The New York herald., 1921-02-13
MURCHISON EQUALS
60 AND7O YD. MARKS
But Track Proves to Be Short
at Legion Games in Twen-
ty-third's Armory.

The lo6th Infantry Post. American
Legion held its second annual victory
meet in the Twenty-third Regiment
Armory, Brooklyn. last night before
good crowd. Three feature sprint events
graced the programme. They were SO.
60 and 20 yard specials, in which Loren
Murchison of the Illinois A. G. and the
eX-nationai 100 yard champion was the
star The most dangerous opponent
among the entries was Ed Farrell of
Brooklyn College. and there was a tip
that the Brooklyn boy might give MUIR
Gibson a hard tussle The tip was cor
rect to an extent. for Farrell ran the
Western sprinter to the limit and Muir
Gibson had all he could do to win by
foot
As Murchison warmed TO mis- work he
seemed to do better. for in the go yard
| event. which he won. he finished in
s 2-5s.. equalling the worlds record. In
the 20 yard he ran splendidly and won
In f-5s, figures which equalled the
worlds best mark held by half dozen
athletes and made at lengthy intervals
some years ago. Murchison himself was
credited with the same figures a few
| weeks ago.
An unofficial measurement of the
! track was made and it was found to be
| a foot short of the required distance.
An official survey was promised to-day
or tomorrow.
Easy for Joie Ray.
The second attraction of the night was
the 5000 meters run. with Joie Ray
as the leading light. Gordon l. Night
| ingalc OF the University Of Virginia
started and there was feeling that
he might show the way home TO Joie,
| but here again the critics were at sea,
for Ray won easily by nearly a hun
dred yards from Andy Craw of the
Brooklyn A. A.. with Max Bohland of
| the Paulist A C. poor third Night
ingale never showed to advantage, but
Nick Gianakopoulos, who has been pick
| ing up OF late. gave Joie chase for a
while. only to fall away to fourth place.
A little prior to the start of the race
Marcel Guillemot. the great French run
ner who will run at the Guaranty Trust
| meet on Saturday night. came on the
| floor and was accorded a great reception.
The 75 yard metropolitan champion
| ship enlivened the early hours of the
programme and kept the attention or
the spectators riveted on the floor. Six
| local sprintcrs faced the starter. the
most reputable OF tho lot bsing Ed Far
|
tanned his reputation by leading from
start to finish and winning by five feet
| from G. Bisgen of the City College with
L. Buxbaum of the Brooklyn A. A. a
! good third.
The summaries:
~ Yard Dash-won By Ed Farrell. Brook
/ lyn College; q; Bisgen. City COLLEGE. second;
s Is seconds.
Inter-compsny Relay. IIsndicap--won by
MsSs Hylsn SG ysrs' snS & T Fns Company ssss
| .i6s yards), second. with e.. Newton. g.
faddoux, y. verlman ond w: Snyder: Com
pany II (ia0 yards). third, with l.. swenson.
I 9. Roche. J. Keihler and Turk Turseen
$40 Yard Run. Closed to ioMh Infantry
Post-Won by s. II. Hcdberg: r. g. Rock
well. second: Louis Mable. third. Time.
I % f-5 seconds
Meecoonsn. 81. christopher A. c. Cs yards, I;
/ william 0Connell, Pasinne A. G. al yardsl Z,
seeond Q. y. Antony ui yards), third.
/ 1900 Meters (spccisu-won by Joie Ray.
/ Illinois a. C.. Andy Craw. Brooklyn A: a.
ssscond; Max Bohland. Psulist A. c.. third.
Three quarter Nile Run OIandicsp)- Won
by Tom Gala gher, knights OF st. Antony, %
yards; ID. w. Mccready. Glencoe a. G., ..
Street y. N. ". A.. 20 yards. tfird. Time,
minutes ~ As seconds.
N,rS,.Y Fifty Yard , pss IsPeeia-w9T BY Lo.ep
! Brooklyn College. second: q. Bissen. City
college. third Time, 40 seconds:
Sixty Yard Dash (SpeciaD-won by Loren
\ Murchison. Illinois A. c.; Ed. Farrell,
\ brooklyn College, second: @. Bisgen. City
/ College. third. Time, 2-5 seconds. oausil'ng
I the worlds record
Seventy Ward Dash ,Spccian--won by
\ Loren Murchison. Illinois A. Nd. Farrell.
/ brooklyn College, second; g. ~ i-gen, CITY
I College. third Time. IS seconds.
One Mile Walk (Handicap)--Won by Mcrris
/ Greenberg, Pastime A. c., - seconds Rich-
ard 7. Reimer. American Walkers Associa .
/ ti,-r. 20 seconds, second: Ted Nucndorf,
Robins Dry Dock. 40 seconds, third. Time.
/ I minutes t-5 seconds.
900 Yard Run (Handicap) Won by Alfred
/ H. Dohler. New York A. c., > yards; H.
Boettrecher, Mohawk A. c.. II yards, set
/ ond; Joe Boiling. Morningside A. C., 26
yards, third. Time. minute 10 SECONDS.