Evening star., 1940-02-11
fuller, Farmer
Timed in 8.5;
Latter Wins
Sam Romoni Captures
Mile Feature; $50
Goes to Goldberg
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staf1 Correspondent

BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Stan Correspondents
BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. l0.-In .
wholesale assault on the stop watch,
one world record was equaled twice,
nine meet records were fractured
and four more were tied here to.
night in the fourth annual Uni
versity of Maryland-5th Regiment
indoor track meet before 5000 spec
tators.
Georgetown captured the feature
relay with top team honors in the
collegiate division without being
pressed, while Mercersburg won the
scholastic division spoils.
Two Tie Hurdle Mark.
Marsh Farmer, a one-armed
hurdler who gained fame at Texas
Tech, and Frank Fuller, Virginia's
polished timber-topper, both tied
the world record of S.5 seconds in
the A. A. U. 70-yard high hurdles
race.
Fuller tied the mark also held by
Percy Beard of New York and Alan
Tomlich of Wayne University in the
sixth heat, while Farmer saved his
spectacular effort for the final, beat
ing Farmer to the tape by inches.
Bill Corpening, as well as Fuller,
tied Fuller's former meet record of
8.6 in semifinals.
AL Blozis. over whose 6-foot-7-inch
frame is draped some 240 pounds.
was the distance of the first Joint
of your thumb from tying the world
indoor record for the 16-pound shot,
put.
The towering Georgetown HEAVIER,
handling the iron ball like a mere
pellet, tossed it So feet / inch to
create new South Atlantic record
and miss tying the world mark by
a half inch. Ed Hahnfeldt, former
Bulls Prep star now at Navy, was
second with toss Of 10 feet "A
inches.
Deckard Keeps on Running.
One of the most dramatic occur
rences of the meet developed when
Tom Deckard, who whipped Don
Lash in the Penn A. c. games Fri
day night at Philadelphia, set .
new meet record of 9:05.9 in the
2-mile run, kept running out of the
spacious armory, hoped in . cab
and was hustled to . train. The
hurry was necessitated due to the
fact Deckard must return to classes
at Indiana Monday.
Deckard, running, unattached, ran
Joe McCluskey, favored, by many
to win the lapped-and-out event
into the boards. McCluskey finished
second, trailing by Is yards.
San Romani Not Pressed.
The Governors Mile and Oriole
$50, annual features of the highly
regarded meet. failed to produce
the torrid times anticipated, but
nevertheless the competition was
exciting and marks endangered.
Blaine Rideout, who figured in
the humping episode of Sydney
Wooderson, famed English runner,
in the Princeton mile last year,
failed to appear and consequently
the winner, sturdy Archie San Ro.
mani, wasn't pressed to win the
Governors Mile.
San Romani, who was expected
to battle it out with Rideout,
grasped an early lead and increased
it gradually but steadily. The EN-
poria State Teachers College prod
uct whiIled around the creamy
platter in 2:06 for the first half
mile. but slackened his pace as Jim
Davis Of North Carolina, who fin-
ished 20 yards back, and Mary
lands Mason Chronister. who was
third, failed to whittle San Ro-
mani's margin.
Goldberg Edges Out.
Sanford Goldberg, New York
fireman, representing the Millrose
A. A.. won the Oriole $50 in min
ute 22.8 seconds, one-tenth of .
second above Charley Beethams
record. Goldberg stepped inside the
track at least Is inches on the
final lap and, although . track
Judge reported the incident, he still
was adjudged the winner over
Maryland's Jim Kehoe, who trailed
him to the finish by q matter Of
3 inches.
Hoyas Run One, Two.
Vincent Braun, Georgetown's
rugged runner, saw an attempted
sportsmanlike gesture go awry as
he established a new record Of
minute 59.4 seconds in winning the
collegiate 880-yard run. Sprinting
ahead Of Teammate Ken Lyden on
the final turn, Braun snatched Ly-
den by the right arm and sought
to pull him abreast of him as he
hit the tape, but Lyden still lacked
. half step Of finishing In q dead
heat.
Georgetown athletes also domi.
mated the 440-yard collegiate dash,
Morty Alnwick and George Tuck.
mott, the Hoyas, finishing in . dead
heat and blasting the former mark
Of 51.3 seconds made by Maryland's
Alan Miller. Alnwick and Tucknott
hit the red string at 512 seconds,
with Miller taking third.
Central Quartet Ahead.
Central Highs crack relay team
easily outclassed the field to take the
scholastic mile race, its polished
quartet Of Bredbenner, Norris,
Thomas and Zuppa gobbling up the
tSee FULLER, Page B-9.)