Evening star., 1932-02-14
SEXTON AND SP|Tz
IN STIRRING FEATS
Ex-Hoya Tosses 16-Pounder
Nearly 81 Feet-NeW York
Star Laps 6:8 IL.
By the Associated Press.

wi OAN, rCUi udly 1o.-1WO
X world records were broken
- tonight as the cream Of
the East's track and field
men We'd with handful of Cali
fornias outstanding performers.
Leo Sexton of the New York A.C.
erased Herman Brix's mark for
the 16-pound shotput with a
heave of 81 feet, lis inches and
George Spitz, New York Univer-
sity star, bettered his own record
for the high Jump with a leap
of feet, 8l2 inches.
Spitz, who took possession Of the
high Jump mark last year by doing
feet inches, added ve-eighths of an
inch to that height last week in win
ming the Millrose meet jump.
After clearing 6 feet 81a inches to-
night. he had the bar moved up to
feet 9 inches, but knocked at of three
times
Max Conrad of Los Angeles placed
| second with feet inches and two
| finished in a third-place tie, Parker
| Shelby of Los Angeles and S. T. Wood
bury Of Dartmouth, who cleared feet
l inch before fouling out.
Record on First Trial.
Sexton's record breaking heave came
| on his first try in the handicap event,
| in which he and Brix competed from
scratch. The latter's best throw went
but so feet 10 inches and was good for
| third place, victory going to Tommy
| Gilbane. Brown foot ball player, whose
| handicap of feet 9 inches gave him
gross throw Of 50 feet "a inches. AL
though Sexton established new marx,
he received only second prize for his
epic feat.
Eddie Roll of the Newark A. c. led
all the way and beat Max Wakeley of
Brooklyn by a yard in the 600-yard
feature. Eddie Blake of the B. A. A.
placed third and Jimmy Gordon of
Los Angeles fourth and last. Rolls
time was l:l41-5
The Harvard mile relay trimmed
Yale by 80 yards in 1927. The Boston
| A. A. medley relay team, racing over
the mile and two-thirds distance, led
the Los Angeles A. G. quartet by 10
yards in 6:41 is.
Vault Mark Threatened.
Three pole vaulters were still In the
running when the bar was boosted to
IA feet. They were Fred Sturdy Of the
Los Angeles A. c.; Keith Brown and
Lee, both Eli undergraduates. All three
failed three times at IA feet. but, after
two more tries at that height, Brown
cleared and won the jump-off for the
first place medal. The other two re-
| n, aimed in q second Dlace tie
Monty Wells OF the B. A. A. twice
eoualed his mark of 44-5 seconds for
the 45-yard high hurdles to gain his
third important victory in as many
| weeks. Wells equaled his record, first
made in 1927. for the sixteenth time
| in his semi-final and matched 1t again
in the final, when he beat out Arthur
MacDonnell of Holy Cross by few
inches.
co-holder of the world mark, placed
third
Two West Coast stars, Bob Maxwell
and Dick Pomeroy, both of the Los
Angeles A. c., were shut out in the
seni-finals.
Leo Lermond of the New York A. c..
who finished second to Gene Venzke
last week, when the latter broke the
mile record set by Paavo Nurmi and
equaled by joey Ray seven years ago.
won the famous Hunter mile for the
second consecutive time. Lermond was
content to stay with Frank Crowley of
Manhattan for eight turns about the
l2-lap track before letting out. He put
on a wild burst of speed and broke, the
tape so yards in advance of Earl Caha-
Ian Of the B. A. A.. winner of last
weeks Millrose 1000" who nipped
Crowley in the home stretch to place
second by inches. Lermonds time was
4:l6, about four seconds slower than
his performance last week in New
York.
Simpson Wins Sprint.
George Simpson of the Los Angeles
scored a sensational 40-yard dash vic
tory over brilliant field of the East's
outstanding sprinters. He finished
foot ahead of Ira Singer Of the Mill
rose A. A., National A. A. u indoor
champion, in AS seconds.
Dick Bell of NJ. I. T. placed third,
and the unsuccessful finalists were
Hank" Bruder of the Newark A. c.
and j. j. Hayes and J. B. Halves Of
Harvard.
George Bullwinkle of the New York
A. C. led every tap of the 1000" and
finished five yards ahead of A. L. Lee,
jr.. Browns great Negro runner, to
repeat his 1881 performance in this
event.
Russell Chapman. former Bates star,
finished third.
Bullwinkle's time was 2:l5ls.
Holy Cross Four Ahead.
The Holy Cross mile relay team
turned in 3:2525 performance to gain
hollow victory over the Boston Col
lege four. The Crusaders had a To-
yard lead starting the last leg. but
Bernie McCafTerty broke the tape a
quarter lap ahead of Dana Smith,
B. c. anchor, who fell on his first turn
about the track.
The Rhode Island team defeated
Brown by inches, in 3:38, and North
eastern's set of quarter-milers ran the
New Hampshire Wildcats and the Mas
sachusetts State four into the ground.
winning in 1925.
BEN FRANKLIN BOWS