The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
YALE AND MICHIGAN
WIN BIG EVENTS
Annual Field Sports Are Held
in Philadelphia
TWO RECORDS BROKEN
Yale Takes the TWo.Mile Relay and
Michigan the Four-Mic After
an Exciting
Race.
TWO RECORDS BROKEN

Philadelphia, April 2O.-Yale and Mich
igan carried off the honors in the three
principal championship events at the an
nual carnival of relay races and field
sports held on Franklin Field today I'M
der the auspices of the University of
Pennsylvania. Yale won the one and two
mile relay races, and Michigan took the
four-mile race after an exciting finish
The preparatory school champion went
to the Mereerburg. Pa, academy, and
the Wendell Phillips High school of Chi
cago won the championship for high
schools. In the field sports, and short
distance TRACK events Allster of Pennsyl-
vania, won the 120-yard hurdle race; Mof-
felt, Pennsylvania, the high jump; Pogen-
sen, Chicago, the 100 yards dash in ten
seconds; Dray, Yale, the pole vault;
Thomas of Purdue the hammer throw;
Mount Pleasant, Carlislian, the broad
jump; Garrels, Michigan, the discus throw
ard Coe of Boston, formerly of Oxford
university end, but now unattached, the
shot-put.
Two records were broken but the new
figures will not stand In the shot-put
ord Of 46-feet, held by Beck of Yale Coe
put the shot 46 feet I've inches, hut as it
was not done during the intercollegiate
championship L-eet his figures will not
stand In the discus throw Garrels of
Michigan sent the discus 1856 feet and la
Inch, breaking the worlds record of 1873
feet 6K2 inches His figures We're not al
lowed because of the construction of
the discus which was used
Of H..
the mile-relay championship in which
Yale. Pennsylvania, Chicago and SYRIA
cuse were the starters Georgetown's team
decided not to run At the first quar-
tie. Chicago led by few feet, Yale was
about yard in front of Pennsylvania
With Syracuse trailing. Yales great second
relayman, Parsons. closed up the gap
II. the second quarter and when the
half mile was finished he had a good lead
on Blair. chicago's second runner. Chi
Cages third runner, Quigley however,
was in good form and recovered the lead
from Coghlan. Yale's third man. The lead
was very narrow one. and Chicago's
last runner held it until entering the
stretch when Yale's fourth runner Ewing,
caught him. During this time Pennsyl-
vania was running third. Pennsylvania .
third man, Taylor, the colored quarter.
mile champion, reduced the lead held by
ale ana chicago ana pennsylvania s
fourth man was at their heels. Close to
the tame Chicago's man fell and It was
difficult to tell how Yale. Chicago and
Pennsylvania finished
After ten minutes conference II was
decided that Yale had finished first Penn
sylvania second and Chicago third.
Summary:
100 yard dash. final won by Hogenson,
Chicago: Dear. Pennsylvania. second:
Seitz. Georgetown. third Time 10 seconds.
Broad jump won by Mount Pleasant,
Carlisle, % feet inch; second, French,
Michigan. q feet ~ inches; third. Sy-
londs. Princeton q feet 81 inches.
Pole vault. Dray of Yale and Phillips,
Cornell. tied at II feet, inches On the
| jump off Dray won, II feet Sia inches
Wilkins. Chicago. and Glover Perdue, tied
for the third place, at II feet, inches,
and Glover was given third place on
the toss.
Hammer throw, won by Thomas. Pur-
due. $50 feet 10 inches; second, Vanduyne,
Syracuse. IA feet, inches; third, Har-
ris Yale. 1873 feet, inches.
Discus throw won by Garrels, Michigan.
1876 feet, Y inch; Parry. Chicago, second,
third. 112 feet II inches; Porter, Cornell,
fourth. III feet. inches.
Mile relay college championship OF
America won by Yale: second Pennsyl-
vania; third Chicago. Time. 1922 4-5.
Two mile relay. college championship
of America won by Yale: second. Dart
mouth; third, Columbia. Time. S07 3-5.
Four mile college championship Of
America won by Michigan; second Yale;
third, Cornell. Time 1925 3-5