New Britain herald., 1928-04-13
(BY HENRY l.. TARRELL)

NEA Service Sports Writer
 Sabin Carr's remarkable perform ance in setting 8 new worlds record of II feet 1 inch for the pole vault and Lloyd Hahn's sensational salf- mile in 1851 2-5 were two of the outstanding features of an interest ing season of winter sports.
 When Carr. the Yale star, cleared IT feet with the pole in the inter. collegiate championships last May, it was thought that the roof had been reached. But he added an inch to his record in the indoor championships with such ease that Lawson Robertson, head coach of the American Olympic team, thinks he can do II feet inches.
 Making his record under strict regulations in an official champion ship meet, Carr was more fortunate than Hahn was when he clipped three and one-fifth seconds off the worlds indoor half-mile mark. There was no regulation guard rail on the inside of the track when Hahn ran and the time could not be accepted officially.
 As Hahn figured in the most im- pressive running performance of the season he also was the principal figure in the biggest surprise when he was beaten by Ray Conger in 1000-yard race in Kansas City in the record time of 2:11. Hahn had won 31 straight races since 1926 and al- though he protested violently that Conger fouled him. the defeat will stand on the records
 The poor form shown by Charley Borah, the great California specder, and the fine performances of Char ley Paddock. Jimmy Quinn of Holy Cross, and Claude Bracey of Rice Institute, were noteworthy incidents in the performance of the sprinters
 While Borah failed to win an im- portant race. Paddock staged bril- liant comeback as the starter of his drive for place on his third Olympic team. Quinn equaled the
 
 seconds for GO yards in the New York A. c. games and ,Bracey did a remarkable nine and one-half seconds in the 100-yard race at the Texas relay games. This is travel ing even if Bracey did have wind with him.
 The surprising comeback of Cor nell in winning the eastern indoor championship and the victory of Illinois in the Western Conference were interesting climaxes of the col- loge track season. Cornell came almost from nowhere and won with th" help of stars in the field events.
 Macdonald Smith, in sweeping through three important events, and Johnny Farrell. in taking the rich- est event in Florida, were the out standing golfers of the winter. Far rell turned in sensa tional 63 final round to win $o,0o0 first money in tho La Gorce open. Some Of the critics said it was a blind mans course. but it nevertheless was the best score of the season.
 There were a number of fine bas- ketball teams but Pittsburgh played longer and perhaps harder sched- ule than any of the other high ranking colleges and has at least a fair claim to the national title among the colleges. The New York Celtics won the professional cham pionship without much trouble.
 Yale, for the fourth consecutive season. won the intercollegiate swimming and water polo cham pionship and increased it's string to 30 straight victories since 1925. Navy, with the second best record, was defeated only twice in that time.
 The Navy won the intercollegiate boxing championship with the points won in two interesting matches, Early in the season the Navy and Psnn State teams engaged in a tie meet after Jack Renard and Hubert Williams, two Navy stars, were beaten. In the championship meet the Navy men were drawn against the same Penn State opponents and they staged 8 comeh back and beat them.
 Grant. the big x. Y. T.. football guard, won the most important in- dividua1 title in the heavyweight class. He was q substitute on the New York team for 1T. \. T." l-assman, the 1927 champion and an