The Omaha guide., 1934-06-30
KANSAN LOSES
SLOW MILERUN
RUNS WITH INJURED
LEG:LAMBERTUS L O


LOS ANGELES, Calif,June23-The
race was not to the swift but TO the
strong Saturday as Stanford won the
thirteenth annual national collegi.
ate track and field meet, marked by
the triumph Of Bill Bonthrcn Of Prince
ton over Glenn Cunningham Of kans-
as in a 4:O8.9 mile.
The Indians scored an amazing tot
al of GO oints to 81 7-2O fora Southern
California, in the place position, ana
AZ for Louisiana State university
The winne-s won only n first
place, the discus by Gordon "Slinger"
Dunn, but the Indians picked up many
seconds, thirds and fourths.
Defenders Win Four Firsts
Louisiana State, the defending
champion, grabbed four firsts, the
sensational Glenn Hardin winning two
the 22O-ysrd husdles in world record
time and the 440-yard dash in faster
time than it has been run in the IL
previous N. c. c. A. meets.
The other two firsts by the Louisi-
anans Were scored by Jack Torrance,
the man mountain, in tn shot put
with a raaece better than any
reeoido vgr. marx. but not SO good
day out, Va &c drilling two youngsters
as his previous effort Of 50 feet IL
inches, made at the Drake relays and
now waiting 10 be recogn.z d. and by
George Fisher, who wen the 120-ya d
high hurdles.
B~ontnrons defeat Of Cunningham
il tn nile was one OF the most SEN
sational eispodes of the day The
Princeton lad nipped the Kansan in
the last 150 yards and won going
away, at least six yards separating
the pair at the finish.
Glenn Bothered by Injury
Bonthlon reversed a decision of a
week ago at Old Nassau when Cum
nihgham set a new worlds record of
a minutes 81 seconds. Bonthron's
time of A minutes 8.9 seconds was bet
ter than Cunningham's N. G. A. A.
record of 1908 last year.
Cunningham, favoring an injured
left foot, had nothing left for the half,
some 40 minutes laters and did not
finish among the first six. Charlie
Hornbostel of Indiana won handy.
Listed records went by the board
all afternoon as almost perfect wea-
Their conditions enabled the athletes to
put forth their best efforts. Four
worlds records were smashed and five
N. C. A. A. marks We're bettered and
one tied.
Lambertus N0sed Out
Applications for only one worlds
record will be made as a result of
the meet since tn other performances
were not up to applications already on
file
Oddly nough the record for which
world recognition will be asked only
tied a previous N. C. A. A. record for
which no application had been made
Glenn Hardin ran the 22O-yerd low
hurdles in 22.7. This equaled a per
formance by Jack Keller of Ohio State
in 1892, but bettered the mark of %
seconds set by Charles r. Brookins of
Iowa in 1924. He won by a scant
yard over Amsden Oliver, Miami, with
Heye Lambertus, Nebraska, third. two
wards back Of the winnert Lambertus
faded in the last so yards after hold
ing an early lead. Lmbertus was
bothered by a bad ankle.
The feet Hardin ran the 44O-yard
dash in AT seconds, clipping a tenth of
a second from his own N. c. A. A.
record made last year.
Torrance Has Own Way
The giant Torrance, who tralled
trailed Lyman Of Stanford a fraction
of an inch in the relims Friday, show
ed that he was not fooling in the fin.
ais. His first put of the day was
ahead of Lyman's best Friday nd nj;
second carried 81 feet 6 and $40 incl
es. The other fellows spent the res
of the afternoon shooting at that
Slender Jack Rand of San deg
State College cleared IA feet u incl
to win the pole vault, with a new
meet record.
The other N. c. A. A. reeor'
humbled was the jayelin throw. 30
Parke's toss of 22O feet II So niche
Friday resisted all attacks in the i'm
ais.