Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-30
MORE RECORDS
DUE FOR FALL
AT PENN MEET
Final Day of Games Brings
Numerous Stars Into
Thick of Events.
HOOSIER SPEEDERS STAR
BY JACK YEI0CK,
International News Sports Editor.

!
PHILADELPHIA, April so - Three
Olympic champions and scores of the
most brilliant college athletes in the
country were to compete for the big Penn
relay titles on Franklin Field here today
Hundreds of grammar school and col
lege runners were to vie for honors on
the cinders in relay races of more or less
importance but the big events of the day
We're to bring out the best college ath-
letes Uncle sam can boast of.
In the high jump Dick Landon was to
defend his laUrels against such men as
Alberts Of Illinois, Western Conference
champion; johnny Murphy of Notre
Dame JJ.ht holder Of the American cham
pionship with Landon, and nearly a score
| OF others who bristle with class.
CENTURY DASH
ONE OF FEATURES.
1Ae loo yard dash was to be another
stellar event, bringing out August Desch
who won the 40 yard hurdles yesterday
In worlds record time. and who is q
/ Yersatl performer; Don Lourie. Prince
ton track and football star; Masengale OF
Missouri Bill Hays. Notre Dame. for
mer American cham piOn; j. Shelburne
Dartmouth; Gourdin. Harvard; Leconey
Lafayette: Soaring, University of Paris,
and 220 yard champion Of France, and
y. Deering of Nebraska.
What promised to be the stellar event
of the day was the 120 yard hrudes, in
which Earl Thompson was to compete
against Harold Barron Of Penn State. who
holds the American championship; Bel
don of Iowa, also famous as a football
player; Knallin, Wisconsin; Nount Of
Red.auds; Caughlan. University OF the
South, and Anderson OF Minnesota. he
chance Of the hurdle record being broken
IN the l20 yard event depended largely
on the weather If the turf was soGgy,
. sT1Fr FsrT h. f4,rf1 4
establish new mark. regard ess OF the
class Of competition he faced.
TWO-MILE RUN
FOR COLLEGES.
The championships to be contested, In
addition to those already enumerated,
included the pole vault. j7ve.iu throw,
shot put, broad jump and discus. in the
field events and the two mile college re
lay championship, two mile interscholss-
tie relay event, one-mile relay event and
the four mile classic. In addition to
these were a number Of sectional cham
pionships of more or less importance.
c. G. Furnas, Purdue University =
crack distance runner, finished second TO
Buker Of Bates College over field OF
exceptional class IN the two mile inter
national run. Nightingale, West Viz
GINA considered one If the greatest dis
lance runners IN the United States.
trailed Furnas over the finish line. The
time for the event was 9 minutes p IS
seconds. Furnas home Is ct Indian
The summary Of yesterdays events fol-
lows:
INTERCOLLEGIATE RELAYS.
Spring Medley Championship (22o. 900,
40 and $50 yard lapsl-Won by PeHusyl-
yania; Lafayette, second; Princeton,
third; France, fourth. Time. 81 80
Distance Medley-Won by illinois;
Iowa State lAmesl, second: Pennsylvania.
third Columbia, fourth. Time, 10 n ..
INTERsCHOLAsTIC RELAYS.
Medley Championship OF America--Won
by Huntington High (Bost0nJ Cedar
Rapids Unw8), second; Exeter Academy.
third Hutchinson Central. fourth. Time,
80 %.
FENTATHLON EVENTS.
Won by r. Legeudre Georgetown. 10
points; r. Hamilton. Missouri, second, -
points; Z. Bradley, Kansas, third IS
points W. Barteis, Penn. fourth. 10
poluts V. CIapp, Z. S. Naral Academy
and A. Reinartz Muhlenberg College, tied
for sixth, % points.
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.
44O-Ynrd Hurdles-Won by A. Desch,
second L. Hill Ohio State, third. Time,
SO 40 new worlds record.
Two Nile international Ruu-Won by
r. 3. Buker, Bates College: G. G. Furnas,
Purdue, second; Nightingale, West Vir
glnia, third. Time. 9:2535
Running Hop, step, and Jump-.Won by
II. NJ. Osborne. Illinois LAG feet %
inChes) +. Beanblossom, Oklahoma A.
and N. (43 feet II inches), second II. r.
!Hattersley, Pennsylvania 80 feet Az
55-P5oun nd Weight Throw-won by G.
Dandrow, Massachusetts Tech go feet 2ig
inches /; +. Skidmore, University OF the
South go feet ~ iuchesl. second; L.
Weld, Dartmouth (2S feet inches), third.