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Show WORLD RECORD BY $H CELTIC PARK RACER 18 By International News Service. j I ijlj NEW YORK. May 26. Moro than 7000 1 persons at Celtic park today saw Abo f jl f Klvlat lower tho world's 1500-meter roc- J. . ord by three-fifths of a second. Th ; 15 !: games wero held undor tho auspices of . u'l tho Sfow York Postofflco Clerks' assocla- y, jj.j' tlon, J R jJ Great Interest centered In tho ovent IWAi bocauno of tho attendance of several Bo t jej ton runnors who came down to lower the colors of Klvlat and Melvln Shappard. II After a splendid effort In which ho rc-.xs II opposed by Oscar Hedlund, the New Eng- t j land champion Mchdno Shepord and : jit; Frank RIloy, K.lvlat breasted tho tapo In 111 3 minutes 69 1-5 seconds. This lowered . 118 the mark three-fifths of a second., the ! previous high record being held by P. lu Wilson of Great Britain. IH |