The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-21
JOlE RAY, CHICAGO
 RUNNER, SETS NEW
 RECORD AT GARDEN

ed to carry the roof off the build ing.
 Ray finished the mile in 4:19 AS. He was breathing heavily of course. but otherwise showed no i'll effects from his great effort.
 Loren Murchison, the St. Louis sprinter, who earlier in the evening won the seventy-yard dash from scratch, added to his laurels by win ming the S00-yard junior National A. A. U. indoor title in the good time of 0:33 3-5. Murchison defeated J. J. O'Brien, the local champion, and J. P. Tattach of Fordham Univers- ity.
 Rows and rows of empty benches were noticeable around the big am- phitheatre, but what was lacking in number of spectators was more than made up for by enthusiastic applause which greeted running of each event. All the races had large fields of start CTS, were keenly fought, and furnished thrills a-plenty. The announcement of each event, summoning the com petitors to the track, was the signal for a terrific din, which continued un- til the race was over. Many spills occurred, particularly in the school boy events; but fortunately no serious accidents were reported.
 The greatest enthusiasm and ap- | plause came when the girls band of the Philadelphia Commercial Insti- tute and of he local battalion passed in review about the big enclosure and went through various manoeuVreS of | the manual of arms. This perform ance had the big crowd cheering wildly while it lasted.
 Jack Sellers the sturdy New York I A. c. runner, competing unattached won the junior national indoor cham pionship at 1000 yards, after a keen struggle with thirteen rivals. Sellers came to the fore in a brilliant and well-judged sprint when about half a ] lap from the finish mark and won by twenty yards from Charles Shaw, the Columbia runner. Joe Giorgio, Paul. time was 2:23 1-5.
 | Sellers remained in third position during the early part of the race while Shaw set stiff pace. The blue and white athlete held the lead during | TOUT laps, 'DuC weakened then, ant Sellers went to the front and main. tained the position to the end.
 Loren Murchison of the Columbia A. C., St. Louis, captured the 70yart A. A. U. handicap dash from the scratch mark. The St. Louis sprintel just managed to grasp the honor! from Fred Tescher, Glencoe A. C., a the tape. Tescher also started iron the scratch. Murchison's time wa! 0:07 3-5.
 Scholastic track stars occupied { prominent place on the program. par ticularly the opening part of it. The! returned some sterling performance in the sprints and relays. Baltimort Polytechnic Institute athletes carried off the one-mile unlimited weight re lay. The Mercersbeg Academy team Ifavorably regarded for this event lproved disappointing, despite a bril-
 liant stretch of running by Allel
 Swede, the institutions scholasti
 champion runner. He ran as ancho
 and pulled the team into third place
 Baltimore Polytechnic Institutes run ners got off to a good lead on tn
 first relay, and maintained it to tn end, winning handily.
 The Baltimore Polytechnic Insti : tute's colors were flashed to anothe , victory in the 7O-yard scratch H. s. } L. dash, when W. w. Andrews rompe home a winner in 0:07 4-5.