Word: barbuti
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Engaged. Ray Barbuti, U. S. Olympic middle-distance runner; and Marion Hicks, sister of Golfer Helen Hicks; at Hewlett...
Distribution of the questionnaire came on the heels of statements by Ray Barbuti, Olympic 440-metre champion, although officials said the one had nothing to do with the other. Barbuti, suspended by the A. A. U. recently after criticism of amateur conditions, charged in the April number of Sportsmanship (a magazine published by the Sportsmanship Brotherhood) that amateur athletics often are paid by promoters. The payments are arranged through intermediaries, he said, and paid in cash. Payments run as high as $500, he declared. He asked a thorough investigation and remedial measures. Later, however, he refused to give names...
...Metre Run. Won by Ray Barbuti of the U. S. 47 4/5 sec. Before the race he drank a cherry eggnog. At the finish he dived into the tape, sprawled upon the cinder track, was severely cut. But that was the way in which he conquered James Ball of Canada by an eyelash...
...points ahead of Yale. The big event was the pole vault in which the three best vaulters in the world competed-Ward Edmonds of Stanford, Les Barnes of Southern California, and Sabin Carr of Yale. Carr won without breaking any records. Only two men scored double firsts, Ray Barbuti (Syracuse) in the 220 and 440, and Eric Krenz (Stanford) in the discus and shot put. Illinois, regular winner in the middle west, did what was expected at Evanston, Ill., and by winning eleven points out of sixteen kept the track and field championship of the Big Ten. George Simpson (Ohio...
...half mile. Phil Edwards, the New York University negro, looks like the class of the field to me. I don't see how any collegiate runner can beat him. Barbuti of Syracuse again, Hogan of Yale. Pearson of Pennsylvania, Adams and Wakeley of Bates, and O'Neil and Porter of Harvard, are all going to give a good account of themselves in the finals of the half. The other places seem to be a toss...