New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30


1 ,,yninated in a blaze Of glory.
,,owded the historic plant to capat
As was fitting the crowning achieve
..n, Of Tire hectic afternoon was &C
,o.rlished by the University Of Penn
svlvania relay team, which shattered
- worlds record of 1850 2-5, made in
i .a,o by the combined Oxford Cambridge
.ssm. when the Britons won the two
lie American intercollegiate relay
Championship.
larry Brown. one Of the greatest
r,5asrs Of all time, YVES largely re-
sSonsible for America regainine hcr
sosors. although the Pennsylvania cap.
,.in was aided materially by George
Meredith, Johnny Holden and EMERSON
NeMulln.
1915, Brown covering the last quar-
.sr in 1854 fat. Penn State, with
Gack. Edgerton, Shields and Helfrich,
sss second, twelve yards back, and
georgetown was third.
; Meredith jumped into the lead at the
start and led for the frs tlap, when
Brewster took command and handed
=.
goden soon overlook Higgins, how
sger, snd PVT the Red and Blue in front
.-ain. with & runaway from the oppo-
.;tion in the last 800 yards, and touched
Of with eighteen yards to spare Nc
Nullin tired and Shields moved un fast
an the first quarter holding tcn-yard
cad 81 the finish OF the third leg.
Helfrich started the last half mile
with an apparently safe lead Of thirty
ards. Brown went after his rival at
ne outset snd gradually lessencd the
distance between them. Connolly was
INNING hard in third place.
At t." mi and three quarters mark
Syown wGs only ten yards behind Helf-
rich AMI rounding the far turn on the
asst lap. larruping Larry went into the
issd amid luscy cheers from the stu
lent body section. Turning into the
5sck stretch Brown gave all he had
40! the Penn State star started to
crack Larry sprinted the last sixty
yards tearing the heart out of He'll
irich who hung on with grim deter
minstion and waa twelve yards back st
the finish.
Connolly the onc-mile national cham
7on was hopelessly beaten of, bur
4aisbe3 third
Tn time st the hala4mile YVES
1864, 1t one mi c. 3:55 2-5. and g
:a..e ard half. SAP as, while Browns
'.o4 l4 only 40 slower than the
ra record for the half mile.
remembering Brown race Of yes
'dar When nc won the most import
ut relsy of the day almose single
auoe3 IT, is ftt,e wonder thst tho
ION haired veteran is the idol Of
2aakertowa tonight. He stepped Of
boa. from England only week
20 auo entered without the extensive
jui. .hat his rivals had undergone,
H. once on the track lie made his
L. opponents as obscure as the fam
b aeeAle in the equally famous hay
.ack
t. vas thc case yesterday, the lsed
nd ) ne Of Penn Dominated OF the
s'.uy feature relays to-day, Coach Rob
tsJn charges won two big races, the
,To-ui,e and the one-mile freshman
aampioHship. Georgetown accounted
o. RE o9e-half mile title which vas
Hu To- the FIRST time, and Cornell won
tie four-mile race,
George bronder, Of Brooklyn and the
University o. Pennsylvania, was the
.rst athlete TO lower g record. lie
feaved the jsvelin 1872 feet inches
n winning that event, shattering the
arrival mark OF 1873 feet 3 inches,
shch he nude last year.
The American record, held by Jim
Lincoln, New York A. c., is 81 feet
~ names.
Rutgers' red shirted athletes started
.he record smashing among the small
colleges BY retaining the Middle At
lantic Intercollegiate one-milc relay
Championship II 1924 l-5, breaking
their own carnival mark Of 1925 rs,
made last year Dewitt, Robinson,
Beattio and Captain Ray made show
VI their field and led from start TO
finish.
Virginia followed in the South A.
Sntic title race with a smashing vic
tory in 3:2S as against 1926 as for the
Old carniva record in the South At
antic division. Cannon, Talbot. Bak-
er and Bohannson were the winners.
Columbus nearest approach to vic
Tory was = second to Boston College in
me Glass 3 one-mile chanpl onship.
priscoli, Of Boston, led koppisch TO the
tape in q driving finish.
Allan Woodring, the Olympic 100
meter champion, won the one-mile
championship for Syracuse, defeating
bl Stevenson. Of Princeton, the ma
fh''l ono 'e~-m''e chomoion. in one of
the closest finishes Of the afternoon.
So'o"e, ,..nle ana Smith, who ran the
Afst three legs. respectively, were beat
en- Of, but Woodring came through
with o;47 as quarter, the taste st
since Ted Meredith broke the world
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