New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
|)NNEFF'S RECORD BATTERED BY RAY
|cago Boy Runs 1 1-2 Miles in l 6:45-Meredith in Form

lew York, Jan. 25.-Joie Ray Of
 Illinois A. c. of Chicago aston 5d nearly 10000 persons at the
 es of the Millrose A. A. in Madi-
 Square Garden last night when Ton the Rodman Wanamaker onc- zone -half-mile scratch race from a !s of five of the best long-distancc ners in the country, and in doing pade the fastest time for the dis 3fe that has ever been accom- Ehed in this country, indoors or floors. Rays time was 6:45. and best previous time was 6:45 2-5, fe by the great Irish runner, Tom Conneff, at Bergen Point on Sep Ioer 2, 1895.
 lays starting performance, in ch he showed his heels to. among ars. John w. Overton of Yale, the 0-yard national and intercollcgi- Icross- country champion, came RH in the nights sport, and marked beginning of series of triuIuphs
 western athletes, who made their
 real invasion of the east of the 2sent indoor season. The little Chi aan, who proved his worth as ince runner when he won the mile national championship at ark last September, never gave rivals a breathing spell. At the K of the starters pistol he rushed he front, and. with a stride that h resembles that used by Conneff is best days. kept going with un- hting force that never gave lis petitors a chance to pass hinl. 1other western success cams in T0-yard invitation dash, in which
 honors went to Joe Loomis of the
 ago, former 100-yard champion. long, 1.-the blond sprinter came
 ugh in easy manner in his heat in
 h the best man he had to beat
 F. F. O'Hara, Massachua 5tts
 |. Alvah T. Meyer, the Irish-Am-
 :n sprinter. was another former
 apion who came back to life.
 aing htS@heat, with Brooke Brew
 he Maryland sprinter, in second
 g, Loonis' trial heat had been
 so easily that he was a big fa-
 e for the final. Meyer, however,
 rised the crowd by getting the
 } on the westerner and leading for the first forty yards. TheI, 1
 ground d-devouring strides of the ]
 ago man began to tell. and he
 ed alongside of Meyer twenty i,
 s from the tape. Meyer fought ,
 rly toIthe end, but Loomis beat
 by hall a yard. Brewer finished
 I. ThE time. or 2-5, is fifth of
 Eond slower than the record. hcrctiitE Defeats Strong Field.
 Id Meredith, recently recovered |! an attack of pneumonia, gave fwesterners their first setback ! h he won the Millrose 500 from a
 Of great distance men, which hded Walter A. Miller of the Hi [A A. C.. and a notable southe:ner Noon M. Scott of the Mississippi
 cultural college, the halfmilc
 npion. Ted had an old score to out, as he finished behind the issippi man in that race. He did ith plenty to spare, as Scott failed .. mish in the first. three. All the ! DTS in this event stayed in the cast, l
 Higgins Of the Irish American 7. finishing second, and Dave Gala !
 of the Boston A. A. third. pbert F. Simpson. the best nUrdler he present day, if not of all time. a1ized his first appearance in $ in the cast by making a new ,rd in the 90-yard low hurdle race. streaked over the sticks in 1-5 'fnds and left in his wake lack IT., who made the old record of k seconds in 1910 and equaled it, lid his brother, Bob, in 1911. His pry made another for the west, as Champion hurdler halls from tho Eersity of Missouri. Simpson led Ehe way with Loonis pressing him. he finish Jack Eller got up in time ake the place from Loomis. The sr starters were Fred Murray and hur l.. Engels, New York A. C.