Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-06


Parson" of the running track. Harold
c. Cutbill of the Boston Athletic AS
sociation Saturday night won the
Hunter mile feature of this clubs an
nual games from d fast field. He
paced over the new boards of the
Boston arena in minutes 22M sec
onds. within rs of second of Joie
Rays record
This event has been the feature of
the b. A. a. annual indoor contests
for a decade and this year carried a
leg on a new trophy. the previous cup
having been retired last year by Ray.
The ministerial candidate was
master of his racing rivals. almost
from the start and won on a fast fin
ish with a 400 yard sprint.
The Olympic star. Loren Murchison
of Chicago. continued his successes in
doors by leaping to the tape a winner
in the Major Briggs trophy sprint of
fifty yards.
Earl Thompson, Canada's crack
hurdler at Antwerp, carried Dart
the fifty yards high hurdles. His
time of SIS seconds was fast F.
Loomis Jr.. Chicago and Olympic
hurdle champion was second.
Syracuse won from Massachusetts,
institute of Technology and Dart
ard Vermont; Massachusetts, Aggies
defeated New Hampshire college and
Bowdoin runners out raced both Will
liams and Brown In other relay runs.
1t was night OF triumph in the
feature events for men who were not
good enough for olympic selection.
Gordon T. Nightingale. joined Cutbill
in this class. The former New Hamp-
shire college student won the Will
liams three mile race IA minutes
Sc i-5 seconds by winning away from
Walter Higgins, Columbus University
stnr and others.
Jumping from scratch John Murphy
Of Notre Dame University Olympic
high jumper. won that event with a
mark Of feet 3 \ inches.
Harvard and Yale were over the bar
together in the pole vault at IL feet
where 1. w. r. Harwood and T. p.
Gardner. Yale, tied for first place
Gardner won the toss OF tho prize. A
re-running Of the negative race OF the
early evening gave Boston college a
win over Holy Cross. The time, 3
minutes i3t. seconds, WAS the fastest
OF the night Other late relay races
developed victories for University OF
Pennsylvania over Dartmouth, Massa-
chusetts. Institute of Technology over
Harvnrd's short distance team. and
for University of Maine over Bates
and Tufts.
Yale runners made II a double de-
feat for Harvard Saturday night by
winning their annual long distance re-
las which this year was at a distance
OF 370i yards. Yale's easy victory
was in minutes 81 as seconds.
An old campaigner on college and
club competition returned to winning
form when Joe Higgins. once OF Holy
Cross and now carrying the colors OF
the New York a. c. won from scratch
in the 5000 yard run in minutes
tx seconds
Athletes of the colleges and the
clubs OF the east. south and middle
west competed Saturday night at the
annual indoor games of the Boston
Athletic association. 1t was the most
representative gathering since the
Olympia1. In several Instances stars
OF the United States champion Olym-
pic team stretched legs in competition
FOR the first time since the Antwerp
games.
The athletes got into action Satur-
day night as a result of the return TO
activity OF athletes of former days,
now businessmen. bankers and physi-
clans.
A disturbed labor situation had
placed union workmen beyond call.
but foresight had caused construction
OF the board track in sections weeks
ago.
Saturday members OF the club with
hammer and saw accomplished car
pcntcry and Joining job that placed
on tho floor OF the ice palace a regula-
tion board track.
The track was twelve laps to the
mile. BY the time that the first re-
lay race was run the house was
packed.
Relay races were mile each. excep.
those in which Harvard and Yale and
Syracuse, Dartmouth and Massachu-
setts. Tech decided their rivalry over
tyyo-mlle distances. Remeasurement
OF tho track, however. by the officials
under Walter Camp, referee, showed
that the relay races aggregated 1.s52
yards instead OF a mile in the shorter
events and 5.7oi yards in the two Ions
races Relay races:
Rowdoin defeated Williams and
Brown. respectively second and third
Time. 3 minutes 20 seconds.
Holy Cross, Boston college race de-