, 1923-05-13

Athletes Show Advantage
Of Expert Handling.
BY WALTER -EcKERsALL.

BY WALTER ECKERSALL.
University and college athletes.
coaches and trainers are deserving of
credit for the smashing Of worlds rec
ords in track and field events held so
far this year and Indications are more
marks which have stood for years viii
go by the boards when the sectional
Intercollegiate and the national meet
are held this month and next.
Record breaking performances OF
university and college relay teams
particularly merits commentator be-
cause the record breakers are deyel-
oped in the schools by competent
coaches 1t is no trick to gather a
quartet of well known runner under
the colors of some athletic club and
send them after a worlds record.
It Is the coach who develops the
team who is deserving of credit n
for this reason a recognized set OF
worlds intercollegiate track and field
records together with relay marks
should be compiled.
Club Athletes Hold Records
A majority Of worlds and national
records in the book at the present time
are held by athletes who have compel
ed for athletic clubs. Few are held by
performers when they were at the
peak of their careers in college. The
coach who can take an athlete and de-
velop him into a worlds record breaker
while he Is still In school should be
given a world of credit. The same is
true of q record smashing relay team.
In the majority Of cases. the col
lege athlete is al the height Of his
career when he graduates. Naturally
he likes to follow his chosen spe-
cialty and signs up with an athletic
club, whose coach is only toe glad to
enroll him. In this ANN athletes
are gathered from various schools.
with the result the club mentor has
an all-star team. N which was de-
veloped by the college coaches.
Little credit is due such a mentor.
All he is compelled to do is to have
the athletes train properly and send
them after records. They know pace
and how to Judge It. They know all
the tricks Of the racing game and
upon their ability to run true to
form hinges the possibility Of a rec
ord breaking performance.
ulini Team Gets Record.
University Of Illinois team estab-
Dshed a new worlds record for the
440 yard relay at the recent Drake
relay games. Coach Harry Gifl's
quartet composed OF Sweet. Evans.
Hughes, and Ayres stepped the dis
lance in ~ $40. The old mark was
~ 4-l0 and was made by a picked
team composed OF B. D. Wefers Jr.,
F. x. Lovejoy. H Ray, and Ed
Farrell
The university team was developed
by Harry Gill. a most competent c
The Orange and Blue mentor worked
consclentiously with his runners and
their record in a large measure was
due to their faultless pickups. Their
exchange of the batons was perfect
and each succeeding runner was going
at almost top speed when he crossed
the line ten yards in advance OF the
starting point, but well within h
twenty yard zone allowed for the ex-
change Of batons.
In the same set of games. the Uni
versity OF Iowa quartet, composed of
Morrow. Noll. Brookins. and Wilson,
won the one mile relay in 3:16 $40,
one-tenth of a second slower than h
worlds record made by a picked team
tllstut UP u GdA i%bJt - SsSNoNff
Lawrence Brown. and Robert Maxam-
The latter made this mark in 1921 and
ran as an American Legion team. Eby.
Brown, and Maxam were stars in
their college days. when they ran for
Pennsylvania.
Hawkeyes Developed by Bresnahan-
Like the illinois team. the Hawkeye
quartet was developed IN college by
George Bresnahan. a capable coach
who ran under the colors Of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin a few years ago.
According to college coaches. h
Hawkeye mark is a worlds intercol-
legiate record and a most meritorious
performance which should be tabu-
lated at least alongside the worlds
mark made by a picked quartet Of
stars.
Penn State broke the worlds two
mile relay record in the annual Penn
games on Franklin field by negotiating
the distance in 7:4S As. The state
team was composed of Carter. Edger-
ton. Enck and Helfrich. The former
mark was 7;4s 2-5 and was made by a
team composed of Ted Meredith, ]. c.
Holden. L. W. McMullen. and l. A
Brown in 1922.
In the Drake relay games OF 1929
the University OF Illinois four mile
team hung up a worlds record Of
1910 Is. This squad was made up Of
Howard Yates. B. Patterson. G. Nc
Ginnis and r. Wharton. 1t was n meri-
torious performance. one Of the most
brilliant of the year.
Mark Is Doomed.
The mark. however, appears doomed
this fall when the National A. A. U.
track and field championships will be
held in Chicago. The Illinois A. g.
OF Chicago with three OF the best mil
ors in the country competing under its
colors and another ready TO Join when
tho college year end next month";
should crack the mark.
Joie Ray, the worlds premier per-
former over the distance. Will run an
Choir on the team. Ray BuSer Of Bates
college, one OF the best in the cast two
years ago. who has been stepping
miles better than 4:2o, and Ray Wat
son. formerly OF the Kansas Agricul-
tural college. form n great trio OF
milers. Eagle Krogh. the star Univer-
fity Of Chicago miller. will be the fourth
man according to present plans.
At the Drake games Ray ran a mile
In AIS. Buker vas within a second