Word: mins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...yard: Paavo Nurmi; time, 4 min...
Next night again at Madison Square Garden, Nurmi, running in the Rodman Wanamaker 1 ½ mile Special, covered that distance in 6 min. 39 2/5 sec. ?2 2/5 seconds under the record made by Ray two years ago. Ray started in the race. At the end of the third lap, pressing his hand to his side in the fashion of one stricken with a cramp, he dropped out. "Boo," went the gallery. But the gallant Ray, having many times given proof of his courage, trotted heedless to the locker rooms...
That same evening, William Plant, U.S. walker, defeated Ugo Frigerio, Italy's Olympic champion, established a new world's indoor record of 22 min. 6 3/5 sec. for the 5,000 metre walk...
...fetched him back. The flying Finn gave evidence of morose spirits. He had contracted a chest cold and had hurt his leg while swimming; hence his visit to the bath. He was tired. He jogged around the track, 21 2/5 seconds slower than his own record time of 4 min. 58 sec., content to defeat the other contenders by a mere 30 yards or more. He did not know, he said, that he had to run that night. Hence, for the first time in his U.S. visit, he failed to break a world's record...
...break any records, despite the fact that in a fit of pique, last week, he announced that he would run the distance in 9 minutes fiat. William Plant, U.S. walker, again defeated Ugo Frigerio, Italian Olympic champion, breaking by 1 1-5 seconds, his own world's record. (12 min. 54 sec.) for the 3,000 metre walk. In the polevault, Laddie (E. E.) Meyers jumped 12 feet 10 5-8 inches, bettering his world's record of 12 ft. 81-4 in. made...