Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-04-27

SATURDAY IN the most SENSATIONAL HI
ish ever seen in that event in the IL
years the race has been run on Frank
lin field. The English team had to
fight all the way and won by a scant
eight inches.
Jackson, Olympic 1900 meter cham
pion, the anchor man of the English
team, was pushed to the limit of hui
| man endurance by McCurdy of Penn
sylvania, the two-mile intercollegiate
champion, and fell into the arms of
his supporters as he breasted the tape.
The race was run in a heavy rain
storm, and the time, 1906, broke the
four-mile record for the Pennsylvania
relays.
The American and worlds record is
held by Cornell. 1855.
So close was the race between Jack
son and MeCurdy that it was sever
al minutes before the spectators could
learn who had won. The men came
into the home stretch shoulder to
shoulder. Thirty yards from the tape
MeCurdy led by about q foot Cap
tain Jackson made a last desperate
effort to take the lead and just man
aged to shove his shoulder ahead of
McCurdy, who was close to the pole.
Then he swerved slightly in toward
the pole until the shoulders of the
two men were almost touching, with
Jacksons just in front. This was their
position at the tape.
AS the runners came down the
stretch Pennsylvania supporters
thought McCurdy would win and
rushed on the track but were dubbed
back by policemen.
At the finish of the race an excited
spectator rushed at James e. Sullivan.
the referee, and wildly protested that
McCurdy had been fouled. but Sulli-
van waved him away and declared
the English team the winner. There
was not the slightest ground for a
protest, the referee said.
Cornell and Penna State College
were also in the race, but after the
second mile their runners were dis
tanced and they were brushed off the
track by the crowd when Jackson and
McCurdy crossed the i:ne.~
Aside from the showing made by
McCurdy the surprise of the race was
the ease with which Madeira of
Pennsylvania beat Taber of oxford in
the third mile. 1t was fast work for
both men all the way. Taber, who
forced John Paul Jones of Cornell to
make a worlds record of Ala 2-5 for
the mile at Harvard last year, was
unable to shake of Mareira, who forg-
ed to the front and beat Taber in the
mile by about 10 yards. Madeira's time
was Az AS the fastest of the four.
Sproule, the first oxford relay man
took the lead at the start of the race
ard set the pace. The other runners
were Sender, Cornell; Entwistle,
Penna State, and Bacon. Pennsylva-
MIA. The quartet finished in bunch
in this order: Bacon, Sproule, Ent-
wistle and Sender.
The time of the mile was 433.
The second relay was taken up by
Langner, Pennsylvania; Cause, Ok
ford: Potter, Cornell, and Shredder,
Penna State. The Pennsylvania finish
ed the mile yard in front of the Ok
oman.
The time was 4.34, or 9.07 for the two
miles.
Madeira and Taber in the third relay
ran together during the first quarter,
and there was no change in their position
at the end of the half and in the third
quarter. Both men were going fast and
seemed to tire.
Irish of Cornell and Garland of Penna
State were more than 100 yards behind.
Taber tried to shake off the Pennsyiva-
MAN. but instead of doing this he saw
Madeira pass him and make great
sprint down the stretch. Madeira opened
a gap and handed the baton to McCurdy
for the last mile Is yards in the lead.
The time for the three miles was 1879 4-6
do nm
Taber had lost, and he and McCurdy ran
around the tracks together all through
the first, second and third quarters ana
into the last quarter up to within an
eighth of a mile of the finish, where poth
cut loose Rain was coming down heasi-
ly at the time, but the 10000 spectators
did not appear to mind 1t ana cheereo
frantically. The time of this mile was
435. the slowest of the four Each man
was saving himself for the final terrific
drive home.
One mile relay, preparatory schools
Won by Haverford School; second
Rrooklyn Preparatory third, Delaney,
Philadelphia. Time, S.45 40
One mile relay, preparatory schools
Won by Bethlehem, Pa, preparatory
socord Time School, Port Deposit, Nd;
third George School, Philadelphia. Time.
3n 3-5.
One mile relay for High schools, Won
nv Stuyvesant, New York; second Engie-
wood. N. j.; third, West Philadeiphia'
fourth. Worcester, Mass, Classical
Time, 3.31 To-
Jayelin throw-Won by Dorizas'
PENNSYLVANIA; second, Ross, faie'
third. Lamb, Penn. State. Distance
1e9 feet SA inches.
One mile preparatory school relay
championship of America-Won py
Exeter; second, Mercersburg; tniro'
Lawrenceville. Time, $50 AS.
100 yards hurdle--Won by keliey'
Southern California; second, Waro'
Chicago; third, Ward, Southern can
fornia; fourth Crowley, Virginia.
Time, Is 3-5.
One mile High school relay cham
| pionship of America-Won by Boston
School of Commerce.; second, Phiia-
delphia Central; third, Newark, N. J.'
Central; fourth, Brooklyn Manuel
| Time 1886 3-5.
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