The Omaha guide., 1934-06-23
WORLD MARK
SETBY KANSAN
IN MILE RUN
BEN EASTMAN TROTS
HALF MILE IN 1:49.S

PRINCETON, N. J.-Barrel-ch .sted
Glenn Cunningham of Kansas flung
back the challenge Of his greatest
foot racing rival, Bill Bonthron OF
Princeton, Saturday with a void re-
Notwithstanding triumph on the
lattcrs home grounds.
His Egs driving like twin pistons
in a dazzling burst of speed that left
the renowned Bonthron struggling far
in the rear, fully 40 yards behind at
tho finish, Cunningham flashed home
in the astounding time of A minutes
81 seconds in the fastest mile ever
ran by man.
Brings Back Mile Laurels
The flying Kansan, running on the
Tiger 4 eck for the first time, clip
ned nine-tenths of a second from the
world record made little ] IS than a
". II a4. n the anne cinder path by
Jack Lovelock CT Oxford and New
ga. a.. lie aisc brought back to
Am 4.ca the coveted one-mile record
f. lib. first time since 1923, when
Paas, Nurmi wiped cut Norman Ia
ber's mark with a 4:10.4 performance.
Logelock'ss time last July was 4:07.6,
and On that occasion, as well as today,
B~onthron emerged the beaten man.
The Tiger stars performance that
day, hcweva5, was not only a big dis
appointment to his big cheering sec
tier but far below th- swift pace he
ran a year ago when he was timed
in 4:08-7, only seven yards behind
Lovelock. B~onthron's time June 16
aft .rnoon was Alps.
Eastman Runs $50 in 1:49.8
Cunningham's smashing triumph
followed an equally brilliant world
record half-mile victory by Blazing
Ben Eastman, the former Stanford
university flier, who capped the
climax on his com sback by running
away from the famous Indiana run
ner, Charley Hdmbostel, in the I'M
precedent time of / minute 49.8 sec
onds.
Eastman, who returned to compel
ition only this spring after nearly a
years absence from the track because
of an injured leg muscle, ran a front
race all the way to beat Hornbostel by
five yards but the Hoosier had the
consolation of also lettering all ex-
ting half-mile records as he was
clicked in 1:50.7
Near Two Second Under Mark
The big blond Californian. now
wearing the colors of the Olympic
club of San Francisco, clipped slore
than a second off the unofficial
world record of 1909 which he haC
Jointly shared with Hornbostel. His
time was nearly two seconds faster
than the listed world mark, 1:51.6
set by DR.. Otto Peltzer of German!
in 1926.
This nearest thing to Eastman
performance in the record books !
the eight hundred meter record, ident
ically the same, 1:49-8, made by Ton
Hampson Of England in the 1913
Olympics at Los Angeles bu
Eastman ran approximately five yard
longer and would have clipped tina
: record too, if timers had been ther
to clock him flying past the metri
mark.
Fuqua Sets Track Record
These twin record shattering ea
ploits by mercury-footed sons OF tn
west furnished a rousing climax I
Princeton's all-star invitation trac
and field meet, added another pair
foot-racing epics to the rapidly grow
ing American collection and thrlllt
a roaring crowd of 80 thousand
One other record was broken VIII
Ivan Fuqua, co-captian with Hor-
bostel of the Indiana team, romp4
off with the 440-yard run, beatil
Oh Ya,o of Cornell hv two wards