The New York herald., 1921-02-06
CHAMPIONS COMPETE.
AT BOSTON GAMES
Earl J. Thomson, Loren Muir
Gibson and H. G. Cutbill
Among the Winners.

teur runners by winning the Hunter mile,
feature of this clubs annual games.
from fast field The theological stu
dent paced over the new boards of the
Boston arena In minutes 22 3-5 sec
onds. within two-fifths of a second Of
the record for the race. made by Joie
Ray.
This event has been the feature of
the B. A. A. annual indoor games for
decade, and this year carried leg on
new trophy, the previous cup having
been retired last year by Ray.
Cutbill vanquished James j. Connolly
of Georgetown University, an Olympic
competitor. who finished second Mike
Devanney of Millrose A. A., New York,
a former winner. who found the going
too fast and quit; George r. Goodwin
OF Bowdoin College. who gained third
honors. and two others.
The ministerial candidate was master
of his racing rivals almost from the
start. He shook on successfully chaI-
lenges by Goodwin. Davapney and Con-
molly and with the latter pressing hard
at the three-quarters won in a fast fin
ish with 400 yard sprint
The Olympic star, Loren Murchison
of Chicago, continued his successes in
doors by leaping to the tape winner
In the Major Briggs trophy sprint of
so yards. His Olympic teammate,
Jackson Scholz Of the Detroit A. c..
was third. the University Of Pennsyl-
vania phenomenon. Harold. Lever, best
ing both him and Allen Woodring of
Syracuse. Olympic champion, who failed
to place. The time was 3-5 seconds.
Earl Thomson, Canada's crack hur-
dler at Antwerp, carried Dartmouth Col
tege to speedy flight over the SO yard
high hurdles. His time of 6 as seconds
was notably fast Frank f. Loomis.
Jr.. of Chicago and Olympic .hurdling
champion. was second, although the
crowd insisted that he had been shut out
in trial heat by A. Human of Yale.
The Boston College-Holy Cross relay
drew an official declaration of mo con-
test" The local collegians led at the
tape. but the act of Capt. Driscoll OF
Boston in pushing over his opponent
and Dignans pickup beyond the relay
zone for Holy Cross caused each team
to be ruled out.
These present Gay athletes got into
action tonight as result of the return
to activity of athletes of former days,
now stafd business men, bankers and
physicians. A disturbed labor situation
had placed the union workmen beyond
call. but foresight had caused construc-
tion of the board track In sections weeks
ago. To-day the members of the club
turned to, and with hammer and saw
the men of business and the professions
accomplished a carpentery and joining
job that placed on the floor of the ice
palace regulation board track for the
evenings games.
It was a night of triumph in the fea-
ture events for men who were not good
enough for Olympic selection. Gordon
T. Nightingale, who a year ago won
sensationally from the Englishman,
Montague. at the Pennsylvania relay
games. only to fall by the wayside in
the Olympic tryouts, Joined Outbill in
this class. The former New Hampshire
College student. now an instructor at
University of West Virginia. won the
Williams cup three mile race in IA
minutes So AS seconds by running away
from Walter Higgins. Columbia Univer-
sity star: Max Bohlund of the Paulist
A. C. and several others. Higgins was
forced to stop after showing the way up
to the last mile.
Nick Giannakopolous OF New York
also dropped out. and Bohlund and
Arthur Craw of the Brooklyn A. A.
raced 1t out for second, Bohlund win
ming. Cecil Leath of New Hampshire
College, who ran for Canada at Ant
werp. also finished.
The track was twelve laps to the mile.
fact that threw into the discard for
comparisons the records of thirty-one
years in which these annual games have
been held In the smaller hall at the
Mechanics Building. The crowd swarmed
about 1t in numbers that filed the hall.
and by the time the first relay race was
run the house was packed. Relay races
we're a mile each. except those in which
Harvard and Yale and Syracuse, Dart
mouth and Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology decided their rivalries over
two mile distances.
Remeasurement OF the track by the
officials under Walter Camp. referee.
showed that the relay races aggregated
1852 yards instead of mile in the
shorter events and 3.704 yards in the
two long races.
TRACK EVENTS.
20 Yard Dash. - Interscholastic - Won by
William Comins. Worcester Academy; sec
ond. Il. II. Falsom, Allen Military School !;
third 9. T. Lundell, Phillips -Exter. Time
so Yards High Hurdies.--won by Earl J..
Thomson, Dartmouth; second. Frank +.
Iooniis. Jr., Chicago; third, R. s. whitney
Harvard. Tines 3-5 seconds.
30 Yards Dash. - Major Briggs Trophy -
Won by Loren Murchison. Chicago second.
Harold b. Lever. University Of tPennsylva-
MIA; third. Jackson scholz. Detroit A. c.
Hunter MIie.Dwon by +. c. cutbm. Boston
A. A.. second. James J. Connolly George
town University; third. George r.. Goodwin.
Bowdoln College. Time II minutes - 3-5
| seconds.
Williams Cups. 3 Mile Run.-won by Cor
don T. Nightingale. unattached: second, Max
Bohlund, Paufist A. c., New York: third,
Arthur Craw. Brooklyn A. A. Time-f4 min
600 Yard Run, Handicap--won by Il. A.
Hunt Bowdoin CA yards): second. q. l..
Neinaohira, Yale us yards); third, A. ".
Greeley, Phillips Exeter (1s yards). Time.
1 minute 20 rs seconds.
Murphy, No.re Dame University (scratch)
Brown, Dartmouth (handicap 3 inches) ,
height feet 3iz inches; third, ". u. Oar
ling. Amherst thandicap). "a inches. height
feet I inch
Mile Run, Handicap--won by L. w. Do
Ian, Boston College (65 yards): second,
George L. Slate, Massachusetts, A. G. f25
yardsl third. NJ. G. vanderpyl, Yale t35
yardsJ. Time, minutes 80 seconds.
RELAY RACES.
1,s52 Yards-Bowdoin tPaimer. Turner.
| Hunt, GoodwinD defeated williams and
Brown, respectively second and third. Time.
minutes 80 seconds.
Holy Cross-Boston College race declared
mo contest" because of double foul
Msssachusctts Agricultural (Suliivan. Mac
Cready, Shepard. Smith defeated New
Hampshire College. Time. > minutes 81
seconds.
Colby tBrier. Niles, McGary and Forsn)
defeated University OF Vermont and Rhode
Island College. respectively second and third.
| Time, minutes 80 3-5 seconds.
Phillips Exeter Academy fMakepiece
Rogers, Norton. swede) defeated Phillips
Andover Academy. Time. . minutes ~ 4-5
Northeastern College tCoornbs, Nyman.