Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-07
LERMOND THRILLS
WITH MILE IN 4:l5
Provides Only Big Feature
in New York A. c. Meet. .
Stars Stay Out.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK. June GA smashing
AIS mile by Leo Lermond'
former Boston A. A. middle
distance ace, furnished the one
outstanding event on the New YORK
A. C. track and field meet program al
Travers Island today. Scratches by
several stars, including most OF the
standard athletes, robbed the meet Of
many of its expected thrills.
Ler nond, running unattached, cracked
a 36-year-old record when he crossed
the finish line in the mile in minutes
Is seconds fat to beat Gene Venzke
of New York by 7 yards. The TraVers
Island record was set at AIS 3-5 by
Tommy Connors, Irish ace, In 1888
Lermond and Vanzke both ran from
scratch. Joseph Manganon of Cornell,
given 10 yards, was third.
Robert Jones Of Stanford won tne
discus throw with a toss of 146 feet
III. inches. while Norwood G. Wright,
former Cornell ace, competing for the
New York A. c., tossed the hammer
ITO feet 8i2 inches to beat Allan Con
verse of Yale and the veteran Pat
Mcdonald of the N. Y. A. C.
Fred Sturdy OF the Los Angeles A. G.
cleared 10 feet inches in the pole
vault and won easily, while George Spitz,
New York University freshman. captured
the high jump at 6 feet inches.
Ray Conger, Illinois A. G. hyer, WITH
drew from the half-mile and the other
scratch star. Phil Edwards, had to be
content with second place. Edwards
could not overcome 16-yard handicap
he conceded Fred Lord, unattached,
and Lord won in :54 As.
Alvin Ray of Stanford tossed the
iavelin 1874 feet 10 inches, but finished
second to George Werntz of Colgate.
whose winning throw was 1875 feet 7l2
inches.
Edward Siegel. Swedish American A. z. IS
feetl: second. Andrew Roberts N Y. a. Z
third, A. Lazarus, German-American A. G.
ii sHoT II G7EoI HHANDIcAr-wen by Leo Sex
en Charles Jones New
feet g feet ga inches third fs. HARRY Es
feet fso ~ iR6nf High HURDLES. HANDIcAP1
y Wqd by see GnsIe Frank Tshc
Insurance Is yards1: third. Charles Paefone
K Tfsa' Hl IsBf; Il SECONDS by
Leo Lermond. unattached (seratcah,: third
HALF; MILE RUN. HANDICAP FIRST
Tapd. Second g! Fh Edad
S Ssse e a"fa' A. ''G E. 'is saTds, Tme
HALF:MILE RUN. HANDICAP SECOND
SECTION)-Won by Abraham Rosenkrantz;
Mellrose, A, C. Io, ys5es,: second Howard Ind
MiGsss sGrGf! tisjS}sf %
BY spz se " G fsF6 1es
third. Milton ntschitz' Melrose A. G.. 9 feet
AnseIes 4. &C G. 1heiSht. 10 feet inches;
Frank Pierce, Yale; Writ THOMPSON; Yale.
: s9a Pert PS e r. unattached tied for
49o-YARD RUN. HANpIcAF-won by
sonng WhtRey cesse
YARDS; third. Dan Hunter n Y. U. 90
ssssos-YAkp f RUN IN HafSSSSfpiiscAP-won by, T
second Charles McAllister.. Prudential Life
Insurance Co. A. A. ~ Yards; third. James
eraser, St johns college q yards). Time,
q Discus Sc GThaGRHow-won by Robert Jones.
Stanford 146 feet ,11L4 inches! SECOND.
third Leo ssSton ~ N = A. c sa feet
m gxMMER rEKow1%o2g r., b., T., Norwood Norwood
inches; third, Pat Mcdonald. n Y. A. c.
81 oNE EN- NILE "BsANDICAP-won by Leo Ler
Venzke. unattached lscratchl; third. Joseph
Mansan. Cornell 90 yards>. Time. AIS.
IAyELiN THRow-won by George
Werntz COLGATE distance, lbs feet 7l2
feet 10 neS d T Edward HeF NeH
York t176 feet ia inches.