Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-25
ATHLETES
CAPTURE RELAY
RACE TROPHIES
Two of Three Championship
Events Go to Yale and Penn
SyIvania; Chicago Wins in the
Mile.


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Philadelphia. Anril q. Eastern
athletes took two of the t'uee ma
tional relay championship races to-
day Mt he annual carnival of sports
on Franklin field. Chicago university
captured the onc-mile blue ribbon
event.
Yale won the tWo-mile relay cham
pionship and PENNSYLVANIA won the
four mile race from Michigan uni
|versity. The freshmen championship
was won by Princeton. Lawrence
vile On. j. academy was first in the
preparatory school relay national
championship aud the national relay
championship for high schools was
won by the BROOKLYN manual training
high school.
Two records were broken, Yale in
winning the two-milc reduced the
collegiate figures to 500 20. The
high school record of 1893 81. held
by the Brooklyn manual training
school was reduced two-fifths OF a
second by the same institution. Fast
time was made in other relay races
In the final of the 1%20-yard hurdle,
shaw. Of Dartmouth. covered the dis
lance in only one-fifth of a second
slower than the worlds record OF
10 Is.
The Weather was perfect and lS,-
600 persons were present There were
fully 1900 entrants, representing
about 200 educational institutions
Michigan has won the four-mile re-
law race six times straight, always in
easy fashion. This year, however,
PENNSYLVANIA won the race. In the
first mile Beck Of Pennsylvania gave
tLcVcring, the second Pennsylvania
runner a lead of nearly fifty yards.
The latter held it until he last quar-
te, of the second mile. when West OF
Michigan passed him and gave May
the third Michigan runner, a lead OF
forty Yards. May increased this to
fifty yards. when he turned the race
over to Dull. the Michigan star. VIII
liam PAUL had been picked 70 make
tho running for PENNSYLVANIA on the
last relay. Dun started off 1T a fast
clip. but Paul, running strong, caught
ana passed him and won the relay ANA
the race without extending himself to
the limit.
Dun was beaten by about seventy
five yards. Paul ran a magnificent
race. the time for his mile being 4.2S.
The onc-mile championship was q
hot race down to the stretch between
Chicago. Michigan, Harvard n Illi-
nois ana it MAS not decided until the
tape was reached. Chicago won by a
few feet from Michigan, with Illinois
third. Princeton and Yale were re-
gardcd SO fast in the two-mile race
tat nonc OF the other entrants came to
the scratch when the race was called
Yale held the lead In the first two
relays, lost it on the third and regain
ed it in the stretch on the last leg,
ana won by ten yards. summary;
One-mile relay Chigh schooD-Won
by Philadelphia Northwest Manual
Training school; second, Newark
Rarringer) high school; third. Pitts
burg high school. Time-3:37 3-5.
The 120-yard hurdle three heats,
and a heat for second men; winners Of
four heats qualifying for finaD-First
! heat. won by Wright, Princeton: sec
ond, Rand. Harvard; third, Hart
rant. Pennsylvania. Timc-15 4-5
The 12o-yard hurdle (second heat)
Dead heat between Hess. Pennsyl-
Z AAIIits Nild lAff0'f i'A 8 FRNfA [
Qualifying for heat for second man
Timc-l7 ID seconds. Howe. Yale,
third.
Third heat-Won by Shaw. Dart
mouth; second. Talcott. cornell. third
Crawley. University OF Chicago. Time
l-t5 3-5.
The l2a-yard hurdle Cheats for
second men in previous heats Won
by Rand. Harvard; second. Talcott,
Cornell. third, Rocsc. Harvard fourth
Hess. Pennsylvania. Timc-1G 20.
Beese having beat Hess in the rum
off of the dead heat. hc qualities for
the final
The 10O-yard dash Cfour heats and
heat for second men. winner of heat
for second men 10 qualify in final):
First hcat-Fostcr. Harvard. won;
Gamble. Princeton. second Gram
Massachusetts Technical third. Time
10 10.
Second hcat-May. University of IL
linois. won: Dawbon. Princeton, see
.ond. Time-l0 -.
Third heat-Minds. PENNSYLVANIA.
won. sherman. Dartmouth. second;
Macarthur. Cornell. third. Time -
10 -.
The l00-ya-d dash cheat for second
mcn)-Dawbon. Princeton. won
sherman. Dartmouth. second; Gam
HE. Princeton. third. Time-i0 20.
High jump-Won by Porter. Irish
American Athletic club. six feet. Can
field. Yale. second. 3 feet. II inches
Burdick. PennsS l%vania. third. q feet
10 inches.
One-mile relay college run-Won by
Pratt institute. Brooklyn, second.
Maryland Agricultural college third,
College Of city Of New York. Time
.. "a 20.
One-mile relay college run-Wou by
Carnegie Tech. Pittsburg. second
University Of Pittsburg third. Ford
ham university. Time-3.3j -.
Onc-miie college relay-Won by
Rutgers college. second, Western