San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-26
BRITISH TRACK
STARS BEATEN
ON FIRST DAY.
Cambridge Team and Lid
dell Lose to U. S. Run
ners at Penn Meet. :.
PADDOCK TIES RECORD
Californian's 100-yard Per-
Torrance Feature of
Drake Relays.
PADDOCK TIES RECORD
Philadelphia, April 2e.-Britisb

Philadelphia, April 26.-British
track stars, vancuishcd yesterday in
their first two contests with Amer.
lean rivals at the Pennsylvania relay
carnival, make Il final bid for honors
today In two feature events of the
concluding days program in this
athletic spectacle which has drawn
more than 1000 competitors from
over 600 schools and colleges in the
United States, Canada and Great
Cambridge University's runners.
who finished third to PENNSYLVANIA
State College and Georgetown yester-
day in the sprint medley relay cham
pionship, loom as more formidable
contenders for laurels in the two-milc
title race this afternoon but they
face their strongest opposition against
the teams that conquered them yes
terday. Penn State has in Helffrich
and Enck two stars of the quartet
that shattered the worlds record in
winning the two mile relay last year
while Georgetown has the brilliant
team that won the indoor two-milc
title last March.
Clark Beats Scotchman.
Eric Liddell, little Scotch Splinter
who holds the British championship,
will match his speed with Yankee
opponents at 100 yards in an effort
to atone for his defeat at the hands
OF Louis Clark of John Hopkins. in
the 22O-yard dash yesterday. Clark
will be again pitted against the Brit
on, besides such filters as Chester
Bowman, Syracuse and Cliff Argue of
Occidental College, Los Angeles.
American college relay titles will
be decided at distances of one-half,
one and four miles. besides numerous
class championships, while in anoth-
or international event Hamilton Col
llegiate Institute of Canada, defends
its two-mile interscholastic relay
championship against A m ca n
schoolboy rivals.
Besides Penn States triumph yes
terday, other major relay crowns fell
to Penn over the distance medlay
route and TO Columbia in the quar-
ter mile, while, in the outstanding
Individual feature. Charles West,
Washington and Jefferson negro ath-
lete, successfully defended the penta-
thlon or all-around championship,
finishing with the low total of IL
points less than his nearest rival,
Ffieda, of Chicago.
Two Records Made.
Individual attractions on today's
program also include the 40 yard
high hurdles the pole vault, high and
broad jumps, Javelin and discus
throws and shot put.
Only two records fell. one occurred
in the South Atlantic intercollegiate
A: A.. one mile relay championship
when Virginia, due to brilliant
quarter mile in 40 3-J by Bohannan.
anchor man. lowered its own mark
from 3 % to 3 81 % after driv-
ing finish with Georgetown. The
other was in the Pentathlon when
both Frieda of Chicago and Leggett
of Annapolis broke the Javelin re-
cord for he all-around event. !
Frieda's winning toss of 1SJ feet |
IL inches, eclisped by more than !
IA feet the old record of III feet,
| inch. made by Lengendre. George
town. in 1922, while Lcggett hurled
the spear 1S2 feet, ) IA inches.
"Mule" Frazier Of Baylor Univer-
sity, Waco, Tex, finished fourth in
The 4OO-meter hurdles.