Evening star., 1932-02-07
TIME, 4::11:O2, BEST
OVER ROUTE IN i. s.
ExceIS Mark Set by Nurmi,
Ray-TWo Seconds Under
Best Outdoor Speed.
b. the Associated Press.

n TEW YORK, February g.
y Gene Venzke, young New
Yorker, smashed the world
1-mile indoor record to-
night, when he raced the distance
in the sensational time of 4 min
uteS II Is seconds to capture the
Wanamaker mile, classic of the
MilIrose A. A. track and field car
nival.
Venzke, a rugged youngSter, who
has only come to the front within
the last year, ran front race all
the way to eclipse the record Of
Alp, held jointly by the great
Paavo Nurmi and JOie Ray, and
set in 1925.
1t was the fastest mile ever run IN
America and only two seconds short
of the world outdoor record, set last
year by Jules Ladoumegue of France.
Venzke in Lead All Way.
Venzke leo throughout the ll-lap
tourney around one of the country'S
fastest indoor tracks and finished 10
wards in front Of his nearest rival. Leo
Iermond of the New York A. c. Trail
ing by Is more yards was Frank Crowley,
Manhattan College star. while Ray
Conger of the Illinois A. c.. winner OF
the last three Wanamaker miles, and
Oval Martin of the Los Angeles A. c.,
trailed fourth and fifth, in fiVe-man
field.
Venzke's fractional times. by quar-
ters. were 5945 seconds, 2:03 ), 3:O9z5
and 4:11l5.
The New York youth, unattached to
anv club. had been undefeated this
season and indicated he was ripe for
a record threat by doing the mile IN
Ass in Boston last Saturday.
TOPPING Sweeps Sprints.
The South's bundle of sprinting
energy. Emmett TOPPING, of Loyola
University, New orleans, swept the
boards in the feature sprint series. He
romped off with the 50-yard final, beat
ing New Yorks national champion, Ira
Singer. after equaling the world indoor
record of 81 seconds for the 60-yard
dash.
Mary Carew Of the Medford CMassD
Girls Club captured the girls inter
national 5O-yard sprint, beating Mary
Iadewig of the MeadoWbrook Club,
Philadelphia, by inches in the final
heat in So seconGs. The Canadian
entries failed to place.
Wells Hurdle Surprise.
Monty Wells of the Boston A. A, ex-
Dartmouth ace. Sprang something of an
upset by beating the two crack Mid
western hurdIelS, James Hatfield OF
the Illinois A. c.. and Jack Keller of
Ohio State. in the final of the 50-yard
high hurdles Wells hit the tape foot
in front of Hatfield in 6.5 seconds, with
Keller a yard behind.
TOPPING, making his indoor debut,
proved a sensation. He equaIed the oU-
yard record in his first trial heat, beat
Al Kelly of Georgetown, Eastern inter
collegiate champion, in the Semi-fnal at
SO yards and uncorked burst OF speed
in the final, also at so yards, to beat
the same rival b. two feet. =.
Singer was third and Bill Bruder Of
the Newark A c., fourth in the final
heat. The time was SIS seconds, three
tonthS of a second short of the world
mark for the shorter distance.
George Simpson Of the Los Angeles
A. c., former Ohio State ace, was not
mp to form at the abbreviated sprintS
ami was eliminated in the Seml-tlnalS
Alex Wilson, slim Canadian star
wearing the colors of Notre Dame, cap
tured the classic MillrOSe 600-yard IN
vitation race for the second straight
year in a five-man race in which the
Hungarian champion, Laszlo Barsl was
a bad last.
Wilson laid back while Bernie Nc
Caffery of Holy Cross set all the early
pace, then made his bid in the last lap
ard won by three yards. Eddie Roll of
the Newark A. c. was third. George
Bullwinkle of New York A. c., fourth,
and Barsi, fifth, 20 yards in the ruck.
The Hungarian, unused to the boards,
nearly tripped and twice lost stride
completely in the first lap to forfeit any
chance of figuring in the competition.
Wilson was clocked in the good time
of 1925,
CohaIan Scores in 1000.
EF Cohalan Boston A. A. runner,
came from nowhere on the last turn
TO win the l.OOO-yard race from field
of collegians who had set the pace most
of the way He nipped w. R. Bonth-
ron Of Princeton by a SCant foot at the
tape. with Carl COan of Pennsylvania
third. Ward Hardman Naval Avademy,
faded after leading for the hrSt
few laps.
Michigan State Normals crack one
mile relay team handed a decisive
trimming to Syracuse University in
three e-cornered race in which Massa--
chusetts Tech was last Syracuse looked
a winner until Simmons, running sec
ond for Michigan State Normal, took
command and handed over lead that
the anchor star, Ray Arnold, stretched
to good IS yards at the finish over
Earle of Syracuse. The time was SITS.
Princeton scored last-lap victory
over Ohio State in one-mlle relay
race, in which Columbia was third and
last. The Tiger anchor runner, DERBY,
uncorked a sprint that overlook Faze-
kas of Ohio State in the last turn and
won by a good five yards. In the brush
for the inside position, Fazekas was
jostled by his rival and lost stride.
The meet was brought to brilliant
climax when George Spitz, young New
York University high jumper, broke his
own world indoor record with a leap OF
feet 75s inches. He set the previous
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