Word: deckard
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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...Philadelphia last week the Indiana Uni versity team of Melvern Trutt, Jimmy Smith, Tommy Deckard and Don Lash, of which only Lash was an outstanding miler, cut this world's record by 1.1 sec. Out standing individual performance of the four was that of unheralded Negro Jimmy Smith, who covered his mile in 4:14. At the Penn Relays a total of six meet records was set, of which one, in the Class B mile relay, was set by Elmer & Delmer Brown, with their teammates Johnny Stovall and Alvin Chrisman, a twin whose brother is no runner. Most famed...
Major U. S. track meets seldom fail to produce a world's record. Last week's produced three: 8:48.6 for the 3,000-metre steeplechase, by Indiana's Tommy Deckard; 1:59.7 for the 1,000-metre medley relay, by the New York Curb Exchange team; and 6 ft. 9¼ in. for the high jump-only ½ in. lower than the outdoor world's record, held jointly by Negroes Cornelius Johnson and Dave Albritton-by Marquette's Negro Sophomore Edward Burke, handicapped by a slightly twisted knee...
...Blaine Rideout ran off the inside of the track on the fifth lap of the 1,000-yd. run, pitched headlong, did not finish. Both Rideouts ran in the two-mile an hour later. Blaine fought with Lash for second place for 16 laps while Indiana's Tommy Deckard built up an unbeatable lead. Getting a pain in his side, Blaine fell back, was lapped by his twin who also weakened and the two crossed the finish line together in the ruck...