Word: nurmi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...famed Paavo Nurmi ran two miles in 8:59.6. That, except for Nurmi's indoor record of 8:58.2, made on a board track at Madison Square Garden in 1925, is the fastest time ever recorded for a human runner over the distance. Track coaches have generally considered it, of all existing marks, the least susceptible to improvement...
...miles has always been a hoodoo for U. S. runners. Best time ever made outdoors by a U. S. runner at two miles was 9:10.6 made by Lash in the Drake Relays last April. That he was likely to break his own mark, let alone approach Nurmi's, was a possibility which appeared so remote to sportswriters last week that none of them bothered to mention it in their predictions. Lash had run in the East before, never matched his Midwest form...
...accused of biting an Englishman. In 1928, in Amsterdam, the French refused to march in the opening parade, England withdrew its football team, and referees' decisions aroused even more dissension than usual. The 1932 games in Los Angeles were relatively amiable. Finland threatened to withdraw when Paavo Nurmi was declared a professional. Italy and Japan are currently bickering about whether the 1940 Olympics should be held in Rome or Tokyo...
...fastest' mile on record. Lovelock's time was 4.07.6, Bonthron's 4.08.7. In last week's Baxter Mile in the New York Athletic Club games Venzke, Cunningham and Bonthron were running together for the first time. Their contest promised the most exciting mile race since Nurmi visited the U. S. ten years ago. Speculators got $10 for $2 tickets. A crowd of 16,000 packed Madison Square Garden...
Seeking Divorce. From Paavo Nurmi, 36, famed Finnish runner: Sylvi Laaksonen Nurmi, his wife since May 1932. In Turku, Finland, Nurmi's birthplace, Mrs. Nurmi told reporters that he broke promises to give up the track, neglected his family to keep in training, complained that his year-old son's feet were too small for him to become a great runner...