Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
Church's Final Sprint Wins.

Percy Taylor, the two-mile record
holder, was Monkeys nomination for
the last relay. That showed how much
Cornell wanted to win the race, be-
cause Taylor's withdrawal killed all
chance in the four-mile. Herbert Church
had the task OF running the fourth in
stallment for Penn. Taylor. big and
awkward looking, had more crude
strength than Church, but the Pennsyl-
vanian had the better style. It was his
form alone that held him together to
the end. Taylor set blinking pace,
going to the first quarter In 81 3-5 sec
onds. It was all the Penn man could
do to hold on to this. and when they
turned into the back stretch he seemed
to be waver'ng. Taylor loped on with
huge strides. and opened up q gap OF
Ave yards When the two passed the
group OF Penn rooters on the south
stand. however. Church let loose. and
raced Taylor to the end. good sprint
of 22o yards They turned into the
inch by inch. until he hit the tape. three
yards to the good. The final half mile
went in minutes. and the race In
500 3-5, just One-fifth OF second oehlno
the collegiate record for this event
mile championship. Added to Pennsyl-
vania, Michigan. Chicago, Virginia, ILL
nois, Cornell, Dartmouth and Princeton
was NJ. ]. T.. which started because of
a default in class Is. which left the
Tech men without q race there. SYRIA
cuse was to have run In class 70, but
did not show up. SO the Boston men
got the cups.
Davenport Handicapped.
The Chicago men ran at disadvan-
tage. Two or three days ago 1t was
wired from the west that Stage could
not bring a team because Ira Daven-
port, his best man, had to go homo to
Iowa City, Okla. where his mother was
very Ill. When he got home he found
that the case was not SO serious, and
he wired to Stage, who was in Philadel-
phia FOR the foot ball meeting. The
physical director telegraphed back to
him to come on, picking up the rest of
the team in Chicago. The Chicago men
got in this afternoon at o'clock, about
three hours and one-half before their
race and naturally could not do them
selves justice. They wanted to repeat
the victory Of last year.
Hough of Penn had the pole In the
first relay, and he scuttled to the front
pursuit. Macarthur being well in sec
ond place. Straube of Chicago was well
up and White of Tech was nearby.
The others. particularly Virginia and
Dartmouth, were dropping ana never ala
figure. Harry Hillman can't take
milers and jumpers and make fast
quarter-mile men OF them," said one
trainer in kindly fashion. Hough let
out a terrific link in the stretch and
just walked away from the other lads.
doing his turn In 30 2-5 seconds.
1t was a very impressive piece Of run
ming. He turned the job over to Hay
dock, who started badly and soon was
third in spite of the five yards advantage
he had had. Cornell and Chicago were
first and second. with Tech and Penn
close together. Michigan and Princeton
followed, with Illinois too removes from
last place. Haydock redeemed himself In
the stretch, however, with a burst that
carried the Red and Blue to the front by
the least Of margins. The time of this
quarter was 81 10 seconds. From then
on It was all Penn. although the others
tried hard to have a say. Cornell chung
on for another quarter in second place,
while Michigan came up q little on the
others. Smith for the Penns ran a
splendid race. some said the best Of his
team. He ran hard from start to finish
and never wavered. It looked faster than
1t was. for Smith was timed In 81 40
seconds.