The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
RECORDS FALL IN BATTLES
OF COLLEGE ATHLETES AT
PENNSYLVANIA RELAYS
More Than 0 1000 Persons See Four Collegiate Marks
Wiped Out and Three Worlds Records Equalled in
Great Meet on Franklin Field.


less and the spectators turned to watch
the gallant efforts Of Billy Moore. the
New York boy. to overtake Wilcox and
land the Tiger team In front. Moore
saline inch by inch until the stretch
was reached. hen Wilcox let on,
INK and held his own even agains, the
desperate sprint Of the Orange and
Black representative.
Hair Ratsi"s Fimish.
II was a hair raising duel to the tape.
but neither man cracked. and running
strongly to the end Wilcox proved the
victor by two and n half yards. Mere
ditr closing rapidly was three yards be-
hind the Princeton man. and the crowd
chcered the defeated one when II was
that he had been unofficially
timed in ~ As seconds. Following on
his great half mile OF yesterday 1t was
a further proof OF the sensational char
acter or his sturdy athlete when at his
best.
In the two mile championship the COZ
test looked n fairly open question until
Johnny Ovcrton WAS sent on his way.
Then the chances OF the others quickly
faded before the strong running Of the
great distance man. Chicago. Michigan
end Pennsylvania opposed the Blue. but
the Rcd and Blue team was a forlorn
hope from the start and never WAS dan
Gerous.
Tn westerners f,attered their admirers
In the early stages and at the END of
the first half mile Chicago had a lead
OF three yards Oh Michigan. with Rolfe
OK Yale only a yard back. The wearers
Of the e were still in front at the end
Of the mile. but only by a yard over
Michigan, which held three yards over
Yale.
/, was in the third relay that Barker
Of Yale laid the plans for the blue vic
tory. lie took the baton from Cooper
and made such good Roadway that he
turned over a lead Of six yards TO Over
tor. All was over then but the shouting.
for the powerful strides OF the New
Haven scorcher carried him further and
further away until he reached the finish
line fifteen yards ahead Of DESMOND OF
Chicago. The colored runner though
travelling over his distance. was strong
enough at the end to run clean away
from Carroll OF Michigan.
EuasIs Two Mile Record.
Overton turned the half mile In l
minute So 2.5 seconds q rafting fine
piece OF running. though not as good as
Meredith did yesterday. The time Of ,
minutes 81 seconds clipped 2 3-b seconds
l jill Viz tOIItk TttOVu ~ oN III
Princeton team.
IL was a question of Cornell Nrst and
the rest nowhere IN the -four mile cham
p%ionship. though Wisconsin hung or
fairly well until the last relay. Taylor
opened a gap or hfteen yards In the
mrs, mile ana ftonmire stretched IL into
thirty-nve yards Then Windnagle catnt
along win another good mile In which
ne heid ms own. Potter nnlshed foi
Cornell. and at the end was 100 yard'
ahead or the wisconsin runner, Penn
was IN the ruck from the start and
merely ran TO snow the crowd some more
OF the req ana oi"e Jerseys me time'
OF the miles were: one miie, W" 10
Two miles. y minutes es 10 three miles
1874 go: iour miles l':"d l-b. INT
previous collegiate record was MADE 10y
me NorneIl leam OF lsll; ronsisths o.
na,"a, u' ~ u,t,"' ,
marked degree in the hurdle race. II,
:.sons. , a%"y IN Wit" Iss his nn,, heat Sen I" by 10 Az A.,
yards. There was a bit OF surprise vher
front Of .Ames OF %iiIinoi. Gubo, VIII,
who finished third was disqualified 10
knocking down three nur''e''
II, smith the intercollesia.e cham
p,"m, "an tho sr,sh smnnR ali ,o~
competitors in the final was so clos
that n ward was ali there was between
the hrst man and Sol Butler. the colore'
reared to show the best form in hi
heats hut he lacked determinatior
-" ~ IT. ,,,,. "a .e,., orhtin,
when the p'"Sn came a ho,t AL dI.,ance n
fell away in the last twenty yards. TIL
,.,ar,n,on smith dashed Al the tan
Si,h n smith NJ Wisconsin and T~esch
ner Of Harvard only inches away an
,hs-s we're .ome OF the. spectators VIII
thought the colors OF 'he chaHip'o" ~"
been lowered The keen eyed Judge
,hIrd' The summaries:
C-b.m,,onship Rc,sys.
Two Mile. ceii.ro-won BY yale, VT
= Rolls; T. Cooper, a, u, nsTssr as stoy
Merrill and D''mond: M,chlgan. inHa ~ y
I @ Murphy {: uppsp; h Win ~ B.cke
minute, 10 seconds; sgaaiilns world
: record and beating co,,esiate nv psrn.v
v, ons S M,is' R EeS,hmer walker. . q ton" an
i smith; Pr,ncs.on sssonn; be"nsyIU:n
0 state. third; columnia' 'ou''" '""''
minutes ~ 80 seco"us ,. u.r,.,d wI,
r on. nxnarb.r II MInot. ". Pinghnr
and W Wilcox: Princeton. second, wit
-, q wallace. j. barrett, u Richardson m
' Barr. Pennsyivsnia third. with v. ksu
\ mann. r. Dorsey, 4, scudder and J