The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-02
Illinois A (. Is Title inner In A. A. U. M Meet

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-(By Associated Press.) )-The American blue ribbon for track and field competition pass ed today to the Illinois Atheletic club, whose picked men lead the way throughout the 19 events in the national A. A. U. senior champion ships at Stagg Field, University of Chicago, and finished with a total of 53 points, the highest team total registered in recent years.
 The tri-color advance began at the opening gun, when Joie Ray took the pole In the mile run to the finish, and ended with the final contest of the program, tn javelin throw, in which Hoffman established new A. A. U. record of 194 feet 1-2 inches, Between the two events, the security of the team never was menaced.
 The second place went to the New York Athletic club, 1922 champions, whose standard bearers earned 37 points. The figure first was erron- eously announced by field officials at 40 but recheck of the summaries revealed an unearned credit of three points.
 The Chicago Athletic Association placed third with 19 points, one marker ahead of the Newark Athletic club. The Boston Athletic associa- tion And the University of Michigan tied for fifth place with 12 each
 Four new A. A. U. records, all iR the field events, were established despite the prevailing unfavorable weather. LeRoy Brown of the New York Athletic club cleared the bar in the high jump at 6 feet 5-S inches, one half inch above the old record established Jointly in 1922 by Harold Osborne of the Illinois Athletic club and D. V. Alberts, Chicago Athletic association. Osborne's best perform ance today was 6 feet 3 1-2 inches. Alberts failed to place. Richard Landon, New York, Athletic club, al- so did feet 3 12 inches but lost second place to Osborne in the jump off.
 Winners of first. second and third place in the discus bettered the cid record of A. R. Pope, established in 1920 for the University of Washing ton. Tom Lieb was the best per former, with 151 feet and 3-4 of an inch, against Gus" Popes mark of 146 feet 5 inches, and Pope himself, now doing his piece for the Illinois Athletic club was second today at 148 feet and 7-S of an inch. The third record-breaking throw was by Clarence (Bud) Houser, entered from pressed Pope at 147 feet 8 1-S inches. Ashton. New York Athletic club to- day mached his fourth place of last year, pitching the oval 13S feet and 5-S of an inch.
 The same quartette placed In the event last year in this order-Pope, Houser, Lieb, Ashton.
 An even inch was added to the pole vault record by L, Meyers, Chi cago Athletic association who went over the bar at 13 feet 1 inch. Ed Knourek, I. A. C., last years cham plan, was second to Meyers at 12 feet, six inches.
 Hoffman's exhibition in the javelin event put the fourth record by the boards. His performance was 1 foot IA Inches better than the old record of Flint Hammer, of the Olym- pic club, San Francisco, established in 1922 at 193 feet IA inches. Hammer placed third, at 1S3 feet 5 inches, some feet behind Frieda of the University of Chicago. Fourth place went to L. B. Priester, Missis- sippi A. & M. College, who yesterday established 8 new junior record of