Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-17 | Page 6 | Hoff Crowned World's Greatest Indoor Athlete

HOFF HOFF CROWNED CROWNED Ajo WORLDS WORLD WORLDS GREATEST GR A TEST IND INDOOR OR ATHLETE ATHLETE I OSBORN DEFEATED IN Norwegian Star Shatters Pole Vault and Broad Jump Records NEW EW YORK TORK March 17 AP- AP AP Charley Hoff Hott of at Norway today stands forth as the worlds world's greatest around all-around indoor athlete Victory in five Che of ot seven events events with two records created gave him honors In Madison Square Garden last night Emerson merson Norton orton Georgetown university athlete i fought Hoff Hott all the wa way through and was bested by a margin of 1176 points while Harold Osborn decathlon champion wa was compelled to r retire after three events because of at a strained tendon in his left Jett leg Hoffs Hoff's new world marks were registered in the pole vault where he cleared 13 feet 7 Inches to oust his own former height of 13 feet 6 63 4 4 3 inches made at Baltimore re recently recently re- re and in the broad Jump where he cleared 23 feet teet 7 8 73 8 3 inches wipIng wiping wiping wip wip- ing out the figures of at Dowding of ot Georgetown t The Norwegians Norwegian's point total for tor forthe forthe the evening e was 3 while Norton Norton Nor r-or- ton recorded losing when he tipped over two barriers In the tho yard sixty-yard hurdle event After the hurdle race Hoff Hott displayed sportsmanship sportsmanship sportsmanship sports sports- manship in requesting that it be run over in order that Norton r-orton might be credited with his points but the of officials officials of- of I could not permit It It Under Amateur Athletic union rules a man manIs manIs manis Is disqualified when he knocks over two or more hurdles in a race atless of at less than seventy yards Norton r-orton won the high Jump and the The figures registered by Hoff HoC and Norton follow yard Sixty Hoff yard Sixty dash 6 66 6 seconds sec sec- tHO points running high jump 5 feet 91 2 inches points eid sIx six teen-pound teen 33 feet teet 1 11 8 8 1 Inches points running broad jump 23 feet 7 8 73 S 3 inches points yard sixty hurdles 82 seconds seconds sec sec- points pole vault 13 feet I 7 Inches 1124 points yard run seconds 7 points Total I points Norton Norton yard yard dash 69 seconds seconds seconds sec sec- points high jump 6 feet 1 4 3 inches points 42 feet 9 97 8 8 7 inches points broad Jump 21 feet teet 61 4 inches points hurdles 8 83 seconds disqualified disqualified dis dis- qualified pole vault 12 feet points yard run run seconds points point Total points Osborn made 2334 points in the events in which he participated the yard sixty-yard dash running high Jump and sixteen-pound sixteen He Is the greatest of ot the high Jumpers but his Injured leg permitted him to attain only 6 C feet 4 1 inch far tar short of ot marks he has made