Evening star., 1942-06-21
AAU Vault Mark
Of 15-232 J SET by
Warmerdan
Berst Breaks Weight
Record; MocMitcheII
Is Third to Dodds
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, June 20.-Cornelius
Warmerdam, cloud -bruising vault
er from California, and Gil Dodds,
scripture quoting miller from
Boston, all but ran away with the
National AAU senior track and field
meet today.
Warmerdam established one of
the days two records by hiking the
pole vault bar to Is feet 21a inches,
adding lss inches to the mark he
set in 1910. Dodds repeated his
indoor triumph over Leslie Mac
Mitchell, New York University grad
uate, in the 1,500 meters, or metric
mile.
The other record was set by Fran
els Berst of the New York A. c., who
hurled the 56-pound weight 80 feet
3a inches, to wipe out the 38-foot
97s Inch mark Pat Mcdonald Of the
same club set back in 1911.
Warmerdam had no difficulty at
all in clearing the record height,
but when he plaStered on another
7 inches, he failed to make it in
the three allotted tries.
Barely Misses at Is Feet 9.
He jerked virtually all the 10000
spectators out of their seats on the
third and last attempt at Is feet
9 inches by skimming over the stick,
but brushing it of with his elbow on
the way down.
The gate receipts plus the revenue
derived from a 150-page program
will mean a contribution of more
than $4,000 to the Army emergency
relief.
The New York A. C. won the
team championship with 1897
points, sending the San Francisco
club. winner the past three years,
to second with 109. The Southern
California A. A. was next with GOT
points.
Dodds was kept from the lead in
the start of the metric mile by
Frank Dixon. New York schoolboy,
but the Boston theologian was out
in front with little less than two
laps to 60. At that point Mac
Mitchell started his drive from far
back while Leroy F. Weed OF
Southern California was furnishing
the opposition for Dodds.
Runs to Schedule.
The winner. who hao charted a
race of a 59-second quarter and a
2:02 half mile, reached those figures
exactly as he gamboled to the tape
in 3:50.2. Weed wound up second
by 5 yards and MacMitchell's final
kick brought him third by similar
margin.
Those performances obscured such
efforts as Harold Davis twin VIC
tories in the sprints. Billy Browns
two titles in the board jump and in
the hop, step and Jump and Greg
Rices expected triumph in the 5000
meter run.
Davis, the University of California
dashman running for the San Fran
cisco Olympic Club, captured the
100 meters in los seconds and the
200 in 209. 1t was the third straight
triumph for the California comet in
the longer event.
Brown, formerly of Louisiana State
University, but now at the Norfolk
CVaD Naval Training Station, did "a
feet 3ls inches in the broad Jump
and 48 feet liz inches in the triple
leap. 1t was the third straight year
that Brown has chalked up double.
Lonesome Triumph for Rice.
Rice plodded to a lonesome tri-
umph in the 5000, breaking the tape
approximately 200 yards in advance
of Art Cazares, San Francisco
olympic Club, for his fifth consecu-
tive verdict at the distance.
Al Blozis. who competed as a men,
ber of the New York A. c., retained
his shot-put title. although he
pushed the ball but SO feet 8a
inches. 1t was his third consecu.
tive triumph.
Summaries on Page C-2.