New-York tribune., 1920-03-14

Athletic Club runner, easily outran his
field Of rivals in retaining his 1000
yard title in the annual indoor senior
nationa. track and field championships
held at the 22d Regiment Armory last
night
Ray showed great speed throughout
to win by 10 yards In 2:l5 Is. He
holds the indoor American record of
2:13 2-5.
Victory for Cutbill
Harold C. Cutbill, Boston A. A.,
whom New England track followers
look upon as a certain American Olym-
pic team candidate. was second, with
Homer Baker, Glencoe A. c., third,
O'Bricn, Yale University fourth.
Twelve Of the fourteen scheduled start
ers competed.
Baker was Rays most determined
opponent, and put up great fight to
wrest the championship away from the
Chicago man. However, when the
crucial test came. Baker was lacking
in speed.
In tasting defeat, Bakers prearranged
plans went awry. He had intended to
kill off Ray in surprising sprint. How
ever, Ray proved equal to every emer-
gency.
position comfortably back of the pace.
On the last lap Ray jumped Baker, but
the latter regained the lead half lap
from the finish.
Ray Challenges Baker
However, Ray was not to be denied.
Ic Immediately challenged Baker and
eventually regained the lead after some
fifteen yards of sprinting. Ray never
slackened his pace thereafter, while
Baker tired suddenly in the home
stretch, to be passed by Cutbill.
disqualification came in the run
ming Of the one and seven-eighths mile
medley relay race after Ray, repre-
senting the Illinois A. c., crossed the
finish line fifteen yards in front of
Mike Devaney, of the Millrose A. A..
Immediately after the finish Devaney
protested the victory, declaring that
Ray had cut the corner just before
starting the final lap. The referee up
held the protest, giving the Millrose
team first place.
In wrestling the lead from Devaney
Ray committed the objectionable of
fense of passing Devaney on the inside
instead of on the outside. and in so
doing accidentally stepped inside of
the border Of the track. The final
LEG" of one mile brought into COM
petition. besides Devaney and Ray,
Larry Shields and Bob Crawford, which
made up field Of four Of the speediest
mile runners in this country.
Walker Smith. Cornell University's
outdoor intercollegiate hurdle cham
pion, erected new American record
in defending his seventy-yard high
hurdle title. The fleet athlete was
timed in 9 1-5 seconds, which smashed
the old figures of 2-5 seconds.
The Ithaca student had little opposi-
ton to contend with shaking off his
opponents, after two flights of hurdles,
to win by two yards. Everett Smalley,
or pennsylvania, was second, one foot
in front of Martin Burke. Illinois A. C.
A rather mediocre field of sprinters
engaged for the sixty-yard champion
ship with Loren Murchison, New York
A. G., winning as he pleased by two
yards. He, therefore, retained his
title and, incidentally, equaled the
American indoor record of %
seconds.
= Harry Helme, the Lafayette High
school, Buffalo, boy, who recently
the American junior national
INDOOR champlonship, gave an impress
newcomer, in handly outrunning his
rivals in the two-mile event The youth
set dizzy pace, which forced Max
bohland, Paulist A. c., to weaken bad
~ during the final two laps, to finish
IN second place.
Another schoolboy to surprise the
record attendance of spectators was
W IT, Reid, of Moses Brown School. of
who defeated many older
rivals, IN capturing the standing broad /
lump honors. Reid covered distance
Of 10 feet 4's inches, forcing jim c. I
Hoskins. Chicago A. A., to be content
with second place.
however, youth would not be served
IN the case of Patrick Mcdonald. the
veteran policeman athlete. Traffic .
Director pat" while not in especially |
me tettle, got out a "heave" Of as /
rect Ia inches with the l6-po1nd |
shot, T"N
Murchison duplicated his feat of last
year when he scored double brackets
~ his victory in the 3O0-yard run. In
me 600-yard event Earl Eby, Univer
'lty OF pennsylvania, ran his field dizzy
oy killing pace on the last lap. Jack
sellers, last years champion. at this
II llstance, was shut out in the second
rial. ~ 'eSo''o
The third American record to be-
broken came in the one mile walk
through the surprising victory of Jos
pearman, New York A. c. His time
was Wy 4-5: Walter Whalen won
rom Egon Erickson, after a jump-oY.
m m the running high jump, while the
New York a. G. won the point honors.
with the University Of Pennsylvania
second. @''''''