The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-30
Fleet Half.Miler May Press
Messrs. Cunningham, Bon
thron and venzk0
NJ JIMMY DONAHUE

some noise about Glenn Cunningham,
Bill Bontl,ron. and Gene Venzke and
their coming three-way duel to break
the world indoor mile and 1500-meter
mark. But another guy who has filed
entry in the approaching session Of
board meets may take the measure OF
the three aforementioned.
He's Charley Hornbostel, the slim,
silent exbank clerk from Evansville,
Ind, who, running for Indiana uni
versity last summer, set . new world
mark In the S00-meter run, turning In
q 1909 performance.
Hornbostel, spectacles and Ill, was
the only conqueror Of Glenn Cum
ningham outdoors last season. Al
though he is at his best at the half
mile, It Is expected that the Hoosier
Hurricane viii step of the longer
distances with the Cunningham
venzke -Bonthron trio when the sea-
son opens. Jan. 6, with the K. Of G..
meet at New York.
There Is every reason to believe that
Venzke's world indoor mile mark Of
4:lO will be shattered sometime dur
ing the indoor year. With Bonthron,
the great Princeton star who broke
the world outdoor mile mark running
second to Jack Lovelock last summer:
Cunningham, the Kansas comet who
beat venzke twice on the boards last
winter, and Hornbostel Ill aiming ct
Venzke's mark, there will be intense
rivalry that will add wings to the
four flyers feet.
In addition to the mile and 1900.
meter events, which promise to be
match races between these four boys,
there will be several other races which
feature hot competition.
The spirits will be closely contest
ed. Ralph Metcalfe, brilliant Mar
quette negro who burned the boards
last year. will again face stiff COM
petition from Emmett TOPPING, 10y
ola flash, and Eddie Siegel, the New
York amateur runner. But Metcalfe's
chief rivalry may come from Jesse
Owens, another negro boy who flash
ed across the cinders last year In star
ring for 4 Cleveland, Ohio, high
school.
X \ *
Jesse has entered Ohio State and
may run against Metcalfe as = fresh
man. While he has been q sensation
over the longer outdoor course Of 100
yards. he has yet to show In the short
er board distances Of 50 and 90 meters.
Being fast starter, however, he
shows promise Of being as good in the
short sprints as he Is over the full
100 yards.
In the pole vault Keith Brown Of
Yale can look for little competition
and. therefore. probably won't set up
any new heights. He cleared II feet
indoors last season, to chalk up . new
record.
George SPITE, New York U. boy who
|outjumped everything in shorts last
winter, will be back for his last crack
George, q senior now. will round out
a collegiate career that has been sen
sational.
An old familiar face will be bach
when Joe McCluskey. former Ford
ham steeplechase and distance flash
dons the colors Of the New Yorl
Athletic association to pound out thu
5000 meter grind. His chief competi.
ton will come from little Jackie Ryan
the Manhattan boy who beat Joe. ON
OF the few times the shufflin' Irish.
man bowed in 1888.
A foreign threat will make his ap-
pearance In the lineup when Venzke
Cunningham. Bonthron and Horn.
hostel line up. He Is Luigi Beccali
the dashing Italian who won th(
Olympic 1500-meter event In 1852 and
at the Tag end Of 1888, defeated thu
mighty Jack Lovelock, Of New Yea.
land, world mile record holder.