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lie American Track Mark
Also Tumbles in I'm
paralleled Meet.
Die RAY AT HIS BEST
|ins Away From Good
Field at Mile and a
Half to Win.
By the Associated Press.

New York, Feb. 1.-Followers OF
/ Z. aad field athletics who witnessed
Millrose Athletic Club games at
eiison. Square Garden Wednesday
bit are holding their swirling heads
by. 1t was a night unequaled in
erican indoor athletics, four worlds
BIRDS and one American indoor rec
being broken.
ZONE who classify the fifth shattered
K also a worlds timing assert that
point of speed per event, it was as
orical an evening as have been the
Olympic meets.
he record breakers were Joie Ray
he Illinois A. G., Chicago; Jimmy
molly of Georgetown University Lo-
Murchison of st. Louis and the
lark, n. j., A.C.; Leroy L. Brown
Dartmouth Richmond w. Landon
the New York Athletic Club, and
4 girls relay team of the Nalcour
letic Club, New York.
lay ran one Of the Snost sensational
Is of his long championship career
Fling to ease his way along the route
h mile and a half, which he GOV.
I 100 yards ahead of his nearest
DIVERS, in the nearly incredible time
minutes, Al 40 seconds.
LIT Field at Mile.
t the mile Ray had Tapped the
4. The previous mark was his own
minutes, AZ 3-5 seconds, made last
he victory meant permanent posses
for Ray of his second Rodman
hamaker cup, the event trophy. He
has won the race in six of the
seven years.
ecause the public is used to seeing
smash records his performance was
astounding than that of Connolly,
<eteran of the boards and cinder
Is, who has been a topnotcher for
IS without achieving a worlds rec
He lowered that for the two.
ls of mile last night from 2 :46 %
:43 So.
bnnolly had the spur of two men
his heels. One, Ray Watson, OF
Illinois A. c., Chicago, finished
les behind the winner; and the 9th
Mike Devaney, of the New York
Whose record was lowered, was
The Georgetown star fell ex.
tied when he broke the tape.
be be-spectacled LandOn, winner OF
Olympic running high jump, and
by Brown tied for first place in
liking the worlds record for that
Il last night, both clearing the bar
* feet, five and one-fourth inches.
rwards both tried but failed 10
X the worlds outdoor mark, neither
ling the bar at six feet, seven and
ixteenths inches.
A Spectacular Battle.
be battle for victory in this event
spectacular and as stirring as the
races. John Murphy of Portland,
saw the pair break the record Of
Feet, four and seven-eighths inches
he established last year.
be Valcour girls broke their own
us record of 90 Is seconds in win
the 440-yard relay in easy fashion,
bling in 80 %. They broke away
their field and led with each ex-
Ice of the baton. The team mem
are the Misses NJ. McCartie, Alice
Ay, b. A. Dixon and Rose Fisher.
fifth record TO fall, apparently
orld's record, as no other coun-
stages the event. was in the 60
dash which Loren Murchison Of
Louis captured from speedy
including Bob McAllister, the
st man on the New York police
Murchison lowered the record
enth of a second to six and one
seconds. Previously, he had
bed the old record more than a
n times, as had seventeen other
erS who followed in the wake of
y i. +. Myers who first set it in
1t was the oldest record to fall.