The sun., 1908-04-26
WORLDS RECORD FOR DRAY
YALE POLE YAULTER CLEARS
~ FEET 8 1-2 INCHES.
APeSture Of the Pennsylvania Relay Games
-Allchlgan Wins the Two and -Four
Mile Championships, the Latter by
Default and Breaks Record on Former.

NAilt NuNUptuuauApat NNo AANtCf ny
Default and Breaks Record on Former.
PHnIDElPHu, April 2S-Miohigan run
ners oaptured the Hons share Of the laurels
ct the Pennsylvania relay meet on Franklin
Field to-day for the Wolverines went West
With the two and four mile titles. The longer
event they won by default. as no Eastern col
leRe was unearthed with nerve enough to
tackle the Nesterners. In the two miles Mich
lean was opposed by Pennsylvania, Princeton,
Columbla and Dartmouth. and for the frst
relay IL was nice even contest, with Penn
sylvanla IN the lead by about yard. Then
Rove took up the running for Michigan and
from that 70 the end the Wolverines drew
gradually away, winning with ridiculous ease
by thirty yards or so, with Columbia a close
third
Considerable curiosity vas felt over the
contest particularly over the fact that G.
Y Whitley Of Princeton was 70 run the last
relny for the Tigers. lie had hopeless
task set for him when he started for Princeton
vas then sixty yards or 80 behind and trailing,
but nevertheless he broke away Ike real
racer. He showed 4 gain OF twenty-five
Yards or thereabouts In the first quarter but
seeing his effort, though good. was fruitless,
be simply trotted around the second lap
and walked the last ten or fifteen yards.
His time was ? minutes , seconds. The
time OF minutes rs seconds is record for
this meet beating the best previous record
for this meet by two.hft hs Of second
The mile relay championship dNlndled
into a duel between Penusvlvania and Chi
cAgo owing TO The withdrawal OF Swagthmore
and Wesleyan Chicago led by three yards
after the hrst relav bu, Whitman for Penn
svlvania did good work and not only re-
covered the advantage but gained three
yards on the Maroon runner j. b Taylor
vas the third man up for thC Quakers. His
opponent was ; Lngle. The Colored fell
low had three Yards the best Of H. Every
body present expected that he would put
the track on fire. but 10 the great surprise Of
the prophets Lnsle held hlm aad on the
homestretCh the Chicago man pulled up
level layiors individual time was so As
seconds for the quar-. or, 30 that the maroon ls
The worlds record went by the board and
4 was quite the most speCtaCular aifair Of the
day The author OF 'as thriller was ", R.
Dray Of Yale. who m he gole vault cleared the
great height Of l2 feet o., inches, II was no
luke, for the Yale man attempted the astoun.
ding height Of ~ feet llll inches afterWdrd and
cleared L NTH his legs but bis body brought
down the willow a. each attempt. The new
record was specially measured BY President
lanes Z sullivan ot The \. 4. l and Gustavus
T Kirby Of the lnteTColt glate A. A. A. A. and
Il will go On the record books, he previous
record was V feet g. inDac. ny Dray himself
,,n,e 70 Nsw york In t5 tyS tSU,ta,l .ctools Ts1sy
championship Of one mle Manual Training
EiEh School Of BROOKLYN ran a slashng race
a TainStss sa tS sa."rG bLc.ti,y tbe rscord
.'r the event by one second. made BY Wendell
ilips High School of Chicago, m 1915.
-asnlus Hal OF brookll o made good third
Pratt institute captu-et mile relay in
5od stviS and BrooE,Ir poiy instlti,fs won
5oibsr nom a he f'sld In ne cis.s "r for
I'm HsCbon snr ,cldep', J,",' uon to
pa ~ w hin %U
,sintsiring the lead aii ne ,tsy
I'd bpr5Is. 4, t1d a.. On sttrsc,iop t6e
-, of = a. l1r'.I .'N,iti-,n IL !
lea ~ snraar N6aV. oF nsrtrnIith Oss
e fsvorits iu Tho IRE, heat. ard IC repaid
= SJs,,wc w oy No. ,r,,.'' t .' ,,rri,
nerfoCmanrs Ha ,or =. he HkGd in IS Ia |
hscaod aCI,rI,r- 81. .-' r,or ~ -
goo5 sfrorf 1rse5s vb.,1 t.cv nar4iy .lspt-
Siss sss'"tf Iis ia'g hal ro, bsIpcd biw
Howe Of Yals was second D Robbins OF :
fsst tim o, .o s.5 .,rords F'C Holman OF |
Cornell va. he ars rar home In he third |
fs1{ oU ".i 10 % or' segonas, nos
ca essiiv ii in 10 ,oCord. s' ''''' ''''' W."
The ylna We 20. %, -'ronE N The, Nnsl |
heat ana Shn ,"1o led from star, 10 0nlsh. |
Won in 80 :eTorI- Ne was only about
and this & the hest idea Of 'he merit Of the !
YsIensiaat running
In RE In ward. there we're a counle NJ
srrpritss br1,s,, cr 'n,rt,,o,,th toni. ,ba
@ ~ plissS .'..an ~, TTaItIloiiI,n Wv. II
HTsf bea, srd iSa II or rootsrs a,s pssr IL fg ts
nIst Htt' dLu 'lir Vu4h'I ipp'tI- nearly lrll
on ths see}b " pg, ~, r .ee5 Ngsn9 vi I9i9 S9n me
Of Yale won the third heat with lots to snare,
showinz the strength OF a hon a. he bit the
worsted. and there we're heart throbbngs J
again for the Peansylyaniq ,houters
n Al
,r ~ a SsI sSd , 'S,G o Dreabb
V-ss Js.t.p b. Stsvers '"'' "''''''' "'
,,a az ilS dors ~, n4r1o9snsi ron
Il the 4s.d events b., lasttgs the IS pound
distancsd krueger, the intercollegiate cham
plon. and the A. feet inches by Burroughs
There was a crowd Of about 3 600 persons
rresent The track was simply rotten and
pIoslarmEs i,, r. 5Glau cfpe up ana Ior hal
an houi 'Ue ram Ca'Ne u'"H VI 'olrens'
ton n { Engiewo1d II. 4. second Swarthrnore
z s talrd TINE 3 minutes 40 : s seconds
,osI n = rresyi5t1 Fl second I" pSpSTyiIl,
: S third Tine mirutss q ? S seconds
On. Nile RELAY. Preparatory SchCos and
BeeEIev 4 WscEln FherstSdt and 4 Bani,
pan Blight school second: Wenonsh Military
one Ntis R.l5I prcp1ystorv ScSooiS and
AesdsmiesHwor by s, L"teS school, % SSartS.
move prem School second. NlacKsnzIe School
Mid me srnigUjc, Al Z ,ecopdS '~'''O'
one Milo ReIsv preparatorv Schools and
Arademiss- Won by brown prcp School. Csndsn
cofnmercisl School second vilanoys prem SchNoi
thlyd Tims. minutes . Wconds W.T.
One Mile Relay, ,ollereS-Won hy Brooglyn
poiy tYstitpts ,rith " Fbsl r. Sandarson y !
PED rsnn and Z Leslie. New yorg law Schooi
second aim g. \ Savage " n Lynch q a. |
T,prsi, and G. D. WoodrI'f. BROOKLYN Law School
trird uf1 Nevvortb i BstteU " / Roiton |
sni " E O'Corpor D0''0"
on. Mile Reisy. CoUeves-Won bv Pratt Ipsti,ut.
, DsruLar1 r Rogers 1 Constantine and Y |
Ipdsrsons h Johr,g Coii.gs innanolis second. |