The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-27
623ATHLEYES FROM
N COLLEGES ENTER
/ VARIETY OF EVENTS
Joe M'Cluskey Of Fordham Dop.
ed as Leader in Assault
Upon Records
HIGH JUMP MARK MAY FALL
Ralph Metcalfe, Dusky Mar
quette Star, Outran Top
Pine Saturday Night

New York, Feb. 27.-(R-The in
tercollegiates, the track and field meet
which usually manages to pack as
many thrills into IL events as the
other meets OF the indoor season pro-
vide In all their long programs COM
bined, brings the 1888 winter CAM
paign up to its grand climax next
Saturday.
The original entry sheet for the
12th annual indoor meet Of the inter-
collegiate association of amateur atl-
letes OF America listed 523 runners,
jumpers and weight men from ~ col
leges. OF these some 300, the pick OF
the lot, will compete.
Joe McCluskey of Fordham, winner
Of the two-mile race In record time
for the last two years, IS figured as
the leader in the assault OH the rec
ords. The Fordham ace has been al
most unbeatable indoors this season.
retaining his title In the 3,0O0-meter
Steeplechase at the national indoor
championships last Saturday and
Shattering the unofficial world mark
for the event.
The oldest of the I. G.. "A indoor
records, the high jump mark OF 8 feet
47s inches which was set by Leroy
Brown OF Dartmouth In 1922. seems
sure to fall as George Spitz, N. Y. U.
Junior, makes his debut In varsity
competition. Spitz also retained his
national title, jumping s feet "a
inches, Just quarter inch short OF
the world indoor record, which he al
so holds. He was ineligible last year.
Here is the list Of national cham-
pions who we're crowned Saturday:
35-lb. weigh Mortimer Req
nick. N. Y. U.
1000 meter run-Glen Dawson Iul-
ea, Okla, A. G.
X-3,OOO meter steeplechase-Joe
McCluskey, Fordham.
6O-meter dash-Ralph Metcalfe,
Marquette university.
x-65 meter high hurdles-Percy
Beard, New York A. c.
6OO-meter run-Milton Sander,
German-American A. c.. New York.
X-l5OO meter run-Gene Venzke,
University of Pennsylvania.
1900 meter walk-Walliam Carlson,
New York A. G..
1000 meter relay-University OF
Pennsylvania.
.x-50oo meter run-George Ler-
mond, New York A. c.
Running board jump-Theodore
Smith, Millrose A. A., New York.
is lb. shot put-Leo Sexton, New
York A. G.
X-running high jump-George
Spite, N. Y. U.
200 meter medley relay-Princeton
university.
X-team champion-New York A. c.
X-1ndicates retained title.
Ralph Metcalfc of Marquette uni
versity came from behind Saturday
night to nose out Emmett TOPPING Of
New Orleans, defending indoor sprint
king, in the world record time Of 81
seconds In the so meter final, a feat
tCre of the national indoor senior A.
A. u. track and field championships
Frank Wykoff of Southern California
was third.
Metcalfe, in capturing his first ma
tional indoor title and adding 1t tt
the American outdoor championships
he won last summer, equalled the pre-
viouS best time for the distance, made
by TOPPING in the quarter final heats
The old mark of 70 seconds also wa!
surpassed in every preliminary.
In a spectacular finish which saw
both collapse in the last lunge for the
tape, Gene Venzke of Pennsylvania
turned the tables on his Kansas rival
Glenn Cunningham, for the first time
to win the 1500-meter race. Venzke
won by inches In minutes. 554 Sec
Onds. just short Of the world indoor
record.
Another world record was topplee
In the 50-meter high hurdles final
when Percy Beard of the New York