The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18

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The worsted good two isls
ahead 81 p. j. Ralsnak Of ale.
and Harold Jones OF the Illinois
A. g. IS usual, Murchison. Ia
CARGO Jump on the start gave him
big advantage, and he ineEeasea
It in the last ten yards
In the S00-yard run MurcnisQn
attempted to smash the worlds
record. but did the next best thing
The tied it, He was clOcked "a
81 1-5 seconds, which equalled the
record smashing a year ago. here,
Murchison was pressed close foE
100 yards BY M f. Lochnictit. =
local runner He then opened up
in real earnest, and rushed 20 an
advantage Then he took liz easy
with about twenty yards to gol los
ing chance for q new world reg
ord Murch, eor some reasor
seemed to think he had no cs1ance.
Jones, Of the Illinois a. c.. W.
again third, five yards back
The great Joie Ray. Illinois a. q
wonder rum s who has been ma
nopolizing u y IiInelight for week
was shaded By Murchiscn tonight
but did brilliant work neyerthele
He won the tWo-miIe run nv Id.
yards, ACCORDING to calculations inI
$40 Us. This decidedly shattered
the championship record. min
utes 18 seconds, held BY "A. III
Smith, formerly Of the Bronx
Church House, New York since
1914 While Ritola, the Finnish
American A. c., star, Of New York
stuck gamely to Rays killing pace
for about half the distances; but
then found the machine-like stride
of the Chicago wonder too much for
him.
Natives got thrill for time
when Walter Maunz, schoolbOy
representing the local Il M. &C. A.
ran brilliantly. He was good
enough to be third, as it finally
turned out.
Ray seemed greatly disappointed
when the figures were announced
He ran the first mile in Ar LIB
faster than the 1929 of his worlds
championship OF sos 2.5 q week ago, /
but seemed to slow up considerably
in the third half. mile. He. fhens
came with great speed again, but
the third half's slow-up spoiled his
chance to further lower the worlds
mark.
After an hours rest. Ray came
back, however, to play leading
part in winning the rs mile medley
relay for the Illinois A. G. N the
new worlds record figures Of
7:35 2-5,
Georgetown University, which set
the worlds record year ago at
1888 rs, was distant second Then
came the Chicago A. c. and the
University of Pennsylvania.
Jimmy Connolly, GeorgstOwnsa
star runner, was handed the baton
with a lead OF fully twenty cards
A lead of fully twenty yards 10
run the last mile against Ray. RUM
ming q mile against Ray is some
proved Just about nothing atahIl to
Connolly. The Chicago marvel set
out after him at a hot PAGES and
steadily pulled up, finally catching
him at about half mile. &c was
then all over. Ray called ca his
wonderful wells of energy and went
his great pace-eating win to give
his team new honors.
With q squirt reminiscent OF his
days at Penn, Earl Eby, now rep
resenting the Chicago A. A., came
from far back In the ruck IN the
last half lap OF the 500 yards to
beat Vincent Lally of st. AnslHms,
New York, the paeemaker from the
gun bark. He caught the. tired
Lally about five yards from the
finish, and won by yard and q
half in ia 2-5. only second Oft
the worlds record. Melvin suit
ner, a local youngster, running un-
attached, was third after runMing
a fine, race. -
walter Konpisch, of coiumbia
University. favored by many to
win, was jostled and shocked down
in the first half lap, losing tMenty-
five yards that put him out OF the
running.
Ray Watson. formerly Of Kansas
University, now Of the Illinois A.
c., took the lead at the start and
held II all the way In the 900.
yard run Jimmy Connolly was
entered for this raoe. but with
drew to conserve energy fer the
medley relay, Phil SPHINX. OF the
Chicago A, A, was second and
Ross Mauri, local militia man,
third.
The worlds record of AZ seconds
was edualled by K, w, Anderson,
Illinois A, c., in the 7o-yard high
hurdles. after the trial heats. both
mon ran in 8 seconds fiat, onerfffth
of a second better than the cham.
pho ship record of Harold Barron. Of
Penn State year aee,
Andersen won the first heat. and
III. 8, Wallace, of the Chicago A. o..
the second,
Harold 0sberae, nlineis * q
tcOAtinusd en- pad ! q. thia sestienl