Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-02-18 | Page 4 | Charley Hoff Breaks Mark Again

CHARLEY HOff BREAKS S MARA MARK MAR A AGAIN AIN Norwegian gi n Star Clears Bar With Great Ease NEW YORK Feb 18 AP Inch AP-Inch Inch by inc bar rises as tall tail smiling smil ing Charley Iloff pf Norway worlds world's champion pole vaulter scales heights that American athletes athletes athletes ath ath- letes have found impossible Last night irs Irr Brooklyn n at the Norwegian Turn society games Hoff raised himself 13 feet 4 inches from front the floor with the aid o ohis of his foot 16 bamboo cane just cane just four Inches higher than any American American Amer Amer- ican Jean has risen This was Ills his fifth lifting of ot indoor figures and only twice in his record attempts has hashe hashe he moved the crosspiece In addition addition ad ad- adI I he finished second to Vincent Vincent Vincent Vin Vin- cent Lally of New York in a meter race With Roy Slagle of the University r- r sity of Pennsylvania as his only opponent Hoff Hott leaped to his Ills new record on the first attempt after fter the American had knocked off the tile bar at 12 feet 6 inches Hoffs Hoff's for mer record was 13 feet 3 Inches Hoff Hoft began at 11 feet after which the tile bar was moved up successively successive successive- ly to 11 fe feet t 6 inches 12 feet 12 feet 6 Inches 12 feet feat 11 inches and then to a height never before reached In this country The Norwegian cleared the bar by several inches indIes in his ills final Jump DeHart Hubbard former University University University sity of Michigan 1 star equaled the world indoor record of 7 1 seconds for 65 yards in a afield afield afield field of five contestants in the second feature event Hubbard was a step in front o of Chet Bowman of the Newark A. A CLouis C C. Louis Clarke also of the Newark A. A C. C was sas third Overcoming long handicaps al allotted allotted allotted al- al to 21 other runners Willie Ritola of the Finnish-American Finnish AC A A. C C. C. C scratch starter won the twomile twomile two two- mile race in 9 minutes 24 seconds Abe of the Glencoe A A. C. C with a yare yard advantage was second and S. S McNeil an unattached unattached unattached runner was third