New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
EAST SNATCHGS HONORS
C1PTURES TWO RELAY
TITLES.
PauI, of Pennsylvania. Brings -Four.
NHe Cham piOHship Back By
WORderfuI Race.
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Philadelphia. April 24--With IDEAL weather coma
ditions prevailing fully ten thousand person,
focEed to Franklin Field here this afternoon n
cheer on their favortes in Pennsylvania reav
carnival More than fifteen hundred athletes rep
resenting hundred different educational in
stitutions east of the Rocky Mountains. took part
in the forty-two track and field events which wer.
decided This is the largest entry list in the his
tory OF the games.
With the favorable conditions which obtained III
was thought that many records would be broken
but only two by the board The speedy Yale
quartet the intercollegiate record for the
mile relay, ru1nE the distance in S.02 2-5. sec
onds better than the previous record The Brook
lyn Manual Training High School relay team broke
the one-mile scholastic record by two-fftls OF
second. The record IS 3.53 - Fast time
also made many of the other college relay races
The East Of the three big relay races
The Chicago University quartet upheld the colOrs
OF the West by winning the ons-mile college cham
piOnshp relay. In this event Illinois too, managed
TO beat out Harvard. which also finished
With over a thousand Pennsylvania students
cheer them on, the Red and Blue fOUr-Tnile relay
team wrested from Michigan the fouc-..le college
championship relay race, giving Michigan the first
defeat she has suffered in this event in seven years
Paul the last Pennsylvania runner. was the hero
of the day. He took up the work fifty Yards behind
the Michigan man. but, running beautifully and
well within himself he passed the Wolverine and
won the race by seventy-fve yards
The I20-yard hurdle race was marked hy close
finishes In both the preliminary and final heats.
Shaw Of Dartmouth. won the race ~ 10 % sec
onds only one-ffth OF 80 second slower than tbs
worlds record Dwight. of Princeton. was second
and Rand and Beese both OF Harvard. finished
third and fourth. respectively
The four-riIe race easily the feature Of the
meet and as a result of it there Is now a new hero
at the University Of Pennsylvania. Beck. OF Penn
svIvania faced Bohns;1ck. of Michigan, for the
Arst mile The Eastern runner took tie lead at
the start and when ne touched by Levertng he
gave the latter lead OF nea.ry fifty yards Lever
ing managed to hold his lead until the last quarter
He was nearly all in when he started the hnal lap
and HIS opponent c. West running strongly. came
r1D ouickIv from behind passed him. and gave May,
the third Michigan runner. a Lead OF forty yaroa
Michigan men thought it was all over nut tns
cheering then for May running in fine form grad
uaIIv gained on KOhn. the third pennsylvania
and when Dull took Up the running for the fourth
and final mile he had a clean lead OF hIty yards
over Paul, the in whom the East placed us
trust.
Dull started of like a winner. but Paul, running
well within himself. caught him before the n'sl
half mile had been finished Then, slowly 0It
surely he opened UP a lead which gradually Wild
ened until he broke the tape seventy-fve yards
ahead OF the MIchigandeT. Pauls ume lot t"7
last mile was 4 minutes 2S seconds
seldom has there been scene OF so much eE-
th1Isiasn as the one which followed the end of
this race. Pennsylvania men fairly went Wiid win
Joy and Paul of the field in triumph on '1eE
shoulders.
Princeton and Yale were regarded as roo f2s-
for the field in the two-nile relay. and other sh-
tries withdrew before the start OF the race I1-
Blue took the lead in the first relay and mann, o1
Yale managed to keep it over Laird Of Princeton.
