Evening star., 1933-06-30
VENzKE HIS RIVAL
IN ONE OF EVENTS
johnson's Defeat of Owens
Is High Spot in Junior
Title Competition.
BY WILLIAM WEEKES,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ H1CAGO, June 3U.-Ine
main event of Chicago's
~ three-day track and field
show-the forty-sixth re-
newal of the national A. A. U.
championships-will be decided
tonight under the floodlightS at
Soldier Field.
One of the anticipated features,
a sizzling 100-meter race between
Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette Uni
versity and Jesse Owens, the
Negro flyer from Cleveland, has
been pretty we'll spoiled, but there
are plenty of other contests prom
Using as much, or more, brilliant
action
Jimmie johnson, another Negro
speedster, representing Illinois State
Normal, took care of the Metcalfe-
Owens affair in the junior champion
ships yesterday. He gave the Cleveland
youngster sound beating in the 100
meters and ran well enough-10.4 sec
onds-to promise the Marquette Negro
at least battle His time was only a
tenth of q second short Of the world
record, held by Percy Williams OF
Canada.
The 1,5oO-meter run, with Glenn Cum
ningham of Kansas and Gene VenZke as
the overnight favorites, and the 800
meters. again with Cunningham an i'm
portant figure, held the spotlight. In
the latter race, should he decide to run.
the Kansas ace. Americas greatest
middle distance star on his record, will
meet Charles Hornbostel, the Indiana
University youth who tied the unofficial
record of 1903 in the N. C. A. A.
championships two weeks ago.
Two Stars Missing.
1.-TWO other stars who had been
figured as capable of bothering
either Cunningham or Hornbostel,
BlaZin' Ben Eastman of Stanford whose
injured leg still lacks something of re-
covery, and Bill Bonthron, the Prince
ton iron man, who won the 800 and
$500 meters in the !. c. A. A. A. A.
games.
Before the lights are turned on for
the senior meet, the A. A. u champion
ships for women will have been settled.
The girls-minus Mildred Babe Didrick-
son, who won the meet all by herself
last year-were given the run Of the
place for this afternoon.
The senior track events will be run
for the first time at metric distances.
The juniors ran under similar condi-
tions yesterday. and all the perform
ances went into the books as records
The field events, however, were con-
Quoted on the old style plan, and five
new marks were established.
Shotput Mark Broken.
CORDON DUNN of Stanford Uni
II versity and the Olympic Club of
San Francisco showed the 16-
pound shot so feet rs inches. J. c.
Petty, jr., of the Texas Neighborhood
A. A. which won the team title with
2ls inches, and Nathan Blair of the
N. C. A. A. championship Louisiana
State University team threw the javelin
204 feet "A inches.
Charles MdleZeWSki of Rhode Island
State and the Shore A. c., New Jersey,
got off throw of 168 feet 4 inches,
for a new junior hammer record, one
that the seniors will have trouble bet
tering. Albert King, a Detroit high
school boy and Cornell Cooper Of Pitts
burgh tied at feet inches, for a new
IlSu jump StdIIudIo.
Simmons Is Speedy.
"HE most noteworthy track ac-
complishment. outside of john
sons 1914 in the 100 meters, was
q sparkling 1886 l 500 meters by John
Simmons of Abilene Christian. who ran
Nfor the championship Texas team.
Winners of the Junior titles last night
were:
100 meters-James johnson. Illinois Nor
200 meters-James johnson, Illinois Nor
400 meters-Merrill Hershey. Michigan
500 meters-John Simmons Texas &C:
5000 meters-stanley wudyki, Phila-
10 900 meters-Tom McDonough. Boston
Steeplechase-Mik Portanova. Boston
Walk-Max Beutel, Ninety-second Street
1I0-meter hurdles-Alvin Moreau. Louis
2oo-meter hurdles-Heye Lambertus u
4oo-meter hurdles-Bob Jackson. Penn
shotput--Gerdon Dunn. 0lympis. Club
Hammer-Charles Modlezewski. Shore
Poie vauitMLoweli Allen. unattached.
shnj Hish jump-cornell Cooper. Pittsbursh,
and Albert King Great Lakes M. A. A
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