Show i I MAY GET NEW tEW TESTS ON TRACK 4 I HITOLA SEERS SEEKS LONGER RACES BIG STAR World Sensation May Continue However In Short Events NEW JEW YORK Jan IS 18 IS il ISuM uM v II ll-lille ll I I lie Ite Ritola greatest or of o the Im I'm- Fin nl h middle distance runners In until Paavo NurmI left his native town ot or Abo Aba to the western hemisphere Indica ed Saturday night at the Fordam ml- ml Uni University olty meet met that a II race Ith is v Ith the peerless one 0 over oser r a longer d lol nee 4 ml might ht b br be more Interesting thin tan th the e events In which Nurmi has hasi ha parties parties- participated rated up lo to this time Ritola t ll twice tics defeated by his countryman at shorter distances d traveled fit five h miles on an eight eight- right lap lap ftp track eight seconds taster faster than Ihan th tha time furnished by Hannu In 1913 an and ani his pace equalled thAt th t of o the first night nighta a few tew das dabs ago aliO when shat shat- shat shattered shattered three thre world mars marks at t Madi- Madi Madison con Madl-con son Square garden gorden gardenIn In the th first meeting of oC the to Ritola led Ifil 1 1 until within two to laps lapso of the finish 1 when hen Nurmi broke acay aay to win In am hand II s had hadnot hadnot hadnot not spent his strength but his finish was more like that or of o th the distance ong runner a steady grina to the end nd That was what hat ho achieved n night ht But Nurmi It would it p poem sem em III v Ill confine himself to the tho shorter horte dis di- dl distance tance from a mile to two miles Ith each race presenting a dif dif- different different dif different ferent distance Ii Ho I is the Iha ho dicta dicta- dictator dictator tor Or for tor his presence Is necessary to an say any first class track met meet t he be Is In this country countr In feet It lies as reported some dys ago thit b the oft mentioned breach the Iho two tao stars of or l had been widened until their olio ers ers en had Insisted that they run In Indifferent indifferent different e events ent This Titis Is Ia what hat hap hap- happened happened hap happened at the Fordham contest AT BROOKLYN At the Brook Brooklyn n coll college coHee se Ial gaines a Saturday night Nurmi III ii Ill choose een a two mlle and 2 vard sand distance Joe Ra Ba Ray Chi Chicago hl iii cago fiver fIber will III compete In the 1000 event ent in us ee meaning yards ards not meters RIO Ill start from scratch In a 3 bard ard handicap and his most dang elou appears to be Geo Lermond of Boston college collego who isho was isas I lanced In tho the two mlle event ent of othe the Fordham meet Nurmi 1 a ff was isas an easy last night fite Cle bards ard ards la to front of him Ilmar Prim Print rIft ards ards further advanced advance was nun Gun Gun nar nar Nilson and yards bards ards ahead of oC Peerless Pa vo came ra- ra raSen Ker Fa-Ker Sen lier All of ot the Finn s R ere era members of or the Ayt AI AM A C Nurmi simply droll drift drifted inlEt inlEt- ed along glanced at hi his v satch at atthe atthe the tho end of ot each ach lap laim end and finaly circled the field Held without apparent apparent- apparently V ly Iy the pace Stamina told tho the story The Tho others ere dere u ablo to 10 keep In stride I ONCE 01 0 Only once did u 1 ml alt tIle lie first time hi his stride has been ben brok brok- broken broken en on In a II New r York race This was as mounding the turn about ay In the race hi his left leCt foot toot slipped but he lost only a single st step It as v as his first race on the flat fiat the track rack being set Bet off oft front from the I main floor by a thin strip of or hut but this appeared to isor vvo-rv vvo him not at all At the end he hI en harder than usual and his fice 1 as I flushed but hut he finished In god after arter breaking three I ec- ec ecord ord ends In ID New York journeying to Chicago to break another and rp- rp returning rc turning here to 10 establish still one more three In three nights O 00 |