Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
MADE, TIED
IN WOMEN'S MEET
Evelyn Hall Gets Second in
HurdIe-Mary CareW Equals
Best Sprint.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n NEWARK, N. j.. March 14.-After
IN setting a new American record
Of 73s seconds in the first heat
Of the 50-yard hurdles, only to
see 1t equaled in the next heat by
Nellie o. Sharka, unattached, Mrs. Eve
Ign Ruth Hall of Chicago went on to-
night to win the women's national
championship in the final. equaling her
new mark.
The events were part Of the women's
national A. A. U. track and field cham
pionships.
Mrs. Hall, who holds the national
outdoor s0-meter hurdle title, beat the
old time of Catherine Donovan Of Bos-
ton by one-fifth Of second
Mary Carew of the Medford, Mass,
Girls Club equaled the national record
of 51S seconds in beating Alice Monk
Of Newark to the tape in the 40-yard
championship.
Scores In Three Numbers.
Katherine Mearls of the Medford
Girls Club showed her versatility by
capturing the standing broad jump
championship with a leap Of feet
2H inches after finishing third in the
shot putt and in the 50-yard hurdles.
She was defending her title in the jump.
Stella Walsh of Cleveland, running
for the New York Central A. A., re-
tanned the national 220-yard champion
ship in the comparatively slow time Of
27N seconds.
Coming from second place in the last
leg of the 440-yard relay, Loretta Nc
Neil of the Millrose A. A. beat out Mary
L,adewig of Meadowbrook Club by a few
feet to enable her team to keep the
national championship. The time was
81 seconds.
Summaries:
AO-YARD DASH Final National Cham:
pionshipl. EWon by Mary Carew OMed nS,rd
E Essxs NsSissa %4@s9' q S. s!E$ Miey
onds. EQUALS American recordJ
22O-YARD Run National Championship
By Stella welsh Nsw 6 YO56 Central
ntached}; t thru, olive HssenfSs CBostOn
Esa e. bas fsssas sas es T%s
1 5S-Y SfcSh0i HURDLES National Champion
s sSsrkS C. i tSPd k ss
Mass.J;- fourth, Flora Mae Shopper &C. v.
Duffy League, Paterson). Time, 73s sec
onds. equals new national record set in
nrst and second heats, by Mrs. Hall and
'4s s-PouNb sHoTPUT CNationaI Champion
g. feet 9 inches; second. Mildred YYstter
Katherine Mearls (Meoford Girls Club, 80
feet inches; fourth. Caroline o. Lowe tun-
atteched), 81 feet inches.
440-YARD RELAY National Champion
shlp)-First, Millrose A. A. Louise WASH
burn burr, yonMnis stanc5uk' Carrie Jansen, Los
Harriet Matthews, Anna Barron, Helen
Fairbanks, Mary badewig); third, Medford
Girls Club lMary Carew, Helen McCnrty,
Dorothea Mullane. Catherine Carew)i fourth,
WEIGH, Marjorie ,McGione, Robert Winton,
sTxNDING BROAD JUMP CNallOnqI
champlOnshlp) - First, Katherine Mearls
(Medford Girls Club, 8 feet as inches; sec
ond, Jean Smiley (Meadowbrook Club, Z feet
10 inches. third, Alice 2; Monk Newark
Ee %e Cora Sesark ret NJ ehSPs' fset
RUNNING HIGH JUMP (natlOnaI cham
pionshiDl FIRST. Jean Smiley (Meadow-
brook, 8 feet inches second. Roberta
Winton Boston Swimming Associationl;
third. Marietta, Ceres iunattached(; fourth
POINT sCORE-Medford Girls Club. IS;
Meadowbrook, IS; Boston Swimming Asso-
citation, 81 Newark Women's A. c., 8; Mill
rose A. A.. o; New York Central A.. A. OF
Cleveland; s. ninois Wowen.s A. e: 3; Ney.
WsrinSno '1 A. e.. I; unsttached. IT, SMed.
ford awarded championship because OF more
FIRST placesD