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SETS NEW RECORDGlenn Cunningham Wins 800 Meters Kace at Stockholm in Flashy TimeStockholm, July 21. {AF)—For the second time in two days Glenn Cunningham, middle-distance runner on the touring American track team, has featured events of the international track carnival at the old Olympic stadium.The University of Kansas ace, who Wednesday came within three tenths of a secopd equalling the world mark in the 1,000 ; meter race, yesterday smashed the: Swedish record for the S00 meter distance. Decisively defeating! Erik Ny, the flying Swede who trailed him to the tape in Wednesday's performance, Cunningham stepped the distance in 1:50.6, two and,two tenths seconds under the Swedish mark. Ny was. clocked in 1:52.3.Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette annexed another of the four victories which went to the American team in the six events on the program. He dipped seven_ tenths of a second off the Swedish record for 200 meters, being clocked in 21.2.Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette annexed another of the four victories which went to the American team in the six events on the program when he won the 200 meter dash in 21.2 seconds, seven tenths of a second faster than the Swedish record. Ivan Fuqua, Indian guarter miler was second and Kivitis of Lithuania was third. .'. Last night's . competition closed two days of the American team's appearance against a group of picked athletes from eleven nations.The remainder of the American team’s itinerary is as follows: July 25, Vasteras, Sweden: July 26, Nypoking; July 28, Malmo; July 31, Warsaw; August 3, Hanover, Germany; August 5-6, Berlin: August 8, Prague; August II. Budapest; and August 13-14, Paris.I113aTytvItVftb
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Lawrence Journal World
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Fri, Jul 21, 1933
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