Show LASH GAINS WORLD F FAME AMI E Hoosier Ace Bests Paavo Nurmi Mark MarkI I Two Mile History I NEW V YORK June 15 UP IP Here's Heres the international history of the twomile twomile twomile two- two mile run from making standpoint Year Year Record Record maker Time 1884 1884 W. W. W G. G George England 1903 Alfred 1903 Alfred En Eng 1904 Alfred 1904 Alfred Eng 1926 Edvin 1926 Edvin Wide Vide Sweden 1931 Paavo 1931 Paavo Nurmi Finland 1936 Donald 1936 Donald R R. Lash U. U S. S By ALAN GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor NEW NEV YORK June 15 Amid IS-Amid Amid the rapidly accumulating evidence that Uncle Sams Sam's athletes will set a dizzy pace for all rivals in the Berlin Olympics Don Lash's world orl record- record sm smashing shing two miles stood forth today today to to- to day as not only the years year's greatest racing foot performance but one of the he most remarkable of all time Indiana collegian The year old not only surpassed one of oC the great Paavo Nurmi's supposedly impregnable impregnable impregnable marks by running the distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance in 8 minutes seconds on Princeton's swept rain-swept track last Saturday but he became the first American ever to gain world fame over the tw mile tv-mile milc route For the first time in foot rae ing in history the United States now no can em claim all alt world records for forthe forthe I the tho standard measured linear events ran ranging in from yards to two miles nilles with Lash joining the record cracking e. e com company o m p pan a n y of or Frank Wykoff and ami Jesse Jcsse Owens in the sprints Ben rn Eastman at atthe atthe atthe the 4 10 and yard ard distances and Glenn Cunningham Gunningham in the mile mite Simultaneously Lash's victOry projected Americas America's hopes of conquest conquest conquest con con- quest for the first time in the Olympic meters an event in which Finland's supremacy has long been asserted Four years ago a lanky Oregonian Ralph Hill came na stride of or carrying America to triumph at Los Angeles Lash on the basis of his electrifying development development development de de- de- de under the coaching of E. E C. C Billy BUly Hayes appears thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- capable of picking up where Hill left off and showing his heels to o the worlds world's best distance runners this his August On Wet Vet ct Track No American ever before had beaten on an outdoor track for two miles until Lash thundered with amazing speed on a thoroughly drenched track In Princeton's third annual Invitation meet The best bestany bestany bestany any of our runners had achieved indoors was by Ray Sears another Hoosier product in 1934 Heretofore no American two- two miler has been mentioned In the same breath with the peerless Nurmi Nurmi Nurmi Nur Nur- mi but Lash wiped out the flying Finns Finn's outdoor record of and came Within tenth one-tenth second of equalling Paavo's indoor mark of set on the old Madison Square Garden track in 1925 Lash's own best previous time was The performance was a stunning stun tun ning fling surprise e to h hardy nd onlookers onlookers on on- lookers and most everyone e else e Lash The Indiana bo boy figured figure ho he could do it and ran to toa toa toa a watch stop-watch schedule from start to finish despite abominable conditions con con- underfoot and overhead o lie ran four r rivals rals als into the ground including California's Norman Bright hitherto regarded regard regard- ed as Americas America's best Olympic distance distance dis dis- dis tance prospect Sears and the veteran Joe McCluskey l Bright in second place trailed b by yards Meanwhile California racers foot caused a sharp upturn in Americas America's meters stock While Jimmy Luvalle Luvalle Lu Lu- valle o of U. 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A was lowering the colors of the casts cast's best including including including ing Syracuse's previously invincible Eddie Eddio OBrien O'Brien in the yard ard run at Princeton California's Archie Williams sped to a record near-record victor victory vic vie tor tory in a meters Olympic test at Palo Alto Both stars are arc negroes Other Oilier Marks Williams was clocked in a tenth-second tenth short of 01 Bill Carrs Carr's world record while Luvalle was timed In 71 for lor the slightly longer HO Other making headline-making track and andfield andfield andfield field performances Saturday Jesse Owens' Owens latest quadruple triumph in inthe inthe the tho Ohio State-Southern State California dual meet including a record record- equaling equaling- yards yard in 9 94 seconds Trojan Roy Staley's record-beating record 1 seconds for lor the yard ard high hurdles in the same meet Ben Eastman's meters in 1505 at Palo Alto Gene first outdoor outdoor outdoor out out- door triumph over Glenn Cunningham Cunning Cunning- ham in the tho Princeton mile timed in and American record excelling excelling excell excell- ing javelin feats by the veteran Lee Bartlett with a throw of feet teet 7 inches at Grand Rapids Mich and by Bob Parke of oC Oregon with feet lee 7 n 7 t inches I |