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...Metre Run. Won by Willie Ritola of Finland, 14 min, 38 sec. Paavo Nurmi of Finland finished second...
...Greek play. . . . The events: Sixteen-Pound Shot Put. Won by John Kuck of the U. S., 52 ft., 11/16 in., new world's record. Running High Jump. Won by Robert W. King of the U. S., 6 ft., 4⅜ in. Ten-Thousand-Metre Run. Won by Paavo Nurmi of Finland, 30 min., 18½ sec. Willie Ritola of Finland finished a scant yard behind Nurmi. One-Hundred-Metre Dash. Won by Percy Williams of Canada, 10½ sec. Frank Wykoff, California schoolboy favorite, finished fourth. Sixteen-Pound Hammer Throw. Won by Patrick O'Callaghan of Ireland...
...nickname is Chesty because he usually announces that he is going to win and tells what his time will be. He is the best prophet among runners. He is the only American who has run the mile in competition under 4:20 more than six times. He holds with Paavo Nurmi the world's indoor mile record. Last month when he finished third in the Boston marathon (TIME, April 30) his first long distance race, his shoes had to be cut away from his swollen and bleeding feet. Clarence DeMar won at Boston. Ray finished with glazed eyes...
Wide is at present the holder of the world record at the outdoor two-mile run, his time being 9 minutes 1 and two-fifths seconds. If he runs here on May 7, he will make the third deliberate assault upon a record in recent years. "Jole" Ray and Paavo Nurmi made gallant attempts to lower the world's mile mark in 1923 and 1925. Both covered the distance in 4 minutes 15 seconds. Since Nurmi returned to his Scandinavian home, Wide has defeated the "Flying Finn". Last night the great Swedish runner failed by 20 seconds to lower...
...Helsingfors, Finland, Paavo Nurmi, monosyllabic marathoner, had his first interview with President Relander. The Finnish President, in all moments of conversational difficulty, turns to the formula of the catechism like those uncles who ask a child what he is studying, whether he loves his teacher, and so on, without listening to the answers. Chin in collar, Marathoner Nurmi stared at his hands...