Evening star., 1923-09-09

Having the benefit of the dry track
that prevailed early In the afternoon.
the doughty little Chicago runner
was clocked in Ala 4-5. leading his
Buffalo schoolboy. by las yards. The
time was only two and fifth seconds
slower than the recognized world
mark of 4.12 3-5. held By Norman
Taber. although Paaso Nurmi. Finnish
star. recently was credited with the
remarkable time of 4.1S 2-5. a mark
not yet officially passed upon. Tt was
Rays best performance since 1918,
when he captured the National A. A. L.
championship In Ala 2-5.
Ray trailed a eiubmate. Ray
Buker. for the first lap, but shot out
into the lead as the latter suddenly
pulled up and withdrew. From there
on it was procession. fer Rays,
Maunz and EgiI Krogh. another
Illinois A. c., never were able to
challenge him. Ray put all he had
into finishing drive that carried him
down the stretch like a sprinter and
he was accorded a tremendous ovation
as he broke the tape.
Only One New Record Made.
The only new record of the day
went to- the credit of the Meadow
relay, their time of So AS seconds
dIsplaefng the former American mark
of 81 AS. made by the University of
Southern California last year
The downpour that set in shortly
afterward spoiled all further chance
OF record breaking for the afternoon
Opposed by formidable array of
| sprfnters, Murchison, a representa-
tive of the Newark A c., sped to
brilliant triumphs in the 100 and geo
meter dashes- Showing the flashing
form that enabled him to gain the
National A. A. q. sprinting crown re-
Gently at Chicago. Murehison won
both events. after stirring duels with
L. A Clarke of Baltimore, who
finished second by a few yards In
each race.
British Sprinter on Form.
Harry F. V. Edward. English
sprintingNchampfo made his Ameri-
can competitive debut in these two
events, but failed to show his best
sea legs" Edward, a rangy negro.
was eliminated In the first heat of the
l0O-meter event and could do no bet
ter than fourth and last in the goo
meter race.
The only other foreign entry, Cary
champion now competing under the
colors of the Newark A. c., was
eliminated in the first heat of the
l1e-meter high hurdles. which was
/ SePiutcu oJ -. ". hroBheSS OF San
francisco. former Harvard athlete
The east carried off honors in two
of the three-ma tch relay races with
the west. all of which developed keen
1 competition despite the fact that they
were run In a steady downpour. The
east won the 400 and 1000 meter
races, while the west captured the
| 6.000-meter event.
Ascher of Chicago. running the frst
relay for the west in the 400-meter
| event, slipped on turn and lost ten
yards that his teammates were un-
| able to make up.
The University of Iowa quartet
| represented the west in the 1900
| meter race and lost by less than ten
standing off spirited challenge by
Eric Wilson. Iowa anchor man, in
| the last relay.
Distance Relay is Afarred.
The distance relay. in which the
| Illinois A. C. carried the VESTS baton
| against an all-eastern combination,
| was marred by the fact that the first
| three men on each team ran a lap
| short of the required distance, thus
| 1essening the distance of the race by
/ approximately 1900 yards. Joie Ray
| started the last relay for the west
erners with a margin of IS yards,
which he stretched to rs yards over
Jimmy Connolly OF Boston at the
| tape.
The other outstanding performances
| were the sensational. victory of Ray
| Watson over Allan Helffrich, former
Penn State star N the 80o-meter run
and the triumph Of v..Ascher of Chit
cago in the, 400-meter event, in
\ which he caused an upset by defeat.
| Ing J. w, Driscoll of Boston by eight
| yards