Evening star., 1933-04-29
EACH SETS RECORD
iRETA|N|NG THRONE
Murder and Steeplechaser
Win Third Year in Row.
Bonthron Thrills.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

Associated Press Sports Editor.
HHILADELPHIA, April 90
- The record books Of the
Il thirty-ninth Pennsylvania
b relay carnival today bla-
.Roned the names of two triple
winners and record-smashers-
lean, blond Jack Keller Of Ohio
State, hurdling ace, and lanky,
black-haired Joe McCluskey Of
Fordham, the iron duke" of col
ege distance runners.
Despite anything even closely re-
ssnbhng keen competition in their
iBpecialties, Keller and McCluskey for
HE third successive year registered
sensational opening day victories in
record time. Keller raced over the
320-yard high hurdles in the startling
time Of 14.3 seconds, fastest ever
Ggocked on an Eastern track and only
Q tenth short of the world record. NC
Cluskey, setting his own pace all the
way, won the 3,000-meter Steeplechase
p 9:28.5 to lower his own carnival
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himself as q steeplechaSer.
IT'S no longer news when a high
i hurdler breaks" Is seconds, but It
j testimony to Keller's remarkable
beed that the Ohio State flyer Is the
Billy hurdler In "a years Of Penn relay
MStory to better this mark more than
Wnce. He has been under 1t every
@me oslt for three years, In an event
which has featured the worlds great
est timber toppers since 1889. includ-
tng Frank Castleman, Keller's present
coach, as well as Fred Kelly, Bob Simp-
son and Earl Thomson.
- Keller Is the worlds greatest hurdler."
Fhomson said, after watching the
ohioian romp home fully eight yards
n front Of his nearest rival. He could
spot me yards, in my palmiest day, and
trim me-" Thomson held the world
Secord in 144 for years until 1t was
displaced by Percy Boards 14.2.
Four major carnival records fell yes
<erday. as all the principal college re-
1ay titles changed hands, but the great
est competitive thrill was furnished by
Srinceton's star runner, Bill Bonthron,
n coming from behind with whirl-
wind squirt in the stretch to win the
sprint medley relay. Bonthron, run
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f:54.3, overlook Brown OF Ohio State
m the last few strides to gain an ex-
citing victory Bonthron took the baton
In fourth place, fully 20 yards behind
The pace-setter.
MANHATTAN COLLEGE, a fast
IVl growing power in the track and
field world, made its first major
victory in the Penn Carnival record
smasher in the distance medley relay
The Manhattan quartet, consisting Of
McGeough, Burns. Ryan and Crowley
negotiated the distance Of 2l2 miles in
10 minutes IA seconds for a new car
aival and American record. New York
University's anchor runner. George
Barker, surprised the Cornell captain,
Joe Mangan, with stretch squirt and
ussed him at the tape in a battle for
second place.
Other outstanding winners yesterday
1hcluded: Pennsylvania, in the 440-yard
college championship, with N. Y. U.
second and Ohio State third; Merccrs-
burg Academy. victor in the interscho-
tastic 440-yard relay in 42.5 seconds
for a new carnival record; Eugene
Beatty. Michigan Normal Negro, In the
%0O-mcter hurdles. for the third
straight year, and Mont Pleasant High
schenectady. NJ Y, in the interscholas-
tic medley relay, in which the Hamilton
collegiate Institute Of Canada, 1882
winner, finished eighth.