, 1935-03-31
HUNDRED MADE
In 9.4 Time
Cunningham and Torrance
Win But Take Things
In Easy Fashion

AUSTIN, March 80. RD-Track and
field stars from the midwest and
south smashed Is meet records and
left only IL standing as the an
nual Texas relays were resumed
Saturday after a two-yesr suspen-
SION.
The large crowd which turned out
for the nations first major outdoor
meet Of the season witnessed many
exciting finishes and repeated bril-
liant performances.
Neugass, Tulane's great Splinter,
Sam Allen. Of Oklahoma Baptist,
one of the nations best murders,
and Jess Petty, discus man from
Rice, turned in the outstanding in
dividual performances.
Allen sliced half a second off the
meet record Of l4.8 which had stood
in the 120-yard high hurdles since
1926. The Oklahoman. favored by
the wind, topped the hurdles in l43
both in the preliminaries and the
final. The worlds record is 14.l.
NeugaSs and "Chink" Wallender
Of Texas each equalled the worlds
record Of 90 in the l00-yard dash.
Neugass beat Wallender by about
two feet in the final after the Tex
an had set q mark Of ga in the pre-
liminaries. The sprinters likewise
had a good wind at their backs.
Petty Stars
Petty hurled the discus l63 feet,
81 inches. within feet OF the
worlds record. This was IL feet bet
ter than any previous performance
In the Texas relays. The former rec
ord of las feet. Ga inches was eS-
tablished by Thornhill OF Kansas
In 1890.
University of Texas sprinters clip
ped th~ree-tenths Of a second off the
Q~uarter-mile relay record and i've
tenths OF a second from the half mile
relay mark. Louisiana State. with the
great Glenn Stats" Hardin run
ming anchor, set a record in the TWO
mile relay and the Oklahoma medley
relay quartet lived up to advance
notices TO establish a mark in that
event.
The mile was the only relay race
Ia the University division IN which
the record was not toppled. Rice
would have won that event through
n great finish by Smoky" Brothers
II Brothers had not dropped the ba-
ton a few feet from the final marx.
The Owls we're disqualified, leaving
Texas first and louisiana state sec
ond. Hardin also anchored the u.
S. u. mile relay team but he started
too far behind to be able 10 over
take the Longhorn and Owl runners.
Philson Of Drake set a new record
of 6 feet, SIS inches in the nlgn
lump. The old mark OF 8 feet, 4ss
inches was established by RuSsell
of Bradley Polytechnic in 1881.
Cunningham Coasts
Glenn Cunningham. worlds cham
pion miller, was content 10 take
things easy during most Of his exhi-
bition against Duane Abbey Of North
Texas Teachers. Abbey. unawed by
the Ksnsans reputation, won the
crowd by his desperate effort TO pass
Cunningham in the stretch. The
champion had too much left, how
ever, and kept two strides ahead. His
time was 4:28.5, far slower than
his worlds record.
Jack Torrance. huge shot-putter
who formerly competed for Louis
lana State, likewise fell far short
of his worlds record OF 81 feet. | s.
BINDS inches as he gave an exhibit
ton. His best heave was 50 feet, 81
inches.
Abilene Christian college relay
teams set two new records in the
college division. The half-mile team
of Christian. Melton, K. Brown ana
d. Brown hung up a new mark OF
1:27.5 and the mile quartet OF Mel
ton. Cowan, ChriSman and Green eS-
tabliShed a record Of 1921.
The Oklahoma City central mile
relay entry and Hartenberger. classy
hurdler from Thomas jefferson Of
San Antonio, supplied the new rec
ords In the high school division.
Hartenberger's tbne OF l5.5 in the
high hurdles was three-tenths Of a
second faster than the former a
Sanders. Bell, Wingfield and Hol-
comb. running the mile relay for
Oklahoma City. negotiated the dis