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THE LAWRENCE DAILY JOURNAL-WORLIKANSAN OVERSHADOWS Double Headers BringGlenn Cunningham*! 1.000 Meter Win Stands Out at StockholmTwin Association VSweden(A IChicago, July 20. (AP).—1 bie headers meant double victlt;The performance of Glenn Cunningham, University of Kan-miler, overshadowed the ef-Associationsat*forts of other track and field starsthe all-starhere yesterday as American team took the lead in itsfirst international engagement.Running the 1,000 meter event for the first time in hiscareer,Cunningham failed by only three-tenths of a second to equal the world record of 2.23.6 held bv Julesl.adoumegue of France. Erik Ny, one of Sweden’s foremost runners,set the pace over most of the distance but the Kansan finished with a hurst of speed that brought him to the tape in 2:311.0.A crowd of 14,000 persons packed the old Olympic stadium to seethe Americans compete against acrew of picked athletes representing 11 countries.The Americans won four of thefive events on the first day’s program. Ralph Metcalfe, negro sprinter from Marquette university,won the 100-meter dash in 10:4; Juhnnv Morriss, Louisiana hurdler, negotiated the 110-metcr highsticks in 14.7, and Ivan Fuqua, Indiana middle distance star, won almost as he pleased in his event, taking the 400-meters in 48.5.The only American to meet defeat was Henri Laborde of Stanford University who finished seventh in the 16-pound shot put.terday.As Joe Hauser hit his flt; fourth home run of the seasothe ninth inning with the t loaded to cap a six run rally, neapoiis won the first game o twin bill with Indianapolis, 7and then polished off the Incin the nigntcap, 15 to 6, by 1 mering Pete Daglia for 17 hiti eluding three homers and five hies.Toledo also found the ran^defeat Milwaukee in both enca doubleheader, 12 to 0, and 8, The first game was tiedtimes and finally ended by a 1run by Tartan Trosky in the iwith two on base. It wu hisTheond homer of the pame. ond game went 10 innings andwas broken up by a home run, by Reis connecting for a ci smash with one on.St. Paul followed suit ovc Lexington park by dropping L ville twice, 5 to 3 and 10 to 1. I Newkirk pitched his second cessive five-hit game in the nthe Saints hammerelt;cap asMcKain and Clyde Hatter fchits.Kansas City dropped both gof a doubleheader to the lei Columbus Red Birds, the fin a score of 9 to 5 and the se3 to 1. In the first game Lc lowed the Blues only threewViil* in tViA sAcrmd Kansas
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Lawrence Daily Journal World
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Thu, Jul 20, 1933
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