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BAUSCH PUTS UPMANEW DECATHLONKMARK IN RELAYSAi■K. I . Events Uncover Two fContenders For U. S. ^Olympic Teamo(By Charles A. GrumichjscLAWRENCE, Has., April 2:;.—An{ fecBttOf! : ial elimination prolt; - $ ex-peeled ?o discover timber for the inUnited States Olympic team turned gup twp likely contenders at the mtenth annual Kansas r= la\s here to- tcdav.IThey are James A Bausch of eithe Kansas City Athletic club, na-i ational pentathlon champion anddecathlon star, and Captain GeorgeiSailing, hurdler and sprinter of theUniversity of Iowa.Battling showers and puddles on1the track in the last five events ofthe decathlon this morning, Bauschamassed a point total of 8022.4025in the 10-event all around test.This bettered the meet record ot7846.2205 that he established herein 1931 and approached the accepted world record—since beatenmade by Pavo Yrjola of Finland in1928. Yrjola’s total was 8052.290.Running on a rain-soaked trackbetween showers, Sailing equalledthe meet record of 11.6 in the 120-yard high hurdles in both the preliminaries and the finals. Then hehelped the Iowa team tie the meet I 1irecord for the 480-yard shuttle i ahurdle relay at 1:02.5, and brought5 iithe half-mile sprint relay quartet yinto a victory in the 8S0.Henry Brock smith, University ofcIndiana’s ace miler, withdrew from ] fthe new 1500 meter individual raceand ran anchor on two victoriousPrelay quartets. Finishing first in tHie distance medley, he stepped!}the mile jaunt in 4:26.6. He rancthe last stretch of the 4-mile relay, ; ( also won by Indiana in 4:30.Glenn Cunningham of the Uni-ic1versitv of Kansas, winner of the , jbankers’ mile indoors at Chicago, iestablished a mark of 1.02.3 inthe first running here of the 1500-Iimeter event. +Unfavorable conditions hamperedthe rec ird-seekers and Bausch’s | ( dfcathlon mark was the onlv nowon*1 set.The University of Missouri, producer of champion quarter-milers,took the university class mile re-gylav in 3:20.4, just four-tenths of a*second over the meet record.I*Bausch’s improvement in t liedecathlon marks him distinctly asSa candidate for the all around job t , on the United States Olympicteam. Without the adverse condi-gtions this morning he might havensurpassed the best existing records.PgRAIN HALTS STARTpcOF CHURCH LEAGUERain caused the postponement of aall games scheduled in the opening ground of plav in the Inter-Churchplayground baseball league Satur- e dav morning. !(\ he games will be played off at ^a future date and the teams willlt;yIenter the second round next Sat- ^urdav. Jn the meanwhile R. C.Crane, physical director of Community Center and supervisor of ; the league, will allow additional!teams to enter before the secondround contests.LOCAL BOWLERS TOSPRINGFIELD TODAY
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Sedalia Capital
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Sun, Apr 24, 1932
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