The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-27
MICHIGAN LEADS
IN RELAY EVENTS
Wins Two-Mile Race for
Championship of
America.
VIRGINIA M A N
FIRST IN HURDLES
Crowley Brings Orange and Blue,
Into Limelight. After Relay
Team Finishes Fourth--Two
Records Broken-Meredith
Runs Fast Quarter, and /
Talbot Throws Discus. a

Philadelphia, April 2o.-West-$
ern runners took two Of the thfee
big blue ribbon events at tile an
nual carnival of relay races and
field sports on Franklin Field to-
day, the University of Illinois
winning the one-mile relay COT
lege championship Of Ameriea,
and Michigan taking the. two
mile relay national championships
The University of Pennsylvania
won the other big national cham
pionship, her mile runners being.
more than match for the other
milers i'll the four-mile contest.
In winning the two-mile relay
Michigan cut two-ffths of a Sec
ond off the record, her llaif-milerss
going the distance in eight min
utes flat,
The Pennsylvania freshmen
with Meredith, the Oily mpSicl
champion, running as anchor man.
won the one-mile freshman relay
national championship in the rec
ord time OF 3:25 As. The former
record was $40 As. Ir this face
the Michigan freshmen failed to
hear the announcement of the
event, and the race was started
without them. Later the Michi-
gan freshmen were permitted to-
run against time, and were given
second place, their time being
5 :34 As.
The two-mile relay was the most
sensational OF the day Dartmouth
looked TO be sure winner, especially
when Dolan. of Dartmouth got aWays
on the list relay with lead of tweir-E
~ yards. Here Captain Hoff took up
the running for Michigan. In the firstN
quarter-mfle he made up Dolan,s Lead
and In the last 200 yards outsprinted
the Fastener by ten yards at the tame IS
Hon's time for the half was l56s3.5.
The feature OF this event was the
hrst mile for Iippincott for Pennsyl-S
vania, who brought his team up3 from
Fourth to second. with quarter-mife.
winch he negotiated In 1915 seconds
Meredith's Sensational Quarter. q ;g
another sensational quarter was that
OF Meredith, who did As 3-5 seconds for
his quatrer. III his first semi final sla
was beaten by Case, of Illinois. Case
In turn, was beaten In the final by
Cronley. of Virginia. ~
One intercollegiate record wass
broken In the discus throw. In which
iaiDott, formerly of Cornell, did 4142s
feet half inch. 49,
Patterson. of Pennsylvania, Mashed
to the front in the 1o0-yard DASH
which he won in ten seconds. with the
aid of slight wind. ssS
Richards, of Salt Lake City. the
In F,,t, ir.,, ~. 4 =.
at six feet two inches ls
The one-mile preparatory school
championship of America was won bys
Phillips Exeter in 1926 40, breakiness
the worlds scholastic record for the
event of a:27 Is The one-mile relay
national championships for high
schools was captured by the Boston
English school. 5s
Another record which came near be-
ing broken was that for the 12O-yard&'
hurdle, ]. B. Nicholson, of Missouri. b
Western intercollegiate champion
equalling the worlds figures of 1915
seconds, held by himself and severaIS
other past and present hurdlers. HtsTt
equalled the figures in his first trial
only to be disqualified In the semi
hnai by knocking down too many
Nothing Exceptional.
With the exception OF Nicholson.sSt
hurdlinG and the mighty heave Of Tai
bolt in the discus throw, the special
events did not bring out anything
above the ordinary. despite the fact
that there were Olympic and interiors;
legiate champions entered. Richards.
of Brigham Young University tho
Olympic champion. made the high jump
with leap of six feet, two inches,
which is about two inches short of his Il
jump at Stockholm.
In pole vault. NJ. S. Wright. of
Dartmouth, who holds the pole vault, &
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