Frankfurt am Main | September 3 1922
Hubert Houben secured his position as the fastest man in Europe. In the national championships, the lad from North Rhine-Westphalia had already taken home the 100 and 200 metre titles. This form continued in the second international match between Germany and Switzerland, held this time in Frankfurt am Main. Houben sprinted the 100 metres in 10.5 seconds, which was the world's leading time of the season. He also ran the 200 metres in a world-class time of 21.9 seconds.
Switzerland's Joseph Imbach didn't give up easily in the 200 metres, as he pushed himself in the wake of his German counterpart to set a national record of 22.1 seconds. Imbach also set another Swiss record in the 400 metres with a time of 49.4 seconds.
Independent thinker Otto Peltzer was gradually rising to international prominence in middle-distance events. A few weeks earlier, he had won the German championship in the 1500 metres. In the international match, he secured victory points in both the European mile and the 800 metres, though neither middle-distance race aimed for record-breaking times.
There was more speed in the 5000 metres. Emil Bedarff ran to victory with a new German record of 15:25.3, although this was still behind the times set by Finnish runners.
Germany won the match with a score of 49-89 and took a 2-0 lead in the overall series.
Complete (Wikipedia)
Idrottsbladet, September 11, 1922 (in Swedish)