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Oxford Athlete Fails
to Qualify in Relays
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trian spectators few thrills in winning
the opening race In 3 :56. Hood. who
ran anchor for--Avondale. fell just be-
fore reaching the tape. but crawied
over the line for third place.
In the second event Schwenksville
won with 80 yards to spare. Gabel and
Young showing real running form.
Hammonton High came through
three yard winner in the third event,
while the Girard College Band paraded
up and down the field The martial
music was augmented by the ferric
tones of T. X. Il. freight engines that
crawled across the trestle east of the
stadium.
The relay won by Cape May High
was applauded by everybody when sew
eral colored winners drove their choco-
late forms around the oval.
Field Events Started
While Lansdale was winning the next
event the college high jumpers. hur
dlers. pole vaulters and other field ath
letes were out warming up. AS Chattle.
of Long Branch. y. j.. won the next
school event. the pole vaulters started
official competition on the south side
of the field.
A few moments after the pole vault
started the iavelin and high jump were
staged. 1t was at this time that Wood
bury High won event No. 33. Coates
VILE won the following. Captain Moore
pulling off a fast sprint at the finish.
Radnor captured the next race from
fast field In this event were South
Philadelphia High. Frankford, Chelten-
ham. Germantown and several suburban
School teams.
The people were still pouring in and
the sunshine pouring down. putting the
track in better shape every minute.
The best high school time of the day
was made in the next race by Hart
ford High in 3m. 4Os. Trenton was
close second. Wfliamsport took the
next and Washington (Pa). took the
following.
Crowds on Wall
At this time. . 81 O'clock every seat
was taken and hundreds were standing
in close formation in tho back of the
screens at the east end. Hundreds more
lined the low west wall and jammed
close to the iron fences that guard the
exits. The windows of Weightman Hall
and the training house were also dotted
with heads.
No teams showed up for the final
high school event except Northeast High
and Baltimore Poly. The latter won
by ten yards.
Preparations were then started for
the frst heat Of the 120-yard hurdles.
The hurdles were run off in five
heats, the winners of each qualifying
for the finals. Jeffe. the British ath-
lete, won in the final heat. Walker
Smith, of Cornell, was in the lead in the
first heat and won by five yards from
Il. Ellis, of Syracuse. The time was
Is Abs. Thompson, of Dartmouth,
won the second heat by inches from
Wright of Nebraska. in l6s fat. The
damp ground held the time down IN all
these. ~
The third heat, in which there were
only four entries. was easy for q. A.
Trobridge, Of Princeton. Bill fount,
Of Redlands, was second. The time
was very slow, 16 -5s:
&. III. Thompson Of Princeton, took
the fourth heat in los. Carruthers, the
Toronto University athlete, coming in
third.
bridge team, did not qualify. He lost
the fifth heat to Nabor, OF wabash. The
time was It's.
As soon as the hurdle heats were over
the preparatory sCuooi reiays pesan'
Baltimore Friends winning the first. At
this point the javelin throw, which had
lasted one hour and quarter. was COM
pleted, Emory, of Penn State, won
with a toss of 1876 It, 6h in. Bartels,
Yesterdays pentathlon jayelin winner,
heat his first mark but only came sec
ond with 1893 #. 9la in, A Lafayette
entry, ]. Wilson, was third in the
iaveiin with 151 it. in.
The preparatory relays continued to
be off promptly on schedule. st. Jo
sepb's prep winning the forty second
event Jordan Prep. took the follow
ing race. Brooklyn Poly annexed the
next and the final relay was captured
by Huntington.
In the meantime the jumpers were
still jumping, the pole vaulters vault
inc and the discus men starting sthe
ancient Greek event. Athletes for the
100 yard dash began warm up for the
heats. -
Penn, won the high jump with a leap
Of 6 feet IA inches. There were eight
| tied for second place.
This is the first time Reynolds has
ever competed on Franklin Field and
his victory came in the nature of