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...Wanamaker International Trophy, engraved with the names of Paavo Nurmi, Charles Hoff, Dr. Otto Peltzer, and Ray Conger was sent last week to be engraved with the American name (Stella Walsh) of Stella Walaciewicz, Polish girl sprinter, because she had set a new world record for women, 6 seconds, in the 50-yard dash at the Millrose Games in Manhattan...
...mile race for the Curley Cup, which was won by Ray Conger, of the Illinois A. C., N. P. Hallowell '32 gave evidence of promise. He was running in competition with three of the great runners of the country and finished a strong fourth. Though no official time was taken for Hallowell it was reported that he covered the ground in 4 minutes and 24 seconds; only two seconds slower than the winner...
...After two years the Modern Museum plans to build its own building. Pledged for generous donations are many patrons who are waiting to see "if the thing is a success." Willing to take a chance, the committee of seven has already given the impetus-money. They are: Chairman Anson Conger Goodyear, Buffalo lumberman, onetime president of Buffalo's staid Albright Art Gallery, now an enthusiastic patron of modern art. Treasurer: Mrs. John Davison Rockefeller Jr., patron, collector. Secretary: Frank Crowninshield, smart-art arbiter, editor of Conde Nast's Vanity Fair...
Lloyd Hahn, runner, had not lost a race for two years. Last week in Kansas City Ray Conger beat him and beat his record for 1,000 yards with a time of 2:11. Hahn stopped running. He walked to the tape with a disgusted expression and said that Conger stuck an elbow in him at the turn. None of the officials...
...metre distance; Cox of Penn State has done 4.18, and Goodwin of the New York Athletic Club can do 4.20 regularly. Enck, the I. C. A. A. A. A. champion in the mile who will run here in the Knights of Columbus and Boston Athletic Association metts, and Conger and Sivack of the Illinois Athletic Club, should rate up well on the American team...