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Demon Finn Here Tomorrow Nurmi Arter Staduim MarksPaavo Nurmi who is due to arrive here tomorrow for the Rainbow Division iow to be held in the Coliseum Saturday is here shown stepping off a few lies for a morning jaunt. The “Phantom Finn will meet some opposition the Trojan distance men and a crew of runners from the Sherman Indian istitute.By CHARLES W. PADDOCKThe official* iu char*;*- of the Rainbow Division Meet on April 25th. at the iilitceum. feel rertain that one of the races in which Paavo Nurmi will com te will l»e five miles.This meet will afford Paavo Nurmi an excellent chance to beat the worldcord of 24 min. 23 2-. seconds, set by Alfred Shrubb of Kngland, May 12.4)4. The only reason the record still stands is because Nurmi has not yet id the opix)rtunit offered him to.tion. hut It likewise holds back recog oak it. His time for other races nition for the school and for its re-arkable athletes. Some of thesemen alter they have finished at Sherman. go to Riverside High School, and they are eligible and they generally perform remarkably well. But when they are at their best, with plenty oT practice and competition behind them, we do not have the opportunity of seeing them In action.The only doubt in the minds of the experts In comparing the Indian runners to Nurmi. Is a possible lack of speed. But certainly this cannot beikes it almost certain that 1 nihilate this mark when he gets a j ance. He is doubtlessly already uring out how fast he will have lo ne himself for each lap in order lo ! ve another record to his credit.DIANS AT BESTBut there is one point the cclebrat-Mr. Nurmi may be overlooking anil ; at is the entrance of the Sherman j dians in Uil* contest, if the race , is a mile, the Indians could hardly | considered as dangerous oppon- j ts. But at five miles, they have al i offered in the case of Arenes. ys proven themselves unbeatable. Wglit now, the big man i Fhere are five m»*n who may take • measure of Paavo Nurmi. First . these is William Roy Arenes, sev-teen years of age. He has arius jtheschool is the twenty year old star. Uarnett Billy, who won the Southern California Cross Country Champion I ship. This was about four miles in J shoulder.- Dempsey would not length and Billy was just coming into irn, and he la|»ers down to slender ***** own on the last half mile. He has klrs and small feeL He possesses a smooth stride, easy arm action and ire speed than almost any Indian , plenty of endurance. Like the rest of * writer has ever sen in action. HU ***** team mates, the presence of Paavo i-ed reminds one of the great Jitn Nurmi will not worry him a bit. In- Ihe is not afraid of Nurmi or and his trainer andCoach. B. A. Jamieson ts certain he I ill give the Finn a race he will long ' remember.WILL BE A REAL RACEBesides Billy and Arenes. there are ■ latter feat after he had Just run | SOmc more boys to make It a real , ee mih-s. There are not many nth- • warm afternoon for Paavo Nurmi. Tom j fs in the world who can do that. Humphreys is taller than Nurmi with 1 when It Is remembered that he j a longer stride and certainly Just a* | 1 Just completed his three miles in much endurance. He U accustomedorpe. but fortunately he is not bur | dian-llke ied with the heavy frame that I anyone adicapped Thorpe as a distance run-Indeed. Arenes might easily pass a leal quarter mller. He can sprint ■ hundred yards in a fraction under ven seconds. I saw him perform Ifraction over fifteen minutes, ho ms up as a real rival for Paavo rmi.irencs wouiu undoubtedly defeat high school stars of Southern ('alula in distance running and in theto warm weather and the hotter the twenty-fifth of April happens to be. the better Tom will like It. He reminds me of another Indian, named Tom Iamgboat. who had much the same build and in his time, he was oneirter events as well, if he were al- j of the greatest runners In the world, j • d to compete But the C. I. F | The only thing this Tom lacks ts ex-Ing seems to bar the students at p,-Hence. but with all his team-mates running with him. be should do well.Then there is Amos Hayowesa the arrow' ’and he seems well nani'H for | he has certainly learned this much I from the classroom, that the shortest |rnmn Institute, even though th vounu enough to participate, ac ding to high school standards. ThL only prevents the boys from g«*t r their proper amount of compel!
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Los Angeles Daily Trojan
Los Angeles, California, US
Tue, Apr 21, 1925
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