The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 9, 1928, Page 5

THE 'DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1928: THAT S0UNDS LIKE A CALL FOR A NEW HAT OR COAT- WHERE | 9)T? > AN Paavo Nurmi Again Looms as Dominant Figure in Mile Run DEFENDING-' CHAMPION IN . ? “He Otympic “1500” By ALAN J. GOULD (Associated Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, May 9—If there was one branch of track sports outside of sprinting in which America has most eagerly sought supremacy it is in mile running. Yet it has been twenty years now since the United States has won the 1500-meter race, Olympic equivalent of the mile. This championship has shifted to Fin- land after a sojourn in England The world’s record for the mile, long a cherished American pos- session, has now been held by that Phantom of Finland, Paavo Nurmi, for five years, American prestige in the Olym- pic 1500 has skidded downward without interruption since 1908 when Peerless Mel Sheppard scored the last Yankee triumph. Subsequently, the best America could do was second in 1912, third in 1920 and fifth in 1924. So it will be something to cheer about even if Lloyd Hahn, Ameri- ca’'s chief hope this year, is only able to check this decline. It will be cause for national athletic jubilation if he is returned the victor, as many of his ardent fol- lowers expect. Hahn, successor to Joie Ray as the king of American 'milers, is by far the best prospect this country has turned out for the 1500 meters since 1912. Ray was never at his best abroad, but Hahn, with the experience of one Olympiad al ready behind him and an early start in preparation abroad, should be at his peak in Amsterdam. The rugged Nebraskan ran sixth to Nurmi in the 1500-meter race at Paris four years ago. Ably coached by the veteran Jack Ry- der, he has steadily improved since then. He has shown enough speed to run the fastest half mile of all time and also set the world’s, 1500-meter record indoors. After tackling super<opposition in the Olympic 800 Hahn will find little respite in the 1500 against such cracks as Nurmi, the world's record-holder and champion, Edvin Wide of Sweden, Lowe and pos- sibly Stallard of England, . and Peltzer of Germany. The Ameni- man has raced all of these men, however, and beaten two of them in this country, Wide and Peltzer. Hahn will play virtually a lone hand in the 1500, as well as the 800-meter races. Ray has turned marathoner, and there is no other miler in sight of the Nebraskan's class unless Nick Carter, Ray Con- .chance P | 1500-METER CHAMPIONS | NEW YORK, May 9—Olym- | pic 1500-meter champions and | their times: Year Win. Country | 1896 Flack, Eng. 1900 Bennett, Eng. | 1904 Lightbody, U. 1906 Lightbody, S..4:12 1908 Sheppard, U. S..4:03 25 1912 Jackson, Eng. 56 45 1920 Hill, England... 01 45 1920 Nurmi, Finland...3:53 3-6% (*) Olympic record. World’s record, 3:523-5, by Nurmi. Tim 13315 T ger or Jue Sivak show some start- ling improvement. The greatest band of milers America ever mustered was ship- ped to the 1912 Olympic, but they were outrun and outgeneralled by the young English collegian, Ar- nold N. S. Jackson. There was no fluke to Jackson’s victory, for he " shattered the Olympic record by nearly seven seconds, but be- fore the race he had been con- ceded little more than an outside against such American aces as Abel Kiviat, Norman Ta- ber, John Paul Jones, Mel Shep- pard and others. Seven of the fourteen finalists were Americans, and three of them, Kiviat, Tabor and Jones, appeared to have the race to themselves until Jackson, to quote the official story, “came on, passed the pumped out U. S. A. men with gigantic strides and broke the worsted three meters in front of Kiviat, who suffered a complete surprise.” Some years later, Jackson, now a resident of America, told this writer he thought the Americans had killed their chances by too much early sprinting. Four years ago Nurmi won the 1500 on the same afternoon he captured the 5000‘meter race, shat- tering the Olympic records in each. It was a romp for th2 great Finn after he had shaken off the American, Ray Watson. For two- thirds of the distance, Watson stuck to Paavo like a shadow, as he had been instructed to do. It was dramatic as far as it went, but Watson finally faltered, 300 meters from the finish, so badly spent that he was unable to fin- ish among the first six. — Bugene Permanen: Waves, $15. American Beaaty Parlor. —adv. SEATTLE PUTS GAME ON ICE IN 3 INNINGS | {Cast-Off Hollywood Player | Is Hitting Star for | Indians LOS ANGELES, May 9.