Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
WIN BY MARGIN
OF z II POINTS
Pennsylvania Athletes Take
Highest Honors in Eighth In
terco!Iegiate Meet.
JONES SETS A NEW
RECORD IN THE MILE
CorneI's Great Runner Covers
Distance in Remarkable
Time of Ala 2-5.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Nav n.
Twelve sturdy Quaker legs.
with which six wcarcrs of the
Red and Blue gathered in twenty
tour points. Won for the Univcr-
sity OF Pennsylvania the eighth
annual field and track meeting of
the intercollegiate Association of
Amateur Athletes OF America in
the Harvard stadium TODAY. The
score was the smallest made bv a
winner in the history OF the asSo-
citation. ohn Paul Jones. Cor
nell ) captain. finished his college
clnder track career bv running the
fastest mile ever credited To an
amateur. his new worlds record
time being 1 minutes II IS Sec
onds. This is just one second
lower than the previous record.
which Jones made on the same
track two years ago. In the half
mile event Jones finished second.
The association records in the 100
and 22o yard dashes and the 200
yard low hurdles were equalcd.
respectively. by !. L. Patterson
and ID. +. Lippincott of the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania, and |.
Wendell OF Wesleyan. The lat
ter won both hurdle events and
was the only double winner OF the
dav.
Harvard was giving Pennsylvania
! stiff battle for the lead when Jackson.
! the Crimsons colored timber topper.
knocked down three hurdles I'm the
/ 22O-yari event and was disduaiified.
/ Had he won second place Harvard.
/ which had not been considered Tao
! tor would have won the meet.
Michigan was close third on points.
| while Cornell which mad been expect
! cd to press Penns ylvania closely Tor
honors was fourth. Dartmouth took
! fifth place b. a margin of "A half a
point Vale managed TO beat out the
! University Of California and Wesleyan
| for sixth place.
! Three athletes-Beeson Allen and
| Shattucl-won the ten points which thu
University OF California team carried
! back TO the Pacific coast incidentally
! a coed proportion of the net rom
I 1900 spectators was turned over u
the we-terners based on the number NJ
/ miles they travelled. Princeton. Co.
! lumbia Brown. Syracuse and PeppsNl-
yania State College finished in the
rear of the standing hy points
! Interest in Mile Run.
Interest centered in the mile run. ana
| the anticipation of thousands OF fei-
| lowers Of track athletics were fulfilled.
! Many of these Who Saw jones beat oft
Taber OF Brown by ten Yards in tie
sprint for the finish believe the Cornell
captain might have suppianted tie
| worlds professional time AZ wei, had
; he rot lcafed through the first quarter.
which took minute 80 onas.
J TIE half covered IN iat.t-
,:t@s = IS seconds but shortly
after Jones went u the front and took
cs.arSe Of the event lie passed |is
! threc-at.arter mark in !: minutes ~ 10
sc..lis. and then set sail for the nhtSa,
= bar Madeira OF Penns! wanna an'i
Harmon of Dartmouth CLING DESPERATE
~ AZ his heels. but turning into the
hoine stretch Jones shook them or ana
with a grand burst II speed broke to
taae. the acknowledged king OF anna te9r
init.rs None IF the FIVE FIELD RECORDS
was in danger. although a Few were a.
.,,oac.ed Saattlck of California With
/ a record Of l.5 feet IN TIE hammer
! throw failed by many feet To repeat.
cant Beeson Of California did better IN
the high jump. while whitney OF Dart
mouth tossed the shot to within nearly
i a fnat and half OF the record
! cant NJ s Wright Of Dartmouth. the
worlds greatest pole vauiter. was an
other who failed 10 attain previous
/ lie .ehts He was beaten out ~ flsAr 81
+, Princeton and tied by Wagner of Vale.
! The winning broad jump Of Mercer ~
/ PENNSYLVANIA was a foot behind the rec
ord Ii was on the cinders that the lead
Jig exploits Of tie afternoon were per
FORMED After the wonderful nile or
| Ian.e cart Half TIE Michigan giant.
| ran Ia, quarter mile within tNo-fifths or
/ second of tie record. Then came TAT
j terson's grea, sprint in the century dasn
| TO equal association figures OF /? - sec
| .ads The two-,nile was slow. although
, n developed spirited fight. Wendab
! cleared the high hurdles I'm IL Sc
| onds. in one Of tie trial heats. ara ian
| the finals ovr- the 10" tiibers ~ even
ASSOCIATION time If y; D, seconds.
Iippinc0.ts time in TIC fRf.ohg
eaual,.d another association record. aid
he was running hard at the iinish ! n"
ideal weather was a contributing factor
IN the success OF the meet. The cheef
ing. which included the unique college
cry of California. heard for The INST
/! 49,. ia the east. kept the echoes 81 tho
stadium constantly awake
re, Dartmouth distance. a. feet rs INCHES. ~.
r. Realty Columbia second. u feti ls
inches: A. w koaIer. Michigan. thrd. " zee,
A. inches: H. q. kanzeT Cornell fourth. ID
feet s., inches. -, srh.r
Mire r,p-Won bv Jones. Cornell. lal'or
pr,ru second: Harmon. Dartmouth. third. Ma
re,rs Prnnsylyania fourth. Time. III -.
s.ovard r,n--won by Han. Michigan. 'oI-
zens. Cornell. second. Barron. Hazard; th'Fd'
Ianscn Michigan. fourth. Time 9 -
l.o.rarJ hurdle Won by Wendell. NeSleFan'
Jackson Harvard. second: Cummings Harvard:
third Time 0i5 IS. ". i. Potter. lnie. ala
not finish - ,.,
Ieo.yard dash-Non hv Patterson Iennsyl'
vsnia: Keller Cornell. second: iippincof, rehn- ,
srly.nia third Bond. Michigan. fourth lime,
q 90 = Equals intercollegiate record. ,.-s
Two-miie ruu-Won by Net urdy. rennsFI-
vsnia. smith Michigan. seconf: Soyd. ifar-
yard. thifd. Keyser. Fean State. fourtt iine.
2. A. 3-5. i. r,n
High iump--Reeson. California. ssd lamp.
Harvard tied for first place ~ foY = intn.
Mofst Harvard. Sargent. Mirhgan, and 81
CONTINUED ON Second PaSc.l