The New York herald., 1922-04-29

front and away they went. ,7itr me
stands in an uproar. and an intercol-
legiatc titlehoder defending 1is prowe=s.
Came the gun for the last quarter. and
Shields challenged. But Connolly was
ready and met challenge with coudter
challenge. Connolly came faste.. and
faster. and Shields breathing at bis
shoulder. On the backstretch Shields
attempted TO cut for the pole and with
out intending to do so fouled Connolly.
The Georgetown man stumbled. lost his
stride and then his balance and fell to
the cinders.
Ten thousand onlookers went into an
uproar. Shields. seeing his rival fall.
slowed down. In trice Connolly was
or his feet again and Shields laid back
anc let Connolly take the lead. It was
line bit of sportsmanship after a most
iegrettable accident. 1t was the only
thing Shields could have done.
Once Connolly was back In his stride,
leading. Shields set out with new vim
for the champion. Rounding into the
home stretch the Penn State man caught
him. and then away he went, to lead
Connolly to the tape by ten yards.
Curtis. running for the Navy, dashed
into the place behind Georgetown. Then
came the disqualification. a sad thing.
but the only action open to the officials.
Columbia held the lead ia the first
quarter mile. with Koppisch running.
Penn State svent to the fore on the
second relay and held the lead until
Connolly took it away. Higgins picked
up lot of ground on that third rela.-
for Columbia and finished fourth after
having been third.
Tomkins ran the third relay for the
New Workers. the sprint medley relay
championship at a mile. calling for 440.
220 and $50 yards In the order named.
Not until that Anal relay of half a
mile. with Larry Brow taking UP the
running for Pennsylvans. did the Red
and Black become a factor. From a
place in the ruck in the field of nine
the home team became the pacemaker.
And what a half that man Brown turned
in! He crossed the line ten yards in front
of III. Smith of Syracuse Third place
went TO the Navy, with Princeton fourth.
The time was minutes 80 1-5 seconds.
hardly a battle for the record OF 3
minutes Is 20 seconds set by Ted Mere
dith's Penn four in 1916. But that was a
four OF the decades.
In the first three felays the race was a
duel between Princeton and Syracuse.
They had the best sprinters. and they
made the fight far In front of the rest of
the field. IT was nip and tuck. with
Princeton just about managing TO hold
a lead of yard or two. Stevenson. Tay-
lor and McKim for the Tigers. Monte.
Woodring and Stone for the Orange.
Then those who had been shouting for
victory came down TO a whisper when the
half mile rolled along, the last relay.
Princeton fell back. but Syracuse man
aged to stay in the fight.
The quarter mile relay championship
was dun for the first time. and saw four
dashes OF ITO yards each in scurrying
succession. Al Leconey gave Lafayette
the lead at the start, but that was about
as far as the Eastonians got in so far as
first place was concerned. Leconey led
Lever of Penn, but Al r. Mayer took the
front position for the Red and Blue, and
Shattuck and Welsh held IT, Pennsyl-
vania won by twelve yards, with Lafay-
ette second Ohio State third and George
town fourth The time was 43 30 Sec
ands. figures which came close 10 the
worlds record Of az 2-5 second. set last
summer at Travers Island by the New
York Athletic Club four.
One Of the most exciting races Of the
day came In the interschoIastic medley
relay championship. with relays OF A40.
290 eS0 and $50 yards. Exeter led at
the start, but soon Hamilton Collegiate
Institute from Hamilton. Ont, went n
the 'front.' Exeter challenged once,
twice. thrice. but the Canadian young
sters had world of speed and would
not relinquish the lead.