The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-25
BIC EVENTS Go
TO FASTENERS
VANIA WINS CLASSIC 4
MILE RELAY AT PHlLADEL-
PHiA MEET.
YALE CROWDS RECORDS
In Winning Two Mile Relay Cham.
pionshi ip-Hioh School Record
Broken by Brooklyn Manual
Training School.

Philadelphia April "a. Eastern
i&thlctes took two Of three national
lrelay championship races today at tho
Iannual carnival Il spores On Franklin
field. Chicago University captured th1
one mile blue ribbon event Yale
won the TWO mile relay championship
in record time Pennsylvania took
the classic -four mile race from Mich
igan University after a fine eXhibitlo
Icf runring. Ii was Michigan's first
defeat at this dis ance In seven years.
Tho freshmn championship was
won by Princeton. Lawrec eeville,
n. j., academy was first In the prepae-
atory school relay national champion
ship for high schools was won by tbo
Brooklyn manual training higA
school
Two records were broken Yale.
in Winning the two mile race, reduce
the collegiate figures from S:0i 2-5 to
S:02 25.
The high school record Of 1888 As
held by Brooklyn manua training
school was reduced two.ilflhs of sec
ond by the same institution. Fast
time was made In the other relay
races, In the firal Of the l20 yard
hurdle, Shaw of Dartmouth covered
the distance only one-hfth of a see
Ond slower than the worlds record Of
l5 Ia. The mile race was easily the
feature of the meet and Il brought OUT
a new hero at the University of Penn
sylyania Michigan has won the four
mile relay race six times straight,
always in fast fashic'n This year,
however Mike Murphy. of Penn.
,3ylyania, trGtted out four one mile
men and wen the race from the wes5-
an men after a spirited contest. In
he first mile Beck. of Pennsylvania,
gave Lowering second Pennsylvania
runner lead Of nearly 50 yards.
The latter held il until the last quar-.
or OF the second mile, wherp West,
Of Michigan, passed him ana gave
May, the third Michigan runner, a
lead of over 40 yards May increased
this 90 yards when he turned the race
over to Duh, the Michigan star. VII.
liam Paul had been picketod TO make
the rurnlng for Pennsylvania on the
.ast relay.
Dull started of at a rast clip, but
Paul running strong, caught and
passed him in the first half mile The
Michigan men were confident that
their star would win, but Paul slowly
opened a gap and won the relay and
race without exeriing himself to the
limit Dull was beaten by about rs
yards. aul IAN Il magnificent race,
the time for his relay being 4;2S.
The Chicago University runners
ruhlers used good judgment in win.
ming the one mile championship.
Michigan led most of the way with
Harvard second aud Chicago close
upon hem. The Chicago runners
moved into second place on the third
relay aud went tn the front on the
hcme stretch in the last relay IL
was a hot race down the stretch b..
tween Chicago, Michigan, Harvard,
and Illinois, aud ii was not decided
until the tape was reached Chicago
won by few feet from Michigan. and
Min, is finished third.
Princeton and Yale were regarded
SO fast in the two mile run that none
Gf the other entrants came to the
scratch when he race was called
Ya'o held the lead on the first two
relays, lost il ON the third and re-
gained it IN the stretch on the last
leg and won by 10 yards. Yale was
sigen cheer when it was announced
that she had clipped two seconds
rom thC Yale record.
Field Events.
Coe Of Boston won the shot put by
i5 feet four inches Porter of the
Irish American club, took the high
Jump at six feet The 12o Yards
hurdle went to Shaw of dartmouth:
time - - seconds. with l2l feet
2 inches. Rorr. Of Syracuse. was Grst
IN the discus throw. The v0le vault
went 20 Yale's representative. Nebon.
who cleared the bar at n feet II
inches. TIE hammer throw was
taFeu by Talbot, of Cornell with
100 feet 1919 inches. Tie broad junf
was won BY Mt Pleasant of Dlckin
son college. distance % fet 3Is
Inches. 49, iy.He