San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-27
Unequalled in Class and
Number of Events, and
in Attendance.
RAY INDIVIDUAL STAR
Runner Makes Records in
Distance Events AL
most Every Out.
By LAWRENCE PERRY.

rev exceptions all the lnuOOT meets
and other athletic events have been
turned in, a matter of history. Primar-
lily, the fact is clear, and has been
for some time, that the winter of 1923
was the greatest in the history of
sport. This was noted, not so much
in the quality of achievement, which
was high, so far as that goes. but
in the popular interest displayed in
games of all sorts, particularly basket
hall and track. As an example, some
6000 persons were packed ut the cru
cial contests of the Southern intereol-
legiate basket ball tournament in At
lanta whereas 10000 would have at
tended had there been accommodations
tor that number. Various indoor track
meets were favored by bumper at
tendance and more than one college
and university will be able 10 report
a handsome bala,cc of basket hall re-
ceipts when the annual budgets ale
compiled.
In lie realm oe eastern interccl,e-
gi.Te basket ball fhe season was not
only marked by te,n interest but by
Elay Of the highest excellence Yale.
coached by Fogaiiy. a University ot
Pennsy lvania importation. won The
championship of the intercollegiate
basket ball league with six games wOa
and two lost and Princeton and Cor
nell were tied for second place.
In the Western Conference the race
ended with Wisconsin and Iowa tied
for first place, each having won eleven
games and lost one. with Michigan
third with eight won and four lost.
Mississippi A. x NJ. won the great
Southern tourney, which included
some thirty institutions of Dixie, with
Chattanooga second.
Water Polo to Tigers.
In the water polo games, Prince
toms team won the intercollegiate
title for the tenth time in twelve
years. The Eastern intercollegiate
swimming championship was won by
Yale in the Princeton tank on Satur-
day.
The gymnastic championship was
won by the Navy at Annapolis and the
Intercollegiate wrestling title went to
Cornell at Cornell.
In track, outstanding performances
were many. Joie Ray broke the worlds
Indoor records in the 5000 meters, the
1000 meters and the twu-mi.e run
Willie Ritola, of the Finnish-Amerl-
can A. c., broke the worlds indoor
and outdoor record for three miles.
lowering Hannes Holehmainen's IA
minute Is 1.5 second indoor record
and Al Schrubb's ii minute IL 80
seconds which the great. English mid
die distance runner achieved ON the
cinder path some years ago. Ritola
did the distance in IA minutes 16 10
seconds.
At the annual indoor meet OF the
New York Athletic Club in the 22nd
Regiment Armory. Ralph G. Hills,
the Princeton football player. put the
10 pound shot, As feet nine inches.
thus beating Pat MacDonald's worlds
indoor record heave Of AZ feet IL
inch.
In intercollegiate indoor track
meets, Michigan won the conference
title and Pennsylvania the Eastern
title. Reinke of Michigan hung ur
a new conference record in the half
mile run when he Travelled the dis
lance in one minute IS seconds. This
was two-fifths of second better than
the previous record.
Ray Had Great Season.
Joie Ray achieved his new two
mile record at the national indoor
meet of the A. A. IT,, held at Buffalo.
He reduced Harry Smiths title OF
nine minutes IS seconds. made some
years ago and also beat the Kanlnkee
flyers two-mile indoor record of nine
minutes IL % seconds. Rays time
was nine minutes 10 % seconds. AT
this meet the Illinois A. c., team Of
which Ray was a member, smashed
all records in the mile and seven
eighths medley relay. time. Z minutes
80 % seconds. former title at 1.43,
held by Georgetown University. The
A. A. u, championship record far
the seventy-yard high hurdles was
equalled by Anderson of the Illinois
A. c. in s As seconds. The meet was
won by the Illinois A. c., 40 points,
with the Chicago A. c. second.
Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid,
New York, won the international ice
skating championship with a total of
90 points in the three-days competi-
ton. Yale won the indoor polo cham
pionship and Harvard won the inter
collegiate hockey championship.
Mrs. b. f. Cole of Boston. won the
national indoor singles tennis cham
pionship for women at Brookline.
Mass. and Mrs. G. w. Wightman and
Burnham Dell defeated W. T. Tilden
and Miss Brenda Hedstrom of Buff
falo. for the indoor championship in
mixed doubles.
In racquets. Clarence c. Pell. cham
pion since 1914. relinquished his title
to Stanley G.. Mortimer. for many
years his doubles partner. Jay Gould
retained his court tennis title. and he
and Joseph w. Wear successfully de-
Tended their doubles title in court ten
mis- against Schuyler Cutting and Suy-
dam Cutting. Walter Kinsella retain
ed his professional championship title
in squash. Il. Il. Fink of the Crescent
A. C.. Brooklyn won the amateur
squash title.
In swimming, Johnny Weismuller.
worlds champion swimmer. of the ILL
nois A. c., brohv his own worlds
record for the quarter-mile swim by
II seconds. doing the dash in four
minutes ~ seconds.