Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-24
AMERICANS TAKE
DUAL TRACK MEET
FROM ENGL|SHMEN
Harvard-Yale Combination Too
Much for Oxford Cam
bridge Team.
WORLDS RECORD BROKEN
BY NEGRO ATHLETE
Edward o. Gourdin, Crimson
Entrant, Leaps rs Feet 3
Inches in Broad Jump.
lEy Associat.d rrcss 1

CAMBRIDGE. MASS. JAY %. \
new worlds record for the running
broad jump-aj feet > inches. by l.
q. Gourdin. OF iiarvard-was dcvci-
o?cd today IN the international track
ana field meeting which the VA
Harvard combination won from tho
oxford Cambridge team. eish, events
TO two
In all six records fen during the
afternoon. the nvc others being pre-
viouS marks at these games. some Of
which had stood for almost a quarter
century. la another event. the 100
,ard high hurdles. the record for the
games and for Harvard University
was cqualicd
Gourdm. a negro. who has been tn.
principal factor in the strength OF
the Harvard team for the las. two
year, was the outstanding star. lie
la shed TO ;ho fore IN the FIRST event
of tn" day. winning the TOO yard ,ia sh
in which the British captain. Il 6.
cessful effort to add to his teams
potential strength 1t was hard
race. with H. NJ \brahams. Of Chi
caeo. 50 close at the finish that many
thought he had won.
Makes Record Jump Easily.
Gourdin walked l.isurcly from the
spr!niing lane To the jumping PIX;
Without trial jump. running with
easy stride. ne sped down the cindcr
approach. made the take OF clearly
and with n manly lunRc ahead fell
on the far edge Of tn. loan pit. Sat
ished with l. effort before il was
| measured. he .rinned. After the tape
was applied ana announcement OF the
record made he accepted coneratula-
tons with the same broad srilc.
Gourdin'S leap of - feet inches
was farther than any jump ever cred
tied To man. The best record OF
which there has been note was that
Of Il feet liz inches. made twenty
TWO years ago at Dublin. ireland. by
Peter OConnnr. Gour;lin made three
subsequent jumps. but he foulcd in
two and did q feet in the third.
That his record jump was qualified
for official acceptance in all details
was subscribed To by Gustavus T.
Kirby. president az the Intcrcollcgi-
ate y. y. y. A.. ana referee OF the
games
Il have personally seen and meas
urcd this jump. and the take off and
break IN ground were inspected by
me H.. wrote N formal verincation
OF the scorekccpcr's report.
Gourdin was the only double win
ner hut in Captain Rudd. of the Brit
ish team AMI c. u l<roeness. OF
q
athletes OF high ability and mani
fold ac;ivity. iiudd failed in his
second attempt to win three events,
but h., made q new record Of forty
nine seconds FOR the iio-yard run.
and lost the ha!fmilc ram 10 the
elongated Tommy Campbell. %: Yale,
only after a fight that furnished the
best race OF the day. krognrsS
coualled the Harvard and the inter
national records OF fifteen aud
two-iif,h seconds in the hurdles. won
second place in the high jump after
il appeared that he was out Of the
competition NJ low height and
gained third place in the broad Jump
Distance Runs Are .ruriiinr.
The mile and two mile runs were
decided after incidents In which lead
ing competitors We're forced 10 stop.
In the mile run. won by II. l.. stat
lard, oil Cambridge. captain ID. DCon-
neil OF Harvard. was incapacitatcd
when the Cambridge star kicked him
accidentally in passing. After win
ming Stallard went "a Itcfcrcc Kirby
and reported The accident. SAVING i'll
Was unintcntionai and that he was
extremely sorry. There was no con-
sidcraticn OF the matter as u foul. Of
ncials said. In the two-miic run the
l:nglishmcn lost their chances OF
winning in the weakness and ul;i-
mate collapse Of Noel 4. McInnrS.
their long distance star. NJ. X. Doug.
las. Il freshman 1T Yale. won impress
Siveiy. although not in record time.
Captain W. Il. Scaerovc, OF Cam.
bridge. made a spirited sprint on the
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