The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
EASTERN ATHLETES
WIN TWO BIG
RELAY RACES
Records Are Broken in Annual
Carnival of Sports on
Franklin Field


mile blue ribbon event Yale won the
two mile relay championship and Penn
yania won the four mile race from
Michigan university The freshman
championship was won by Princeton.
. Lawrenceville. y. J.. academy was first
in the preparatory school relay ma
tional championship and the national
relay championship for high schools
/, was won by the. Brooklyn manual
training high school
Two records were broken. Yale. in
A winning the two mile race. reduced the
tcolegiate figures from sos 2-5 to
S.o2 2-5. The high school record for
one mile relay race Of 3:sSl-5. held by
the Brooklyn manual training school,
was reduced two -ffths Of a second by
The same institution
Fast time was made in other relay
races. in the final of the I20 yards
hardle shaw OF Dartmouth covered the
distance in only one-hfth of a second
slower than the worlds record of
:I5l-5
A The weather was perfect. and IS. 600
!, persons were present. There were fully
I l.2oo entrants. representing about 200
/, educational institutions
Michigan has won the four mile relay
race six times straight. always in easy
fashion This year. however, Pennsyl-
: Vania won the race. IN. the first mile
Beck of Pennsylvania gave Lowering.
The second Pennsylvania runner. a lead
OF nearly 80 yards The latter held it
untl the last quarter Of the second
nie- when West Of Michigan passed
him and gave Nay. the third -Lichigan
runner, a lead Of 40 yards. May in
creased this to so yards. when he
turned the race over to Dull the Mich
igan star
William Paul had been picked to make
the running for Pennsylvania on the
last relay. Dun started off at fast
clip. but Paul running strong, caught
and passed him and won easily the re-
lay and the race
Dull was beaten by about IS yards
Paul ran magnificent race, the time
Tor his mile being 4.2S.
The one mile championship was a
hot race down the stretch between
Chicago. Michigan. Harvard and mi
nois. and was not decided until the tape
was reached. Chicago won by a few
feet from Michigan. with Illinois third
Princeton and Yale were regarded as
SO fast in the two mile race that none
II the entrants came to the scratch
when the race was called. Yale held
The lead on the first two relays. lost it
on the third. regained it in the stretch
on-the fast leg and won by 10 yards.
Summary:
120 Yards hurdles-Three heats and a
heat for second man: winners of four
beats qualifying for hnaI-First heat
won by Dwight. Princeton: second.
Rand Harvard: third. Hartranst. Penn
syivania- Time. IS As seconds
100 yards dash-won by Foster. Har-
yard; second. May Illinois; third. Daw-
barn, Princeton. Time, :I01-5
One mile relay college race-Won by
F7su institute. Brooklyn: second.
Maryland agricultural college: third.
College of City of New York. Time
s.34 2,5.
One mile relay college-Won by Car
negie technical Pittsburg: second. Uni
versity Of Pittsburg; third. Fordham
university. Time, s.s5 %
one mile college relay-Won by Rut-
gers college; second. Western Mary
land college; third. Carlisle Indian
school. Time. 3.3l 10
High 5ump-Won by Porter. Irish
American athletic club. feet; second.
Garfield. Yale. 5 feet il inches; third.
Burdick, Pennsylvania, 5 feet 10 inches.
One mile relay race-Won by New
York law school; second, Indiana, Pa.
normal school; third. Brooklyn poly
technic institute. Time. s:442-5.
One mile relay college-won BIZ Mas
sachusetts technical; second. Wesleyan
university; third. Lafayette Time.
s:sI 2-5.
Hammer throw-won by Talbot. Cor
nell, $50 feet 10K inches; second.
cooney. Yale. I5s feet s inches; third.
Goebel, Yale, I34 feet inches
Two mile relay, national college cham
pionship-Won by Yale Cvilas. Mann.
kfrksjaof and Jatzer); second. Prince
ton CWhiltey, Laird. MCGEE and Frantz)
Time, S.o2 2-5, breaking the college rec
ord Of S:os %, made by Michigan in
1903.
One mile relay freshman champion
ship-Won by Princeton (Sawver
Granger. Mckinney and Black): second
Pennsylvania CRiddell. Masters smith
and Haydock). Time. 1929.
40 yard hurdle. final-Won by shaw
Of Dartmouth; second. Dwight of Prince
tom third. Rand OF Harvard: fourth.
Jeefe OF Harvard Time. rs 2-5.
Pole vault won by Nelson. Yale II
feet il inches; second. Barr. Harvard
cleared bar at IL feet ii inches and
decided not to try any further: third
Mills. Cornell, IL feet inches
One mile relay fhigh school national
champ piouship)-Wo by BROOKLYN M n
nigh school. second, Atlantic CITY high
school. Time, 5-SS %. brea king high
school record OF .33 4-5. made by the
same school last year.
Broad Jump-Won by Mt Pleas
ant, Dickinson college, % feet 3h
inches second, Fitzpatrick. Yale. p feet
inches, third, Nixon, Cornell, p feet
- inches.
One mile relay college national
championship)-WD by Chicago Dav-
enport. Comstock Tfmbling. LingeD
second, Michigan university Craig
Gamble. Leger, Keirk third, Illinois
tLAndberg. Richards. Hodge, Petit
crew. 1-r