In the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships at Soldier Field, Chicago:
¶Glenn Cunningham, Kansas University's famed middle-distance man, ran away from his field in the mile, won with a new U. S. record of 4 min., 9.8 sec.
¶Ralph Metcalfe, huge Negro of Marquette, equaled the world's record (9.4 sec.) in the 100-yd. dash, set a new one, of 20.4 sec., in the 220.
¶Indiana's Charles Hornbostel, beaten in the mile, lumbered past Cunningham in the stretch of the 880-yd. run, won by two inches with a world's record of 1:50.9.
¶Jack Torrance of Louisiana State threw...
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