New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Campbell Wins
600-Yard Title
Race by Inches
Sellers finishes Second in
Feature Event of Games
at Philadelphia
By A. c. Cavagnaro

OSiieAS, uHallaNHSu, VI new 1ork, lust
failed by the matter Of inches win.
ming the 6oo-yard junior National A
A. U. championship, which was one of
many stirring races in the annual
Meadowbrook Club games held here tn.
night. Sellers finished second. almost
abreast of Thomas Campbell. Unive,.
sity High School, of Chicago, the win
ner.
Campbell ran remarkably wei,
judged race, keeping within hailine dis.
tance of the leaders. Going on the last
lap, the tall Chicago boy jumped out Of
the pack as if shot from gun and i'm.
mediately gained. Joe O'Brien, Victriy
Catholic Club, Philadelphia, and Sci.
lers sprinted on to challenge Campbell.
O'Brien foolishly attempted to pass
Campbell on the inside rail, which
error enabled Sellers to move into sec.
ond place.
Lengthens His Stride
Lengthening his stride, Sellers rapid.
ly crept up on Campbell, but just when
it appeared that Sellers would catch
only inches in the van. O'Brien fin.
ished third, two yards back.
E. E. Myers, the new pole vault sem
sation of Dartm outh College, proved in
grand form and won his specially The
youngster cleared the bar at an actual
height of II feet 2 inches, and in 50
doing beat Gerald Sweeney, of Yale,
son of Mike Sweeney, the high iump
wonder of years ago. Young Sweeney
vaulted II feet 1 inch.
The fight for first place between
Myers and Sweeney lasted for more
than an hour. d. B. Ford, of Yale, who
cleared ii feet 5 inches to get third
place, fell out at this height. Myers
and Sweeney then cleared the cross
piece every time it was raised until
Sweeney failed to clear II feet inches
in three attempts.
Cross Line Together
Three scratch men crossed the finish
line almost aligned 'in the As yard
high hurdle race. c. R. Erdman,
Princeton, won by feet through a
quick jump at the finish. w. Smith and
i w. H. Cleminthaw, both of Cornell,
were second and third, respectively.
Erdman was timed in 6 1-5 SECONDS,
which is only one-fifth of second be-
hind the worlds record.
Allan Swedc's great running as an.
Choir runner gave Mercersburg Acad.
emy victory over the Penn freshmen
in their special relay race. Dewey
Rogers ran the final half-mile for Penn
and for FIVE laps he kept on the heels
of Swede. However, it developed that
l, a,,1, ,>lo u
as he sprinted away to gain an advan-
tage of thirty yards in tie final lap.
The first treat in the way of close
finishes came in the SSO-yard novice
run, in which three college men crossed
the finish line not more than one yard
apart. They were 7. B. Penfeld, Of
Princeton, the winner. and P. J. Carey,
Of Syracuse, and r. Eister Penn State,
who finished second and third, re.
spoctively.
Penfeld came through winner by
saving ground on the final turn and
squirting past Carey and Eister in the
last ten yards. A field of twenty start
ed, but after the first two laps the
three mentioned were out in front al
ternatirg in setting a brisk pace.
Four records were smashed by Doug
las c. Sinclair, of Princeton University,
in making a mark of 81 feet 97s inches
in putting the twelve-pound shot. The
Tiger man smashed his figures of so
feet 5M inches made in the Meadow
brook games last year, and which rec
ord is also the Middle Atlantic district
record. 1t also exceeds both the local
outdoor and indoor records.
The summary:
sso-yard run noyce-Won by 7. B. Pennaa' T,sl
Penn state, third Time 2O7 :,
Dresser thousand (handicap)-won by i; 4 -, D.
Pemmns Penn s:ate 22 yaTS rr5n MarTy pres mlss
Cornell University tscratch), third. Time -'~o 10
Spear thousand (handicapl- Won BY A Turner. n,ss.
Meadowbrook Club !S3 yards j. b9vafa' Rsr Rsss.
Iaiaye.te college t2s ysFds third Time 2as s,;. H.
Medley relay (high schools Won by gsms' gms
S:2l 10.
c. Sinclair. Princeton University i foot inches hes
with actual put of 81 feet 93s inches q oSuSa ait
Meadow Brook Club IS fee). third with .tisios ss;us
put Of 43 feet 934 inches; G. A Broudef A.d@y w ~
2h inches.
GOO yard junior national A. A e. champioashbg sab5,
Won by Thomas Campbell. University lilgh selvs yOs
Chicago: Jack r. sellers unattached, New lGss
second; Joseph o'Bricn. vict-ix c. C.. Philaae'
pda. third. Time. ll2
OIe-Uule relay taTllS aNlalipt diAe ferS
corps championship)-Won by Camp DIX 'M, am
team, with Iicutenants Howard, Finch '" .,isn A
dcrson and o. Anderson: army ambulance; nrts nuJ
town. Penn. with Bliss. Green, Conn and brrSs Tars
second Camp Dix tsecond teaml, thlrd' i''''
3:39 30.
One-mile relay race tnaw championship,'Ip%SHI pSII
lips and Halpin Philadelphia Navy la&ia, ard rsi psl
Johnson Greene. Trout and Johnson. seSohu. u.r,r ~
ham Bay Naval Reserve. New York. win tn ns.as ss
Clark. Eastman and Gordon. third. Tine ''V '
TMo-mile relay race Especial MercenOurs ,sssr. asss
envy VS.. PENNSYLVANIA freshmenl~sSoh on ps Sxe5e
burg. with Woodring. Beatie. Fllmsnn ana ons o"ss
Pennsylvania freshmen with DE korn, G."s"
kiviat and Rodgers. second. Time, e.5Z --'
44O-yard run (handicacp)-Won by X fsis, xss
Baltimore 4. a. l6 yards; L; j. fresu'n re- R,rst
Princeton University g yards), third i'''
0:52 40
Pole vault (handicap)-Won by F. D. Arc S"r:
Dartmouth College 6 inches). with actus. W.,. /:
OF y feet inches: Gerald Sweeney ,nrh r,' ssc
ond D. b. Ford Yale & inchesl. with s''''-
jump Of IL feet inches. third
One mile run thandcap)-Won by J. LelNpfs,ur LEI p.ou
Meadowbrook Club go yaris) f. 7 BfooAs; ;;s.Sos
sylyana t75 yards). second; j. schwar'1s,o Ne''s"
brook Club t3S YARDS. third. Time 4;SV' IT,.
Forty Ave yards high hurdles thandieess,ps smith
by c. r. Eriman. Princeton iscratchl W. cc-nl
Cornell. second; w. II. Cleminthaw' '0'''
(scratchl. third. Time. o:06 ID r..
ne-nilc relay race--Won by Meadowhrook, sJI
knights OF st Antony. second; feh""'-~-
third. Time. 3Sl 80