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This Day in Observe & Subject–February 21
by Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service (wmurphy25@aol.com), used with permission
1925—Lengthy earlier than the baseball crew got here onto the native sports activities scene, the Senior “Mets”, the Championships of the Metropolitan AAU Affiliation, was an vital fixture on the NY Metropolis indoor T&F circuit.
At first, Italy’s Ugo Frigerio, the winner of three gold medals on the 1920 & 1924 Olympics, refused to take part within the particular 4-mile racewalk, claiming that he ought to have been allowed to pick out his rivals, very like Paavo Nurmi had finished in his many races within the U.S. He lastly relented after being informed the race would go on with out him, and went on to win the occasion in 30:01.4.
Jackson Scholz, the 1924 Olympic Champion at 200-Meters, gained the 300y in 33.4, and Fordham’s Johnny Gibson gained the 600y in 1:16.0. Gibson would go on to set a World File of 52.6 within the 440y-Hurdles in 1927.
Loretta McNeil anchored the Millrose A.A. to a win within the Ladies’s 440y-Relay and would win a silver medal within the 1st Olympic Ladies’s 4×100 in 1928.
4th within the 1000y was 32-year-old Abel Kiviat, the silver medalist within the 1500-Meters on the 1912 Olympics.
Finland’s Ville “Willie” Ritola had come to the meet hoping to problem the World File within the 2-mile, however wasn’t allowed to compete as a result of he didn’t meet the Met AAU’s residency necessities!
The assembly was held on the 102nd Engineers Armory in Washington Heights, the identical facility that’s in use right now.
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Scholz: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79001
Frigerio: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71982
1953—Villanova’s Fred Dwyer (Mile/4:08.1) and Penn State’s Ollie Sax (600y/1:10.4) set Meet Data on the IC4A Championships in Madison Sq. Backyard, with Manhattan Faculty, with George Eastment on the helm, successful its third straight crew title.
The front-running Dwyer, who had earlier gained the Mile on the U.S. Indoor Championships, bought the ten,000 followers in attendance excited when he hit the ¾-mile break up in 3:04.8, elevating hope that he would break the World File of 4:05.3, however the fast tempo took its toll close to the top of the race.
Dwyer would have an extended teaching profession, guiding Marty Liquori to a sub-4 mile at Essex Catholic(NJ) H.S. and Manhattan Faculty to the crew title on the 1973 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Tom Courtney, a future Olympic gold medalist within the 800-Meters (1956), anchored Fordham to a win within the 2-mile relay.
Columbia’s Al Thompson gained the Shot Put (51-9 ½ [15.78+]) after ending 2nd within the 35-pound Weight Throw within the afternoon.
Thompson, who handed away in 2021, was a dentist for greater than 50 years, treating many members of the NY Metropolis T&F Neighborhood (together with myself-WM). His was one of many few medical ready rooms that featured Observe & Subject Information amongst its assortment of magazines!
There was a controversial end result within the 60-yard sprint. It was a blanket end amongst Manhattan’s trio of Joe Schatzle, John O’Connell, and Lindy Remigino, the 1952 Olympic champion at 100-Meters, and Seton Corridor’s Bob Keegan. The order of end was left to the judges to resolve after the Bulova Phototimer jammed! The issue was that the judges differed on the end order. The consensus amongst most observers was that the winner was Schatzle, with O’Connell beating Keegan for 2nd, however Referee Dan Ferris made the bizzare determination to award the win to Keegan after a “means of elimination”, though Keegan hadn’t been picked within the high 4 by any of the judges! Ferris would later admit that “Perhaps we did make a mistake”!
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Meet Report: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/02/22/93395864.html?pageNumber=212
Controversy: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/02/23/83712451.html?pageNumber=31
Thompson:
https://gocolumbialions.com/information/2021/2/5/general-columbia-trailblazer-dr-albert-thompson-54cc-60cdm.aspx
1959—5 World Data had been set on the U.S. Indoor Championships in Madison Sq. Backyard.
Eire’s Ron Delany, a Backyard favourite, needed to chase down Hungary’s István Rózsavölgyi on the ultimate lap to win his 4th straight U.S. Indoor title (at a time when worldwide athletes might compete within the meet). His successful time of 4:02.5 bettered his personal World Indoor File of 4:03.4. Rozsavolgyi completed 2nd in 4:03.9, the quickest non-winning time in historical past on the time.
17-year-old Boston College freshman John Thomas, who had grow to be the primary man to clear 7’ within the Excessive Bounce indoors on the Millrose Video games earlier within the season, raised his World File to 7-1 1/4 (2.165), a mark that was larger than the Out of doors File (7-1 [2.16]). Thomas would finally win 7 U.S. Indoor titles.
Invoice Dellinger gained the three miles in 13:36.9 to interrupt Greg Rice’s 17-year-old mark of 13:45.7, and Parry O’Brien improved his WR from 61-8 ½ (18.805) to 62-1 ¾ (18.94). Bob Backus gained his sixth straight title within the 35-pound Weight Throw with a WR toss of 66-2 ¾ (20.18+) on the Squadron A Armory within the afternoon.
The meet drew a standing-room-only crowd of 15,789.
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