New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27
Four Records Smashed
in Quaker Relay Games

worlds record time in his trial heat.
'rouiy. OF the University of Virginia.
sprang surprise on the sharps by capt
uilng the final heat in which IL was
necessary for him to beat out such con-
Slstent performer as j. r. Case. of the
University of Illinois. Case led over the
last hurdle by inches. but Croulys sprint
saved the day for him. Griffith. of the
University Of Pennsylvania. who got in
the finals by virtue of Nicholson's self
disqualification. finished third
one watch caught Nicholson in Is sec
onds, worlds record time, in the first heat
OF the hurdles. The other watches were
ola 10. Nicholson seemed TO be under
o:l5 %, but IL is doubtful IL he was under
0l0 l-5. There was a strong wind from the
southwest, and that helped him a lot in
common with the other hurdlers whose
performances were little better than
usual.
Captain ]. p. Cummings. of the Har-
ward team fell in the fifth heat of the
hurdles and twisted his arm under him
in such a way that It was stiff when he
went TO the dressing room to have it eX-
amined. Whether it will incapacitatc
Cummings for the rest of the season only
further and more careful examination
will tell
There was another surprise in the 100
yard race which Patterson, the new
Splinter whom Mike Murphy has un-
carthed. won with comparative case in
even time. He romped home in his heat,
and didn't appear to let himself out In
no of
Syracuse. was second. and Marshall. the
Pennsylvania football star, third. Harland,
of Princeton beat out Captain Rupert
Thomas. the winner of tho intercollegiate
hundred last year. for the place. Thomas
seemed away off form.
If special exhibition race had been
arranged for Ted Meredith, he could not
have had more favorable conditions than
those he faced in the mile freshman
championship. in which Columbia's 1916
team was PENNSYLVANIA Youngsters only
opponents The New York boys were out
classed from the first relay. and when
Meredith took the track in the fourth re-
lay Columbia was one hundred yards in
the ruck.
Meredith let himself out from the first
stride, and swung around the track IN
wonderful form. Passing the. Pennsyi-
vania stand. the Olympic runner more
than outdid himself. and he broke me
tape with a beautiful squirt His time
for the quarter was ~ 10 seconds on
track that was badly cut up. The Quaker
youngsters won in 1925 is. breaking the
record of 2:26 40. made by the University
of Illinois freshmen in 1910.
The Michigan freshmen were entered
but did not hear their names called when
the race was announced and the man
agcment let the Wolverines run against
time They completed the mile in 1884 4-o'
nine seconds behind the Quakers.
De Witt Clinton and Erasmus Han
had a hammer and tongs struggle In
their relay. The two New York schools
and the Philadelphia Northeast Manual
and West Philadelphia schools were the
only ones in the race, and almost from
the first relay il was between the bows
from New York Clinton went into the
lead when Veg uncorked a fine sprint
and outnosed Peoples. OF West Philadei-
phia. 1t was in the next relay that
Brush put Erasmus in the running, ana
when the last relay came around Ncr
had a ten-yard lead over Moore. Of Gin
ton. Moore however. caught the Brook
lvn boy on the backstretch and beat him