The Washington times., 1924-02-22

Twice Christensen equalled the
worlds indoor record for the 90
yard event and furnished the fea-
ture Of perhaps the most successful
meet in many respects Georgetown
has ever staged. Track sharps
marked the graceful ease with
( which Christensen took the hur-
8 dies, barely Swimming them and
using no excess energy in his
leaps.
Loren MurchisOn, one of Amer
tca's leading hopes i'm the dashes,
/ figures he got an uncalIed for
raspberry from the 1900 fans
present when he won one Of the
heats IN the 5O-yard dash. Run.
ming from scratch, the famous
flyer found himself virtually boxed
rs the tape drew near.
He raised his arms to show It
was impossible tO get through with
I out humping his rival on either side,
% Murchison did perhaps the only
thing that would have given him a
chance for victory. He shot both
arms in front of him, then brought
them back, breast-stroke fashion.
This movement separated the
runners and possibly accelerated
MurchisOn's speed q trifIe. He
won by q small margin. Later he
won the finals without difficulty.
In this he tried for q world rec.
0rd, but failed to make the tough
est of all grades. His time was
Soc.
Christensen, too, tried to crack
Q world record. In supreme effort
In the invitation 50-yard hurdles.
the best he could do was 6:01, a fifth
Of a second slower than he had
done the. trick twice previous.
. Christensen represented the New
ark A. c., in the Georgetown meet.
He will return to Sweden soon and
get ready for the greatest of all
athletic events.
The .Swede, Murchison and Joie
Ray were outstanding figures in
GeoRgetown's games. Little Joie
won the 1,500-meter invitation with.
out a. contest, despite the fact that
Mike DsFanney, the Millrose A. A..
star was in there with a 45-yard
handicap.
It was the first handicap &C.
cepted by Devanney in twelve years,
but he could have used much more
to no advantage so far as trimming
Ray was concerned. Joie ran the
race in 4:10:5, better than the TIME
he set a year ago on the same
track. :
Ray is running in Boston today.
During indoor track season the
Chicago taxi driver, sO-calIed,
spends much of his time on rat
tiers. He is a marvel at keeping
I'm shape under unfavOrabIe condi.
tons.
Verne Booth, the Johns Hopkins
star and another American Olympic
hopeful, showed his class in the
emile race. Young Harry Helme,
of Georgetown, who won the ma
tional junior championship when
II years old, stayed with Booth up
to the last lap, keeping always
within a stride Of his long-legged
rival.
But when the proper time came,
Booth cut loose and walked away
from Harry. The time, 1882, was
rather slow.
Billy Sullivan, of Georgetown,
with q 45-yard handicap on Jim.
my Connolly at scratch, stepped
the mile in 1864, the fastest re-
corded here since Abel Kiviat
sped around convention hall about
ten years ago. EstreveZ, a Hill
topper, set q hard pace and led
until the last lap when Sullivan
fought his way to the front and
won handily.
Georgetown won the meet with
dfty-five points. Penn was second
with eight points, Princeton third
with six and Hopkins fourth with
five, in the collegiate competition.
Central led the high schools with
nine points and Tech was second
with three. The Newark A.. c.,
walked away with club honors
with thirteen points.
The meet was perfectly handled.
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