The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-18
PENN STATE WINS
SECOND; RECORDS
FALL in 8 EVENTS
LIE Gendre Smashes Broad
Jump Mark-Connolly
Third in Mile.
By WALTER EcKERsALL.

developed by waiter Cnristle ana
winner of the eastern intercolleg-
late. carried off team honors in the
second annual track and field
games of the National Collegiate
A. A. on Stage Field today with
20 Is points. Penn State was sec
ond with 10 Ia points and Notre
Dame third with Is ITO points.
New records for this set Of games
were established in eight of the
fifteen events and some Of the per-
rormances were featured by close
finishes and keen competition.
Johnny Merchant, of California,
was the individual point winner Of
the day, taking FIRST in the shot
put. hammer throw and fourth in
the running broad jump.
Paulu. OF Grinnell, was second to
Merchant, winning the 100 yard and
the go yard dashes, lowering the
y. c. A. A. record in each event.
LeGendre. Of Georgetown. broke
the broad jump mark with a leap
of "a feet. inches.
Ray Watson proved himself the
premier distance runner of America
by defeating JOie Ray in a spec
ial mile match. This is the sec
ond time Watson has conquered
Ray.
Johnny Merchant of California
was the individual point winner
with IL points. He won the shot
put and hammer throw and was
fourth in the running broad jump.
Leonard Paulu, of Grinnel, was
second with 10 points. while other
athletes. who came from long dis
tances broke into the point column.
The table of points-Cslifornia
% lis: Penn State. 10 1-2; Notre
Dame. l6 7-1O; Illinois. IA 40;
Iowa. IL ATS; Michigan, 10; Grin
nell, 10; Georgetown. Z: Mississippi
A. & ~. 7; Pennsylvania. s: Ames
5: Butler, lis; Wisconsin, 34-45;
Montana, 3: wesleyan. 3; Chicago,
3: Kansas Aggies. l-2: Minnesota,
2 l-ls; Depauw. lis; Ohio State,
2 lis: Hamilton. 2; Amherst. 1 lis
Western State Normal of Michigan.
/: Georgia Tech. 1; Kansas, 7-l0;
Purdue. 1-2; Texas A. & II. la.
NJ. Shields. of Penn state. victor
Of the mile in the Eastern intercol-
legiate, won the mile in 4:20. which
lowered the former record for the
event of 4:23 2-5. made by Ray
Watson. of the Kansas Aggies, last
year.
lie Gendre Breaks Mark.
Bob lie Gendre. the all-around
athlete of Georgetown. made a leap
of 81 feet inches on his last trial
In the running broad jump. This
performance shattered the former
record of 90 feet as inches, made
nv Pete StinchComb. Of Ohio state.
last year. In his great leap, LIE
Gendre went down the runway at
top speed and made a perfect take
off which was responsible for the
record. lie Gendre also used the
kick while in the air. and this also
aided the distance Of the jump.
Tom Loeb. one of the athletes re-
Gently uncovered by Coach Rockne
at Notre Dame. tossed the discus
IA feet III inches for a new games
hurled the saucer 142 feet "a
wining today's event Lieb was cvi-
tor in his speciality at the western
conference games.
In the 22o-yard low hurdles. c.
Brookins. of Iowa. led a fast field
past the tape in the record-brea
ing time of 024 Is. Gus Desch. OF
Notre Dame. won the event last
year in O:24 As. In today's race
Desch led until near the finish when
he hit the last hurdle. This threw
him of his stride.
Two Other Records Fail.
The old mark OF 1873 feet 90
inches made by Charles Redmon, of
Chicago, last year in the hammer
throw was bettered by Johnny
Merchant, of California, who made
a throw Of 161 feet 4 inches. The
Californian was easily the class of
the field in the event, and he way
looked upon as an undisputed win
ner before the event was held.
Harold Hoffman, Of Michigan.
closed the record breaking per-
formances by hurting the javlin 2o2
feet inches. The Wolverine de-
feated Broder. of Pennsylvania, and
Angler. of Illinois, and shattered
the old mark of 1s1 feet az inches
made by ]. F. Hanny. Of Leland
Stamford. last year.
The summarize
44O-yard dash-won BY Cochran, Missis-
sippi A. and NJ: second. Mcdonald. Cslifor-
mia; third, Fessenden Illinois; fourth, Pyott,
Chicago; eth. Brickman, Chicago. Time
40 40 seconds.
Shot put-won by Marchant California /,
second. Brondsr. PennsyIvsnIa: third. Will
ter, California; fourth. Hulscher. Western
State Normal: nfth. Keen, Texas A. and
n Distance-44 feet 1-2 inches.
One mile run-Won by Shields, Penn
State; second. Patterson. Illinois: third, Con-
molly. Georgetown; fourth, wikod, Ohio
State; nfth. Furnas. Purdue. Time-:2o 2-5
new recordD.
High Jump-Osborne. Illinois. and Murphy,
Notre Dame, tied for first; third, Multer,
Calf. fourth. Clark. Amherst; Treyer, Calf,
Darling Amherst: Campbell Mimi: Hof-
man, Iowa: Turner. Nebr.; Jones' Depauw;
Woods, Butler: Platten. Wis, and shidecker
Ohio. all tied for nfth place. Heights
feet 5-s inches.
l0O-yard dash-won BY Paulu, GrinneIl;
second Hayes. Notre Dame; third Erwin
Kansas Aggies: fourth. Wilson, Iowa; nth
Smith. Nebr. Time e-l0 new " C. A.
A. record.
l2O-ysrd high hurdle-won by Barron, Penn
State: second. Cook Wesleyan Union; third
lVay, Esrlham; fourth. Brickman, Chicago;
fifth. Sargent. Michigan. Time-15 rs