The New York herald., 1921-05-29
No Marks Displaced.

up to twenty-seven with third place in
the one mile run.
No Marks Displaced.
That mile was one OF the outstanding
features OF the day. which was replete
with sterling performances a day which
saw several marks threatened but none
displaced. The mile run was won by q
man who had not figured in any of the
advance calculations. Jimmy Connolly Of
Georgetown. who had gained quite a
reputation in non-collegiate circles as a
representatives OF the Boston Athletic AS
ISOLATION. Connolly went to the front at
500 yards and ran his field dizzy, dashed
away from his pursuers as they chal-
lenged rounding into the homestretch
and scored a brilliant victory by q mar
gin OF twenty yards. His time was 4
minutes and II 1-5 seconds, and he can
go faster.
Larry Brown of Pennsylvania. one of
the favorftes, finished second. with O'Con-
nell Of Harvard third. Irish Of Cornell,
a strong favorite. did not ngure after the
half mile.
Yale's chances suffered a stunning
blow in that race, and to the mile may
be traced the failure OF the Ellis to score
any more than ~ points. Yale had been
countered upon as one OF the major con-
tenders, and the main factor in this cal
culation was Tom Campbell Yale men
had felt that 1t was not too much to ex-
pect Campbell to win not only the half
mile, but the mile as wells But Camp
bell met his Waterloo. and Yale hopes
were withered in the scorching pace
which Connolly set in his mile.
Campbell finished nowhere and then
collapsed. The attack of the grippe
which he suffered early in the week had
weakened his system. Campbell did not
start in the half mile run. and away
went whatever Yale had OF finishing
among the leaders Gardners elimina-
tion In the pole vault also struck Yale
a body blow.
Second to Connolly's victory among
the features of the afternoon were the
success of r. e. Brown Of Cornell In
the two mile run and the comeback of
Earl Eby of Penn in the half mile. Eby
came up from fifth place in the home
stretch to beat Sprott of California for
the title in l minute and 55 1-5 seconds.
Yale pinned its hopes on Siemens who
was first to the quarter in So 4-5 sec
onds. Then he petered out Browns VIC
tory in the two mile was the result of a
sensational sprint in the last eighty
yards, when he shot past Romig Of Penn
State, who had been leading for nearly
mile. Romig got second place. and
Dorr finished third to help California
win.
One OF the records threatened was
that for the 22o yard dash. Allan Wood
ring of Syracuse, who had been left at
the post in the 100 yard dash. in which
Re managed to finish third. came back
with flying colors in the furlong. Wood
ring won the longer dash In 2l 2-6 sec
onds. only one-fifth of a second behind
the intercollegiate record. A. L. LEGO
ney of Lafayette put UP great fight
ard forced Woodring to his top effort
Perfect weather and Track.
In so far as the athletes were con-
cerned conditions were ideal. The track
was perfection itself. Though the
weather was hot a breeze from the
ocean made conditions pleasant The
sun beat down with herceness, but most
OF the afternoon 1t was hidden by heavy
clouds which firted in and out and from
time to time threatened to convert A
pleasant situation into a decidedly un-
pleasant one. There was only a fair
| turnout of spectators.
A double header at Braves Field seemed
to attract those of no collegiate afYilia-
ton, while the varsity crowd" here IL
not sufficiently interested In track and
field competition to sit out In a hot sun
and watch tho sport There were prob
ably 5000 onlookers for a programme
which would have attracted more than
twice that number at Philadelphia or
New York.
Cornell seemed to have the only sizable
representation among the visiting col
leges. but for this there was a double
reason. The Ithacans came here. in
x,nt IN hat nt~
In an effort to regain the title but 70
watch their oarsmen row against those
Of Harvard in tho races which followed
| the programme in the Stadium.
Ii was the sensational mile victory Of
| Connolly of Georgetown which provided
the first race of the day. and what a
grand sendoff 1t was Connolly had not
been mentioned among the favorites, as
he had not done much In college ranks
to attract attention. Few knew that he
was the Connolly who had starred for
the Boston Athletic Association. c. q.
Irish OF Cornell. Tom Campbell OF Yale,
Larry Brown of Penn, all had been ia
vored. but this man Connolly ran his
| field on their feet
ConnoIIy's Form Perfection.
Connolly was the front runner most
OF the way. Tom Fitzgerald OF George
town was sent out to draw out the field
In the first quarter and ran the double
furlong in 81 2-5 seconds. with an ad-
vantage OF Ave yards over a field that
was punched behind him. Then at 500
yards came Connolly. His form was
perfection and his pace terrific. Surely
| this man was not going to last, but al
the half It was Connolly still showing
the way In 2 :06 2-5, with Irish second
and Brown third Campbell made his
bid at this time. and the Ell made II In
\ vain. The others were too fast for hin,
and he began 10 fall back. The Blues 9
hope for first scoring went slimmering.
As they passed the three-quarter
mark, In 3:13 as. Connolly. as fresh as
a daisy, was beginning to run his rivals
dizzy. He held his pace like John
Paul Jones. and the others chased in
vain. Into the fnal quarter they came
Connolly stili at II, with a lead o. about
ten yards. The Georgetown man