Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-30
PENN WINS AMERICAN
INTERCOLLEGIATE TITLE
Earl Thomson, Dartmouth, Breaks
Worlds Record for 100 High
Hurdles With III 30 Seconds.
CLOSEST MEET EVER HELD
New Worlds Champion Is Canadian
and viii Not Represent Uncle
Sam In OIyinpics, but Will Wear
Canadian ColorS.
ny TED ME,.EDITI,

PHILADELPHIA. May 2v.--Penn-
,sylvania is the new American inter-
collegiate track and field champion.
az | predicted. In the closest meet
lever held. the Red and Blue won the
little on Franklin Field today by scor-
ing 30 l-2 points, only one and one
half points ahead OF Princeton.
Dartmouth was third with 20 and
cornell. champions FOR the last Ave
mccts. came In fourth with 20.
! The other teams scored as :oilows.
California Is IL. Leland Stanford
10: harvard IL; Penn state 10. NJ. l.
Williams iaie tx Ne"
BOW pps on'Sf nomSyoin i Maisers =
amherst -. Boston College l..
I'ittsburgh /.
ne days OF Mike Murphy. when Cap
ain Leroy Mcrcer's team gained that
lille at CambTidSe IN 1913.
Last Event Decides Meet.
The meet was not decided until the
aet event. the finals OF the z20-yard
iecond place, while irincrion was
;ei'ing seven points with first and
bird place.
Thousands checrcd as the final
core was posted on the board IN
ron, OF the gymnasium. II looked
Ike the climax 10 big football
zane.
md Leland Stamford crossed the
ointment with only small squads.
10Th made good showing. the for
ncr getting NTH place and the lat
cr SIXTH
worid,s nccord &, nrok-n.
TO Earl ] Thomson. OF Dartmouth
worlds record IN the lg0-yard high
hurdle when he cleared the hs;h
inbcrs in the remarkable time ~
20 s%con m I'm, Ihe t ola marx, vas !"
ncr University OF Missouri sensa :
Ion. twice during the season of 1915.
Thomson stepped away from his
Walker Smith. OF Cornell. the inter-
ollcg iate champion. 10 the tape by
II least hyc yards.
'irtually shot away from the neid.
Ia received Il tremendous ovation
|yhcn IL WAS announced that he had
Thomson. who is a Canadian. win
iut represent Uncle Sam in tho
)lympics. but Will wear the Cana
Han Cclors.
Carl Erdman. OF Princeton. the
ormer intercollegiate titie-holder.
Sny pfk and 1dp iStra Eyer the
,nd MIN. respectively. This event
'cttcd princeton rlx points.
rrInrctonInn wiis Cham pfonxhIp
Brown. the Princetonian. sprInted
his way to 4 championship In the
mails OF the l00yard. when DO
breasted the tape scant foot ahead
,f Gourdin. OF Harvard. Wells, the
leland stamford lad, WAS strong
bird, with Dewitt. OF Rutgers. forth
Hnd Clark. Of Princeton, nth. Brown
|tid the century In 10 I-5 seconds.
'rinccton picked up six points In
his event.
Larry brown gave Penn it's first
,ointS. when he finished second in
he onc-miie run, being beaten only
! ~ Larry Shields, of Penn state. in
held OF twenty-one starters Rob
=; Crawford. OF Lafayette. got in
win. OF Bowoin, fourth ana ID. Il.
itricklcr. Of Cornell. nosinG out X.
f. ScCulloch. princeton's best miller.
or the fifth qualifying place.
Shields timed his rally to "a nicely.
waiting until the last 100 yards 20
AXE the lead and then going out
nd stepping away from HIS rivals
,hields. who is twin brother OF
;ddic Shields. OF Penn. won by at
east jftcen yards from Brown The
line. four minutes % % seconds.
RTas good, considering the hot wealth
The Penn State ran beautiful
ace and won with plenty TO spare.