1941
SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1941
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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High Marks Set in 18 Relays
BY PAUL WILLIAMS
More than 20 years ago, Dr. John Outland of Kansas City suggested to Doctor F. C. Allen, newly-appointed director of athletics, that the University hold an intersectional track meet. Outland, who attended the University in 1893 and 1894, worked with Allen to organize such a meet*
after the new stadium was built. In 1923, a year after Memorial stadium was opened, Allen issued invitations to several universities and colleges. That year the University of Kansas, coached by Karl Schlademan, won the team championship. University runners took the half-mile relay, placed high in four other relays and several individual events.
World Marks in 1925
In 1924, entrants broke 20 meet records. The University of Texas relay team ticked off their mile and seven-eighths in 7:38.2, setting a new national intercollegiate record.
A fast track helped in the breaking of three world relay records in 1925. The University team did 440 yards in 42.3 seconds, three-tenths of a second under par; Nebraska koncked two tenths off the international mark in the 880, only to have the Illinois team run the same distance a moment later in 1:27.2, two tenths less than the Huskers' time; and Texas eclipsed their own distance medley mark, turning the course in 7:35.6.
Intercollegiate records were set in shot put and pole vault, and only three meet records weer left unscathed. Tom Poor, later an Olympic competitor, set 2 school record of 6 feet 5 inches in the high iump, which stood until two weeks ago, when Norman Sanneman broke it at the Texas Relays.
Two more world marks were reached in 1926. The Nebraska half-
mile team lowered their own time to 1:26.6, and Locke, their star, burned up 100 yards of track in 9.6 seconds, tying Charley Paddock's time. Seven meet records also went by the board. Adriana Paulen, Dutch runner, did an exhibition 440 in 48.9 seconds, a Kansas record, and Charley Hoff, of Norway, cleared 13 feet 4 inches in a special pole vault event.
Indian Paces Marathon
A supermarathon, featuring Indian distance runners, was a high point of the 1927 meet. Jose Torres, a Tarahumara Indian, averaged 8 miles an hour from the Kansas City Athletic Club to Memorial Stadium. Lolita, a Tarahumara squaw, jogged from Topeka to Lawrence, carrying a message from Governor Ben Paulen. Lolita's sister lasted all but $3\frac{1}{2}$ miles of the way. Notre Dame's team tied the world mark in the 440 relay, doing it in 41.6 seconds. In addition, four more meet records were lowered.
Fewer records were broken in 1928, but the Kansas quartertime team won their event, and with it the Alpha Tau Omega cup. Kansas had won the event in 1925 and 1926.
That year (1928) Harold Buchanan of Haskell won a special marathon, covering the 26 miles, 385 yards in 3 hours, 4 minutes and 56 seconds.
One of the outstanding group of stars in the history of the relays was hampered, first by cold weather, then by heavy rain, in the 1929 running. Nevertheless, Tom Churchill f Oklahoma topped his year-old record in the decathlon, scoring 7422.28 points. New marks were also set in pole vault and discus throw.
A strong wind helped competitors do drastic things to world marks in 1930, but their records were not recognized as official. They stood, however, as meet records. Leland, of Texas, pared the century mark down to 9.4, and Illinois tied international standard in the 440, making the distance in 41 seconds
flat. Other meet records were est ablished in the 120-yard high hurdles, halfmile, two-mile, college distance medley, pole vault, high jump, and discus.
Jim Bausch
Swift, Washington State star,
equaled the official world mark in the
100-yard dash in 1931, being
timed in 9.5 without a helping wind.
Intercollegiate records were also set
in 440, 880, and four-mile relays,
and six meet records were established.
Jim Bausch, Kansas star,
was declared winner in the decathlon,
after a recheck of scores, but
confusion in timing the 1500-meter
run made it impossible to recognize his score as a new American record.
In 1932, however, Bausch scored 8022.4 points, setting a new meet record, and coming within 30 points of world standard. Saldles (14.6), and the Iowa 480 shuttle hurdles team tied the meeting, Iowa's sprint star, waded through the rain to tie the meet record in the 120-yard high hur-record of 1:02.5.
The 1933 Relays were dedicated to Saling, who was killed in an automobile wreck a few weeks before the meet. Gienn Cunningham set a new record of 3:53.3 in the 1500-meter run, beating his old time by more than nine seconds. Kansas State set a new mark in the university distance medley, clocked in 10:27.4; Emporia Teachers outdid the college two-mile mark with a 7:50.5 time; and Minnesota tied the 480 shuttle hurdles time. All three mile relay records likewise were lowered. Iowa State equaled the university two-mile record of 7:52.5.
It's Warm--and it'll be getting warmer!
Cunningham, to whom the 1934 Relays were dedicated, trimmed Gene Venzke and a fast field the feature event, a special mile race. Five meet records were also set, and one was tied.
World times were again challenged in 1935, when University of Iowa teams did the 440 in 40.5 seconds and the 880 in 1:25.2. Six meet records in various relay events were made, but Glenn Dawson edged out Cunningham in the feature mile.
Cunningham showed his old form in winning the 1500 meter hun in 3:57.1. Third in that race was Mel Trutt of Indiana, a favorite in today's special mile.
Of course there's no heat for a while yet to worry about, but these warm spring days turn our appetites toward cool refreshments.
Glenn Morris of Denver topped Jim Bausch's decathlon score, tallying 7576 points under a new scoring system. Bausch's best, score, transcribed from the old system, was 7165. Emporia Teachers' distance medley team lopped 1.3 seconds off the world record, finishing in 10:12.7. Northwestern's quartet came up with a 3:24.7 in the sprint medley, two tenths under the nation intercollegiate record.
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The oldest Relays record was broken in 1397, when Allan Terry, of Hardin-Simmons heaved the javelin 229 feet 6 1-4 inches to a new (continued on page eight)
Records were worked over again in 1936. The Relays that year were accredited as preliminaries to the 1936 Olympics, and several new events were included.
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