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...late for Beard and Keller, who had fought for the lead through the first 100 metres, to catch him. If he had cleared the tenth barrier, Saling's time? 14.6 sec.?would have tied the Olympic record. He had beaten it and tied the world's record???14.4?in a semi-final heat...
Discus Throw. The first throw, by Jules Noel of France, was a new Olympic record???157 ft., 2 in. A few minutes later, Noel's record was broken by Henri Laborde of Stanford, with 158:3. John Anderson of the New York Athletic Club smashed Laborde's trial record with 160:3¾. Anderson's last qualifying throw, 162 ft., 4? in., was an Olympic record that will last till...
Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette equalled the world's record???9.5 sec.?in the 100-yd. dash...
From 1915 to 1925, Joie Ray was considered the best mile runner in the world. In 1925 he tied Paavo Nurmi for the indoor record???4 min. 12 sec. Three years later he astonished everyone by making good his boast to become a marathon runner. He was on the U. S. Olympic team in 1928. Since then Ray's achievements have diminished, but not his confidence nor his odd, insistent courage. He competed in C. C. Pyle's second transcontinental footrace, lost a six-day race against a horse in Philadelphia. He tried prizefighting, long-distance roller-skating, driving...
...business depression had not been sufficient to retard foreign travel by U. S. citizens. In February, passport applications exceeded those for the same month the year before. Since then there has been a steady increase until last month more than 35,000 applications?15% above last year's May record???were received...