Show Backseat Driving l Continued from Page Fifteen race race inasmuch as h he had had hadnot not yet rounded into athletic trim following his experiences at the front in the difficulties difficulties' with Russia MaId Maki was to run three miles and Nurmi suggested he do it in 1415 and agreed with that bleak air use se in iii splitting seconds to stand near the track and asid signal the runner to quicken or slacken his pace Maki ran the therace therace race in and left eft the feeling proud of his miraculous miraculous miraculous mirac mirac- ulous feat Ceat of coming within 3 3 of a second of the pace Nurmi had predetermined for Cor him Imagine his surprise then to have Nurmi chill him like this Your sense of timing is atrocious ous You'll have to do better The pupil had displeased displeased displeased dis dis- dis- dis pleased the master over over overa a matter of three-tenths three of a second Instructed to run tl ethree miles in 14 minutes flat at Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Maki Maid was wa's was distressed no flO end when he ran it in ii and det determined to do bett better r at Kansas City a a few days later Nurmi s suggested he run two miles at Kansas City in and Maki was so elated at doing it t in exactly that figure that he almost forgot he was beaten a step by b Walter Mehl Mehi the former Badger Nobody knows what pace Nurmi suggested for his star inthe inthe in m the Madison Square Garden the other night but its it's doubtful surmised his was about to be if even the great N Nurmi Greg Rice the former pitted against such a a 3 scorching pace as Notre Dame runner set in exceeding the worlds world's indoor record by about three seconds Rice ran the distance in as compared to his own record of The worlds world's outdoor record is set by Maki l in Finland la last t year at f f V. V i L |