in the second. but Princeton had chance 70 cherr
whom NIcC;4e by wonderful sprinting. snatched tas
lead from KorkassiOf OF Yale Their hopes --o'
victory were short lived. however as Splt@eI, y
fourth Blue runner proved too fast for Franz ana
broke the tape yards in the lead of the Prince
ton runner clipping two seconds or the record
The preliminary heat and me nrai heat u
the 1OO-yard dash were run IN rather slow tiHie-
Foster OF Harvard. won the event MAY HInois'
finished second. and Dawbarn. OF Princeton. VIZ
third; the time was 10 Is seconds Rector. the
University OF Virginia flyer did run because OF
parental objections
The summaries follow
mile relay @5sh ssT2i aaaa :l ses@io9i42 ,6s 9,s2c
Ett Mon Ii,r5 School second PhIlaisIphiS Manual
TTainns sesoo t5Ta Tin Iie ", ,5 san sste ias
ysaG tni1e1st5 fsa school caaso also started
g Ia1Fss; F@y Manual Nam 52T Tna RsR a5o Na
school second Flttsburs High school 'l-I-- ~
Broad juu,p-wou BY Mount Pleasant. Dl.sinsoa q
sdsond ..ss ' N1oS 5SS5 S cdrnsn afi = ie5 n5hs ;6
One hundred nd twenty yard hurdle ';hE-- aee %
FOR nnaIJ-First heat: by Dwight Frngeton llI
4a5ya55 4aie 6a.in i1e'4a Tin H'5!Isa,' 6!i5 ' ''
second heat. Dead heat between ness Tsans7.'aas ,s
men nsq 'TSG Time. osi5is
Third heat. Won by shaw par-u,ou-h. Taleot, Cornell.
second. Crawley University u Chicago third Tine
O:15@s. ~
Haryari Tsicott cornell second Bes Harvard ,, taE,
batn Ss1s fs9ns Ss IN iglp2 3S'G q. dead be h @
FTnaI heat won by Dartmouth L'Nish' 'rfs,rl-i
ton second; Rand. Harvard third. H-ese- la''-'D
shot pat-wgn by coe Boston A A t.-tan'e E.ls. = =. y
in: Little. Harvard. ~ q in Sreoie'
SwurthmoTs. - It. in third - s.- -sc,nt.
yard dash Cour heats and heel -o % go
winner of Esat Tor second ne. 10 i .i- pr1r--or
i s1 he1! Won NJ h1sets Tschnoloy third inns
S=i0h s.tnnd b4sf Won by Ma University os Iinos
Dawbou Princeton. second Time. o-lG t-.--b ssr-
won b. Minds Pennsylvania sherman psriaoo'p q,rta
heat by Ramsden. Pennsylv1aLs AaN'- A otids
Heat second rnenwen by DaWoarn IrnyHlon SsTd
Dartmouth. second; Gamble fIl''''''I
Final heat Won BY Foster Harvard. May IinoIs sec
High Jump-Won BY Porter; Cornell 1 no" s r. Il
american 4 a. feet Canard' ,5, f@'- :, no Toil T'
ie.4y mn S,r1a school second Brook
Seho9; tndtane ,nbIl i5siItnIs lgI fhti Time st4a
one mile relay race tcoege-won BY Pratt Insit11s
Brooklyn MaTySnI Mar S t5iTi Time $50
one-mils (reay: colegel-won by Caruesie Tec9nsn 1
ham University. third Time. 1885,
Ope-rnile trelay: couegel-Wou by Rutgers COLLEGE
western Maryland college second. Carlisle Indian school,
Time. 3:sls ...
One-nIIe Grelay: collese)-Won BY MassacnISSTi ISi-i
Tech: Wesleyan University. second Lafayette. UNIV
Hammer throw-wOn by Talbot Cornell 1ee 4 ,1,. 1o,
in Cooney. Yale, second. 156 II In: Goe0eL Aas-
Two-miIe Crelay national college championshipl-Woa
Swhteiy. Laird. McGes FranIzl second Time s:o2S
collegiate record Of sO4@ made oy - not
Columbia. Pennsylvania and Dartmouth oia -"
start. ~. ~
Princeton Sawyer Granger Mckinney Back). Penn Fem
syIvania tFdden Masters. smith HaydocA'' Ss'
Pole vaut-won by Yale. II #. II IN BaII %
Harvard who cleared bar at n r. II in and deSlde1
TO try any further. second; Nils Cornell ii '~
one-nie relay Ccoese championship Sy