Evening star., 1954-05-22
2 World Marks Fall
As IS U. 5. o|ympics
Power Is Preyiewed
By the Associufed Press

LOS ANGELES, May o.
Americas 1856 Olympic Games
power was previewed in the l4th
Coliseum Relays last night as
47,611 fans saw world records
smashed in the shot put and
2-mile relay and sparkling per-
formances by the Nations top
baton teams.~
Big Parry O'Brien Of the Los
Angeles Athletic Club bettered
his own, official CSC feet 2h
inches) and pending (60-5A)
world records in the shot put
with a masterful throw of 60-5A.
The long one came on his sew
enth and final toss.
And q fleet-footed foursome
from Fordham University raced
the fastest 2-mile in history.
Their time of z minutes 27.3 sec
onds is nearly 2 full seconds
better than the world record of
1922 set by an all-star Amer
ican team in London in 1852.
Anchorman Tom Courtney,
with a running start, was timed
in 1892 for his $50 lap. This
exceeds Nal Whitfeld's world
mark Of 1892 for the distance.
TrOjans Win Three Relays.
Southern California surprised
by winning the 1-mile relay in
3:10.7, the fastest time this sea-
son, with Jim Lea racing his
anchor lap in 45.9. The Trojans
also upset the swift University
of Texas sprint relay teams in
the 440 and $50, marking the
first defeats this year for the
Longhorns.
uses time in the $50 relay
was 1:24.1, the second fastest
ever recorded for the event and
only 4one-tenth of a second of
the world mark, established by
a Trojan quartet in 1949. The
Trojans just did beat out Texas
in the 440-yard relay in the
good time of 40.7.
The expected soaring contest
between Troy's Ernie Shelton
and East Texas States Charles
Holding lived up to expectations,
although neither approached the
7-foot mark. Shelton won with
a leap of 6-95s. Holding was
second with 6-7A.
The so-called Roger Bannister
miracle mile was less exciting,
with Ingvar Ericsson Of Sweden
coming, from behind in the last
IS yards to win easily in 4:13.1.
Nal Whitfield Of the LAAC was
unable to press the Swede and
ran fourth behind Bill Tidwell
of Fort Ord, Calf, and Russ
Bonham of Whittier (Calif.)
College in that order.
Smith Scores In 100.
The 1OO-yard dash set some
sort of record when a flashy
field of sprinters finally got of
after six false starts. AS expected,
Dean Smith of Texas won, in
9.6. He was pushed by Andy
Stanfield of the Grand Street
Boys Association of New York.
Stanf1eld, incidentally. cap
tured the 220-yard low hurdles
in % seconds fiat for his seventh
victory in several Coliseum re-
lays. In the past four years he
has won the 100 and low hur-
dies three times each and cap
tured the broad jump once.
In the discus, world record hold
er Fortune Gordien of the LAAC
heaved one out 1910, with his
sweat clothes on. It was good
enough to win. O'Brien was
second at 178 feet.
A national two-mile freshman
relay record was established by
q UCLA team In 7:40.4. The old
mark is 7:41.2, set by q use
team earlier this year. The best
that q Trojan quartet could do
last night was run third and
last behind Occidental College.
In the open two-mile-won in
world record time by Fordham-
the second and third place
teams. California and Occidental
respectively, both also ran faster
than the previous world mark.