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ENGLISH RELAY TEAM
PROVES BIC SURPRISE
Thousands Witness OXfOrd-Cam-
bridge Run at Second Day of
Penn Event,
Di JAMES r.. "rED" MEREDITH.
Especial Correspondent Universal

Scrvicc.)
PHILADELPHIA. May 1.-Twenty-
HNe thousand people turned out TO
see the second day Of the Penn re-
lays' and ! feel sure that the Same
| number left the field greatly sur
prised at the wonderful running of
the Oxford Cambridge relay team
that broke the two-mile record by
,sood TWO and thrce-ffths seconds.
crowd Of runners. and as one critic
remarked. the best team won
-. rrior to the race PENNSYLVANIA
second choice. but after the first
quarter OF the first relay Penn lost
an her foiiowins 'and never had a
chance. Illinois finishing second. did
AZ that was said of them prior to
the games. and also ran better than
inc old record. but they too were
outsiassed by the great English
Cornell Took Lead.
and Gorh s;, LOOK me lead Al the start.
champion, led the field home in $50.
with latham. of England running
we'll up in third position. From this
aime on IT was all England's race.
gained the lead, and md ran n't the second eecuy
FASTEST half OF the day. 1856 i-5.
hha a alag. Mnlii Ear good lead; which
latter is half miller in every
sense of the word. and it wou!i have
,aken a great ma" = ha:. him to-
Gay. The determination that was in
his :ar" and the forcefui running
tha; Ee showed We're = treat Rudd
ran a ,. < for the first GEO at fast
h haSe; I'd thought that he was
this point lie uncorkcd sprint that
carried him home with yards TO
SSiarss. dds half was run in
condition OF the track. which had
necn badly cut up by the previous
The r:ngltshmen we're given II .reu,
nand. and | feel that outside OF the
icw followers of the different teams
IN the race every one was glad To
see them repeat the performance
race.
Penn made a very poor showing In
the hrst Two relays and never had Il
/ chance after this time. Earl Eby ran
. along and finished In third place, but
the sturdy little Penn man did not
| nave chance to better his position
! was very disappointed not to see
Eby in lighting distance Of Rudd. and
the crown missed a chance they never
Will have again. and that is to see
two such half milers in the same race
with an even break.
i'cnn came back strong in the one
mile relay and won from the crack
Minnesota team by good five yards
""y came back in this race and gave
good exhibition of what he can do
running az nice u quarter as WAS
run all day.
Competition WINS Keen.
In the special events the compcti-
prevented any exceptional perform
ances. Scholz, az Missouri. jus,
nosed Lever, OF Penn. ont OF first
place in the 100 yards in 1918 sec
:. Is, after winning his heat In ten
HAT Thompson had all that he could
do 10 beat Smith. OF Cornell in the
lSV-yard hurdles in i5i-5 seconds.
The wind cut the time down consid-
q he
sherman Landcrs. after winning
he -stcp-and-jump yesterday
came. out and won the pole vault to-
day by rault!ng twelve feet six
inches Lan,lers is at las, hitting the
stride OF four years ago. when. MS a
schoo!boy. he became famous.
rcpSated thei' .esformance of yes
tcrday. in the distance medley and IL
was through the great running Of
shields In both races that they We're
! closest OF the championship relays
Penn state never led until Shields
took UP the running. Princeton and
Syracuse took the pace at different
/ times in the race and the Princeton
! times during the running.
u. :. Has ENcciicnt Chnncc.
II was a great meet and was ia
rorch with Il fine day. The track
was not 80 fast. due to much running
Yesterday and early today. 1t shows
this year in the Olympics as il was
In 1912, but it also shows that they
Will have great competition from the
Enslishmen in the runs. Jeppo. who
ran in the hurdles for England.
showed up very we'll. aud promises
to be IL good man. while for the mid
die distances this country will have
a hard time against Rudd and Stall
lard.
The American Olympic committee
were present and watched the men
in the different events. Ii is through
these meets they Will get a line on
the men that will so to Antwerp.