The New York herald., 1921-05-15
BOSTON COLLEGE IS
FIELD MEET VICTOR
Retains It's Eastern IntercOl-
legiate Track Championship
Honors at Springfield.

dliittes Oh tsOStOn 1OileBe SUCCESSFULLY
defended their Eastern Intercollegiate
track and field championship here to-
day on Pratt Field when they won the
title for the second successive time
They won five of the fourteen events
contested, rolling up the winning score
of SO points. Holy Cross was placed
second, with % points, and Springfield
College was next In line, with l8 Every
running record of the association was
equalled or bettered and most Of the field
marks were surpassed.
The Boston representatives to win
their events were j. ]. Sullivan. who led
the fields in the 40 yard high hurdles
and 220 yard low hurdle events. j. W.
Driscoll. who showed the way in the
440 yard run, c. Flahive. who won the
running high jump, and William Nolan.
who captured the running broad jump.
Driscoll, who won the quarter mile event
was also placed second in the 22O yard
run.
Because Of the soggy track It was de-
cided to complete the 40 yard high
hurdles this morning, and j. J. Sullivan
set new record by winning the final
heat in 16 Is seconds.
Two Running Marks.
Two records were made in the pre-
liminaries of the running events. In the
220 yards low hurdles Sullivan won his
heat in 26 1-5 seconds, one secon faster
than the record time established last
year.
j. j. Shepard, University of Vermont,
In winning one Of the semi-h final heats in
the half mile run, clipped ] 1-5 seconds
from the mark made by J. j. Driscoll OF
Boston College, last years champion.
Sullivan's time to-day was 2 :04.
In the 100 yard dash J. Shea of Rens-
selaer Polytechnic Institute. equalled the
record of 10 2-5 seconds
Tom Dignan Of Holy Cross, after win
ming one Of the semi-final heats In the
quarter mile run, Joined the shot putters
and set new record for this event with
an effort of 242 feet, . inches. This is
two feet farther than the winning mark
made by him last year. The summaries:
TRACK EVENTS.
100 Yard Dash-Won by J. H. Burr. Jr..
Springfield: second, e. @. Converse. North
Third f. C. Carroll d,v msy Ss
0:1o % (equalling record.
Two Mile Run-Won by l.. L. Golden. St.
d4Sre f6rd G.
Stevens Institute; fourth, G. G. West, NJ.
A. g. Time. 1927 10, new record former
Hampshire College. last year.
220s Yard Run-Won by L. T.. Watson.
Springfield College, second, j. W. Driscoll,
Boston College; third. +. Caldwell. st. Law
renee fourth. S. p. Coombs, Northeastern.
Time, % 2-5 (new record, former mark
0 :2a 1-5. made by Watson last year
100 Yard High Hurdles-Won by j.. J.
Sullivan, Boston College; second. r. Merrick,
Boston College; third, e. Breau, Boston Coll
technlc Institute. Time. 0:i6 10 Ca new
meet record, former mark. 0:f6 4-5. made
by Sullivan last year.
44o Yard Run-Won by J. w. Driacoll.
Boston College. second. Il Shea. Rensselaer,
Polytechnic; third, John Maher. Holy Cross;
fourth Il. NJ. ocheson. NJ; A. g. Tine.
made by Driscoll last year.
Mile Run--Won by John Doherty, Tufts;
second, g; I. Slate, Massachusetts Agricui-
Trinity: fourth. W. w Smith. University OF
Vermont. Time. s7 4-5 Cnew record. pre-
ingaie. New Hampshire College. in 1920
Half Mile Run-Won by Thomas King, Holy
Cross; second. J. J. Shepard. University Of
vens Institute; fourth. william Nolan. Bos-
ton College. Time, 2:01 Id new record.
previous mark 2:oi. made by Shepard in
go Yard Low Hurdles-won by j. ].
Sullivan. Boston College; second. =. p.
iege; third, II. j. Murphy. ST. Lawrence;
fourth. L. H. Ameluxen. Trinity. Time.
o:26 80 Sullivan set new record OF
O:2o 1-5 In winning semi-final heat.)
FIELD EVENTS.
Shot Put--won by T. Eignan Holy Cross,
~ feet inches; second, l.. Flanders, Nor
wich, IS feet inches; third. Il. Bell. Bos-
ton College. 81 feet lnches fourth. D. Null
Discus Throw-won by J. Ferris. Holy
Cross. Ill feet; second, u. u. steele. Nor
Nich, 40 feet inches; third, Y. w. O'Don-
nell. Springfield, 107 feet Inches. fourth,
Il. L. Flanders Norwich. JOG feet inchos.
Hammer Throw-Won BY Il. Kane. st. Law
renee. l4o feet. new record previous
mark, 1872 feet II inches. made by Kane In
qualifying round; second. y. 9; Potrotz.
Middlebury, III feet inches, third. y. r.
fourth. Il. w. oDonnell. Springfield. 1o7
feet g inches.
High Jump-.Tie between c. Flahive. Bos-
ton College. and II. A. Morgan Rensselaer,
meet record, former mark feet I inches. Z
made by Morgan In trials; third. r. g.
Atkinson, Springfield. feet 8 inches
fourth, NJ. Loyson, st. Lawrence, 3 feet Z
inches.
Pole Vault-won by C. Lyman. Worcester
Polytechnic. height II feet 3h inches.
new record: former mark. 10 feet q inches
made by eight contestants in trials; second.
tie between = y. Tro and II. q, Cook.
fourth. M. -. Heald. Springfield 10 feet
Broad Jump--Won by William Nolan Ros-
ton College, 20 feet Inches, second, w. n.
Drugan. Boston College, 20 feet inches;
third. r. j. Brannon, Holy Cross. 20 feet
57s inches; fourth. II. Morgan, Rensselaer,
Polytechnic. 20 feet 3a inches. This eatals
record made by Nolan In trials.
Point Score--Boston College 80. Holy Cross
g. Springfield College 1s. st. Lawrence
University II. Rensselaer, Polytechnic Insti-
tutr 49, Massachusetts, Agricultural College
= Norwich 7, Worcester Polytechnic g.
Vermont =, Tufts z. Northeastern g. Stevens
4. Middlebury 2, Trinity
William Simonson Wins