Arizona. finished their performances,
five world records had been ecIipsed,
one had been tied and six records for
the meet had gone glimmering.
Make Final Olympic Trials.
The winners of today's events and
those who tra1ed them in second and
third place, will be chosen to compete
in the final trials for Americas Olym-
pic team July 1916. at Palo Alto. Calf.
Metcalfe, powerfully built youngster
weighing 100 pounds and standing S
feet II inches, started his amazing
cash In 9.5 seconds. breaking the tape
2 yards in front Of Don Bennett of
Ohio State. This equalled the world
record made by Eddie Tolan. another
Negro star, from the University of
Michigan. Metcalfes most sparkling
race was the 220-yard dash in which
he slashed tenth of a second from
the world mark. to beat another Negro.
James johnson of Illinois State Normal
py ydr0S, IN 2O.5 SECONDS.
In both races Metcalfe also was
timed at metric distances for Olympic
competition. The watches showed him
knocking of 200 meters in 20.2 seconds.
threetenths Of second better than the
existing world mark held by Roland
Locke OF Nebraska. He was timed at
100 meters at 1912 seconds, two-tenths
Of a second faster than the record
established by Charlie Paddock
The battle for team championship
honors involved Midwestern rivals. with
Ohio State finishing second to the
Hoosiers with 49a4 points. Minnesota
was third with 3el2. and Marquette,
because of Metcalfe's achievements,
was fourth. with 232..
Sailing. the fashy Hawkeye, gave the
world somthing to shoot at in the 120-
yard high hurdles when he skinned
over the barriers in AL seconds to
knock three -tenths of a second from
the accepted world mark, made by Earl
Thomson CT Dartmouth in 1920 and
later tied by E. Wennstrom of Sweden.
Keller also knocked a hurdle record into
the discard when he galloped over the
220-yard low hurdles in 227 seconds.
The old accepted mark is % seconds fat.
Keller had to break the record to
beat Sailing. They were about on even
uSl Will JWO lllOIt llIl OlcS " ClCdL
when the blond Buckeye star. with
sudden burst, gained a step and finished
with clean-cut victory.
Sailing, in his record breaking, took
the lead at the first hurdle and in
creased his margin with every stick.
finishing 8 yards ahead of John Black
Of Ohio State. Keller, figured to furnish
the opposition to Sailing. got away
poorly, and just managed to finish
third.
Brocksmith Twice Nipped.
Henry Brocksmith. the bespectacled
HooSier from Indiana University. met
art-breaking defeats in the mile and
2-mile races. Glen Cunningham of the
University of Kansas. started an eXplo-
sion under Brocksmith when he con-
quered him in the mile in ALI. to
chop more than six seconds off the ma
tional collegiate record. Brocksmith, the
Western Conference champion, meas
ured strides with Cunningham right to
the finish. Then the Kansas flyer shook
off Brocksmiths challenge to win by
3 yards. Cunninghams achievement
was the fastest outdoor mile ever run
| in America.
In the Emile, Charles Shugert Of
Miami University, oxford. Ohio, tri-
umphed over Brocksmith in a sensa-
tional stretch finish with the Hoosier
Keeling on wobbly legs, finishing about
yard and half back of his conqueror.
To beat Brocksmith, Shugert broke the
national collegiate record, covering the
distance in 9:16.7. They raced neck and
neck for about a hundred yards.
Hugh Rhea, all-America foot ball star
from Nebraska. contributed a new ma
tional collegiate record for the shotput
by tossing the ball SO feet So inches.
1t was more than a foot better than
the old mark Of 81 feet, ia inches
made by Harolow Rothert of Stanford,
1880.
Summaries Of Meet on Page ~