Evening star., 1938-04-15
THIRD SPOT WORST
FINISH FOR GLENN
Kansas Runner Scores 80
Victories in 81 Races
on Indoor Tracks.
BY WHITNEY MARTIN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

LAWRENCE, Kans.-His track
rivals usually are at the heels of
Glenn Cunningham, but they don't
follow him nearly so closely AS the
University of Kansas, where the keg-
cheSted runner first blossomed into
prominence and in whose files a rec
ord may be found Of virtually every
race he has run.
Whether it is in the Olympic games
IN Germany or in an Invitation meet
on the Eastern Seaboard. his perfo, M
ance is so closely followed by the
home folks that W. A. Dill alert di-
rector OF the school news bureau. can
tell you offhand the who. when. where
and how fast and whether Glenn was
In top form or whather he was over
balanced by fresh haircut.
For instance. Mr. Dill Will tell you
that Cunningham has gone to the
post no less than 60 times in mile
races in the seven years since he en-
rolled in x. U. Fifty times he has
been the winner: seven times he has
placed second and three times he
has placed third.
Dartmouth Mile Tops List.
Although the number Of track meet
and regional records he has set are
to- numerous to mention, there are
major marks worthy of note Topping
the list. naturally, is the 4044 mile
run at Dartmouth College last March
5, the fastest on record for the dis
tance, and four seconds faster than
his own world indoor record of 4:084
set in the Columbian mile in New
York in 1884.
Topping his outdoor performances
is his world record performance of
4:o6.7 in the Princeton invitation
meet In 1884, last winter displaced
by Wooderson's 4:os4
Cunningham's fame-seared legs first
started carrying him to new records as
senior at Elkhart. Kans., High
School, when he won the mile in the
high school section Of the Kansas re-
lays in 1880 in ADJ 4. record that
still stands The same year he won
the event in the State meet in 4:283,
and the national interscholsstic at
Chicago in 4.247, new record.
His first collegiate competition in
the mile was the Big Six indoor meet
in 1882. when he won in 4:2l9. He
Topped off tenth of second the next
year and in 1884 set a record of 4:203.
The mark stood until this spring, when
John Munski, Missouri sophomore,
made it in 4;l92 Munskis time. in
cidentally. was the same in which
Cunningham won the Bankers mile in
Chicago in 1892. his first venture into
outside competition. He won the
Bankers mile this year in 4o9.9.
Makes Eastern Debut.
The 1888 season saw the "Elkhart
Flyer entering Eastern competition,
appearing in New York in the Coluln-
bian mile, the Wanamaker mile and
the Baxter mile. For six years now lie
has run in these three races. winning
the Columbian each year. dropping
the Wanamaker in 1886 and the BaX-
ter in 1884 and 1895.
The 1886 campaign was his most un-
successful from a mile standpoint. as
he was concentrating on the 1900
meter event for the Olympics. That
year he won the Columbian only by
out-generaling his opponents. and his
time was high school time AZ. In
the Wanamaker he was passed by both
Mangan and Venzke and in the Baxter
he was second to VenZke.
OF the 81 indoor miles on his record.
Cunningham came in first in 80, sec
ond in four and third in one-the
Wanamaker in 1885. Besides Mangan
and Venzke. winners over Cunning
ham in the indoor miles were Dawson,
Bonthron and San Romani-once
each.
The Kansan's outdoor mile record
Is almost as imposing. The list shows
20 races, of which he won 15, placed
second three times and third twice.
Sprained Ankle, Fast Mile.
He did not enter Eastern outdoor
races at the mile until the Princeton
invitation Of 1884. but that entry was
marked by 4:o6.7 mile, run on a
sprained ankle. That same year he
won the Kansas relay mile in 4;12.7,
. record which still stands
The mile and its metric equivalent
the 1,500-meter event-are by no
means the limit of Cunningham
repertory. He began his collegiate
competition on the Kansas 2-mile team
In the fall Of 1881, and his time of
1881 was the best in the Big Six that
year. The next year in the conference
meet he was timed in 9:328.
His 2:11.1 for 1000 yards in the
1884 Oklahoma invitation meet bet
cred the then recognized world rec
ord, and his 1522 for the y mile in
the Big Six still stands as a league
mark.