The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-07

Six records were broken outright, while seventh was bettered. but the atlete who lowered 1t was de- prived of the honor of setting new record on technicality.
 The Mississippi A. and M Aggies won the B. A. C. games yesterday, totaling 52 points. to their nearest opponents 30iz, scored by Georgia Tech The Aggies won five first places and the relay. and were easy placers in other events. Here's the way the teams finished, by points: ' N Mississippi A. and NJ. 52; Georgia q each, 301s; Auburn, 16; Birmingham II A C.. fl: Clemson. II; South Carolina, FI1; Vanderbilt, 10; Oglethorpe, 6; Ala lama, 5; Georgia. f; Sewanee, 3; At lanta A. C., 21S.
 Records Broken
 &The first record to go yesterday was that in the half mile run, when Thornton, Birmingham Athletic club entry, after being poeketed dur ing the first lap. came from behind and finished with a burst of speed. Thornton ran the half mile in time 2L-5 seconds better than that made by Clayton, of Vanderbilt. in 1909.
 Mississippi A. and Ms entry In the broad jumping contest also bettered the previous mark when Cato jumped 21 feet, 31s inches. The old record, 20 feet, g 3-5 inches, was set by Scarboro, of Georgia Tech, last year It's a singular fact that all four Of the placing men in this event bet tered the previous record.
 Howell, of Vanderbilt, took the lead in the two-mile event from the start, and was never headed. He won the two-miler in 10 minutes, 25 seconds. clipping off 122 2-5 seconds from the old record. This race was one of the big features of the day, and Howelrs victory over Ellsworth Richter, the B. A. C.'s star distance man. was probably the greatest up- set of the day
 We1ch, of Georgia Tech, in clear ing the bars at II feet, inches, smashed the pole vault mark, set by Stevens of the Mobile "Y,'' in 1921. Stevens mark was II feet, inches. Lock. of Auburn, gave Welch great i battle in this event.
 Waite. South Carolina's lone entry in the meet. broke the shot put record of 40 feet. Az inches. set by Dutton, ] New Orleans. in 1913. by hurling the 16-pound missel fl feet, 1914 inches.
 Breaks Own Record
 Welchel, Georgia Tech, hurled the javelin 167 feet, 61a inches yester- day, and considerably battered his record of last year, when he made the mark of 14S feet. 10 1-5 lncnes.
 Ellis. of Mississippi A. and M. ran the 220-yard hurdles in time 1-5 Of 2 second better than che record. but ftripped over the last obstacle, up setting the hurdle, and the techni- / cality cost him the record.
 All records broken yesterday were meet records only.
 Yesterdays events were hotly con tested, and there were no walk away winners. In the broad jumping con test, the matter of a couple of inches decided the winner from fourth place taker,S and there was only a quarter of an inch between the mark set by Cato. Mississippi A. and M., and Long, his teammate.
 SaIley Stars
 The dashes brought forth a sur prise or two. Salley, an unheralded entry from Clemson. hit 10 seconds flat to win the century. beating such men as Stack. Kirby, Webb and Ivy. Salley proved himself one of the stars of the meet by winning the 22o dash in fairly easy fashion. He led the field all the way. and showed clean pair of heels to the pack in a last minute squirt for time.
 Waite, of South Carolina, was the lone entry his school sent to the meet, yet he scored Il points for his school. Waite won the shot put, and placed second in both the javelin and discus events. He was individ- ual point scoring star of the meet.
 Aggies Win Relay
 The Mississippi Aggies were com- parativeiy easy winners in the one mile relay, due to the fact that the Maroons jumped to the lead on the first lap, and maintained it three out of the four trips around. The time eSnade in the relay was not particu- iIarly fast, but the Aggies showed their superiority in team work in copping the event.
 As the B. A. C,s games yesterday