Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-05-26 | Page 3 | Nurmi Facing Stern Test Tuesday

NURMI FACING STERN TEST TUESDAY Fleet Finn F Pails Fails ils to toBe toBe Be Favorite for First Time BY HENRY L. L FARRELL United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK May Z For For the first time since a hot July afternoon in 1920 when he was beaten by hy the I French rench flier Guillemot at the Antwerp Antwerp Ant Ant- verp Olympic games paavo worlds world's champion runner runnel will be a second choice he goes oes to the mark tonight at tho Vio Yankee sta sta- In his farewell app appearance arance in the United States Nurmi will attempt two things in tho the feature event event- cf of the card arranged by the Finnish Finnish- American Athletic club club he he will at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt to beat teat AlI Allen n n Hollrich the best middle distance runner In the United States and to displace Ted Tt-d ot Meredith's Merediths year old record lM 1 5 1611 5 1 for a halt half officials and coaches gathered here today for the tile event were rather frank trank in the opinion that he could not live Ue up to his plans plane of of dong donl the distance In 1 60 and that he would ha e the therace therace therace race of ot his life Ute to beat the J Penn cnn State star Nate Cartmill Penn State track coach and Lawson Robertson he head hel l coach of the 1924 Olympic Olympio track team said they felt sure that Nurmi Nurmi Nur- Nur urmi ur- ur mi did not have a mile half-mile In him now and that they doubted he would be able to beat as the American is in perfect condit condition condition condi condi- t tion Ion and has pointed for the race of his life Nurmi Is not In t. t the e best foest shape He is tired and worn out rom the many trips he has made and from the man many hard races that he has been through on strange tracks and andin andin andin in a strange climate The weather will be against him tonight and the track at the Yankee stadium is iii not anything anything- like the flee fleet cinder path In the Harvard stadium There are too many turns on the track here hero for a worlds world's record half un halt un unless less NurmI Is much greater than the superman he is generally recognized recognized recognized rec rec- as being Nurmi according to Hugo Quint his manager does not feel feet quite up to hi his best running now and he Is tired from a hard campaign Paavo thinks now that he should have rested longer lonther when ho he returned from his trip to California Quist said