New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
thomson Sets
| New Mark at
/ N. Y. A. Meet
Dartmouth Athlete Runs
Eighty-Yard High Hur-
dies i'm 10 Is Seconds
By A. C. Cavagnaro

.of the features OF the Ne" Aoi
! athletic Club indoor carnival at the
,aad Regiment Armory last night.
The Penn athlete killed off his ftve
iother rivals with heart-breaking
! sprint during the first 440 yards and
thereafter managed to hold his posi-
! ton to win by five feet.
Finishing strongly in second place
came William E. Stevenson. Princeton
University, who took the place from
James J. O'Brien. Loughlin Lyceum,
when the latter was barely able to
, tctter over the finish line from the
torrid place.
Stevenson would have undoubtedly
been contender for first honors had
she been successful in producing his
! final sprint sooner
Three other runners completed the
! field of starters, but at no time did
they gain forward position. They
we're F. P. Heffelhnger, Yale Univer-
sity, Jake Driscoll, Boston College,
and Homer Baker, Glencoe A. C.
Maxam's performance stamped him
! as an athlete with an iron heart to
TEarry through" such a remarkable
arst of speed from start to finish.
ne led his opponents such hopeless
fdaase that the entire field, excepting
NIaker, who had quit, possessed barely
Aificient strength to carry themselves
over the finish line.
"An In" at Finish
Maxam was clocked at the quarter
mile post in sos S-5 seconds, and his
time of 8 4-5 seconds for the last sixty
Yards of the race shows that he was a
much exhausted athlete himself.
Three starts were necessary before
.the field was sent away, as Baker
."broke" at the first preliminary COM
smand of the starter and Drlscoll was
:salso guilty of false break in the Sec
9ond start
Both were penalized three yards for
,ttheir offense, and the crowded armory
of spectators voiced their approval
Drawing the inside lane, Maxam was
determined to make the most Of the
advantage and at the crack of the gun
dumped into the lead. with O'Brien
second. Stevenson third and the other
athletes close in order. Following in
structions. Maxam surprised the crowd
.by leaping into n maddenlng sprint
that forced all his rivals to call into
play their best speed to keep abreast
of him. At the completion OF the first
circuit Maxam held fiveyard ad-
vantage. with O'Brien like distance
sjp front of Stevenson. The other run
liners were trailing some ten yards be-
nlhnd
q, AS he swept down into the back
..stretch, Maxam had increased his ad-
uvantage to seven yards, but at the end
o,of the long stretch began to feel the
uieffects of the pace He began to falter
'Aand O'Brien, noticing the plight of hts
Trivial, struggled the harder to catch
,.Maxam. Stevenson also came on reso-
aputely.
II O'Brien Nearly Falls
+ Maxam tired rapidly and to many it
-s,seemed as if either O'Brien or Steven
.lsson would catch him. Looking over his
ishoulder. the Penn man noticed the
ii,proximity of his opponents. However,
liboth O'Brien and Stevenson were badly
l:as"cooked" athletes, and the Penn star
,Ijust lasted to the finish line. When
,.within a yard of the finish line O'Brien
;.'stumbed and bumped into the Prince
,ton man, saving himself from fall.
~ Earl J. Thomson, of Dartmouth Col
',legc. Americas premier hurdler, estab
-4fshed new American record for the
eighty-yard high hurdle race when he
taptured this contest in 10 10 seconds.
4his event, which forced the men to
Hover six flights of hurdles ten yards
apart has never before been run in
hoors. Thomson, who also equalled
phis time in winning his heat, won by
4 stride from Walker Smith, Cornell
University, the intercollegiate cham
pion.
{ The seventy-yard handicap dash saw
She defeat OF Carl Johnson Michigan's
brilliant ail-around athlete. He was
Beaten one yard by D. B. Lourie
Priceton University.
I The spectators were treated to a
surprise when II. C. Cutbll, Boston A.
a., defeated Mike A. Devaney, Mill
xose A. A, in the Baxter Mile. Six
Athletes started and Cutbill won by
five yards. Simmons, of Syracuse, was
three yards behind Devaney, in third
place.
Yale won bitter duel by one foot
from Harvard in a special two-mile
relay race, while the New York A. c.
''Tan away" from the Boston A. A. in
its special relay. Penns ylvania won
the open college relay race by twenty
five yards, while Egon Erickson took
the high jump, with John Murphy, ma
tlonal outdoor champion, and Walter
Whalen, indoor national champion, tied
for second place. Stevenson, of Prince
a:Buermey yer 500" had not affected him
afor he won the Soo-yard handicap run
from the 9-yard mark.
The summary:
NJ, Three e-mile run 'handicsp)-won by
sssfs' c%1nS''f snS hosna HsM fGyk pau,s, e
tsoratchl. seconG Fat Flynn, Paulist A. c.
t75 YARDS, third. Time :s:4h SIS
A'-lI jump tuaHVicap)---N w on
With 5 seet inoiS: red s CLARK New ''Sen} York K
Nichers. West Side L. NJ. c. A. (3 inches),
with feet inches. third.
bErrtncN'r 5op-yard ruH--Won by Rob-
sT.t MaSatn, tnlverslty of PENNSYLVANIA:
w r.. Stevenson, Princeton University sec
ondi j. j. o Brieu, I.oughlin Lyceuln
third Time 90 2-5
Putting lt pound shot (handcap)--Wor
''ey James sinclair, New York A c. 6 feeO
swith Al feet inches, s. H Thompson
PRINCETON University (2la feet) with "a
eseet ~ inches. second, 3. G. Calder. Unit
versity OF Pennsylvania (s feet), with "A
rect 3ia inches. third.
s0-yard high hurdle (scratct >---Won by
Eari w. Thomson Dartmouth College,
Walker Smith. Cornell univeraity second
Harold Barron. MeadowhrooA Club thru
,Time, 0:l0 Is SAA'N
,s7o-yard dash (hand.cap)--won by D a
Lourie, Princeton University az feet1
Ckrl Johnson. University OF Michirar
Beecratch). second d. Griffiths George.
AIown ss University 6 feet). third. Pine
Baxter rnile--won by H. c. Cu,bul Bos.
sten a. A.: Mike A. Devaney. Miiirose A
,..sss ~, ssecond; !. G. simmons Syracuse Uni
aoo-yard run (handicap)-won nv w u
stevsnson. Princeton University % vard AZ
r. Howay. West Side Y M G. A II;
Ayards) second II. u. Daisiey, New yor,
IA e. g yards), third Time o.sa
xsOnc-mile walk thandicapl-Won NJ T
f'titcha, Mohawk A c. $50 sec, - kf.r
lens Mohawk A. c. go sec) second. 7 :
rrssrreN Bronx c. H. (40 sec). third
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