The New York herald., 1922-05-28

frials Of yesterday. wound up fourth, '
Three intercollegiate records were
broken. AL Leconey of Lafayette
Washing to the front at the crack of
the pistol in the final of the hundred
itard dash, won by himself in 97-10
eeconds. This Is just tenth of a
Second better than the old record iof
Pernie Wefers. Sr. established back
m 1896, and equalled by r. c. Craig.
michigan, In 1911 and ]. E. Patterson,
Pennsylvania, in 1913,
wefers established his mark in New
york, but Craig and Patterson flashed
pn the fast stadium track, which re-
'sponded so well to-day to the sprinting
pf Leconey.
In the high jump l.. T. Brown of
Rartmouth cleared the bar at feet
Ass inches. This is just an eighth Of
Jan inch over the leap Of w. M. Oler
bf Yale, who set the mark Of feet
~ inches at Philadelphia in 1915.
The heave of 172 feet inches made
yby Merchant Of California with the
l4hammer yesterday stood as the highest
mark to-day. The old mark, set by
Bailey of Maine in 1915. was 165 feet
and three quarters of an inch.
Merchant Big Point Winner.
This ]. w. Merchant of California
was the biggest point winner of the
meet. He seemed to be carrying the
l,t l.
ders. He was moving from one field
event to another with what seemed to
be graceful Incidence in a fnassively
built man, but the points he scored In
dicated that he was as busy as one
armed apiary tender with the bees on a
rampage.
Merchant got first place in the ham
mer throw from yesterdays mighty
heave. He picked up a second place In
the shotput and third place in both the
daveln throws and the broad jump, for
n total of thirteen points. While resting
up he was around encouraging the other
Californians, ana he was there at the
finish of the two mile run to pick up his
teammate, c. NJ. Dorr who collapsed
after landing fourth place in that event.
The afternoon was a bit raw for a
M ct, but about twenty thousand turned
,ut to see the finals. There was small
, but vociferous delegation of Californians.
y who raised the California yell and
showed some flashes of the Blue and
Gold colors of the Pacific coast.
! But the Californians did not get the
4 thrills that came TO the followers OF
Hhe teams with contenders In the track
events.
Their attention was centered on the
ubiquitous Merchant and the flaming
head OF A. g. Norris. the California pole
vaulter. who was doing his stuff close
10 where the California delegation was
seated. The cerise colored head finally
bobbed over the bar at the height OF
J IL feet 2 inches. The bar moved a little
as thought II would slip from the pegs.
but 1t held. The others could not come
| within inches OF this mark. SO the flame
coIored head was wrapped in blanket
while the rest Of them threw themselves
at the bar only 10 send II flying.
Leconey I'm Fine Form.
Next TO Merchant of California the
highest point winner was Leconey Of
LAFAYETTE. who won the hundred and
the two hundred apd twenty yards dash.
This slightly built son of Lafayette.
closely pressed. lowered the classic
mark of wefers by just that cyelash
distance that is made In tenth OF
second In the final OF the two nun
dred and twenty yard he came flying
down the straightaway like something
shot out OF pneumatic tube. yard
ahead at the start he had the distance
stretched to nearly five as he hurled
himself ahead of the tape This Leconey
Is the fleetest of the sprinters to-day.
woodrlng OF Syracuse and Mckim OF
Princeton both pulled tendons In the
semi-final OF the sprnts. but while this
might have meant the difference OF
few points TO those two colleges IL would
have made little difference in the per-
formance, OF Leconey. He was at the
TOP of his form to-day despite the fact
that II could not be called ideal weather
for n sprinter. In the 220 he ives not
even threatened.
The track and field fans make up
much more placid crowd Of spectators
than those who attend football or base
ball games, where the competition Is
more in the nature of battle. Conn
! paratively speaking. the track and field
meet is a rather dull spectacle. espe-
I cially when II Is won In the manner in
/ which California won this one. Two Of
! the events had to be held out of sight Of
! the main body of spectators. the ham
I mcr throw and the discus throw. The
throwing of the javelin and the putting
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