The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-22
GREG RICE AND 6. WARMERDAM
 TOPAZ TRACK
MaCmitcheII New King of Milers; Steers Jumps
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By PAUL sClEEFrELs


 (United Press stan Correspondsnt)
 New York, Dec. 22-(uP)-The twin figures Of Greg Rice, Iinchal- lenged ruler of the worlds distance runners and Cornelius Warmerdam; the only iB-foot pole vaulter in hiss tory, ruled the track world in 1e4f,
 Rlce, the former Metre Dame ace now carrying the Colcrg of the New York Athletic club, won 16 races ct two and three miles from January through June and broke his own inc door two-Snlie mark with an SELL performance at Chicago. This time was also better than the tiflofficial world outdoor mark of 8:B3.2 set by Finlards TGiste Maxi.
 Warinerdarn, clearing 4D feet seven times ln four meets, boosted his own record from iB feet 1M inches to IS feet 6% inches in c series Of per- forrnances on the west coast.
 Among the fnilsfs, Leslie Mace Mitchell, New York ufiivcrgity'B all- time sersatlor, finally came Into his own. He won the TC4A, NCAA and senior AAU titles and ran the fast- est mile of the yeaE 6 4:0TA which equAled Glenn CufininghafiB cOni- petitive record. MacAEitcheli also lead NXU to It's first IC4A team championship end. won the 1C4A Crosgscountfy varsity crown for the third year.
 Prominent among world record- breakers were Grover Klemfner, Uni- versItg of California freshman, Lea Steers, University of Oregon fresi1- man, Archie Harris, Indiana discus tl1rower, Al Blozis, Georgetown shot butter, and Joe McCluskey, the New York 4. C.'s veteran steepiechaser
 Steers Jumps 9sf1
 KleImFner broke vile world record for 400 meters with a 46 second per- formance at Philadelphia and equaled the ASA second mark for 440 yards. Steers scared over the high jump bar at c feet ii inches; while Harris hreaved the discus 174 feet SA inches. BloAs 1ilpped the 1e- pound shot 80 fete 4h inches and Mccluskey, c top figure for C decade, brought the tWo-fnile steeplecilase indoor record down to D:3S.4.
 Other world records were estaba lished by the University of Cattfor. flias 0fie-fnile relay (a.O0sN, a two- mile quartet from the same Aiistitti- ton (7:34,6), John Borican of Eis Der, N. J., ct 600 yards indoors (l:i0.2), Rice at three miles indoors (i5:6i); Earle Meadows of Los AIl~ geles in the pole vault indoors (i4 feet 7ib ifches), end N. Y. u.s medley relay (7:26.3t.
 Fred Woicott, blond timberst topper from Snyder, Tex, equaied the world mark Of O;i3.T in the iiO meter and i20 yard high hurdles, and Hai Davis of Salinas Junior college, CaI- ifcrnia, equals Jesse DwenS' 100 meter mark of 10.2 seconds.
 The olympic club dominated the national outdoor championships and the New York A. c. occupied a sifns ilar position of prominence ct the indoor games.
 With the passing of Don Lash into active FB1 service after winning the national title for seven straight years, Rice agcefided to the vacated spot. The burly little i37-pounder won the senior national crown aIs though his harrier path never crossed that Of MacAkitchells. Rice led the N. f. A. c. team to C nae tional croag-country title while Rhode Island State repeated its vice tories squad performance in the rC4A race, and won the NCAA crown as wei. Fred Wit of Indiana won the NCAA individual title.