Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
YEW YORK, February Z R.-

seconds for the woman's
60-yard dash, indoors, was
broken tonight in both qualifying
heats of the invitation, sprint
series, at the classic Millrose
games.
Both Mary Carew of Medford,
Mass, and Stella Walsh of Cleve-
land, Ohio, won their heats in 7.3,
one-tenth of a second faster than
Helen Filkey's mark, set in 1925.
Later Miss Walsh won the girls in
vitation spring final at so yards, DEFEAT
ing Miss CareW, her one-time conqueror,
by a yard in the comparatively SLOW
time of So She set the record hersel
at 6 seconds a year ago.
The final and the heats were run at
different distances to give her an oppor-
tunity at both records. Harriet MAI
thews of the Meadowbrook Club, Phila-
delphia, was third.
The world record holding MillroSe
A. A. 44O-yard team set new mark for
themselves in that event. They beat
the Meadowbrook Club of Philadelphia
and the Medford, Mass, team in the
record time of 50:2, three-tenths of
second better than their old mark.
George Spitz, New York University
freshman, leaped to new world indoor
high Jump record of 6 feet. inches,
q quarter of an inch above Bert Mel
sons old record Nelson of Butler Uni
yersity was in the field SpitZ defeated.
Harold Osborn, Illinois A. c. veteran,
was second clearing feet s. Anton
Berg, also of the Illinois A. c., national
outdoor champion, was third at 6 feet 4.
Nelson was fourth at 6 feet 3.
Spitz, q black haired, smiling young
Ster, was the interscholastic world rec
ord holder while a student at Flushing
High School, Long Island. Still COM
parative novice at the game. few could
be found who would even attempt to
predict what height he might some day
attain.
Canadian Four Ahead.
The Canadian relay team, due largely
to q fine anchor race by P. w. Dickard,
defeated the United States medley re-
lay. Coming from 10 yards back, Pick
ard beat sgd Schleffer, anchor for the
native team, by step. The Canadian
team was composed of Tom Richie,
w. w. Christie and Ed Percy, and Pick
ard.
The American team included Claude
Bracey, former Rice Institute star;
Harry Hoffman, Bernard Robbins and
Schleffar.
Russell Chapman, the greatest half
miller to appear on the United States
horizon since Lloyd Hahn came from
the Nebraska plains three years ago to
set the track world afire, raced two
half miles in the times of 1882 and
1888.
Chapman made the better mark, the
70 in
America, in defeating Seraphin Martin
of France, world record holder at SOU
meters, and Dale Let's of the Univer-
sity of Chicago in the international half
mile.
The two great half-milers were run
only an hour apart, Chapman being
forced to do almost his best to carry
his Bates College mates to victory IN
q Emile match relay with the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, preliminary to
the international race.
COnger In Rare Form.
The premier miller of the United
States, Ray Conger of the Illinois A. c.,
lived up to his name and won the
Wanamaker mile 1t was his third
straight victory in the event and re-
tired the historic cup from COMPETE
ticn.
Conger stepped around the Garden
boards in Alb 3-5, the second best
time he ever made.
The smooth-striding star from the
iowa prairies was out to break q rec
ord and left his field far behind as the
bell tap sounded. Racing as he seldom
does, with legs working like pistons,
great roar of applause echoed in the
spacious Garden as he leaped at the
tape.
Pounds heavier than he ever was and
In excellent condition, Conger might
have broken a record If he had been
willing to take the lead. He Jagged
behind in second and third place, let
ting first Gene Yenzke, who finished
third, and then Leo Lermond, Boston
strong boy, set the pace. He did not
make his bid until the last lap, when
his great finishing kick left the others
behind as though they were still.
Lermond, making comeback cam
paign, raced gallant mile to follow
Conger across the line, but he never
had a chance to catch the Iowa school,
master when Conger finally decided to
run. Joe Sivak of Butler University,
the other starter, was fourth.
!. George Bullwinkle, long striding