Evening star., 1921-07-24
Inches World Mari
MAKES HIS RECORDLEAP
AS BRITONS ARE BEATEN:
Crimson and Yale Athletes Take Eight of Ten
Events From Oxford =Cambridge
Stellar Performances.

formances.
new world record for the running
inches, by E. o. Gourdin of
~ in the international track and field
won from the Oxford
he afternoon, the five others being
ne of which had stood for almost
he l20-yard high hurdles, the record
versity was equaled.
The victory of the American collegians
was one Of supremacy in all four field
events and Of speed In unexpected
sources to win four Of the six running
races. To the new records Harvard
athletes contributed two, Yale two and
Oxford and Cambridge one each.
Gourdin Ii the Star.
Gourdin. a negro. who has been tho
principal factor In the strength Of the
Harvard team for the last two years,
was the outstanding star. He flashed to
winning the l00-yard dash, in which the
British captain, B. G. D. Rudd, had en-
tered in an unsuccessful effort to add to
his teams potential strength. 1t WAS q
hard race, with H. M. Abrahams Of
Cambridge 80 close at the finish that
| many thought he had won.
Gourdin walked leisurely from the
sprinting lane to the jumping pit. With
he he sped D down the cinder approach, made
| the take-off cleanly, and, with manly
lunge ahead, fell on the far edge Of the
loam pit. Satisfied with his effort be-
fore 1t was measured, he grinned. After
| ia 10 no mn ind ND
Of the record made he accepted con-
| gratulations with the same broad smile.
Mark Has Stood 22 Years.
J Gourdin's leap of rs feet inches was
farther than any jump ever credited to
man. The best record of which there
inches, made twenty-five years ago at
Dublin, Ireland, by Peter OConnor
Gourdin made three subsequent jumps.
but he fouled in two and did "a feet in
qualified for official acceptance in all de-
| tails was subscribed to by Gustavus T.
Kirby, president of the Intercollegiate
A. A. A. A. and referee of the games.
this jump. and the take and break in
ground were inspected by me-" he wrote
in formal verification of the scorekeep-
er's report.
ner, but in Capt. Rudd Of the British
and c. D. Krogness of Harvard the
large crowd found other athletes Of
high ability and manifold actiyity.
Rudd failed in his second attempt to
win three events. but he made a new
record of 49 seconds for the 440-yard
run and lost the half-mile run to the
elongated Tommy Campbell of Yale
only after a fight that furnished the
best race of the day. KrognesS
equaled the Harvard and the interna-
tion record Of Is rs seconds in the
hurdles. won second place in the high
jump after it appeared that he was
out of the competition at low height,
and gained third place in the broad
jump
, Two Forced to Retire.
!; The mile and two mile runs were de-
cided after incidents in which leading
! competitors were forced to stop. In
of Cambridge. Capt. d. o. OConnell
Of Harvard was fncapacitated when
the Cambridge star kicked him acci-
dentally in passing. After winning.
Stallard went to Referee Kirby and
reported the accident. saying it was
unintentional and that he was ex-
tremely sorry. There was no consid-
GRAFTON of the matter as a foul, Off
cials said.
In the two-mile run the English
men lost their chances of winning in
the weakness and ultimate collapse Of
| NOcl a. AClHueS, tnelT long UlsldIC0
star. N. K. Douglas. q freshman at
Yale. won impressively. although not
in record time. Capt. w. R. Seagrove
of Cambridge made a spirited sprint
, on the last lap, but without imperl-
j ing Douglas chances.
, The British athletes chances were
. minimiZed at the beginning OF the
) program. when, after Gourdin raced
, away with the 100-yard dash, J. Fiske
Brown, his Harvard teammate. won
{ the hammer throw with a record
heave after NJ. C. Nokes, the Oxford
: star and the favorite, had himself
bettered the old record.
: The meeting was marked by fine
. quality of sportsmanship and as a
! spectacle held the attention Of a crowd
unusually large for a track meet.
} 1ooyard dash--won ty e. o. Gourdin. Har-
sI,a seePpd rsdm.a I!s. ,ant,
;; Rasd iS Oxford Time; oie is. 'D o. y. ~
12O,ya high hurdle.-won BY Q: G. Krog-
P,99sa.s sseOes ss.!,s 5sf
! Kent Hughes. oxford. Time. olb 2-5.
44o-yard run.won By B. G. D; Rudd. oI-
bridge. Time, O4S.
e D. Rnad p o1io.s s;TgSs sgsd I.
se%ens sde5 T; Yale; (, fourth. n. R. Minisan' Ok
-' one-miie run~won by H. B. stallard. Cam
third. h. W. Hilles. Yale. Time. 40 IS
! Ia new record). Capt. 0'Connel Of Harvard
was forced to retire after an accident.
Two-mile run-Won by N. K. Douglas. Yale !:
second W. r. Seagnove Cambridge: third f..
ford. collapsed). Time. 9.32 1-5.
Running high 1ump-.Won by R. W. LAndon.
second c. G. Krogness, Harvard; height, 8
feet; third. Z. 8. Burns, Cambridge: height.
s feet II inches: fourth, R. 7. Dickinson. OK.
ford: height. feet 10 inches.
Running broad Jump-WOn by E. o. Gourdin,
' Harvard; 25 feet inches tnew record; for.
. | mer mark. "a feet 11A inches made by Peter
O'Connor at Dublin, Ireland. August 5. 1901
second, H. NJ. Abrahams. Cambridge. % feet
,I1% inches; third. c.. G. krogness. Harvard,
2l feet tx inches: fourth. L. st. c. Ipgra.
hams. Oxford. q feet IN inches.
: 16-pound shotput-Won by J. R. Tolbert.
| Harvard; distance. 43 feet 8 inches; second.
r. E. Jordan. Yale. ~ feet 6IS inches; third.
A. L. Reese. Oxford, Al feet 9h inches:
fourth. II. Waterhouse, Cambridge, 80 feet as
inch.
, 16-pound hammer throw--Won BY J. F.
l Brown, Harvard; distance. 1850 feet az inches
4 "a new record: second, NJ. C. Nokes, Oxfcrd
distance, l58 feet ~ inches; third. p. Z.
. I Cruischank, Yale; distance, 123 feet 354
inches; fourth. n. F. Burt, Cambridge; dis
!. tance, 122 feet IN inches.