New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30


The records.
Honors fell fast and unexpectedly
mon the representatives Of our insti-
tutions Of learning, but Dame Fortune
smiled most sweetly upon August
D,.ch. the Newark boy attending Notre
Dame
tors realized that the games had
started, Desch had stepped over the
i40-vard high hurdles 2-5 of a second
faster than any man had ever turned
His time was 5s4-5, r-5 faster than
the mark established here in 1920 by
lack Watt, of Cornell. incidentally
Desch equalled his mark in this heat
last year, but toppled the obstacle.
First Event on the Program
The timber-topping event was the
first on the program, and what with the
din Of wild cheering and music hardly
any of the spectators heard the bark
Of the gun which sent nine men over
the long hurdle route.
Desch jumped into fourth place and
stayed there until the eighth obstacle
was reached. when he drew up even
with Pittnger. Ohio State. Topping
the next and last hurdle in faultless
style, Desch went into the stretch with
Following Desch's achievement, the
Lansdale High School team was
clicked in 1856 AS in winning the Phila-
delphia suburban title. The former
carnival record was 3.S9 3-5, made in
1915 by the Cheltenham team, which
finished second to-day.
Another relay mark went by the
board half hour later when Hunt
ington High, of. Boston, won the inter
scholastic medley relay championship.
clipping 3 S-5 seconds from the pre-
vious figure
The new time was 4:39 2-5.
The only Intercollegiate, record was
shattered by G. Dandrou, Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology who
won the 56-pound weight throw with
a heave Of 80 feet 31ls inches, break
ing the record made in 1916 by White
of Syracuse by 1919 inches. The rain
soaked throng settled back to enjoy
feast at the expense of time, and
it had only a few moments to wait,
for again the announcer megaphoned
the tldings that other records had
fallen.
This time it was Bartells, of Penn
sylvania, and Legendre, Of George
town, who received the plaudits of the
crowd. Bartells boosted the carnival's
javelin record from 1853 feet 61a inches
to 1853 feet Tx inches, and Legendre
threw the discus 1876 feet S inches.
The former mark was 122 feet 8 inches.
French Team Fourth
The international sprint medley re-
lay race, as it developed, &as not the
feature of the program, but it resulted
in highly satisfactory manner to at
least 90 per cent of those present. The
French University entry was killed off
by the terrific sprinting of Pennsyl-
vania, Lafayette and Princeton, which
teams finished in the order named,
with the tricolor- bedecked athletes
close fourth. The time was 1881 As
Maxam led off for Penn over the
quarter-mile route, and during this leg
Of the race Ferry, the 400-meter French
champion, could get up no closer than
third place.
Gill, of Penn, held the lead handed
him w Maxam, and kept Biget, the
French entry, also in third position.
Williams, of Lafayette, rushed into the
lead at the start of the second 900,
with McFadden, Penn. and Seurin, OF
France, following in order.
The last leg over the half mile route
was jog for Earl Eby, of Penn, the
national champion at that distance.
The blond flyer finished eight yards
shead of Crawford, of Lafayette, who
in turn led Conover, of Princeton, by
twenty-five yards. Gouillieoux, France,
was almost at the Tiger athletes shout
der
Walter Higgins, of Columbia, the
two-mile indoor national champion, I'M
dertook to do little more than can
ing, and as a result finished just out of
the money in the distance medley relay
championship of America. The Univer-
sity Of Illinois won the event, with
Iowa State second. Penn third and Co.
lumbia fourth. The time, 1921 3-5,
was only one-hfth under the worlds
record.
Higgins Makes Fast Time
The Blue and White lead-off man
sed his own with the speedy field, as
YORK runner, but Lowenkopf cracked in
sne half mile and gave Higgins the
Dason with a loss Of rs yards. Higgins
MADE up AZ yards in the last mile. The
columbia captain was timed in 4:19 2-5.
vordon, Of Illinois, ran the distance in
ki20
Gordon Nightingale, of the Uni
,Ssfsty Of West Virginia, was deprived
MIS- two-mile international title in q
fnsatlonal finish by r. B. Buker, of
,aMs College, the two-mile New Eng
Eno title holder. Buker came from
nowhere" in the last 100 yards and
s Ssat Furnas, of Purdue, and Nightin-
s ssle IN the dash to the tape. The time
l.. fentathlon honors were monopolized
~ DOB Legendre, the tall Georgetown
;ss ss' VINO gathered four firsts and fin
s ,aea sixth IN the fifth event of the all
IIiI H. inc. Bob won the broad jump, jave-
. am ana the 200 and 800 meter races,
fEI.1uiililng 10 points to 10 for Brutus
sn sam. of the University of Mis-
eoulI, the national CHAMPION