The New York herald., 1922-06-04

College Champion Scores
Easily at TraperS Island
Continued on PAGE Five.

other starter. was last. He had handi-
cap OF sixteen yards.
Brown was last nearly all the way.
but running around the turn into the
homestretch he passed Dolder and then
left Cunningham in the rear. But
Nolan had little too much left for
Brown, and the test went down as a
failure for the Pennsylvania and a
fine triumph for Nolan. Brown will
make another attempt in the American
Legion carnival in Philadelphia next
Saturday, and then will go to Chicago
for the national intercollegiates.
Among those who saw Browns effort
was Sheppard now an official of the
National Playground Association. That's
one the boys will find little hard, l
imagine" said the once Peerless Mel,
king of them all, as he watched Brown
scoot home in second place and Shep-
pard record safe once more.
Merchant Gets Two Seconds.
Johnny Merchant Of the University
of California. the new intercollegiate
hammer throwing champion, was not
favored with a speciality on the pro-
gram, but went into the broad jump
and the shot put. Ir each contest he
was placed second. In the broad jump
he had to bow before the superior Prov
ess of Sol Butler the negro, who
showed his old form in doing % feet
3 inches. Merchant leaped q feet
inches.
In the shot put Merchant was scratch
man, sharing the honors with Pat
Mcdonald the big policeman OF the
New York Athletic Club. Pat was
doomed to disappointment. for he did
not get a medal. Merchant put the
sixteen pound lead A feet 1k inches.
Nick Yiahnis of the Pastimes, with a
handicap of seven feet and a put of 30
feet 2A inches, was the winner. Nc
Donald got himself third place in
throwing the fifty-siX pound weight,
which went to Matt McGrath.
There was great interest in the high
jump because of the appearance of Le-
roy Brown of Dartmouth, the fourtl,
intercollegiate titleholder to show in the
meet Like every other athlete on track
or field Brown was handicapped by the
rain. 1t made his takeoff slippery and
treacherous, but still he was good
enough for a jump of 6 feet 8 inches.
He tried for 6 feet 8 inches, but missed
thrice.
The pole vault was boost the laun-
dries" event. When the boys got
through vaulting up into the rain and
+ down to the muddy grass they looked
| like lot of Mississippi flood victims.
| S. s. Scholpp of Yale was the strongest
rain piercer of the bunch and won with
a vault Of II feet 3 inches. A lot OF
| perfectly good vauiters did not like the
idea Of competing under the conditions
and stayed in mufti.
| Swinburne Shows Glass.
Edward Swinburne, the De La Sale
Institute star. running in the colors OF
the New York A. c. from the Is yard
mark. was the winner of tie half mile
in l so 1-5. Swinburne showed lot OF
style and speed. and with his fine build
seems destined to become star of the
first magnitude. Harry Lobou of the
Morningsides took the mile walk in
which Joe Pearman of the New York
4. c.. scratch man. was third.
The final of the quarter mile was a
hummer and resulted in victory fol-
! Joseph Chankin OF the Morningside
from IL yards. by matter OF inches
, He beat William c. Farley, I.oughlir
Lyceum. Tom Campbell. the Yale cap
tain, who was entered in that event as
nell as the half and the mile. decided to
forego the pleasure of competing in any.
thing while the rain came down cats and
dogs.
+. J. Brennan Of the New York A. c.,
% SdIu man, leu nearly all the way
In the mile and took that in 81 3-5
G. Nelson Furbeck of ". Y. IT,, with Sec
ond honors in his grasp, stumbled at the
tape and Ed Weiman of the Morning
sides Jumped in to take the place. Fur
beck crawied over the line.
The meet was witnessed by about
5000 persons instead OF the 10000 who
would have been there If the weather
man had played fair with the club. In
stead of a colorful emerald arena, with
galaxies of females in prismatic head
gear and raiment sitting on the grassy
banks. there was a sea OF umbrellas s.
raincoats-and rain, rain, rain. For a
time 1t was thought that the officials
would call postponement. but they
went on with the old meet.