Evening star., 1935-03-17
CUTS NEARLY TWO
SECONDS0FF MARK
Nips HornboSteI in 2::10.1,
Kansan Also Captures
Mile in 4:14.8.
By the Associated Press.

Il" 4SAe&As ANAeAAS SA%
nj Cunningham, worlds foremost
" miller, proved master of Chuck
Hornbostel, Indianas great
middle distance runner, tonight as he
smashed the world 1,000-yard record
by 1910 seconds in the Knights OF
Columbus indoor track and field
games in Madison Square Garden.
Cunningham was clocked in 2:10.1
as compared to Hal Cutbills 13-year-
old mark of 2:l2.
Taking the lead from Glenn Daw-
son of Skiatook, Okla, national title
holder at the distance, near the end
Of the first lap, Cunningham ran a
front race to beat Hornbostel by 3
yards.
Dawson was 80 yards back in third
place, followed by Elton Brown OF
Pittsburg, Kans., Teachers.
Cunningham again showed his
superiority over Gene Venzke as he
came back an hour after setting a
world record at 1000 yards to beat
the Pennsylvania by 3 yards in
the classic Columbian mile.
The Kansan was timed in 414.8,
far back of his world indoor record of
4:O8.4 made in winning the event
last year
Owens Twice Trails.
TN AN unexpected reversal of form,
Jesse Owens, Ohio State sopho-
more who set world record of
25 feet inches in the National
A. A. U. championships, was beaten
by Eulace Peacock of Temple in the
broad Jump.
Peacock, national pentathlon
champion, leaped "a feet II 3-8
inches, while the best that Owens
could do was "a feet 10 1-S inches.
Owens also trailed in the 60-yard
dash, being third in the sprint, which
was won by Ralph Metcalfe, with
Peacock in second place
Hornbostel Comes Back.
LOOMING back after losing to Cum
ningham in the 1000 yards,
HornboStel staged great finish
to beat out his former Indiana team
mate, Ivan Fuqua, in the 600-yard run.
Far back in the seven-man field for
three Of the four laps, Hornbostel
turned on the steam, swung into a
contending position a lap from home
and then with brilliant sprint caught
James Elliott Of VillanOva in the back
stretch and finally fought off Fuqua's
challenge in the closing strides.
HornboStel was timed in 1927, as
compared to the worlds record of
1:11.3 he set in winning the same
event at the Millrose games earlier in
the season.
Sears Beats Follows.
MYTH only inches separating
w them after sprinting the last
three laps, Raymond Sears,
Butler University, nipped John Fol-
lows OF the New York A. c. in the
final strides to win the 2-mile run,
with Joe McCluskey, Fordham ace,
10 yards back in third place.
The finish was close, but the time
Of 9:14.2 was slow.
George Spitz of the New York A. C.
came close to the world mark in the
high jump when he leaped 6 feet 8
inches to win the event. AL Thread
gill Of Temple and Harold Osborn of
the Philadelphia College of Osteo-
pathy tied for second at 6 feet 6
inches.
Summaries:
6O-YARD DASH. FIRST sEMI-FINAL
p.soo nwo qualify for inaD-Won by Eulace
l9mbia}; fourth. Edward d osuiIivan Sullivan (3D- D-
a'isseeS sfeoND sEMFfSaL Inf9 LseeSRSs sSS ou.,
sHssse5; Ben sSa 5ohnson Ms'eas Ms5;
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Iege5; Ilme-6.3 seconds
Emanne naEsa Kfosneg IN CN NPFflmnaTy u eatS W:
ton Ross (Newark Prep Arthur Janneii
tForGham). John McManus (Boston A. A..
sockl; third. Owens; fourth. 6ei Johnson.
6o:Y4RDS DSff9Gff HHGH HURDLE F1NAL-won
second. Ray. McLaughlin Boston A. A.;
third; JOSEF Robinson Newark A. c.;
fourth John Vatseas New York U. A. Al.
be5{s' bF{sur Placer. were winners ,. g, trial
Joseph, Wiseman New York A c.; Al
aaRssss; GfSS.lfse .a hs:
JaS05 Ms%on Ps1tscheT 7NsS her, IanRattsnl; Steven
ham (Boston College a. AJ; S Kingsley Lat Lat
a., RgsSNING BROAD JgMp-won by Eul-
Is iasSss @Pf 1saoPa gess oy.ns q 5s
thirs' S, LSyis 9s IT; T;ansssy tGerman American
ford wilson Gcty coIIese 3. tSnTSh Sev yoyf wei
Il feet 7ss inches.
aSTnS3stel ia1 Gedis5a} third Gienn 9oa1ss pas
ffRsnsas fSs.1sas City A; g.: Tims-2:1o.i.
ssSf;Saf fussl cSLLEeh' E hR'II RElAx-won b,
tsa s9has and e RsHS5ya 9ecoad esSi
,nTW0.MILE RUN-Won BY Ray Sears Sears
fdHs fSSnsler 1n.H UnyerSlty. Yart seco1d John Foi
eluskey {New York A. q; '5a fo1rsh. zoe FRANK Mi;
crSS1sy sSSytkp SF p kiS1wdTa s. Tme;saa:i4 a .,a
ton. Ind: third. John Wolff, Manhattan
College; fourth. Tim Ring, Holy Cross Col.
,..a aAIH;siIh f Kgs-we9 By Bill Ray
more Columbia University; third, Edwarc
ONE MILE COLLEGE RELxY9Wonn n B,
Manhattan (Beaudet: Averill. Morrissey
TIa TWoltp' :. sec sseend' Northeastern University
TWooMiLE COLLEGE RELAY-won b,
New York University merriam. Eiss
third. Manhattan College. Time: 59.7
RUNNING HIGH JUMP-Won by Gsore,
Spite New York A. CO. 6 feet inches
second. tie between Harold Osborn (Phila.
delphia College Of Osteopathy) and. A
Threadeill (Temple).. feet 6 inches
fourth, Vincent Murphy Notre Dame).
feet inches.