Dash StillSafe

In those days runners were cut-
ting the record for the mile fairly
fast -and they first started talking
about a four-minute job.

Hamilton, in 1935, predicted the
top would be reached when the
mark got to 4:01.66. Arne Anders-
sen, the Swedish swiftie, negotiated
the distance in 4:01.6 last year,

And he thought he was safe in
predicting no runner would do bet-
ter than :09.13 in the 100-yard dash,
but he still has this one to be
topped, for the present world record,
held jointly by Jesse Owens and |
Frank Wykoff, is :09.4.

The javelin tossers made an.
awful sucker out of him in the
wand throwing event. When he
came out with his figures he sur-
mised the ultimate would be
reached when the mark got to 256
feet, -1032/100 inches, but three
years after he made that long range
forecast a Finn by the name of
Yrjo Kikkanen heaved the spear
258 feet, 244 inches.

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Jump Figure Good

However, the 100-yard dash pre-|
diction made by the California|
mentor is not the only one that has|
yet to be topped. His broad jump |
figure of 27 feet, 74/100 inches still
is good, for the mark today is 26
feet 8% inches, held by Owens,
one of America’s greatest tracksters.

There are others that have with-|
stood the world’s best and are still
standing. Here are his forecasts
and today’s records (he passed over
tne hurdle races):

Today’s World
Rec

880 yards
A OO, TAEE at oh een peteeh hate 4
8:44.2, Two miles