Evening star., 1909-04-25
TWO RECORDS co
ON FRANKLIN FIELD
Splendid Sport at Greatest
College Meet Ever Held
in This Country.

PHILADELPHIA Pa. April 24-East-
ern athletes took two of the three ma
tional relay championship race. today at
the annual carnival of sports on Franklin
Field. Chicago University captured the
one-mile blue ribbon event. Yale won the
two-mie relay championship in record
time and Pennsylvania speedy men took
the classic four-rlile race from Michigan
University after fine exhibition of run
ming. II was Michigans first defeat at
this distance In seven years. The fresh
man championship was won by Princeton.
the only other entry in the event being
Pennsylvania. Lawrenceville. n j.,
Academy was first in the preparatory
school relay national championship. and
the national relay championship for high
schools was won by the Brooklyn Manual
Training High School.
Two records were broken. Yale in win
ming the two-mile race reduced the col
legiate figures from S.O4 2-5 to SOP %.
The high school record Of 1888 As held by
tine Brooklyn Manual Training Schoos,
was reduced two-fifths of second by the
same institution. Fast time was made in
other relay races. In the final of the
1O-yard hurdle Shaw of Dartmouth
covered the distance in only one-fifth of a
second slower than the worlds record Of
015 1-5.
The weather was perfect for the sport.
about 1900 persons coming out to see
the forty-two events on the program 1t
was one of the greatest intercollegiate
meets in point of the number of athletes
and institutions represented ever held in
the country. There were fully 1900 en-
trants, representing about 200 educational
institutions from all sections in the north
east OF the Mississippi river
Feature for Pennsy.
The four-mile race was easily the
feature of the meet and 1t brought out
a new hero at the University of Pennsyl-
vana- Michigan has won the four-mile
relay race six times straight, always in
easy fashion. This year, however. Mike
Murphy of Pennsylvania trotted out four
exceptional one-mie men and won the
race from the western men after spirit
ed contest. In the first mile. Beck of
Pennsylvania gave Levering, the second
Pennsylvania runner. lead OF nearly
fifty yards. The latter held it until the
last quarter of the second mile. where
West of Michigan passed him and gave
May. the third Michigan runner. lead
of forty yards. May increased this to
fifty yards. when he turned the race over
to Dull, the Michigan star. William Paul
had been picked to make the running
for Pennsylvania on the last relay. Dull
started off at fast clip. but Paul, rum
ming strong, caught and passed him in
the first half mile. The Michigan men
were confident their star would win, but
Paul slowly opened the gap and won the
relay and the race without extending
himself to the limit. Dull was beaten
by about seventy-five yards. Paul ran
magnificent race. the time for his mile
being 4.2s. The Pennsylvania followers
went wild over the victory. and carried
Paul about the field on their shoulders.
The Chicago University runners used
good judgment in winning the One-mie
championship. Michigan led most of the
way. with Harvard second and Chicago
close up. The Chicago runners moved
into second place on the third relay and
went to the front on the home stretch
in the last relay. 1t was a hot race
down the stretch between Chicago. Mich
iean. Harvard and Illinois, and it was
not decided until the tape was reached.
Chicago won by few feet from Michigan.
and the spectators thought that Harvard
had finished inches in front of Illinois,
but the judges who were In better posi-
tion to see, announced that Illinois had
finished third. The other colleges in this
race never figured after the first quarter
mile.
Princeton and Yale were regarded so
fast in the two-nlile race that none of the
other entrants came to the scratch when
the race was called. Yale held the lead
on the first two relays. lost II on the
third and regained 1t in the stretch on
the last leg and won by ten yards. Yale
was given a cheer when 1t was announced
that she had clipped two seconds from the
record.
The Summaries.
One mile relay. high schools-wop by PhiIa-
delpaia Northwest Manual Training School: Sec
ond. Newark tBarringer) High School: third
Ptttsburg High school Time. 337 3-5.
l20-yard hurdle three heats and heat FOR
second men. winners Of four heats Qualifying
for final.
First heat-won by Dwight. Princeton; Sec
oud. Sand. Harvard: third. Hartranft Pepnsyl.
vania. Time Ol5 As.
Second heat-Dead heat between Hess. Penn
sylvana, and Beese, Harvard, both qualifying
for heat for second men, Time OH 1-5
Third heat-Won by Shaw Dartmouth second,
Talcott. Cornell; third. Crawiey. University Of
Chicago. Time, Is 3-5. Howe Of Yale was
third in second heat.
previous heats.won by Raud. Harvard; second,
Talcott. Cornell; third Beese, Harvard; fourth
Hess, Pennsylvania. Time. 0.ls 2-5 Beese hav.
ing beaten Hess in run-cn of dead heat. he
shot-put-won by Ooe. Boston A. A.. distance.
IS feet 4 inches; second Little Harvard, Al
feet inches; third, Kruger, swarthmore, 43
loo-yard dash four heats and heat for second
men. winner of heat for second men to qualify
First heat-won by Foster. Harvard; second.
Teen Time o. 10 Is
Second heat.won by May OF University of
Illinois; second Dawbon, Princeton. Time.
Third heat-won by Minds Pennsylvania:
Fourth heat Won by Rsm.der. Penn.ylvania;
ss19nd .,f ,n mswley Dart mouth; third Biass' Cor
ioO-yard heat for second men-won by Daw-
bon Princeton: second Sherman. Dartmouth;
third. Gamble Princeton. Time, O.Io 25.
High jump-Won by Porter, ex-Cornell. now
Irish American A. c., o feet: second CanHeId
Yale feet IL inches: third Burdock, Penn
sylvaniA. feet 10 inches.
One mile relay. college-won by New York
Law School: second Indiana. Pa, Normal
sshool: third, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
ss BrsskIyn' k' .:ss"d Ms?9and n ae Ins,
College; third. College Of City of New York
One mile relay. colIege-won by Cnrnegie
Tech. Pittsburg: second University of Pitts
burg. third Fcrdham University Time. 3. 35 2-5
one-mile relay. college-won by Rutgers Col
Iegei second. Western Maryland College; third
Carlisle Indian School. Time. 3.3l As.
One mile relay. colege-Won by Massachu-
Lafayette. Time, 331 2-5.
Hammer throw Won By Talbot Cornell Ia0
feet lols inches; second. Cooney. Yale. 1s6 feet
inches; third Goebel. Yale. 13f feet inches
Two mile relay. national college champion.
ehip-Won by Yale villas. Mann. Kirkasston
Spitzeri: second. Princeton fWhitely Laird Nc
Gee. FrantzI Time 500 25
Breaking collegiate record Of S 04 2-5 made nv
Michigan In 1905 Columbia, Pennsylva and
Dartmouth did not start
One mile relay. freshman championship-w
tRlsckt; second. Pennsylvania tRiddelI, Mastersi,
Smith. Haydock: Tim, -.
l.0-yard hurdle. frnal-Won by Shaw. Dart
mouth: second. Dwight. Princeton: third. Rand
Harvard. fourth, Reese. Harvard Time. o. Is ~
fnh-yard dash, fnai-Won by Foster, Harvard: