Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
RAY SETS RECORD
AFTER OPERATION
Mestsrnsr Clips Own Worlds
Mark With Toe Bandaged.
Lever Wins Dash
sUTTNER SPRINGS SURPRISE
By a Std6 Correspondent

ITO WEE Joie Ray, of the Illinois
L Athletic Club. goes the palm for
being one of the modern super athletes.
Last night in Madison Square Garden,
az competitor in the Millrose games,
one of Americas greatest distance run
ners thrilled $4,000 spectators by an
exhibition Of running on board track
that has never been seen anywhere and
In doing 80 Ray clipped four seconds of
the. worlds record for the one .and-a-
half mile race,
Ray breasted the tape in @ minutes
AZ 2-5 seconds nnd almost lap ahead
Of Ed McLane, the Oklahoma freshman
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Harold Cutbill, of the Boston A. A.,
also known as the flying parson. was
Last year Cutbill defeated Ray In the
same event on the same track that the
Illinois lad secured sweet revenge last
night.
And the strange part of It all that
capped the climax was the announcement
made after the race that Ray had been
operated ron In the morning for nm In.
fected toe. Clipping four seconds of
a record with bandngcd toe places Ray
in the super athletes class.
Another Record
Ray was, not the only record breaker
Murphy, Of Notre Dame University.
cleared the box in the high jump ut o
feet Az inches. a quarter of an inch
better than the American indoor record.
In establishing the new mark Murphy
defeated Abromet. a New York lad, and
Dick Landon,, Of Ya'e.
Harold Lever carried the colors OF the
University Of Pennsylvania ia the fore In
the 4O-yard dash and finished second
in the 5O-yard event. Larry Brown,
Penn's track captain, could do no better
than third In the two thirds mile event,
while the Penn relay team finished in
last place. In the one-mile feature
event, which included Syracuse and NJ.
I. T., the Orange won.
Browns effort in the two thirds mile
kept him out of the relay and that In
part accounts for the poor showing of
Lawson Robertson's men.
McLane's running in the one mile.
and a half event was easily the fea-
ture Of the Penn teams showing. the
youngster finishing second to Ray in his
record breaking run.
Larry Shields carried the colors Of
Penn State to victory In the special
two. miles event with Iowa State Coll
lege. Starting almost even with Bill
Frevert. Of the Western College.
Shields battled down the stretch every
INCH of the way. crossing the ahish
life about an arm 8 length in front Of
the Iowa entry.
As seconds was Z 2-5 seconds behind
the outdoor mark made by the Oxford.
in ioio.
Larry Brown, captain of the Penn
track team and selected by the dope
sters to win the tw0-thirds mile cham
piOnship. could do no better than third.
The veteran Mike Devanney, of the
Millrose A. A.. passed Brown on the
fourth zap and remained in the lead until
the finish. Joe Higgins, the former
Boston College star, by a great sprint
in the last 800 yards noscd out Brown
for second place. Devanney's time Of
. minutes 40 2-5 seconds was within a
second of the indoor record for the event.
Melvin Suttner, the Syracuse Uni.
rose "6OO," billed as the star event Of
the night. He went into the lead on the
last lap and finished five yards ahead Of
John Sellers. of the New York A. @.
Boots Lever made the presence OF the
University of Pennsylvania felt In the
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Barron, former West Philadelphia nigh
School star and now representing fenn'
state IN the 20-yard high hurdle event: