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Show Metcalfe Ties Oxen Record in Canada Victory HAMILTON, Ont, March S3 0PV-Ralph 0PV-Ralph Metcalfe, th dusky Marquette university flier, ha strengthened his claims to th "fastest human" till bv equaling hia own world indoor record in th SO-yard dash and vanquishing hia sprint rival from New Orleans. Emmet! Toppino, for th second tun In succession. Meu-aUe. winner ever Toppino m the Canadian indoor championships at Toronto Tueaday, repeated In even greater style her last night He sped over the boards In 0 1-10 seconds, to equal th world mark he aat al South Bend, Ind., early thla month and clip a tenth off the Canadian ree-ord ree-ord he set tha night before. Toppino finished only four Inrhea back, barely aheed of Bert Pearson, Canadian sprint champion. Led by these two aces and Glenn Cunningham. Kansas middle-distance star, the JJnlted bis tea cleaned up tha international event of th meet. Cunningham won lh half-mile invitation invi-tation when Phil Edwards. Canadian Olympic star, fell 25 yards from th finish, when he was two feet ahead. George Split of New York university univer-sity raptured the high Jump without much trouble: Toppino and Mctralle paced lh United State half-mile relay re-lay team to victory over Canada; O. O Neil of Marquette ran off with the two-mil event and hi teammate, J. Tiernry, raptured tha 200-yard special. spe-cial. Dr. William Heiru of Cincinnati and E. Kubaah of Marquette ran one-two one-two In th 1000-yard rac. |