The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
GEORGETOWN SECOND
AND CAMBRI DGE THIRD
Penn State, F avorite, Finishes Last Ovel
81 10000 Persons See Great Spectacle

.FRANKLINA FIELD x, PfIInADE1l,
PHIA, April 2s.-(By Associated
Press) .-Boston colleges worlds rec
ord performance In capturing the two.
mile college relay championship. and
hanging up an internafional triumph
over Cambridge university OF England
which finished third today featured the
closing program of the PENNSYLVANIA
relay carnival.
More. than 10000 saw, the great ath-
letfc spectacle come TO e. close with
q brilliant array Of MISUNDERSTANDING
!. feats. q. s
Virginia conquered Yale ina sen.
sational duel for the mile relay cham;
pionship of America when Bohannon,
from behind to win bye five yards from
/ Chapman OF Yale in q. drive down the
stretch. ), ".
After a nip-and-tuok battle with
Georgetown over the first mali of the
race, WEIGH and Cayanaugh. who car.
ried the baton on the last two half-mile
legs, ran their rivals into the ground
with q dazzling pace, Cavanaugh
! breasting the tape IS yards in front
OF Marsters OF Georgetown.
The worlds record time OF 2 minutes
~ 3-5 seconds eciipsed by 1-5 seconds
the former standard, set in the same
event a year ago by Penn States Tiers,
who disappointed their followers by
finishing fourth and last today. It
was the fifth time In the history OF
5 this event and the third successive
year in which the worlds record for
: the distance has been shattered.
The light blue of Cambridge lowered
in defeat for the second time Gin the
meet, was carried to third place by
~ "A
flashed q brilliant half in 1853 4-5 I'd
overtake Helffrich, Penn State cap.
tain. in the final drive in the stretch.
= America made II q clean sweep over
Britain in the two days of international
competition when Chester Bowman,
spectacular victory ms the I.0oo-yard
dash, in which Eric Liddell, little Scots
man, who holds the British sprint title
could do no better. than fourth. 4, s-.y
Besides Bowman, who was ciocked in
! 10 seconds flat, Liddeil also was forced
to trail Louis Clarke OF John Hopkins,
victor over the Britons yesterday at go
yards, and Conway, Penn State, who
got third place by inches from his noted
rival.
CoIors Fly To victory
= All told, including the four setbacks
Stripes were triumphant in seven inter-
national tests during the two days OF
scompetition that brought together more
than 1000 stars from over 900 schools
and colleges. ~
Canada's colors traileds in, defeat in
Z the other international features and
Z Huntington school Of Boston, which
turned back the invasion Of Hamilton
Collegiate Institute yesterday in the
interscholastic medley relay champion.
ship, conquered its Dominion rival again
today by winning the two-mile inter
scholastic title event in the American
1ecord time OF 8:17 1-15.
Hamilton finished last In its other bid
for honors, the one-mile high school
championship. which was won by
Brooklyn Tech.
Il Besides the two-miIe victory Of Bos.
con college, other major relay cham.
Aionships today were captured by Penn
aylvRnia, at a half-mile: Virginia at a
nile, and Harvard over the fourlmilt
NDute. ~ o.
Occidental college OF Los Angeles
sitter finishing a close second to Penn