Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09
Three Distinct Marks
Equaled and On e
Tied at Second Regi-
ment Armory
By PAUL PREP

NCREATEST indoor track and field
~ meet of the year" was the advance
term applied to the ninth annual athletic
carnival of the Meadowbrook club.
which opened last night lnarthe Second
Regiment Armory, Brt and Susque-
hanna avenue. How we'll the meet ran
true to form may be judged from the
sterling performances of the athletes
who only equaled one worlds indoor
record, missed tying another by the mar
rowest of margins. broke three and
tied one Middle Atlantic District of the
A. A. L. records and established new
Meadowbrooli meet mark,
The worlds record to be cqualed was
the mark for the i5-! ard high hurdles
In the final heat. tGe four runners
Cleminshaw. Jr., of Penn state; w.
Smith, of Cornell; C. II. Erdman, or
Princeton, and +. McDonough, or Baitl-
more, all on scratch, with the exception
of the latter. who had hahdicap OF
two feet. got off to an equal start. AT
the t,ird and last hurdle Erdman forged
IN the fore. 4 blanket would have COW
ored tho four men as they crossed the
finish line with Erdman showing the
,ro,. he two feet. The time, seconds
Ont couaIed the worlds indoor record
for the event made by j. W. MayaeW III
Boston in 1905.
Pole Vault Record
L. T.. Myers, of Dartmouth anu
Gerald Sweeney, OF Yale. mad great
hattie for premier honors III tne pore
vault, Both men cleared the pa'ipoo
,,a. Vim case at the early heights and
InNyn "A duel
between these two as the other men
dronned out. a Middle Atlantic indoor
racnrd was made when both cleared the
ro1, at twelve feet two inches. The bar
,ren was raised two inches. which was
,ne inch better than the worlds inaoor
record made by Foss. of Cornell IN
1915 Three times Sweeney ana Myers
,riad to "go over the top" and thrice
thny failed. The crossbar was then low
cred two inches and on the Jump-on
for first prize, Myers cleared at TINS
height while Sweeney missed
LAST Saturday in a intercollegiate
,,oot at Dartmouth, Myers cleared
twelve feet five and iive-eighth inches
hut as the take off was made from dirt
instead Of boards, the record VIII not
be allowed.
The other records to go by the boards
IN 1ne SnOl puN1 W io''' JN'''p '''N
the inter-company relay race for menu
bers of ]. w. c. u
Sinclair, OF Princeton, broke his own
Middle Atlantic indoor record in the
shot-put when he heaved the twelve
mound weight 81 feet 99s inches, which
battered his performance OF last year
by / foot, ib inches, Jones. OF the
Neadowbrook, added \ inches to the
district record for the running broad
iump. Thomas Campbell, the University
High School of Chicago entry. won the
Junior A. A. L. national championship
at 600 yards. and tied the Middle At
lantic resident record OF l.ls'
Stars Fall Down
While Campbell. Sinclair, Sweeney,
MYERS, Jones and Erdman were making
their record breaking and near-record
nerformances several favorites were
forced to take back number In their
respective events.
A. &. Dresser, the intercollegiate cross
country champion, made his final sprint
too soon and failed to come through In
the "Dresser Thousand" Starting from
scratch the Cornell star found his
proper stride on the first lap and
pa ssed man after man. taking the lead
on the fifth lap, with Demmng, OF Penn
state. close behind. With the crack OF
the gun on the final lap the Penn State
runner opened up and passed Dresser
on the back stretch and finished ten
yards to the good. Monkeys star had
sprung his sprint at the wrong ume'
and was "all in" finishing third
Bob Maxim Defeated
Rob Maxim. the former Penn and
nresent Meadowbrook Club star. who
was locked upon as the most probable
winner OF the junior national title. pulled
n "flivver' and finished near the tall
end. He got on to poor start and was
causht in pocket on the second zap,
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