New Britain herald., 1930-08-28
JUNGLE SAM STILL
 REIGNS IN TRACK
United States Team Beats Pick
 of Great Britain'S Stars

and field athletlcs-with emphasis Oil the field"
 Before a crowd of 43,000 specta- tors. the largest ever to watch q track meet on the American con- tinent, the United States, defeated the pick of Great Britain's track and field stars, in Soldier Field sta dunn last night, g events to 5. The meet was conducted under artificial lighting, and provided the throng with one thrill after another.
 The American team won, as in the 1928 Olympic games at AmsteS dam-by immense superiority in the field events, Not q point did the British score in the field, and had their field strength been compar- able to their power in tHe distant races, the United States probably would have suffered it's first defeat ir the dual meet.
 Eight meet records were wrecked. five of them by the Americans. Starting with the 400-yard relay. the opening event, the Americans went. on to win the pole vault. shot put high jump. 4So-yard shuttle hurdle relay, hammer throw, broad jump, javelin throw and mile med ley relay. The Britains triumphed in the one-mile relay. the four-mile relay. two-nile relay, two-mile steeplechase, and three-mile team race.
 While the wearers of the Ameri- can shields were supreme in the field. the British gave them q man sized lesson n the distance runs. The four-mile relay vas a race until J. H. Thomas of England, hooked up r.ith Ray Conser Of the Illinois 4 C, ID the final mile Thomas, uho did 4;l4 in winning the mile in the Empire games al Hamilton, Ont. last week, stayed near Conger there or he stepped out and at the finish had q lead of 70 yards over the American aca. His milo vas run in just q fraction over 4.15. and vas as impressive as any perform arce in the meet.
 The British were no less superior Il the tWo-mlle relay. The first half of the race was a contest. but Phil Edwards, former New York Cniver- sity Negro star, competing for Brit ish Guiana. ran R. R, Betham. Jr., ot the Pennsylvania Railroad A. C., into the ground, and left England s T. Hampson with nothing 10 do but hold q -0-yard lead over Orval Martin of Purdue, Western Confer erce and national collegiate middle distance champion.
 Records started falling in the first event. Russell Sweet. former Mon tana sprint star, Cy Leland Of Texas Christian University. George Simp- son. Ohio State comet, and Eddie Tolan, of the University of Michigan, did :37;5 in the 400-yard relay to defeat Leigh Miller of Canada, W. B Legg of South Africa, E. L. Page O. England and Johnny Fitzpatrick Of Canada and better the former mark of :37;8.
 Great Britain came back with a superb performance in the mile re- lay, racing lt in 5:l6:S. K. (. Brag Rin. first British runner. dropped the baton near the end of his lap, but TO protest was made and the victory was allowed to stand for the Empire. He was followed by A. Golding of Australia, W, J. Walter Of South Africa. and Alex Wilson, O. Canada and Notre Dame.
 Steve Anderson of the Washing ron A C., Seattle, formerly of the University Of Washington, put the big punch in the record breaking O. the |. $. in the shuttle relay. He started just ahead Of Lord David Burghley Of England. but had 2 two and one-half lead at the finish. The time was ;59:5. against the former record Of l:"l;G.
 Lord BGrEhlov, however, wGs not deprived Of participation in vic tory for he raced the last lap Of the tNo-mllt slceplechase relay in such style as to nullify the efforts of previous American runners and cause the British flag to be raised.
 Both Eddie Tolan, world record holder in the 10o-yard dash, and George Simpson of Ohio State. were held out of the special 1o0-yard dash 10 save them for the one-mile medley relay. The event became an al Ir Negro ace from Tilden Technical High of Chicago. and national junior A. 4. L, champion in the 100 and @2G yard dashes, finished first in ;0a:9. with Hector Dyer, Stanford University, second, and Charlie Farmer of North Carolina, third
 James De Mers Of Los Angeles, National A. A. L. javelin cham plon, wrenched his arm in the first throw, and was unable to try again, but the rest of the American team, Lee Bartlett of Albion College and L. D. Weldon Of Iowa, were good enough to offset his loss and score victory.
 Herman Erik of the Los Angeles A C., led the L. s. victory in the shot put with an effort Of 50 feet. , inches, while Walter Party Of the Olympic club, San Francisco, led the high jumpers with feet, 1-4 in Tom Warne of Northwestern Uni versity, was easily the class of the -V3uftinv field uith 2 lean of 3 feet, IA inches, and A. H. Bates of Penn State. topped the broad jumpers at 23 feet, 3-3 inches