The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30

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afternoon in events which constituted
III. second and closing days programme
OF the annual Pennsylvania relay meet.
Glorious weather greeted the army OF
10000 athletic fans i~ntrenched In the
stands surrounding Franklin Field and
the titanic struggles Of the chosen Rladi-
ators Of the college world resulted. as
vas expected. In the demolition OF rec
ords. Four college marks went by the
board. and in setting new standards for
the colleges the successful competitors In
three instances equalled the worlds best
records.
Two OF the worlds records were equalled
m the championship relays. the honor
Of one going to the Yale two mile team.
with the intercollegiate c~ross-country
champion. J. W. Overton, as the anchor
and main factor. In the time Of : minutes
IS seconds, which tied the time made by I
Riley. Bromilow. Sheppard and kiviat OF
the irish American A.. G. in 1910.
The great distance runners OF Cornell
we're responsible for the other startling |
team performance. Four evenly gated
nnilers traversed the four miles In IL
minutes 81 1-5 seconds. which was ex-
actly the time made by Mahoney. Pow
ers, Marceau and Hedland OF the Boston
4 4. in 1919. IN both these instances ,
the best times made by coliegians were
cell beaten.
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Simpson OF Missouri. stood out as the
only man to place himself on even terms
with the best OF the timber topping
brigade. He did not stand alone so far
a. brilliant performances went. for the
great Ted Meredith electrified the crowd
with a quarter Of a mile In ~ As Sec
onds. which. however. was a fruitless
Mort, as the Harvard team had too
great a lead when the anchor man Of the
Penn team was despatched.
Meredith. however. could not lain a
record. while Simpsons time Of IS sec
onds IN the final OF the hurdle eaualled
To time standing to the credit of +. w.
Kelly In one way the performance OF
Simpson is unique, as the race was run
On grass and he IL the first athlete to
run the 1870 yard hurdles over the turf
y an even - seconds.
The other individual record, which was
collegiate one only. was earned by
lie Western giant. Arlie Mucks. in the
deus throw In which he skidded the
y eght it5 feet nv inches. The same
athlete was also treading close on the
which he won with the good put of ~
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The West did wonderfully we'll in
these special events. but In the cham
piorships the pluns were gathered by
the Eastern contingent. Harvard cap
tured the mile, which was the thriller
Of the afternoon. Yale the two miles and
old reliable Cornell the four miles. This.
with three victories In the special events
seve the Fasteners more than the bal
snce Of power. even though the West
DID take four OF the specials.
There was a great duel In the hish
jump between Richards OF Cornell ana
Wesley Oler OF Yale. the former gaining
me verdict AFTER Doth had tied at y ieet
inches. Princeton was successiui IN
me 1avelin throw through the eHorts
O. X. Nourse, VINO hurled the spear ~
f'et llis inches. The century went 70
the Intercollegiate champion. H. Smlth,
o. Michigan. In as pretty a race TOT me
instance ar ever ,"r,''eu "a oIs 1890
and Dartmouth gained Winning brackets
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New York had A fair share OF VIC
! tories in the relays in which no titles
wore at stake. De Witt Clinton won
from Enslewood through the great last
Quarter run by Bernie wefers. Jr., who
showed a fash Of the form displayed by
arc. Flushing High won another Of the
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