Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-02-06

greeted the amateur athletes in the
33! year Of the B. A. A. games. 1t
was estimated that the Arena had q
seating capacity of 1000 but those
chairs were sold 10 days before the
meet. Manager Thomas Kanaly stated
before the opening of the games that
applications from club members them
selves asking for 500 more tickets
were turned down the last two days.
About 500 standing room tickets
were put on sale at o'clock but they
| were soon taken up and over a thou
sand track devotees. were left outside
| the Arena without tickets.
The crowd took their seats early to
be on hand when the first crack of the
starters pistol sounded of the first
| event. Much enthusiasm was shown
by the packed house as the various
athletes came out early to test the
| straightaway and the board corners.
Maine Fans Present
Enthusiasts from the Maine colleges
were prevalent throughout the crowd.
Some even came with banners. A
block of about IS seats in the western
part of the Arena purchased by the
i Bowdoin alumni and undergraduates
was observed An impromptu cheer
! leader gave the Bowdoin cheer as the
White runners warmed up. The chief
! topic of conversation in the newspa-
| per section and among the crowd be-
! fore the start of the games was
| whether or not Joie Ray, the Illinois
whirlwind. would run the Hunter mile
under so, as he predicted yesterday.
Ray Given Reception
Ray came on the boards early to test
| the corners. He was soon recosniz I'd
| by the crowd and. he was given a
royal reception. He retired to rest
| for his event, which came late in pro-
gram. The greatest cluster Of anna
| teur athletes in this section of the
country gathered for the games. Ziv-
cry winner of the different events last
year was present again tonight to
! hold his honors beside numerous other
stars.
The opening event, 4o-yard school
boy dash, was started on time.
Murchison of Illinois A. c.. Carr oiI
of Holy Cross, Lever of L. OF y.
| Comins of Yale. Desch of Notre Dame
and Heap OF NJ. ]. 7. qualified for ii.
nails in 4o-yard dash fsre. The trophy
to he given by Major Briggs.
Bowdoin FIiers Win
The Bowdoin relay fiers, on the
card as the third event on the pro
gram and the openers OF the relay
won their race by 11O yards agains
Williams in the time Of three min
utcs 40 seconds. Pitted against wha'
was considered a stronger team, the
Rowdoin runners held the lead from
the crack of the gun. Palmer o.
Bowdoin drew the pole and hit the
first corner two yards in the lead
Considering the fact that Palmer
was on the hospital list until three
| DAYS before the race and that hi
was up against a fast quarter-miler
| Mendes of Williams, the Bowdoir
lead-off man held his own we'll. He
passed over three-yard lead tt
Webster of Bowdoin, a freshman
who handed over eight extra yards
against Dodge of Williams to Dor
| Mason Of Bowdoin. This crack
| White flier gained Is more yards
| for the Brunswick college. Rich.
mond of Williams, running against
| 1rto oI N,,t
! on his last lap that he came near
! stumbling on last corner and
dropped the baton 10 yards from the
line. Showers of Williams in anchor
quickly picked up the baton, losing
! five yards in so doing, and then at
doin, but the Bowdoin captain in
stead opened up on Williams and
| turned in another Bowdoin victory
outrunning Williams an easy quar-
ter lap. >Bowdoin could have made
faster time had they been pushed
more.
! Loren Murchison, crack Chicago
I sprinter, won 40-yard final in 4-t
seconds. Lever of Pennsylvania
came second and Comins of Yale
third. 1t was almost blanket fin.
ish with Murchison about one foot
in lead.
Marsters' Dash Of Little Use
Jake Driscoll. running anchor mar
for Boston College, pulled his team
out Of second into first position and
won the triangular relay race be.
tween Jesuit colleges with Holy
| Cross tagging close behind and
Georgetown closing in for third po.
sition. Shrimp Marsters, forme,
Deering High track runner, compel.
ing under the Georgetown colors a.
third contestor. gained IS yards foi
his college but it failed to take
Georgetown out of cellar position
The time was 3.36 %.
The 45-yard high hurdle race
failed to come up to the expecta.
tions. Earl Thomson. former Dart.
mouth College champion, was de-
layed by train connections and
/ failed to reach the Arena in time
for the race. Avery of Andover won
I the finals in 6o-o seconds, with
Whitney of Harvard second and