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This Day in Observe & Subject-June 18
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This Day in Observe & Subject–June 18
1921—Charley Paddock runs 10.2 (really 10-1/5) for 110 yards in Pasadena, however AAU officers by no means submitted the mark as a World Document as a result of Paddock really ran longer than 100 meters (100.58m)! Paddock had received three medals the earlier 12 months on the Antwerp Olympics—gold within the 100 and 4×100 and silver within the 200.
1921–The inaugural NCAA Championships have been held at Stagg Subject on the campus of the College of Chicago (17-18), with Illinois beating Notre Dame, 20-1/4 to 16-3/4, to win the workforce title.
Among the many winners have been Canadian Earl Thomson, the reigning Olympic champion, who received the 120y-hurdles for Dartmouth, equaling his personal World Document of 14.4y (however by no means ratified), and Penn’s Earl Eby (880), the silver medalist within the 800-meters on the 1920 Olympics.
Eby joined the U.S. Air Pressure after his freshman 12 months at Penn, and served in France throughout World Battle I earlier than returning to highschool. He later labored for the Philadelphia Bulletin and coated Penn sports activities, together with the Penn Relays, for 31 years.
Outcomes: https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1921.pdf
Penn Bio(Eby): https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/earl-william-eby
http://www.ustfccca.org/ncaa-100/the-first-ncaa-championship-track-field
1936—Finland’s Matti Järvinen threw 253-4 (77.23) in Helsinki to set his 10th (and closing) World Document within the Javelin. Järvinen, the 1932 Olympic champion within the occasion, was the file holder from August 8, 1930 by August 25, 1938, the day that fellow Finn Yrjö Nikkanen threw 255-5 (77.87). Järvinen was there to see his file fall, ending 2nd with a throw of 240-3 (73.23).
From his Wiki Bio: “Järvinen was the son of Verner Järvinen, an Olympic bronze medalist in Discus throw (1908). His brother Akilles Järvinen was a decathlon world file holder and two-time Olympic silver medalist (1928,1932). His different brother Kalle was a shot putter and in addition an Olympian. The precise distance of his gold-winning throw, 72.71 meters, was used as the peak of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in commemoration of his achievement.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_J%C3%A4rvinen
WR Development(meters): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men’s_javelin_world_record_progression
Video(1932 Olympics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud5lowOSYJU
1938–Glenn Cunningham (4:07.2) received the Mile on the fifth Annual Princeton Invitation over Archie San Romani (4:10.4). Cunningham (3:00.8) later completed a detailed 2nd within the 3/4-mile run to Wayne Rideout, who set a World Document of three:00.4.
Race Spotlight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS1JVcOOeHA
