Evening star., 1938-06-19
RECORD SURVIVES
AS GLENN SCORES
Steps 4:07.3 Mile in Tiger
Meet, Forces W. Rideout
to 6-Fur|ong Mark.
BY BILL BONI.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

PRINCETON. N. j., June 18.-
Glenn Cunningham today won the
fifth Princeton invitation mile in 4
minutes 10 seconds. time which has
been bettered only twice outdoors,
and then followed up by chasing
Wayne Rideout of North Texas State
Teachers College to new world rec
ord Of 3:00.3 in the q mile run.
Cunningham, seeking a double in
the first and last events on the hour
long all-star program, failed by two
yards. The durable former Kansan
finished that far behind Rideout. who
had taken the lead from Gene Venzke
after the first quarter
Rideout's time cut one-tenth Of q
second from the previous world rec
ord of 1904 set last year at Paris
by Josef Mostert of Belgium. 1t was
the lone record performance of the
day, despite perfect weather conditions
which brought an alumni day crowd
of 10000 or better into Palmer Sta
dium.
o0h ASOAdhl StuInDlCSs
In the mile, for which Archie San
Romani had predicted a new world
record of 4:03. Cunningham was con-
tent TO let San Romani set the pace
until the five-man field hit the last
turn. At that point the two former
kanSans were running in stride, with
Cunningham just yard behind.
Hitting the straightaway, Cunning
ham pulled up on even terms. Then,
30 yards from home, San Romani
turned his head. AS he did SO, Archie
stepped on the concrete curbing of
the track and stumbled into his arch
rival. Cunningham never broke his
stride. but San Romani did, and by
the time he had recovered Cunning
ham was yards away. He finished
with that much margin.
The time equaled San Romani's
performance here a year ago, when
he won in blanket finish with Don
Lash. For Cunningham, it was his
first victory in this meet since he
won the Inaugural mile in A:06.7,
then world record.
That time, as we'll as the present
world record Of 4:06.6 held by Eng
lands Sydney Wooderson, and Cum
ningham's indoor clocking of 4:04.4
in a paced race at Dartmouth this
winter, are the only ones better than
this afternoons performance.
a. g Only One Upset.
Cunningham and San Romani were
followed over the finish line by
Mostert, who finished third in 4:1l.6
to better the Belgian record of Alb;
Blaine Rideout. Wayne's twin brother,
and Pete Bradley of Princeton.
With the exception OF Wayne Ride
outs surprise victory over a field that
included, in addition to CUNNINGHAM.
Venzke. Ralph Schwartzkoff of Michi-
gan, Ray Mahannah. formerly of
Drake, and Leslie MacMitchell, New
York schoolboy, there were no upsets.
Ray Sears. formerly of Butler Uni
versity, won the 2-mile in e:16.4.
Don Lash, the Indiana State police
man who had Charley horse and be-
sides had date for his own wedding
this evening, dropped out at the
end OF two laps Archie williams,
1895 Olympic 400-meter champion,
gave notice that he is back in win
ming form by taking the 44O-yard run
in the good time of ATS and Charley
Beetham, formerly of Ohio State,
won the half-mile in 1926.
Sears Easiest Winner.
Sears was the most decisive victor
of the day, finishing with a good SO
yards on Johnny Wall of the San
Francisco Olympic Club; Williams
came from fifth place to nip Harold
eagle of Oklahoma Baptist, 1886
Olympic relay runner, by inches, and
Beetham held off successive bids by
'ex-Olympian Ross Bush and I. c. "A
Champion HOWE Borck of Manhattan n.
Borck's sprint out of box" at the
(See CUNNINGHAM, Page B-6.)