Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-12-29 | Page 15 | Yank Sprinters Wreak Hardship on Centry Dash

Yank Sprinters Wreak Hardship On Century Dash The yard dash record took terrific punishment from front American speed kings so seemingly to disprove the hartl harl things said about them att after f losing all aU the tho Olympic sprint crowns to Percy Williams of C Canada nada Williams incidentally demonstrated his mastery was v no fluke by invading tho the eastern castern Boards o r s and losing only one ono race to toJa Ja jac Jack Elder EIder SIMPSON Ft FLASHES Geo Gore George e Simpson Ohio St t s 's greyhound smashed the long st standing stand stand- d- d II ing yard record at U tIle the national meet in June S when ho stepped the the- distance in 92 5 seconds Ho used the tho new star starting bl blocks so 50 the record lc iv waS lJ d conditionally by tho the Amateur Amate Amate Ama Ama- te r Athletic tl union The official worlds world's mark maik of ot 9 5 3 seconds was as beaten or equaled equaled with such regularity as to make the time Two notable worlds world's record achl achievements c definitely approved w were ie tho the discus toss of or feet foet 8 4 3 inches by Eric Krenz zot of Stanford Stanford Stan Stan- ford and n tho the pole C vault of or 14 re feet t 1 1 2 1 inches made mad by Lee Lee- Barnes of or orI So Southern thern California In hi 1928 Sabin I Carr Carl held the previous s record cord o of U 14 feet fl flat t. t PAAVO S SUSPENDED The Tho suspension n of or two famous Olympic champions Pa Paavo vo NurmI and n Ray y furnished early earh season sensations P Paavo avo as was as r reinstated reinstated rein rein- stated for tor a brief an J somewhat col colorless colless less tour BarbUtI as th the tho outgrowth outgrowth out out- growth s of ot charges th that t the tha A. A A. A U. U was cognizant of or commercialism among amon athletes was as as still under the c. c c official ban at cose of ot the year car