Soldier Field, Chicago, IL, June 18, 1927
Chicago hosted the AAU Central Association Championship, where athletes from Illinois and neighboring states competed. Joseph DellaMaria, who had earned bronze at the NCAA championships a week earlier, surged to victory in the 220 yards on his home track with the season's third-fastest time globally, 21.0.
The pace was also hot in the 880 yards, as John Sittig won with a time of 1:54.2. A week prior, he had secured the NCAA championship in the same city with the exact same time.
DellaMaria was not heard from again after 1927. Sittig, however, made his way onto the Amsterdam Olympic team through the American trials, though he was eliminated in the heats of the Five Rings Games.
Anton Burg, in excellent form, defeated two-time Olympic champion Harold Osborn in the high jump. Osborn was already eyeing the Amsterdam Olympics a year away.
Herbert Schwarze, the 1926 US champion, a sturdy boar, won his event in the shot put, throwing the brass ball 14.96 (49-1).
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