Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-23
Ven7ke Hangs Up l,500-Meter
Record to Register His Third
Win in ROW Ouer Curn,ir cham

tenth short OF the world record.
-Four of the five sprint finalists were
colored. Metcalfe came from behind
in the last 20 meters to whip Siegel,
with Eulace Peacock of Temple, ma
tional loo-meter titleholder, third.
The Canadian challenger, Sammy
Richardson, who captured the broad
jump earlier in the night, finished
fourth and the defending champion,
Ben johnson of Columbia, was last.
Hurdles Keenly Contested.
FINISHING brilliantly. Sam Allen CT
Oklahoma Baptist lifted the 65-
meter high hurdles title in hotly
contested final. Allen turned in the
fastest time of the night, 81 seconds.
He beat Forrest Towns, Georgia star,
by two feet. with AL Moreau, Louisiana
veteran, third and Phil Good of Bow
doin fourth.
Towns had a narrow escape from
elimination In the semi finals. The
Georgian barely got up in the last
stride to beat Charles Pessoni Of the
New York A. G, for second place In
a heat won by Good in 88 seconds.
O'Brien Scores Again.
CONTINUING his winning streak.
~ Eddie O'Brien of Syracuse, the
national outdoor 400-meter champion.
added the 600-meter championship to
his rapidly growing list Of laurels and
at the same time notched new world
indoor record Of minute 81 seconds
fat.
O'Brien beat his nearest rival, Fred
Kiger Of the New York Curb Ex-
change A. A., by 10 yards.
Running the distance faster than
any American citizen has ever done
on the boards, Norman Bright Of the
Olympic Club, San Francisco, romped
off with the 5,000-meters title. He
set a new championship meet record
of is minutes, beating Tom Ottey Of
the Penn A. G. by 10 yards and Paul
Rekers Of the New York A. c. by IS.
Bright's time wiped out the former
meet mark of 15:01.5, set by John Fol-
lows of the New York A. c. in 1924.
Shotput Mark Set.
A WORLD record tumbled during the
day in the 35-pound weight throw.
Irving Folwartshny of Rhode Island
State sprang surprise by beating the
favorite, Henry Dreyer of the New
York A. c., and capturing the event
with a heave of So feet ~ inches.
This beat the former world record
Of 81 feet 8 inches made last year by
preyer, who finished second at 81 feet
AZ inches today.
Dreyer, another Rhode Island prod
uct, missed his chance for victory when
he fouled on his best throw, which sur
passed 60 feet.
Another champion was tumbled OF
his perch when Jack Torrance, the
giant Baton Rouge Ia.) policeman
and world record holder, met his third
straight shotputting defeat at the
hands Of "Dimmy" Zaitz of Boston.
Torrance, getting no better as the in
door season goes along, achieved SO
feet OK inches and placed second as
Zaitz got of the winning toss OF So
feet v inch with the 16-pound,
leather covered missile.
H0rnbostel Is Pressed.
CHARLES HORNBOSTEL, the be-
specialized Hoosier, now graduate
student at Harvard, gathered in the
1.000-meter championship. The former
Indiana ace failed to touch Lloyd
Hahn's world indoor record OF 1884,
but sprinted the last lap to withstand
q strong challenge from Harry Will
hanson of North Carolina and break
the tape In 2:29.
Hornbostel beat Williamson by
yards with Glenn Dawson of Tulsa. the
defending titleholder. third, and Elroy
Robinson Of Fresno State College, Cali
fornia, fourth.
The 3,o00-meter steeplechase went
Be- the titleholding favorite, Joe Nc
Cluskey Of the New York A. O., who
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