The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26
Capt. Jackson TOtters Across
Finish Barely Ahead
of McCurdy.
PENN ANCHOR BATTLES
FAMOUS ONE ALL WAY
Crowd SurgeS Onto Field,
Uncomfortable Mob. as
Men Near Finish.
JUDGES EVEN IN DOUBT
Only Width Of Hand Separates
Men-West Shines in
other Events.
JUDGES EVEN IN DOUBT

PHILADELPHIA, April 25.--Run out -
the last ounce. A. n. s. Jackson captain
and anchor 90 the oxford University
team. staggered over the finish line at
Franklin Field to-day and captured for
Great Britain the honors of the FIRST in
ternatioral relay ever run at four miles.
The mere victory of foreign team In
the long established meet OF the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania made athletic
history but that circumstance will be for
gotten lorg before the 5000 persons
who witnessed the race cease to relate
the thrilling details OF the heroic strug-
gle made by the Pennsylvania quartet to
snatch the laures from the grasp of the
Bri.ishers. Undaunted by the proves Of
the oxford captain. W. McCurdy the last
man TO run for Penn, fought every inch
OF the way. and his last dash for the
tape landed him only the width OF a hand
behind the tottering wearer OF the Dark
Blue.
Such a scene as followed never has been
Witnessed al foot race in America. So
say the men who have followed track ana
field sport from its infancy. Long before
the men reached the tape In that final dash
that tried the muscles. hearts. limbs and
lungs OF the contestants 10 'he UTMOST
the crowd had burst all bounds. What
raattered II that the rain fell and until that
moment all had been dreary and every
one had felt miserable. Mccurdy was hold
ing the mighty jackson. Yes, he even goes
20 tn" front as they swing into the stretch
Il short 100 yards away rom the wire
where two red and blue flags were nut
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