The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-31
NEGRO WON RELAY RACE
FOR PENNSYLVANIA
He and the Amherst Representa-
tive Raced Shoulder to
Shoulder.
YALE WON TWO-MILE
Two-Mile a. a. I. Championship
Run Was Won by George
Benhag-Summary.

NEW YORK. Jan. 30--A varied pro-
gramme of athletic events including sew
eral intercollegiate races, made up the
indoor carnival OF sports which was held
tonight in the Madison Square Garden
under the auspices Of the Columbia Uni
versity Track Athletic Association
The intercollegiate contests were the
chief features of the night. Some very
close finishes resulted in these relays, the
last being of sensational character, when
the com eting teams represented the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and Amherst. The
last two men in the relay. which was a
distance Of one mile. bore the same name,
Taylor. but the Pennsylvania was a ne
gro. AS the two men raced shoulder 10
shoulder throughout the last lap the ex-
element of the spectators became intense.
and when the negro won by barely six
inches, gaining the honOrs for Pennsyl-
vania, the applause which greeted him was
vociferous.
Yale won the two-nile relay intercone-
giate race from Pennsylvania. Columbia
and Harvard. and also defeated Columbia
in the one-miIe relay race. The two-mile
A. A. L. championship run was won by
81 the M g. TO 9a. n
Torrey, OF Yale, who won rather handily
from a very representative field. Sum-
mary:
Six-hundred-yard run, handicap Won by
R. II. Lummis, New West Side A. c.. four
teen yards; l. p: Warford. New York Uni
Versity, thirty-eight yards. second; Is. A.
Sherman, New York University, thirty
four yards, third. Time. ia Is.
Sixty-yard dash, handicap; Won by ID. J.
Terrey Yale, seven yards; Il. Z. JeSsup,
Brooklyn High School. twelve yards. sec
ono; j. WaIse Columbia University, four
teen yards. third. Time, g 2-5.
One-mile run, handicap: Won by II. w.
Cohn. Greater New York Irish A. a. thirty
yards; w. j. Hale, Yale, sixty-five yards,
second; c. b. Alcott, Yale, thirty-five yards,
One-miie public high school relay race:
Won by High School of Commerce team
| Time, 3:45 is.
! by Yale University team, Z. ]. Clapp. c. b.
| Tong, w. c. Johnston and +. II. Parsons;
| Columbia University team. G. Wood, Jr-, d.
d. Muir, L. f. Kohler and w. T. Searls.
second Time, 1884 40
| One-mile private school relay: Won by
Pratt Institute team. Time. 3:47 S-5.
| One-mile relay between Columbia Law
School and New York Law School: A dead
/ heat Time, 1851 3-5.
Sixty-yard dash. A. A. u. championship.
] final heat: Won by ID. j. Torrey, Yale; +.
l. Thompson Amherst College. second: w.
r. Knokel, New York city, third. Time,
| 6 3-5 seconds.
One-mile Indian League relay race: Won
by the Wanoka team, Mohegan team Sec
ond, Seminole team third. Time. 3:f5 2-5.
| Two-mile intercollegiate relay: Won by
| Yale team, d. NJ Moffatt. ]. NJ. Gates. S. r.
| Burnap and l.. Is. Parsons; University OF
| Pennsylvania team, Gill, Terry, Gum and
| orion, second; Columbia University team,
| OConnell Banks. Fulton and Taylor, third:
| Harvard University team, Curtis. Stone,
! Podland and Colwell, fourth. Time. s:l6 4-5.
| Two-mile A. A. U. championship run: Won
| by George Benhag, unattached; John
/ Joyce, Eighth Regiment, second; II. g.
| Cohen, G. n. Y. A. A, third. Time, 9:s4.
One-mile athletic club relay: Won by
the New York A. c. team; Greater New
G. team, third. Time, 1856 Is
| University OF Pennsylvania team. L. ].
| Cartwell, H. A Haymen. w. D. Douir and
| J. 4. Taylor; Amherst team. @. l. Thomp-
son, w. P. Hubbard, E. E. Dwell, Jr., and
| II. E. Taylor. second. Time, 3:31.
| Field events: Pole vault handicap won
| by Ward McLanahan, Yale (scratch), actual
| height of vault 10 feet 10 inches; George
| Cook. Yale (six inches), actual height, 70
feet inches second; Dan Frank, New
| West Side A c. (ten inches), actual height.
| feet inches, third.
| High-jump handicap: Won by J. w. Price,
| st. George Athletic Club (six inches): actual
| height, feet 10 inches; II. J. Grompelt st.
| Bartholomew A. c. flour inches). second.
! (three inches), third. with feet 10 inches.
Putting 16-pound shot handicap: Won by
| Richard Sheldon, n. Y. A. G.. (scratch).
actual throw 46 feet inches; II. Lemorine,
Harvard University (scratch), second. with
40 feet 9lz inches; j. S. Boyd, University
of PENNSYLVANIA (three feet, third, with
40 feet l inch.