New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27
twenty-five Thousand See
Spectacular Races on
Franklin Field.
NICHOLSON A BRIGHT STAR
Equals Worlds Record in Trials
for High Hurdles, but Dis
qualities Himself in
Semi Finals
rBv Telegraph to The Tribune I

letes compete in the annual relay carnival
of the University of Pennsylvania at
Franklin Field this Afternoon. nj which
four intercollegiate records were shat
tered and one worlds mark eaualled. BY
all odds II was one Of the most spectac-
ular set Of games ever staged on historic
Franklin Field, which has been the scene
Of many epoch making contests now re-
corded in athletic chronicles.
To Michigan in the two-mile champion
ship relay. Phillips Exeter in the prepara-
tory school championship. PENNSYLVANIA.
nc. in the freshman relay and Lee J. Tai
bott, the one-time Cornell hammer throw
err, In the discus, 90 the honOrs of es-
tablishing new records, while j. p. Mich
olson. Of the University of Missouri.
equalled the worlds mark in the high
hurdles.
Illinois. Michigan and Pennsylvania capt
ured the coveted relay championships
The Illinois four romped away with the
one-mile title. while Michigan was forced
by Dartmouth TO establish a new record
in winning the tWo-mile championship.
Both the freshman relay race and the
four-mile college championship were sine
cures for Pennsylvania. In the former the
Quakers found poor opposition N the Co
lumbia freshmen. while in the four-mile
race the Pennsylvania four beat Princeton
by 800 yards, thanks to the splendid run
ming of McCurdy i'm the third relay. To
Phillips Exeter Mercersburg relinquished
its hold on the one-mile preparatory school
championship. which was won a year ago
largely through the efforts of Ted Mere
dith. The Exeter lads ran wonderful
race and clipped one second off the record
of 3 minutes y 1-5 seconds which Mere
dith's team made on Franklin Field last
year.
Perfect weather conditions and crowd
that far exceeded i'm numbers any former
gathering for the relay games greeted the
host of athletes when they appeared on
the field. In all. forty-seven events were
decided, in which 300 teams participated.
SO well worked out and so we'll executed
were the plans for the meet that there
was no confusion at any time and the
final race was finished right on the sched-
uled minute. The crowd was gathered
largely from Philadelphia and New YORK,
but there was a fair sized delegation from
the West. which whooped it up when the
Western teams won.
Michigan's victory in the two-mile race
was the central feature of the days per-
formance The Wolverines. Dartmouth
virginia and Pennsylvania were the only
teams to toe the mark Princeton and NJ.
! T failing to appear. Coake, of Virginia.
set the pace for the first lap. and it was
not until he was swinging into the stretch
that Granger. of Dartmouth, passed MN
and took the lead. Brown, or Michigan
apparently was content to stay tnird,
though he sprinted and just caught the
Southerner at the end of the relay
Marceau. of Dartmouth. and Jansen, OF
Michigan. had ii nip and tuck IN the sec
ond relay, but the Hanoverian stuck TO MS
task and touched off Harmon to ten
ward lead. Hoff, the third of the Wolver-
ines. set out after Harmon like a whiri-
wind and caught him in the first furions.
He strobe on with wonderful speed Dut
weakened at the end. and Harmon gave
twelve-yard lead TO Dolan at the begin
ming OF the final relay. Haimbaugh TOOK
up the running for the Westerners, ana in
100 wards had cut down Dolan's lead lie
y
nassed him on the second lap and won by
wonderful sprint Dolan barely man
aged 70 finish ahead of Bodley. of Penn
sylvania, who, in turn, had ms troubles
In keeping Virginia out of the race Inc
time was 90 fat. two-ffths OF seconu
better than the record made by Pennsyl-
vania in 1910.
Illinois led from start 10 finish in the
sne-mile championship event and sanders,
the Illinois captain. although not haru
pressed. did the last quarter in 49 nat
Don Iippincott. who made new lOV-
metre Olympic record at Stockholm last
summer labored under a handicap of sew
enty-Ave yards. and was in fourth place
when he set out TO catch SANDERS III inc
last relay. He did not come near gettihs
the Illinois man, but he ran his quarter III
1875 seconds, according to ALVIN y
Kraenzein, and pulled his team UP INTO
second place. Columbia's four got DoNeu
at the start, and was never able 10 get
out Of the ruck. finishing ffth' pehinu
Chicago. in a field Of six. Dartmouth just
nosed Chicago out for third.
Only for a quarter Of a mile in the four
mile race was Pennsylvania out Oh 'io
lead. That was when LANCER let GURUS
pass him in the middle of the seconu re-
lay. He did not let him hold the lead
long. however. and touched McCurdy OF
10 a 2O-yard advantage McCurdy length-
ened It out to 80 yards. and Madeira, IN
the last relay. increased II 10 half a lap
At least two of the schoolboys IN the
preparatory school championship ran thS
quarter under 049. Herd. OF the hAesi
winning team. was one. and ROBINSON ol
Nercersburg the other. In fact. II Hero
hadn't been able to match stride win
Robinson the PENNSYLVANIA school Wouio
have retained its title. Humphreys put
Mercersburg In front in the first relay
and Exeter beat out Evanston AcadeHiy
Of Chicago. In the second and succeed
ing RELAYS. however, the New Hainpshiie
lads outran the Mercersburg Dogs anu
the race resolved itself in the last leias
into a royal struggle between iieIu anu
Robinson. Herd won by ten yards anu
his time was As As. while Robinson "io
his quarter in As So.
Marc Wright. of Dartmouth. the WORM
record holder in the pole vault iui nisn."
disappointment by dropping out oi 'ne
race at 70 feet - inch. He won fourth
place, but the top place went 10 IL. ~
Curtis. OF Syracuse. a newcomer "ho'''
Tom Keane has just discovered VIM
cleared the bar at u feet o's INCHES
Fiske, OF Princeton, beat out wagner
the Yale captain. by vaultlng IL feet 81
inches TO u feet inches for the latter