Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28
VIRGINIA WINS
RELAY At PENN
Beats Carlisle, SWarthmore
and Penn State; Cooke Runs
Quarter in 81 Seconds.
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PENNSYLvANI TAKES
FIRST IN TWO RACES
Wins Two and Four Mile COL
Iege Championships-GaI-
laudet Second, M. A. C.
Fourth.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa. April 27.-rhe
eighteenth annual relay carnival OF the
University of Pennsylvania was marred
today only by the sea OF mud through
which the athletes plunged for glory and
victory that might perch upon the ban
ners OF their alma matters
The schoolboys and pupils OF prepare
tory academies were out In force. Col
leges and universities from far and near
sent their best talent, but, despite the
experience of the older athletes, II re-
manned for the young athletes from
Mercersburg Academy to break the only
track record Of the meeting. This team
clipped three seconds of the record for q
team Of its classification and did the
one-mile relay in minutes "a is Sec
onds.
The southern boys were in fine trim
and made themselves feared by their fine
work. The best exhibition of the
trackmen from below Mason and Dixon's
line was shown by the University Of Vir-
ginfa, which won its relay in 3 minutes
32 seconds. In this race w. Cooke, Todd,
FELTON, and Lewis were irresistible and
won through superior track generalship.
Cooke Runs Well.
They were pitted against a classy field,
and the Carlisle Indians, who finished
second, pushed them to the utmost Cooke
ran his quarter in u seconds and never
tagged for an instant. His exhibition
was the best individual performance OF
the afternoon. Gallaudet College OF
Washington was another conspicuous
performer, and the team from the CAP
ital showed careful training: The race
III IN nj
Annapolis was worthy of even some OF
the performances Of the teams Of the
big four. The time for this race was s
minutes 81 10 seconds, and the pace was
SO hot that Muhlenburg College just
nosed out the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege team for third place. The Maryland
boys led up until the last quarter, but
the advantage which they had was wiped
out when their last man stumbled and
fell fifty yards from the tape, and by the
time he had recovered he was unable to
cut down the lead which the Pennsyl-
vania boy had secured through his mig
fortune.
The feature of the races was of the
one, two and four mile college cham
pfonShips. and Pennsylvania upset all
the wiseacres by winning both the two
and four mile events. These races were
worth going miles to see, and the cracks
OF all the larger teams We're entered for
this blue ribbon event of track athletics.
nesota finished second and third, respect
lively. In the four-mile race Pennsylvania
made the best race any of her long
distance men have made in years. Mich
igan was touted as the sure winner. Their
teams have won it so often that every
body expected they would walk away
with 1t, but Mike Murphy had several
In store for the college trainers
this afternoon, and this was one of them.
The Red and Blue team was simply ir-
resistible Michigan, with its peerless
Hannivan, was run of its feet by Nc
Curdy, who. in fine burst of speed.
leaped to the front five yards from the
tape and beat the man who is regarded
rs the best long distance runner in the
coHege ranks.
Syracuse captured the one-mile cham
p,onship, with Illinois second, and Penn
sylvania landed third place. 1t was the
of the Red and Blue men that
had everybody up In the air. Here and
there Murphy was slipping one over all
the afternoon, and IL the display which
was made by his men today Is fair cri-
terfon, then II begins to look as II Penn
sylvania will most surely have to be con-
sidered as the probable winner of the
next month.