BRILLIANT KANSAN |
_ SETS WORLD MARK

 

Clips 1.9 Seconds From Record in Taking Measure
of Hoosier, Then Returns to Humble Gene Venzke
in Classic Columbian Mile, With Hornbostel Also
‘Scoring Comeback to Beat Out Ivan F uqua in

600-Yard Test—Ray Sears of Butler Wins 2-Mile.

 

 

NEW YORK,. March 16.—(P)—
Glenn Cunningham, world’s fore-
most miler, proved master of Chuck
Hornbostel, Indiana’s great middle
distance runner, tonight as he
smashed the world’s 1,000-yard rec-
ord by 1 and .9 seconds in the
Knights of Columbus. indoor ‘track
and field games in Madison Square
Garden. Cunningham was clocked in
2:10.1 as compared to Hal Cutbill’s
_ thirteen-year-old mark of 2:12.

Taking the lead from Glenn Daw-
son of Skiatook, Okla., national
- titleholder at the distance, near the
end of the first lap, Cunningham ran
a front race to beat Hornbostel by
three yards. Dawson was thirty
yards back in third place, followed
by Elton Brown of Pittsburg (Kas.)
Teachers. ;

Opens Up 10-Yard Space.

. Cunningham built up his lead
through the second and third laps,
opening up ‘a ten-yard space before
Hornbostel began to close in. The
Hoosier, now attending graduate
school at Harvard, and beaten only
once in the 600-1,000 sphere indoors
in the last three years, began to cut
in on the Kansan’s advantage mid-
way in the fourth lap. :

As they swung into the fifth lap,
Hornbostel had reduced the margin
to one-yard and with the start of the

bell round was running almost stride.
for stride with Glenn. “The mile rec-
ord-holder stepped up the tempo,:
however, held his advantage and in
the home stretch pulled away to hit:

the tape three yards in front.
The remainder of the field was left
far behind early in the race.

‘but Sears dropped back, apparently

 

national 5,000-meter champion,
Swung to the front and turned on
the steam.

McCluskey answered the challenge,

beaten. Faster and faster Follows
went, but McCluskey hung at his

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theels while Sears remained in strik-

ing distance. |

Coming: down the back stretch on |
the final lap, Sears lengthened his |
stride, quickly swept past McCluskey |
and set sail for Follows, They fought
almost shoulder to shoulder through
the last twenty yards, with Sears |
getting to the frdnt in the final |
stride.

Again. Shows Superiority.
Cunningham again showed his su-
periority over Gene Venzke as he

came back an hour after setting his |
world record at 1,000 yards to beat |
the Pennsylvanian by three yards in
the classic Columbian mile, The
Kansan was timed in 4:14.8, far back
of his indoor world’s record of 4:08.4
made in winning the event last year.

Venzke, whe has beaten Cunning-
ham only once in nineteen clashes,
set the pace to the start of the final
lap but in the end he was unable to
match the seemingly tireless stride '
of the sturdy Kansan. Harry Wil-
liamson of North Carolina was an-.
Other fifteen yards back in third |
place with Glen Dawson of Skia-_
took, Okla., fourth.

Cunningham got away last but;
after two laps moved up to third |
place and then took ‘over the. task:

of forcing the pace at the halfway |
mark, As late as the seventh of the
eleven laps,
ryards back of Venzke but with Jess |

Cunningham was. ten!

than three laps to go he started to |
elose in on the Pennsylvanian, — |
Arh