Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
GREAT THRONG SEES
EXCITING FINISHES
Annual Relay Races of the Uni
verSity of Pennsylvania on
Franklin Field.
Chicago, Michigan and Colun-
bia Divide the HonorS
of the Day.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 l ne star.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. April PA mon
eter crowd of 1900 persons saw the Uni
versitv Of PENNSYLVANIA thirteenth annual
relay carnival on Franklin Field this aft
ernoon and cheercd itself hOarse over scores
of exciting finishes in the relay events and
excellent performances in the field and spe-
cial events More than / eco athletes were
on the track and arena and the meet was
the most successful intercollegiate his
tory
The honors OF the day were very well dis
tributed. The University of Chicago, after
nearly ten years of trying, finally captured
the puc-rnilr relay championship, the west
crners leading Pennsylvania TO the tape by
twenty-five yards IN 80 %. The Uni
versity Of Michigan carried off its fifth
successive victory in the four mile relay
race defeating Pennsylvania by more than
100 yards The time for this race was
only 1915 4-5 Columbia University proved
the surprise in the two-mile race, ana
rCmped away with the championship after
an exciting last quarter mile with Dart
mouth. The fine sprintng of link of the
New York team was what won the victory
for Columbia. After being apparently
beaten he came along in the last 100 yards
with a wonderful squirt and won the race
by ten wards The time was S1l 40.
Pennsylvania Twice Beaten.
In the one-mile relay the Chicago team
led almost from the start The second
Pennsylvania runner, HaydoCk, made up
some of the lost ground but his was
hopeless task. and Merriam of Chicago fin
ishcd twenty yards ahead of Cartmen
In the four-mile relay Michigan won the
first RELAYS with twenty-five yards to spare
and continued to increase this distance in
every relay except the second, IN which
Root for PENNSYLVANIA. cut down Michi-
ean's lead TO ten yards. But Jones could
not begin TO hold Coe the Michigan star.
and Rowe was able TO retain his lead OF
100 Yards in spite of HaSklus game eHOrt.
The 12O yards brought out one OF the
finest Quartets of hurdlers ever seen at
these relays The event was won ny Shaw
of Dartmouth In the fine time of - 20.
equaling the intercollegiate record held by
A. c. kraeuzIcin Hubbard Of Amherst
was a good second, being beaten by only
yard and a half Mccullough of Pe1nsyl-
vanla was third and Talcott of Cornell
fourth
In the lOO yards two Princeton men,
Rulon-MIHer and Gamble, and Read of
Amherst worked their way through the
preliminary heats. Rulon-Miller Won the
final heat, beating Read by one and half
yards and Gamble by three yards. Al
though the sprinteTs had slight wind at
their backs, the time was only 10 %.
Excellent Pole Vaulting.
The best performance of the afternoon
Allen of syracuse. The Syracuse man first
won the event with leap of 10 feet 10
inches and then went after the demolishing
Of records On his hrst attempt he cleared
the bar at l. feet which broke the eastern
intercollegiate record. Then he moved the
bar up and scaled il at u feet ia inches. He
made a desperate try to get new worlds
record at l. feet inches but could not
negotiate this height.
There was an upset in the shot-put, which
it was thought Garrells the Michigan Won
der would win. But Garreils. who has been
doing - and - feet OF late could not shove
the missile out far as kreuger Of
Swarthm9re and was beaten by three
inches kreuger's put being AZ feet 9 inches.
Talbot of McrcerSburg was first in the
hammer. with "a throw of lob feet 9l2 inches
Talbot, who IS only schOCl5oy, finished
up his days work by getting third in the
Moht the Pennsylvania star, was first in
The high jump. with fine leap Of feet.
Defeat of Gallaudet
The only Washington representatives, in
the meet today were those OF Gallaudet
The scutheruers were lined up against St.
Johns College, Delaware, Gettysburg.
Pratt Institute, Franklin and Marshall.
The race was won by St Johns. but The
Gallaudet lads were I'm the running all the
time and lost out by less than twenty yards
IL the good time Of 3a3.
Entries Fewer Than Expected.
The list Of entries for the three great
races Of the day was not as large as US al.
which was somewhat of a disappointu -nt.
The reason given for this was the ZACH Of
condition ot many teams because OF the
backward spring season.
In the oac-mUe relay championship Penn
sylygtI,, was without The service OF Tay-
luT tue great quarter-mlcr.