The Washington herald., 1913-04-27
michigan Wins
TWGM|LE RELAY
Together with Pennsylvania
and Illinois, 1t Shares Hon
ors in Quaker Carnival.
MEREDITH'S RACE IS FAST
Penn Lands the Four-mile Event and
Illinois the One-mile Race-Dis-
Gus Throw Record Broken.

Philadelphia, Pa, April 26.-Pennsyl
vania. Michigan, and Illinois carried on
the honors at the University of Pennsyl-
vania annual relay carnival here this
afternoon Pennsylvania won the four
mile event: Michigan the two-mile relay
and Illinois the one-mile event. Penn
sylvania also won the one-mile freshman
relay in hollow style. The two-mile re.
lay was the most sensational of the day
Dartmouth, looked to be a sure winner,
especially when Dolan, of Dartmouth,
got away on the last relay with lead
of twenty yards. Here Capt. Hoff took
up the running for Michigan. In the first
quarter mile he made up Dolan's lead,
and in the last 200 yards outsprinted the
Fastener by ten yards at the tape.
Hoffs time for the half was IS 3-5. The
team time of Michigan was minutes,
which made a new intercollegiate record.
Illinois won the mile relay in rather hol-
low style.
The feature Of this event was the
quarter mile of 1ippincott for Pennsyl-
vania, who brought his team up from
fourth to second with a quarter mile,
which he negotiated in As Is seconds.
Another sensational quarter was that
of Meredith. the Olympic So0-meter cham
pion, who did As 3-5 seconds for his quar-
ter.
One intercollegiate record was broken
in the discus throw, in which Talbot,
formerly of Cornell, did 142 feet 1-2 inch.
In his sem-final he was beaten by
Gage. of Illinois. Case. in turn, was
beaten in the final by Crowley, of Vir-
ginia.
Patterson. of Pennsylvania. flashed to
the front in the 100-yard dash, which he
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wind.
Richards of Salt Lake City, the
Olympic champion. won the high jump
at 6 feet inches.
Southern athletes were prominent in
the annual relay races at Franklin
Field today when the pick of all the
scholastic and intercollegiate runners of
America were entered in the contests
for supremacy.
Among the college relay teams to dis
tinguish themselves was the st. Johns
team, of Annapolis which finished sec
ond TO Franklin Marshall. and they
forced the winners to make the extra
ordinarily fast time of minutes 80 is
seconds. The former record was min
utes IS 2-5 seconds. Because of the fas
pace, GaIlaudet, Maryland Agricultural,
and the Catholic University teams,
which were entered in this race. were
unable to score. Georgetown was also
entered for the college relay race with
Swarthmore and Carlisle and Penn
State, but the entry was withdrawn be-
cause the men were not in condition
to compete against this field.
The Washington aggregation had the
satisfaction of seeing Eddie Horter, the
Georgetown sprinter. at his best today
in the special 1D-yard dash. He was
pitted against Robertson, the Syracuse
star, and took second in his heat and in
the semi-final also got q place. When it
came to the finals Horter set the pace
and had he only reserved his strength for
the last few yards he would have been
able to land among the point winners.
Patterson, the Penn star, although set
back A yard for false start, won the
event in 10 seconds nat
II remained for another Southern boy.
]. Crowley, of the University of Virginia,
to prove the real sensation of the meet.
The new star won the high hurdle event
from Case, of Illinois, the wonderful
Olympic hurdler, in the fast time of
Is 3-5 seconds.
This is the first time that Case has
been beaten at an important meet, and
the victory OF the young Southerner
stamped him as speed marvel