Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
BUCKEYE SPR|NTER
!. S|LENCES SKEPT|CS.
WiIdermuth Is Forced Out
With Strained Tendon.
Six Marks Fall.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

FIELD, PHILA-
- DELPHIA, April 26.-For the
/ second straight year, Ohio
States greyhound of the
George Simpson, to-
day brought the Pennsylvania re-
lay carnival to a smashing climax
with worlds record performance.
in the 100-yard dash.
Last Spring the famous Buckeye Bull
let shot from his new and much-dis-
puted starting blocks to race the
century in 3-5 seconds, equaling
the listed world record with the fastest
100" ever witnessed on historic Frank
lin Field. Today, with a crowd of 30,-
600 cheering him on, Simpson disdained
the blocks, went back to the old-fash-
ioned holes and repeated his time of
8 3-5 seconds, thereby satisfying any
and all skeptics.
This was the fourth sprint of the
afternoon for Simpson, but 1t was also
his best, as he sped down the straight
mond Hutson Of Denison (Ohio) Col
lege by half dozen yards, and leave in
the ruck such Eastern aces as Pete
Bowen of Pittsburgh and John Har-
wood of Syracuse. The expected clash
between Simpson and Karl Wilson VIII
dermuth Of Georgetown, the Eastern
intercollegiate champion, failed to ma
terialize, when Wildermuth pulled
tendon and withdrew in the semi-fnals.
Previously, Simpson had won his two
100-yard trial heats handily in 10 sec
onds fiat and then anchored the Ohio
State half-mile relay team that sue
cessfully defended its title in this event
and shattered its own carnival record.
In this race, the Buckeyes gained re-
venge on their conquerors OF the day
before, Chicago, and were clicked in
minute 26 BIO seconds. The time
displaced their last years mark OF 1927.
HALF Dozen Records.
Altogether there were half dozen
record performances today, including
world record interscholastic two-mile
by the Lakewood (Ohio) quartet IN
minutes 16 2-10 seconds, and e carnivaI
broad lump mark of Is feet 4A inches
by Ed Hamm of Georgia Tech, the
world champion, who thereby displaced
the 31-year-old record made by the
late Myer Prinstein of Syracuse.
Ohio States half-mile relay victory,
Mus two major victories yesterday by
the University of Chicago, enabled the
Middle West to take three OF the eight
principal relay championships, but the
East came back strong today. and, as
had been expected, furnished the most
spectacular racing OF the afternoon IN
the Chassis 1-mile event.
Six fast teams toed the marks Tor the
1-mile race, and Harvard, the favorite,
won, but 1t was ding dong battle from
start to finish, punctuated by spills, as
well as thrills, and not decided until the
last few strides.
Harvard Short Of Record.
Harvard's time of minutes. 10 4-l0
seconds was brilliant, but just shade
short OF the Carnival record OF 3:18
set by Pennsylvania's greatest team,
Kaufman, Lockwood. Lippincott and
Ted Meredith, In 1915.
Bates College of Maine, due to q great
final $50 by Russell Chapman. ran away
with the 2-nile championship relay
from Ohio State, Harvard and New
York University. The 4-mile relay
went to Pennsylvania's fine quartet of
distance runners in another decisive
race, with New York University second.
Yale captured the shuttle hurdle relay
after a brisk brush over the timbers
with Ohio State, Devoe of the Ellis OUT
footing Rockaway, the Ohio ace, In the
last relay.
The feature Of the schoolboy relays
was the victory of Lakewood (Ohio) in
the interscholastic two-mile relay. with
H. Smith running smashing half mile
anchor leg that scored an international
victory over the Hamilton Collegiate
team Of Canada, besides setting up q
new world schoolboy record. The Cana
dams set the pace for three OF the four
legs of the route, but finished second.
The ballyhooed one mile duel be-
tween Ray Conger Of the Illinois A. @.
and Leo Lermond of the Boston A. A.,
two Of the countrys premier perform
ers at this distance, fell far short OF
expectation. Conger won by stride,
but his time Of 4 minutes 70 seconds
was not even within hailing distance OF
any records.
In addition to Hamm's record broad
jump, the carnival javelin record was
broken by Friedman Of Geneva (Pa)
College, with q throw of 1877 feet "a
inch. Other winners of individual
events were: Flanagan Of Holy Cross
in the hammer throw, 159 feet 2B
inches; O'Connor of Columbia in the
high jump, 6 feet LIS inches; Levy OF
Cornell in the shotput, AZ rect lS
inches, Gone of Yale IN the pole vault
IS feet.
TWO of the most sparkling mile relay
performances, each involving g record
for the event, were scored by Colgate,
in the class "B" championship for ASA~
leges, and by the Pennsylvania fresh
men. Colgate was timed in 1920 4-1O,
while the Penn yearlings, shattering o
l3-year-old record, stepped the mile in
the remarkably fast time Of 3:19 2-1o,
aided by a quarter In 4S 4-5 by JACK
Edwards.
COLLEGE BASE BALL.