Word: peltzer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Otto Peltzer, German sprinter, en route to Tokyo with 14 fellow athletes, went for a walk in Warsaw during the train's stopover. Seeing a train start chuffing from the station, he sprinted, caught the last car. swung aboard. It was the wrong train. He missed...
...M.I.T. rivals in a close one-mile relay race, the Crimson first year men were downed by the Dartmouth Freshmen. The Harvard short distance sprinters did not last beyond the first heat, and the University did not place at all in the intercollegiate two-mile relay race. Dr. Otto Peltzer, German middle-distance runner, was present at the games, although he was unable to participate in them...
Watching Lloyd Hahn run in the Hunter Mile race, Peltzer said, "Hahn remains somewhat of a mystery to me. He always wins with plenty to spare, and no one knows just how much power he has. He seems to have a boundless supply of energy and stamina, and until he races Nurmi, Wide, myself and the rest of the runners at the Olympics no one will know just how great...
...unusual situation presents itself in the 400 metre low-hurdle race, for this event is rarely run in America. Nevertheless America is well prepared with any number of quarter milers who may change their activities to the hurdling field. Coach Farrell named as the best performers from Europe, Peltzer of Germany, Sangerson of France, Petterson of Sweden and Burghley of England. The Americans who will probably be entered are Gibson of Fordham, who defeated Burghley of England at the Pennsylvania Relays, Taylor, the 1924 Olympic winner, and Steinbrenner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was intercollegiate champion last year...
...metre competition from Europe will revolve around Martin of France, who has done less than four minutes for this length. Wide of Sweden, Nurmi, and Peltzer of Germany who beat Nurmi the year before last. Bolize of Germany, Ellis of England, Posys of Poland, Jorgensen of Norway, and Sjorren of Sweden may any one of them come through among the leaders in the race...