Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-03-21 | Page 10 | Handicaps Overcome by Cunningham of Kansas

Handicaps Overcome by Cunningham of Kansas Crrat Di.taar Man Badly Darned in Boyhood, bat Rrrovrred to Become OaUUndlng Milcr; Began to Rite to Prominence In 1930 I Br iaiaml Passst I Th (tory behind th story of Gtonn Cunningham s development aa an ef lha great American mile runner of all Urn ha been partially told, but w are Indebted now to J. V. Woodward Wood-ward of th Plamvlew Teae) Hereld lor sn account of th Kane boy's youth that eat forth details for th first Urn from firsthand aourc. "A boy, Glenn and b rot her arrived eerly at In littl rural school they attended near Elkhart, Kan., one winter morning," write Mr. Woodward. Wood-ward. "They started fir In th stove, there was en eaploawe and m the ensuing eonflsgratlon Glenn's brother was fatally burned and Glenn was so aerloualy burned that doctors for days despaired of hia Ilia. Ha was la the car of physician for week. "They considered it almost miraculous mirac-ulous that ha should develop Inte one of th world outstanding athlete. I "Later art. as high arhool student. lOlena wa sent to national high 'school meet st Chicago with funds releed by EJkhart ciUama. K was taken Ul and failed to carry away any of th high honors, although he did compete and try hi beat Th following follow-ing year b (gala waa sent to Chicago, Chi-cago, where k Justified th faith of his barkers by winning tha events In which h waa entered. "He la tha eon of poor parent and ha reached hi preaent high position posi-tion In athletic uodr most unusual cirrumetance. "My Informant I Dr. I. Hnry Hansen, now of Plalnvlew. who aald he attended Glenn after the tragedy of th echoolnouee." I IOa SCHOOL MILE IN 4:21.1 . 1 It wa la th II 10 lnlerecholaatlc meet conducted by A. A. Stagg for the University of Chicago that Cunningham Cun-ningham first stamped himself as coming middle distance ace, Th Ken-saa Ken-saa youth wo hie mil race la the eacellent Urn of 4 27.7, good enough to lead many a collage field. Ha alao waa member of the winning medley relay team. Ha wa only aophomor at th University of Kaneaa laat year when he ran to an American outdoor record rec-ord of 4 11 1 In th national collegiate A, A. mile, followed that np by gaining gain-ing place on th United States Olympic Olym-pic team and finished fourth la the Olympic IMO-meter final. STALE roa OLYMPICS Cunningham. Iik Van ike. Hallo-well Hallo-well and the other American middle distance etar. wa not st hi beat for tha Olympic. All had run their fastest races in th winter or spring snd war further set bark on the roast by an epidemic of cold la th .United Stales training ramp. On top of that they war outran In 'th roughest Olympic IMO-meMr final j i bav aver seen.