The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-22
HARDIN, ONE-MAN TRACK TEAM WILL
 ENTER PENN GAMES
Star of Louisiana State and l93z Olympic Team
 Comes East

Philadelphia, April 22- Glenn Hardin, world record holder in the 400 meter hurdles and one of the greatest quarter milers in the world will compete in his hurdle spec- ialty and as a member of three relay teams when Louisiana States powerful track team displays its prowess in the east for the first time, in the University of Pennsyl- vania Relay Carnival on April 20 and 27, on Franklin field.
 Coach Bernie Moore, of the Baton Rouge University, has en. tered four individuals including Hardin in the special events on the program and relay teams ir the one, two and distance medley events.
 Louisiana State last was repre-. sented in the relays in 1882 when Sid Bowman won the hop. step and jump and established the carnival record of 47 feet g 3-S inches in doings 50.
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 Hardin. a member of the last Olympic team, when he was a so- phomore at Louisiana State, has meteoric career since 1882. Three times he has broken the worlds ( record for the 400 meter hurdle event. In 1894 he started his rec ord breaking ventures by running the event in 52 second. Last summer he was timed in 51.4 al Malmo, Sweden and later in the summer, he established what is now the accepted worlds record oi 50.6 in a meet at Stockholm, Swe- den.
 Last summr In the National Col leglate championships, in Los An geles, he won both the 220 yard low hurdle and 440 yard cham pionships, running the latter event in the brilliant time of 47 seconds Tn the A. A. U. championships at Milwaukee, he won the 400 meter hurdles In 51.6 seconds.
 Hardin also holds records in the Southern A. A. U. 200 meter low hurdles. 400 meter hurdles and the 400 meters dash and is the south eastern Conference champion in the 220 yard hurdles and the 44O yard dash.
 Hardin will compete in the 400 meter hurdle event early in-the afternoon of the opening day, rest for time, and run the quarter mile on the distance medley team. On the second day he will run an chor on the two mile team shortly after three o'clock and approxi. mately two hours later, will per- form the same function as a mem- Der of the two mile team.
 Pat Murphy. a sophomore, and E. A. Black and Ted O'Neal, veter- ans, will team with Hardin in the distance medley with Black, O'Neal and Clarence Roberts, in the mile and Black, John l.. Sanders and O'Neal on the two mile team.
 Clarence Roberts, one of the best hurdlers in the southeast with record of 14.7 seconds in the 110 meter hurdles, will compete in the 120 yard Hurdles.
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 Two other individuals who have helped to bring championship to Louisiana State will compete in four specitl events. Heinie Kent who has jumped feet ? inches and covered Al feet inches in the hop. step and jump. will parti- cipate in those two events.
 Nathan Blair, member of the Louisiana State basketball team that went through It's conference sea- son undefeated and reversed Pitts- burgh in q post season contest. will compete in his two specialists, the hop, step and jump and the javelin throw.
 Blair holds the Southeastern Con- ference title and record in the pavelin throw. He has heaved the stick 213 feet inches, mark that should place him among the first three finishers in the relays In addition. Blair has leaped 45 feet 10 inches, in the hop, step and jump. which is within two inches of the carnival record.
 With Hardin running. Louisiana State looms n distinct threat to the title aspirations of Manhattan, Maine and a number of other in- stitutions in the two mile event which should prove one of the most interesting on the program, With such competition the record of minutes AZ seconds made by GeOrgetoWn in 1885 is in Jeopardy