Evening star., 1923-04-29

Other major college relay champion
ships today were captured by Lafay-
ette, in the half-mile; Syracuse in the
one mile, and the United States Naval
Academy in the four mile test. The
other 1928 relay college championships
OF America decided yesterday are held
pE Georgetown, in the distance medley
and Pennsylvania in the quarter mile,
IN addition to OXford's sprint medley
victory.
Big Race Run In Mud.
Tho four-mile race. concluding the
fnal days program. was run in a heavy
rain. conditions which seemed admir-
ably suited to the legs of the Midship-
men. who scored decisive victory
after a tense duel most of the way with
Columbia. The latter was deprived of
a fine chance of victory when Moore,
third relay runner, dropped his baton
on the back stretch and lost twenty five
yards and the lead. at the time. to both
Navy and Georgetown.
Ram. which marred the closing part
of the program. drove most of A crowd
of nearly 10000 from the stands and
prevented all further chance of record
breaking for the day. 1t started to fall
as the last lap of the twc-rnile relay
was run.
Five American college teams lined up
with Oxford in the premier event of the
afternoon.
gan and Brewster, set fast pace for
the first mile. closely pressed by Steven
son. the American member of the Ok
ford team, and his teammate, Hewet-
son. with Pennsylvania State in third
place. At this point Enck of State
shot out into the lead and opened up
gap of about twenty yards over Mil
Ter. the third Oxonian, when he turned
over the baton to Helffrich. Miligan
and Connolly. running anchor for Oxford
and Georgetown. respectively. started
out in pursuit. but Heffrich had some
thing i'll reserve to answer their chal-
lenge.
ATiligan's final bid in the last quarter
not good enough and the Penn
State fiier added ten yards to his lead
he raced down the stretch. Connolly.
exhausted by the swift pace, fell yards
hack of the OXonian toward the end.
Boston College barely nosed out Penn
sylvania for fourth place, while Ohio
State finished last.
Navy Conquers Big Field.
Navy conquered field of six dis
tance teams in the four-mile classic.
but the two western entries. Wisconsin
and Chicago universities. dropped
out in the last mile, when the diff
cult going forced them far into the
ruck. 1t was a three-cornered race
from the start among Navy. Colum-
bia and Georgetown. with the first
two alternating in setting the pace.
Brennan. running the second mile
reg for Columbia opened up a gap of
fifty yards over his Navy rival before
handing the baton to Moore, but the
latter. after dissipating most Of this
lead. virtually tossed away the New
Workers. chances of victory when he
dropped his baton furlong from the
three mark. Navy and George
town both passed him. and Newhall,
anchor for the midshipmen. leaped
into Il fifty-yard lead before covering
the first lap of the last mile. Hig-
gins. victor in the two-mile interna-
tional run yesterday, tried gallantly
but the best he could do was to land
second place, outrunning Connolly of
Georgetown. who was weakened by
his efforts in previous events. Kirby
finished fourth for Cornell, which had
won the race the previous year.
\ spectacular burst of speed by ALI
Bogoney, Lafayette's sprinting cham
picn, enabled the Eastonians to cap