Evening star., 1939-03-12
BY BILL BONI.
Associated Press Sports Writer.


Glenn Cunningham, beaten only
once in II previous races this sea-
son, was whipped in both his starts
tonight, as Long John Borican ran
the fastest 1000 yards on record to
beat him by two yards in this
special and the Kansan then ran
last in the Columbian mile at the
knights of Columbus games at
Madison Square Garden.
Showing little interest in ex-
tending winning streak that had
run through the last mile races
in this meet. Cunningham astonised
the crowd of $4,000 by running a
lifeless race. He was full 40
yards back as Chuck Fenske of Wis
consin broke the tape in minutes
Ill seconds, seven yards in front
of Gene Venzke, with Archie San
Romani third.
Glenn Trails All Way.
Cunningham, who started in the
outside lane, never moved out of last
place. With Fenske and Venzke
alternately holding the lead, the
29-year-old veteran from Peabody,
Kans., stuck to San Romani's heels.
He made one minor challenge try
ing to overhaul San Romani in his
favorite spot, the last backstretch,
but even that wasn't good enough to
bring him by the New York U.
graduate student.
Boricans record breaking per-
formance was clouded by the refusal
of Starter Johnny McHugh to sign
the affidavit. McHugh claimed
Borican beat the gun. His sigma
ture is required before the new
standard can 60 on the books.
Nor was the Negro aces triumph
entirely satisfactory to the crowd
that turned out for this final meet
of the Garden season. lured by the
prospect of seeing both Borican
and Cunningham try for double.
For Borican, who started on the
pole and streaked into the lead at
the gun, ran a front race all the
way and carried Cunningham out
into the middle of the track down
the last two straightaways.
Cunningham Also Beats Record.
New record or not, Boricans time
bettered Cunninghams indoor mark
of 2:10.1, set in this meet on March
16, 1885. and also surpassed the
official world outdoor mark of 2:09.7
set by Elroy Robinson of San Fran
cisco on May IS, 1887. Cunning
hams time also bettered both Of
those standards. Glenn was clocked
in 2:092. but since there were only
two official timers for his second
place effort. it cannot be accepted
as a record in case Borican's ap-
plication should be refused.
Borican got away at the gun so
fast and with such a margin that
it appeared quite likely he might
have beaten the gun. If he did,
though, it seemed to most observers
that McHugh should have called
them back then and there.
1t was Cunningham's second de-
feat of the winter, the second by
Borican and the second at this
distance.
The 2-year streak of Negro sprint
successes was broken in the 6O-yard
dash final as Perrin Walker, lanky
Oglethorpe University graduate stu
dent, whipped three Negroes in So
seconds, equalling the meet record.
Eulace Peacock was second, with
Herbert Thompson, the national
champion who had won % of 20
dashes, third and Ben johnson last.
Tolmich Wins Again.
Another national champion, Allan
Tolmich of Detroit. repeated his 1898
victory in the 60-yard high hurdles,
winning easily in IA seconds. Jay
Shields, winner of the intercollegiate
title Wek ago, was second; Larry
O'Connor of Toronto third, and Tom
Garland of Manhattan fourth.
Dick Ganslen, Columbia's I. c..
"A champion, took the pole vault
with a leap of 13 feet inches and
failed at IA feet / inch in three spe-
cial tries.
BY letting loose a half-lap sprint
that looked as II he were still as
fresh Is . n'w13'ush' Goldfish Don