—The Indians drove two Hollywood pitchers to the showers yesterday afternoon and bunched hits in three innings for a wide 1 Johnny Mitchell, Hollywood cast-off, was the hitting star, net- ting one home run, a double and single for Seattle attle won 10 to 4 1e batteries were: Seattle Wilson, Schmidt, Hollywood—Fullerton, Mulcahy and Agnew. Bryan and Hulvey, GAMES TUESDAY Pacific Cosst League Seattle 10; Hollywood 4, Los Angeles 4 mento 5. National League Philadelphia 4; St. Louis 15. New York 53 Pittsburgh 6. Brooklyn Chicago 4. Boston 2; Cincinnati 7. | American League iCleveland 3; {Chicago 1; Detroit 1 I8t. New York 0. Boston §, Washington 2. Louis 3; Philadelphia 4. STANDiNG OF CLUBS (Corrected to date.) Pacific Coast League Won Lost R e ¢ . 21 14 Ry 3% S [ ] 18 Sacramento {San Francisco Hollywood jLos Angeles | Mission ... Portland Oakland Seatle ; National League Won Lost 2% o § 14 Pe. 611 583 BH71 524 522 520 .368 .263 New York Cincinnati Pittsburgh Brooklyn St. Louis Chicago . Boston Philadelphia American League Won Lost ko1 5 11 16 14 10 e85 Pet. L7150 .688 667 538 407 .400 333 .292 New York Philadelphia ..... Cleveland St. Louis Detroit Washington . Chicago = ) Boston b 8 12 16 12 14 17 e — “LOEFFELERBSEN MIT SPECK" BERLINERS' PORK AND BEANS BERLIN, May 9—What Boston beans and pork is to the Yankee, Loeffelerbsen mit Speck is to the Berliner. It is a dish of yellow peas boiled with cubes of bacon that will “stick to the ribs” and has always been very popular with Fritz. The peas are called Loeffel (spoon) peas because you could not eat them with a knife even if you wanted to. Back in the early nineties, a chain of popular restaurants start- ed selling portions of Loeffelerb- sen mit Speck at 7% cents a “go.” Customers ate them off tough deal tables. Prices have since gone up for peas and bacon just the same as for ,other com- modities, and now a portion costs 20 cents. But it is served on a dainty marble-topped table, with a table cloth on it. These restau- rants serve 4,000 portions of Loef- felerbsen mit Speck a day, sum- mer and winter. — e Fada Radio Sets and accessor- les, Columbia Phonographs and records. Radlo Electric Co., Mar- tin Lynch. Phone 429. adv. OH- DON'T BE DILLY: DADDY- OON'T SYOuU REALLY LIKE GIRLD <THI FRENCH FLYWEIGHT COMING! May 9 } mile “Spider” Pladner, the French flyweight champion, having defeated every | boxer in his class in Kurope with| | the exception of Johnny Hill of| England, has decided to join the | ever growing colony of French! boxers in the United States. | Pladner is managed by the vet-| oran lightweight Louis de Pon.| thieu and s a protege of Frank| | Erne PARIS, BESR g ANOTHER GOLF COURSE | ON U. S-CANADA LINE B — | VANCOUVER, B. C, Int ational golf cours United States-Canada may become quite the the futu While May 9—| s on the boundary | thing in announcement made at Boston the ment of a golf club on ver-| mont-Quebec border, another in-| ternational ~ course was being| planned at White Rock, B. C. Samuel Hill of Seattle, roads enthusiast and peace cate, is sponsor of the plan and| oxpects o have the first nine wles built by July. The course | will be near the Peace Arch, built | by Mr. Hill some years ago to| commomorate 8 cf pes betweon the United States. was being | establish- ( of ( the good | 100 year cel Canada and e i e cL ROOTING RULES AMSTERDAM, Holland, May 9 All noise-producing instruments of every description will be taboo during the Olympic contests, The | human voice, reinforced by the| clapping of hands and the tramp ing of feet, will remain as the only means of rooting. | The d ion to prohibit mechan- ical instruments of all sorts was taken in the interest of the con testants, it was explained. e CAPTAIN INELIGIBLE DENVER, Colo, May 9—Ed Haynes, captain of the Denver University track team, is ineligible because he failed to make a suf-| ficient number of classroom cred its last semester. His ineligibili ty is a serious loss to the team, for he tied the Rocky Mountain conference record for the 100-yard | dash and finished second in the | 440-yard run at the A. A. U. game in Lincoln, Neb. last summer. RIS S — | LONDON SOCIETY BUYS \ HANDIER COUNTRY HOUSES! LONDON, May 9—The plan of running a small country house within easy motoring distance of London is being 1m~reasingi_\i adopted by society folk, who ha a town residence also. Prince and Princess Arthur Connaught have just bought small house in the Surrey hill from which they can easily reach town by car to attend many func tions, and be able to follow coun try pursuits in their spare time. | The Prince of Wales bought home in Surrey some months ago Lord and Lady Lee of Fareham, who gave Chequers to the nation for the use of prime minister have returned to White Lods Richmond Park. 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