Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-02
COMBINED BRITISH TEAMS
DOWN AMERICAN RUNNERS
Observation-Disclosures Athletes Capture
Feature Event Of Relay Car
nlval I'm Record Time,
ny Associat.d Press. ]

PHILADELPHIA. May I.-i:nglish
varsity runners scored AN internn.
tionai triumph here today when the
combined Oxford cambridge Univer
sity team OF half-iniIcrs defeated the
leading college ruartets Of this coun-
try in the two-m.lc chamDionshiu
relay race. the feature contest o OF inn
University OF Pennsylvania twenty
sixth annual relay carnival Forced
to run at terrific pace by their
collegians showed that their vict s
was In no manner II fake by taking
the lead In the third quarter and n -
lshing new worlds record time OF
minutes. 30 90 seconds Tor the two
miles.
The four runners. W. G. latham,
Cambridge: II. i. S,allard. Cambridr":
W. X. Miiligan. oxford. ana u. g. ID
Kudd. oxford. clipped 23-5 seconds
Jointly held by the Irish American
a. G. team consisting Of RILEY, Uromi.
low. Sheppard and Kiviat. and The
nhic University Quartet composed OF
RoiIc, cooper. Barker and Dycrton
The Irish american club runners iirs.
set Z minutes. 53 seconds IN 1910 ann
ne faic runners equaicd the time in
Iincc Conditions Idrni.
In today's contest the English foam
lined UP at the start with rival uIar-
tets from scvcn colleges or univcr-
stiles Of the United States. In the
group were Pcnnsylyania. Illinois.
Tech. Conditions we're
almost ideal for the race. which was
expected TO be bitterly contested
The wind which blew down the
stretch. was not strong enough To i'm
pede the runners whcn the Starters
pistol sent the first eight runners
away on their haif-m!le journey.
Up the stretch and around the turn
ed. and II was not until the opening
had been run tina, thcr.. Was
ar a o ,Sa a. In INC group. 4, the close
rack. Mayer. Of Cornell. was setting
faft pace, with SPHINX, Illinois,
second; Notrc Dame man third, and
sp a,na'n' T 6t sam ami a few feet
lalncd az the half. where ii fresh
compination took up the running.
staiinrd Made Sprint.
In .,Llle second half OF the mile
Stal iArd. the real hero Of III" race.
began, a sprint, which landed him i'm
reGt,opn mace at the ihrce-quarier
niiie mark. a few feet behind stan
ION. 0I Cornell Rounding the back
stretch the Englishnan Icnsthened
his strike and shot into the lead. and
nnlshcd the mile with margin of
everything out Of Stailard and he
collapsed az he crossed the line in
a a tem2,orary faint. lie quickly re-
teammates in the inal relay. Mill
gan, OF oxford. increased the lead
mat sthtard gave him and WAS lead
ing by thirty yards over Abreu. Cor
nell, and Emery. Illinois. at the mile
and quarter. Th" latter made Il
game try. and fougnt Ids way into
second place. about ten yards behind
Miiligan. when TIM. batons wtl'c
PASSED for the final half-milc.
Rndh. who IL RhoCcs scholar from
~. Andrews. South Africa. at OK
FORD. and one Of the best all-round
runners developed in England in
years, set out TO widen the ,yap be-
tween Yates, Illinois. nnalist, and
drew away rapidly until it was cvi-
dent before he encompaSsed half the
track thai nothing bu, an accident
could prevent him from WANING.
Stride BY stride he forged ahead UNI
" he was fully forty yards in front
OF Yates when he broke the worstcd
cord At the finish. Earl Eby, OF
fennsylvania, also made great
sprint in this quarter. and won third
place for the Quakers by passing
John. OF Cornell. who was we'll back
but still ahead Of the Ames finaiiet