Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07
FINE DISTANCE MEN.
Best Talent Ever Known Dis
played at Penn Relays.
HAVERF0RD CHAMPIONS
Cornell Making Great Effort to Put
Foot Ball on High
Standard,
By Edward r. Bushnell,

That the American colleges now have
the greatest collection Of distance runners
in the history Of our amateur athletics
was amply demonstrated by the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania's seventeenth annual
relay carnival last week The making Of
q new world record in the four-mile relay
and q new intercollegiate mark in the
two-mle event was a wonderful per-
Torrance In the four-imle race Cornell
produced four men who averaged 4.231s
and in the two-mile relay Pennsylvania
produced quartet which averaged just
two minutes one-tenth second. A decade
ago such running would have been I'M
dreamed of.
But the marvellous part of Cornell's
age of the men as the individual times
Of Berna and Jones. who ran the third
and fourth relays. Berna's time was in
the neighborhood Of 4.24, while Jones did
approximately AT. For the first three
! and half miles Pennsylvania was in the
lead, Berna starting the third mile with
handicap of fifty yards to overcome.
On the last relay PAUL. Pennsylvania 8
intercollegiate record holder for the mile.
with a mark of All 4-5, had a 2o-yard
+, lead over Jones of Cornell. The Ithacan
| gJ1ldually crept up and on the back
stretch Of the last lap challenged Paul.
passed him and Outsprinted him to the
| tape by 20 yards. The time from when
| PAUL started till Jones finished was All,
SO that, allowing for Jones' handicap, the
| Ithacan must have run his mile in All,
and he did 1t without seeming effort.
| The performance Of Jones means that
there will be a three-cornered fight OF
| sensational interest at the I. c. A. A. A.
| A. meet. 1t will be between Jones, PAUL
and Hannivan, the latter from Michi.
gan. Jones has already done All, PAUL
| lap track has done 4.21. This means that
| barring accidents these three men should
| toe the mark at Cambridge on practically
even terms. The Harvard track is one OF
| the fastest In the country and II the day
| is right new world record is likely te
| result.
There was considerable disappointment,
| among Pennsylvania men over PAUL.
! defeat by Jones. They remember how
| Taylor chat him last year and they fear
| that he has again met his master. But
the fact Is that the Pennsylvania has
been coming along slowly this year and
in the race in question seemed to have
everything but his usual sprint. BY the
time of the I. C. A. A A. A. meet he
should be In tip-top condition and If he
loses there can be no excuses made fol
him.
Although Pennsylvania supplied two
ha1fmilers who did LOS each for thell
| distance. 1t is likely that either Paul of
Jones will win this event. for both In
condition can run inside 1.57. Pennsyl-
vania has a host of good halfmilers and
expects to score heavily in this event.
There were some other interesting de-
auctions to be drawn from this meet. For
the first time in a number of years Penn
sylvania has found f1rst-class broad
jumper and a hammer thrower. In the
former event Mercer did better than any
of his eastern competitors with q leap OF
% feet inches. while in the hammer.
Murphy, a new man. did 142 feet. getting
second to TilIey Of Dartmouth. who beat
him by foot. Last year Pennsylvania
did not score in either Of these events.
The Quakers appear to be stronger than