The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-03-18
BUT FAILS TO
GET DECISION:
JUMPED GUN
Glenn Cunningham Bows
To BOrican As Fam
Start To Squawk
BY EDDIE TOLAN

Last Saturday in New York City,
At the A. A, I. meet Glenn Cum
bingham was featured to meet John
Borican in l,OoO-yard run. This
race was supposed to prove that
Johns first victory was a fake. To
make a long story short, Borican
: won in the record breaking feat.
His time was 2:oe7, lettering the
worlds record by two seconds.
The funny part Of II all was that
Johns feat will not be recognized
as a worlds record in the books.
Reason: He jumped the gun. Il do
believe this is the first time this
has happened in a distance race).
This happens IN the best Of fam
lilies but never is a race allowed to
be completely run when someone
jumps the gum In the case of
false start the race is never COM
pleted- John MeHugh has been
starting races for 80 years at least.
-He-waS- IN fny-booxs as one OF The
finest starters | have ever seen or
by which was started. This is even
spoken after the Lincoln, Nebraska,
1893. race. when Metcalfe, Wycoff.
Topin. Leland and others lined up
for the final 100 yard dash. Nc
Hugh got us away to perfect start.
This was further borne out by the
fact that we had gone over thirty
yards before a. second report from
the gun was heard letting us know
a false start had been committed.
McHugh was very much off that
night. After letting the race 60, he
proved he was not himself because
he, would not sign the blank for
application for a worlds record,
saying he. John Borican. jumped the
gun by.-at least yard. A person
jumping the gun by yard would
not go unrecognized by blind man.
Surely McHugh would have called
them back had he seen it. The
false start, had he been up TO his
normal form, never would have hap
pened.
So after summarizing everything,
McHugh wasn't himself and Borican
did 1t once and am sure he can do
1t again.
While I am writing on this sub
ject your attention should be called
to the alleged story that Negroes
ERE only good short distance rum
ners using as their reason the long
Line of top sprinters. Since 1924
Negroes have taken their sports
seriously, using the Olympic games
as Utopia goal Of all track ath-
letes). There were two in broad
jump. In the 1928 Olympic games
there were two in the broad jump
and in the 1900 meter relay, each
man running 400 meters. John
Lewis Of Detroit was one Of the re-
lay runners. have always thought
that if the Negroes will enter their
best event; then we would have
Champions in all events.
To prove my case, prior to John
Lewis who ran the sprints Zoo and
220 YARDS until his last year in
high-school- when he switched to
the $40 yard dash in college. He
was city champion and set a new
record for that event in Michigan
Had John confined his running to
the 440 yard dash he would have
been world champion. The same
holds true with Eddie Gaines, a
Splinter in high school. transferred
to the $50 in college in his senior
year. He ran the fastest race on
Michigan's record which was only
2 seconds away from the worlds
record at that time.
Phil Edwards has represented
Canada in three successive Olympic
Games. In 1928 he ran fourth in the
800 meters. In the 1882 Olympic
games he ran third in both the $50
and 1900 meters. New world rec
ords were established in both races
Pills time in placing third broke
Co. the existing worlds record. In the
1895 games he placed fifth In
cidentally he equalled the worlds
record for the $50 yards in his sem
ior year at college.
John Woodruff is the present king
of the $50 yards Experts say he
doesn't know how TO run yet he
broke the worlds record, and still
they say we are only short distance
runners.
Leaving the s8o-Jimmy Smith,
former co-captain Of Indiana track
team was an outstanding distance
runner. Starring in the two-mile,
the mile and cross country run, he
is a member of the worlds emile
relay team. His time when this re-
lay quartet broke the worlds record