The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-24
Former Gets a Fourth
Place and Later a
Third in Philadel-
phia Relays
WEATHER FINE
FOR THE SPORT
Athletes in Tp-Top Condition for
Events Scheduled for This After
noon on Franklin Field at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania

Franklin Field, Philadelphia, April
24.-Both Harrisburg Tech and Steel
ton High Schools captured places in
the preliminary one-mile relay races in
the University of Pennsylvania games
on Franklin Field this afternoon. Tech
was third in its race, which was won
by Morris High School, of New York
City, in 3.S5 AS. Trenton High was
second in this event.
Steelton was fourth in its race
which was somewhat slower, being won
by Masten Park High, of Buffalo, in
S.SS So, Central High did not win
place in this event in which it was
entered. Williamsport finished second
and Reading third.
The race in which Tech ran th
was won in next TO the fastest
made by any high school team
afternoon. The runners avera~
than So seconds to each
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won by Franklin
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fourth, Harrisburg Prep. Time, Sal
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The intercollegiate jsvelin throw
was won by Phillips, Idaho University,
distance III feet 34 inches, break
ing the collegiate record of 169 feet
s IA inches held by Dorizas, Pennsyl-
vania; second, Nourse, Princeton, 176
feet SIS inches; third, Berry, Penn
sylvania, 152 feet 6 5-S inches; fourth,
Bachmsn, Notre Dame, 1SS feet 2 S-i
inches. Both Phillips and Nourse passed
the old record.
The teams which represented the To-
cal schools and Steelton in the Univer.
sity Relay Carnival on Franklin Field
this afternoon follow:
Central High = McMamee. Houtz
Smeltzer, Mays and winn, substitute
Teeh-Demming. Stansfeld, Stiteler,
Davies, Evans, Heffiefnger.
Harrisburg Academy-Krall, Stack
pole. Holmes, White.
Steelton High-Wuesehinski, Sellers,
Barber. Hooker.
The Steelton team left last evening
for Philadelphia, the other schools leav-
ing this morning. The high school re-
lay events wrre scheduled to be run off
one after another starting at 1.S0
clock this afternoon. Central and
Steelton opposed each other in their
event. Harrisburg Academy and Tech
ran in separate classes.
Philadelphia. April 24.-Champions
in track and field events from the east
and west were to measure speed and
strength in the concluding days sport
of the University of Pennsylvania s
twenty first annual relay carnival on
Franklin Field to-day. The weather
was warm and the track fast, a eombi-
nation which promised to help the title
holders in various events in their at
tempts to break records.
Among the features of the day were
the one, two and four-mile relay races
for the college Championship of Amer
lea. Never in the long history Of Penn
sylvania s relay games has their been
brought together such large number
OF high class performers as were en-
tered in these three contests.
The greatest interest eentered in the
four-mile championship. Eight teams
were on the program to start and
among these Cornell, Wisconsin, Mich
igan and Chicago had teams good
enough to beat eighteen minutes. Cor
nell had quartet of champions enter
ed Wisconsin, Michigan and Chicago,
who fought out the four-mile relay race
at Drake last week, were to make an
other try to-day to beat one another.
The one-mile championship brought
together quarter-milers, nearly all of
whom have done better than fifty sec
onds, while the two-mile relay was full
OF half mile men who have beaten two
minutes.
Champions of all kinds and world s
record holders were listed in the sprint
race and field events. In the 100-yard
dash there were Drew, Southern Cali
fornia, worlds record holder; Howe.
Colby, American 220-yard champion:
Barancik, Chicago, Western intereol-
.legiate champion; Hardy, Notre Dame,
Western indoor champion; Patterson.
Pennsylvania, intercollegiate champion
of 1913; Hoyt, Grinnell, who has Zone
8 4-5 seconds.
4 large number of one-miie relav
races Of colleges, grouped into classes
according to past performances, were
also on the program.
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