The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-04-11
THE WORLD OF
SPORTS
BEST RECORDS OF TRACK
STARS HERE REVEALED
BY +. VI. DAVIS for (ANP)

CHlcdBO-l am indebted indirect
ly TO Paul "Flivver" Ford, the ath-
lete of a few seasons ago, and to
Louis Campbell of the California
Voice for a good bit of the infor-
nation contained in this column
1t should be Of interest both for
reference and to see how best re-
cords by Negro track and field
stars compare with accepted world
standards.
100 yard dash-Jesse Owens of
Ohio State and Ralph Metcalfe of
Marquette have both tied the ac-
cepted world record of ga seconds.
100 meters-Eddie Tolan of
Michigan, Owens and Metcalfe
have all run this distance in the
world record time of 1913 seconds.
220 yards-Owens in 203. Ac-
cepted record is 20.6.
200 meters-Metcalfe in 20.6,
equaling worlds record.
ITO yd. high hurdles-Willis
Ward of Michigan, 14.3 World re-
cord is 142.
220 yd. low hurdles-Owens in
22.6. Accepted world record is %.
44O yds.-James LuValle, U. C. l.
A, 46.9 seconds. Record is 46.4.
$50 yds.-Phil Edwards, New
York u, l minute. 52.2 seconds.
World record is / minute 49.S.
One mile-Gus Moore, Pittsburgh
minutes IA. Record is minutes
67.
Two miles-Moore, 8 minutes
22.2 seconds. Record is minutes
500.
High jump-Cornelius Johnson,
Compton junior college, and Ed
ward Burke, Marquette, 6 #. s 1916
inches. Record is 6 #. 8 Is.
Broad jump.-Owens, 26 #. 8 IA
inches. Accepted world record is
26 IT. Is.
Hop. step and jump.-DeHart
Hubbard Michigan, 40 it. 6 inches.
Worlds record 81 It. z
Pole vault.-Robert Robins on -.
Oregon, Is #. 7 inches. World re-
cord IA IT. 3-S.
40 I'd. hurdles.-Eugene Beatty,
Michigan State, 534. World re-
cord 52.6.
Javelin.-G cor e Williams,
Hampton, 215 IT. inches. World
record 249 TT. 6.
Discus.-Claude Walton, Colo
RADIO, 157 #. Z inches. Record is
III #. II ga.
Shot put.-Charles Jones, New
York, 80 IT. Record is 5I/I't. inch.
Observation-Disclosures Wh,te, Pitts
burgh Teachers, 1906 points. Re-
cord is S,79O46 pts.
There you have it. In most Of the
events Negroes have done right
well, either holding or tying re-
cords. This, being Olympic year,
may see the establishment of still
others or the making of marks
even more difficult for sepia ath-
letes to aim at. So keep an eye
open for developments.
ODDS AND ENDS
Jack Johnson, the ex-heavy
champion who can't see Joe Louis.
has gone back to his old ways. In
Darien, Conn, last week Lii Ar
thur was fined $40 and costs for
SPEEDING so miles an hour. without
a lawyer, Johnson tried to talk
himself out Of a fine, telling the
court he had been driving since
1904 And after the Judge spoke
those fatal words. Jack argued
fruitlessly for a reduction. You
know $40 doesn't grow on trees
these days.
Both Ralph Metcalfe and Ed
ward Burke, the two chief Mar
quette university Olympic hopes,
were born in Atlanta. Jesse
Owens predicts he will broad jump
n feet this summer. Keep your
eyes on Archie Williams, running
the quarter mile for the University
of California. Is it true that Ben
Johnson, the Splinter, has with
drawn from Columbia university?
Remember Louise Stokes, 1892
member of the Olympic team? She
is still doing her stuff in Boston.
At the New England indoor A. A.
U. women's championships held re-
Gently Louise with her sister, Julia,
captured six Of the eight events.
AS you see, that's about all there
was.