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Show HOMER BAKER SHOWS SPEED Erstwhll; Ncv" York A. Cv MMdl.DI. tance Runner Winner of 1,000 Yard Run. Showing a flash of his old form, Homer Baker, crstw'hllo Now York A. C. mlddlc-dlstnnco runner, signalized signal-ized his return to tho track by win- Homer Baker. nlng tho liOOO-ynrd run nt the Forty-soventh Forty-soventh regiment armory Jn Brooklyn, In the fast tlmo of 2 minutes, 20 seconds, sec-onds, Tho . International hnlf-inllo cham ptou's successful "comeback" was the feuturo of tho United War Work gumcs. Baker's last raco prior to this one was In tho 1,000-yord run at tho National Na-tional Indoor Championships In 1017, moro than a year and n half ago. Shortly after .that-raco ho suffered an Injury to ono of his legs by falllnc between be-tween tho station platform and a car whllo alighting from a subway train. |