| Show a I Backseat t Driving By Frank K IC Baker Tel Telegram gram Sports Editor South American Can Cart Gallop With Great Speed Not since the last visit of of Paavo Nurmi the Phantom Finn has this country enter entertained as speedy a distance distance dis distance dis- dis tance runner as Juan Carlos Zabala of Buenos AireS Alre The South American established a anew anew new flew American record ord for the meter race recently by winning a special special cial dat event event of that distance in New NewYork NewYork York cUpping clipping almost two seconds off oU the record held by the veteran flier Ray Sabala was timed at a against as-against Rays Ray's old mark of The former is better than that made in fri winning the 1920 Olympic event t. Then ns S proof that the castera cast east em ern chapter wasn't a flash in the pan but rather the expected achievement of a real star Zabala stepped out to win vin the 15 mlle national marathon at Chicago last w week ck in His Chicago feat broke the Amen Ameri- of ot set in 1919 by Charles Pores of New York but failed by 37 seconds to break the world record record record rec rec- ord set by F. F Appleby of Great Britain Britain Brit Enit- ain ala in London 30 years ears a ago o. o Such Performance Deserves High Prestige Based d on records made up to the present Zabala seems destined to win winan an Olympic championship Lindgren of Sweden S has been timed in for forthe forthe forthe the meters slightly more than six miles and his mark is the best of the European national champions expected expected ex ex- p to compete at Los Angeles Certainly no United States Slates runner has has' given promise of ot being able to match strides with the Hare of the Argentine He was six minutes ahead of Whitey Michelson of ot the Melrose Melrose Melrose Mel- Mel rose Athletic club N New w York in the Chicago marathon and about eight minutes ahead of Paul DC De Bruyn champion of Germany who finished third In fact Zabala's running is la more impressive than it appears In the special ial New York meter run he was virtually alone on an oddly shaped h track the surface of which was too hard for proper running Yet he was timed at for the first I mile for the se second ond for forthe forthe lor the third for the fourth for lor the fifth and for the sixth Zabala Zaba a has an amazing stock of stamina and and power tucked away somewhere in his wiry flyweight frame irame which tops lops the beam at less than pounds when hes he's in running togs Traffic and its resultant gas fumes lumes hampered his work as he churned along the asphalt highway skirting the short of Lake Michigan in the Chicago race else hc he might easily have shattered the worlds world's record record rec rec- ord that ha has stood since 1902 He broke out rapidly and was ahead at atthe atthe atthe the three mile mark and was far ahead of ot the worlds world's record at the end of four miles A According cording to unofficial dockers clockers he was still a fraction ahead of Appleb's Appleby's Apple Apple- bys by's time at the mile 14 mark but tired on on the last mile He undo undoubtedly will prove one of the stars of the games next month The oldest track record on the Rocky Mountain conference books the the time of for the two-mile two run set b by Norton of Utah A ics In 1926 no 1928 no doubt owes It its survival this year ur to the windstorm that buffeted buffeted buffeted feted the men during the the conference meet here a 1 few weeks ao ago Hoist Holst of Montana State who won the event came to Salt Lake with big biff expectations of shattering the mark having drilled himself to the point where he be could run run the distance under under un un- un- un der tier the record regularly Carrying a watch he trained with infinite diligence according according- to hi his coach Schubert Dyche and felt he might be he able to do In a supreme ef effort effort effort ef- ef fort but but- the wind made him cautious cautious cau cau- as well and his running running- difficult cult and he took slightly more than ten minutes It was his last chance too as he be was a Do senior this year A ArisIng Arising Arising rising threat to the record comes from froni Utah Ies In the personage e of Glen r who was Vas second this year ear |
