The Washington times., 1916-03-12
Brooke Brewer Equals
Worlds Mark
Defeats Drew, Stephenson, Williams and Others in
Philadelphia Before Fifteen Thousand-St.
Adams Relay Captures Feature.

more, OF st. Adams. by a yard. Craw-
ford Carter. running third for 81. Al
bans, caught McDonaugh, OF the Polys.
In the first turn. and raced after white
man of. Mercersburg, who had d
twc!ve-yard lead. Carter picked up
seven yards after a grueling race aud
handed Maxam second position.
Davis had a Vineyard jump on Max
am who shot out in the first hundred
and closed the gap. On the second lap
the st. Adams flyer caught Davis and
opened mp three-yard lead by a grand
sprint in the backstretch talIing the pole
and winning In the final hundred pulled
up with four yards to spare,
In the meantime. Wallace had auaIi-
ned Tor the finals In the shot put against
Maxheld. Hutchinson, Graydon, and Sin
claire. but was unable 10 better his Put
as he was spent after the quarter Later
Carter went back into the mile and
from the hundred-yard mark got NTH
The time, 2:1s fiat, was made by j.
Cogswell, Of Cornell, and was three and
four fifths better than last years marx.
The floor was cleared for the ffty-
yard Invitation. which brought Drew.
Brewer, Howe and Clark together in the
first heat. Starter Mcl1ush got the
sprinters away to an even break and
Brewer, after n tremendous squirt at the
thlrty-yard mark. burst IN ahead OF
Drew. full foot and half TO spare
The crowd roared its appreciation at
the FIRST downfall in two years for the
worlds champion. The time was Ave
| and three-fifths.
In the second heat. Stephenson, OF
Trinity; o'Hars. Of Massachusetts In
| sutute OF Technology: Jack Eilcr. OF
| the Irish-American A. c., who had twice
equalled the worlds record in the
hurdles during the evening Roy Morse
OF the Salem Crescent A. c., and VIII
liams. OF Yale. were brought together.
Stephenson won with Morse second in
hve and three-fifths seconds.
Brewer was believed TO have a great
| chance In the final, and after winning
his heat came to the mark confident Of
being able to repeat. Brewer. Stephen
son, Morse, and Drew got Off together
without break in the final. Tho st.
Adams sprinter was a scant half-foot
ahead OF the trio ut forty yards ard
broke the tape by the same margin over
| Stephenson, who was picked for second.
Morse gained third and Drew failed 10
place.
In winning last nights race Brewer
takes home q gold watch for his per.
manent possession, q gold knife for
! winning second in the open, and earns
possession possess ,r,n ot the huge Philadelphia
4
team annexed the Holman wans-
maker" trophy. another elephantine sill
\ Yer cup, and as individuals received
gold links, Another silver cup win 20
, TO the st. Adams School for creating
q record In the relay. Altogether Il was
successful evening.
! Coach Green lost his overcoat and a
| SILK scarf somewhere among the twelve
thousand, but otherwise appeared to be
| fairly conten.ed.
Catholic University was distanced by
Lehlgh, when Keane lost thirty-five
| yards In the second relay. Worlds rec
| ords were equaled by Brewer in the
/ nifty, and Jack Eller in the fifty-yard
| hurdles; Havdock, of Harvard. vaulted
| twelve feet in the pole vault. a new
| record indoors for the Middle Atlantic
section: Ted Meredith. in winning a sec
| ond leg on the Meadowbrook Cup in the
| $50. created a new worlds indoor record
| OF 1:2l:2, going two seconds better than
| In last years race, and defeating Dave
| Caldwell, Homer Baker, and Jim Burke.
Wallace Maxwell created new Middle
Atlantic record in the shot-put with
| fifty feet three inches. Meredith re-
peated a record performance in running
| anchor for the Penn relay at a mile.
! The Red and Blue flyer was clicked
in fifty and two flfth's seconds in his
| relay.