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the Chicago Negro being pressed to
hold third place.
The pace-setting progress OF
America in the 1885 Olympic
games received its first serious set
back today when Glenn Cunning.
ham, of Lawrence, Kan, finished
second to Jack Lovelock, Of New
Zealand, in the 1,50O meter final.
For Lovelock it was a Spectacu-
lar achievement, for he broke the
worlds record, covering the dis
tance in 3 minutes At $40 sec
ondS. The former record of 3
minutes 48 $40 seconds was held
by Bill Bonthron, of Princeton.
Cunningham also broke the
record, doing 3.48.4.
Luigi Beccali, present Olympic
titleholder, finished third, and
Archie San Romani, Cunning
hams youthful fellow-Kansan,
fourth.
New World Record
Cunningham's bow to LoVelock
in the latest of the thrilling duelS
that for years have held the in
tereSt of track fans throughout
the world, followed establishment
of a new world record Of 14.1 sec
onds in the Semi-final heat Of
the 110-meter hurdles by Forrest
Towns.
Lovelock'S victory SignaliZed a
triumphant comeback for the
Stout-hearted New ealander, who
traditionally has failed in record
breaking attempts but has con-
quered frequently when running
merely to win as he ran today.
His performance was something
of a surprise, however, for experts
had foreseen the final as q duel
between Cunningham and Gene
Venzke, of PottStown. Pa, with
the fleet WooderSon, of England,
perhaps making the strongest bid
for foreign supremacy.
Lovelock'S victory once again
deprived America of a first in the
1900 meters, an Olympic event
which the United States has not
won since 1908.
Led The Field
Cunningham led the field to the
last lap, but there he yielded his
place to Lovelock without Strug.
gle and then vainly chased him
the last 300 yards. Beccali made
valiant bid but go going too late
and was not able to catch Gun
ningham, although gaining slightly
on the stretch. San Romani came
up slowly on the last lap.
Beccali'S time was 1892: San
Romani'S $500. Edwards, of
Canada, finished fifth in 3:50.4,
with Cornes, of England, sixth in
3:514. Venzke faded completely.
A crowd of about 5000 witnessed
the race, attendance being held
down by threatening weather
After two false alarms and plenty
of "heils," Chancellor Hitler ar.
rived just after the event was de-
cided.
Ny, Of Sweden, was slow in the
early pacing, Conres taking the
lead. At the end Of the first lap
Cunningham, Venzke, Lovelock and
San Romani we're almost last.
He SurgeS Forward
Starting the second lap, Cum
ningham surged forward, with
LoveIock close on his heels. The
American swept down the back.
stretch in a futile attempt to shake
off Lovelock, but did succeed in
ridding himself of Schaumberg
and NY.
At this point Beccali was COM
ing up fast, while Venzke was out
distanced.
The slow early pace and the
heart-breaking last half-mile made
the 1900 perfectly suited to Love
lock. An interesting feature of the
event was that the first five fin
ishers broke the Olympic record
of 1921, held by Beccali, while
the sixth misses it by 0.2 seconds.
Lovelock, Cunningham and Bee
cali we're placed on the Olympic
pedestal while the band played
God Save the King" Hitler gave
them the Nazi salute, but Love
lock was not invited to the chan
cellor's box.
The Augusta boy won the heat
handily, but Roy Staley, Corona,
Cal, was eliminated, winding up
fourth.
The previous worlds record was
14.2 seconds, established by Percy
Beard, of the United States, at
Oslo, Norway, in 1884.
In the other Semifinal Fred Pol
lard, Chicago Negro, finished in
second place.
Had Perfect Start
Towns broke away to a perfect
start, reaching the first hurdle
even with the field, and then
stepped to the front. Staley was
with the leaders at the first hur-
die, but allowed Lindmann, of
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