New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Records
Go by Board
At the Relays
Johns Hopkins and Rutgers
Shine in Reiays-Busler,
of Dubuque, Is a Surprise
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here, for Elmer Smith, Pennsylvania
star at the quarter mile, went merrily
nh his way Ca Increase tho lead to Ia
wards Cornell again failed to finish
second Toe much was asked OF Watt,
who had previously competed in the
hurdle race, Watt stopped 90 tret
Ia the fRal tVe wards, and was passed
by Mcmahon, of Nebraska, for seeend
nlaee
Pennsylvania CAPTURED another relay
tisle when its freshman contingent
made runaway faee ef the Issue
against Columbia and Princeton, The
Followers ef Pennsylvania again had
OCCASION to ehthuse when Mefeefsbure
wun the preparatory school champion
ship oyer Phillips Exeter and Hin
school
Chicago and Harvard had a battle
royal for the honors in the Meadow
brook challenge two-mile event, as from
the starting gun the issue practically
remained between these two institu-
tions. Not one yard separated the rep
resentatives of these teams and the
tussle for the high honors, therefore,
was up to O'Connell for Harvard and
Speer. of Chicago.
Speer made the better pickup, but
OConnell soon retrieved lost ground.
1t was stride for stride for another lap
and half, when Speer managed to
sprint away from the Crimson man, to
win by two yards in a gruelling sprint
ing finish. Columbia was starter in
this event, but was never contender.
Carl R. Erdman, of Princeton. inter
collegiate hurdle champion, defeated
the picked field of starters in the 12O-
yard high hurdle race on the turf. He
had to show his best, for Walker Smith,
of Cornell, fought him up to the last
hurdle, where Erdman gained a two
foot margin of victory in the ten-yard
run to the finish.
Princeton and Cornell divided the
next two places, az J. Watt was third
and George Trowbridge, the Princeton
starter, was only inches behind.
Erdman's time was Is As, which was
fast against the wind.
Negro Athlete Twice Victor
Sol Butler, the Dubuque College
the day, defeating his opponents in
the running broad jump and later in
the 1oO-yard dash. In the dash Carl |
Johnson, the Michigan Western Con-
ference champion, was named as q |
starter, but he was absent and no ex-
planation for this could be obtained. |
Butler leaped the fine distance of |
2S feet and one-quarter inch in the
broad jump event. He had a close |
shave in the sprint event. which he
won in 10 3-5 seconds against the wind, |
as Haddock, of Kansas; Haas, of Grin |
mel, and Dwyer, of Hobart, who were
placed as named, were almost aligned |
with the negro at the tape.
The biggest disappointment of the |
meet was the defeat of Clinton Larsen,
the Brigham Young University high |
record for this event of feet 5Ss !
inches Larsen, who was recently dis
charged from the aviation service. |
showed that he was not in form by
jumping only feet 10 inches. This |
put hum in a tie for third place with
W. Hampton, of Pennsylvania, but Lar
sen captured the third medal when he
outiumped the local man in an extra
Irlal. The winner was III. Landon. of
Yale, who scaled 6 feet 4 inch. C. G.
hrogness, of Harvard, was second with
feet IL inches.
Princeton turned in the winner of
the shot-put in Charles Halsey. who
made put of 40 feet pa inches. Sew
eral college stars had to bow to this
OF Harvard; b. Chandler, Pennsyl
Nania, and Gorgas, Chicago.
Other good field performances we're
accomplished by Breckley, Rutgers,
and Myers, Dartmouth, who were tied
IN the pole vault, with IL feet, and Bill
hartels, Pennsylvania, who tossed the
dlsms distance of 1le feet 11l4
inches.
New York schools and colleges had
rather successful day in the relay
events', Flushing High made a game
right, but trailed five yards hack of
haffihger High of Newark in one
other event, while New York rrep was
q victor as also was the New York |
college ar Dental Surgery, Efasmus
llall had TO he eehtent with fifth place
sa ito relay,