Evening star., 1924-03-02


made d year ago. was IS feet SN i
Verne Booth, Johns Hopkins, dis
tance star and crcss-country cham
pion. shattered the indoor intercol-
1esiate record for the two-mile run,
beating out Harry He!me. George
town. in a driving finish and de-
tlroning Elmer McLane. Pennsyl-
rania. the 1923 champion and record
holder who finished third after Lead
ing the pack most Of the way.
Booths time Of 9 minutes So seconds
was $40 seconds better than the
former record.
Charles Moore, Penn State timber
topper established Few mark for
9he ,O-yard high hurdles run for the
1lrSt time in the title meet while
three men-Owens of Penn. Scholpp
Of Vale and Libby OF Dartmouth
tQuallsd the indoor mark Of 12ta
feet in tying for first place in the
pole vault.
The meet wa: one of the most
clio ely contested in interColIe giate
history, final decision hiuging on the
last event. the pole vault, on which
Pennsylvania scored five points to
clinch its victory.
The strength shown by Georgetown
and Boston College was one OF the
two colleges leading in the point
tallying until the last few events.
Georgetown finished fourth. with Is !.
points and Boston College NTH. with
IT.
Georgetown captured the two-mile
relay, despite the fact that Brooks,
first runner, dropped his baton and
'ras forced back to fourth place after
lie had assumed Il commanding lead.
His teammates gradually picked up
the lost ground, however, and Mar
sters, anchor man. OUTRAGED Bernart,
Cornell, and Mahoney. Boston Col
lege. to breast the tape twenty yards
III front of the latter.
Georgetown also was third in the
'mile relay event, Helme was second
70 Booth In the two-mile race, and
planksy and Haas got points in the
shot-put and broad jump, respec-
lively
Chester Bowman, all-around Syra-
cuSe athletic star and only -conqueror
of Loren Murchison, national cham
pion this season. showed his heels. to
= fleet field to win the 10-yard dash
In l-5 seconds, one-tenth of a
second slower than the world mark
Pennsylvania. Louis Clarke of Johns
Hopkins, new 100-yard indoor rec
ordholder, could do no better than
fifth.
7o.YARD HURDLEs-won by Charles H.
fourth, Otto Carl Jaeger Cornell; afth. Henry
7o-YARD DAsH-Won BY Chester Bowman.
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Johns Hopkins: second, Harry Heln,e, George.
nth, Roland W. Payne. colb9. s'?Ii Time. Hs sss
'Sz RfffEs'SEsss nff'F ErG12w.n by
Gsorge,own Brooks. Gesan. Holden. Mars
second sost9R College third cerse
Caleb, Gates, Princeton, 40 feet Sss inches;
second, G. L. Taylor. Pennsylvania. 45 feet
feet inches; fourth. a. Il. Bsrde~ycS, A; Cor. ~
nell, As feet 4as inches: fifth, Ernest Bowen,
o0sns! snafEEssouNbi e fsss 81 n1ssn
Ralph H lis, Prince ton, Is fest ;. inch: second,
Robert Beattie. Princeton, 46 feet AZ inches;
3is INCHES: fourth, Ernest Bowen. Cornell. 42
feet 10 inches; ffth. Eli wolkowitz. Cornell,
AZ feet inches. New intercollegiate indoor
RUNNING BROAD JUMp-won by Albert
Rose, Pennsylvania. 20 feet 3ls inches; second:
Norton Garfield. Dartmouth, 81 feet I0l4
inches; fourth. Marvi! Cheney, Yale, 81 feet
ss4 inches; fifth, William Reid, Brown. FL
feet 634 inches.
RUNNING HIGH JUMP-won by Clarence
Ilahiye. 1,ai Boston College, feet = inch; nine
Charles Hubbard. Pennsylvanis; Richard Ger. ,e
oHld. Harvard; Victor Darling, Amherst;
NFrank Novot. Cornell; P. Burton Proctor.
'oHhs Wnp HEP1ins; s9TX nNr rx,,rpr.
Morton, Geilfuss. Gage, Chapman); second,
Harvard; third. Georgetown; fourth. Dart
FRESHMAN MEDLEY RACE, one and seven.
eighth miles 900, 40, 220 and one mile)-won
by Boston College tConnor. Ingoldsby. McKen-
ny, McCloskey) second Harvard; third. Yale;
fourth, Penn State; fifth, Cornell. Time,
7.46 $40.
, POLE vAuLT-Tie for first place between
Benjamin N. Owen. Pennsylvania: Sylvan s.
Scholpp, Yale and Kenneth Libbey. Dart
mouth fourth tie between Marfus O. Skiles.
Dartmouth; Nelson B.. Sheriff.. Pennsylvania:
francis P. Bishop, Bowdoin. Height. IL feet
inches. (Ties intercollegiate indoor record.)