Evening star., 1937-02-28
c. j. RELAYS CLIP
TW0-M|LE MARKS
World Standard Is Claimed
for Hopkins of Virginia
in 6O-Yard Event.
By the Associated Press.


P.-The University of North
Carolina staged surprise to-
~ night by taking the Southern
Conference indoor track champion
ship in the eighth annual games.
Duke, defending champion, was
second, and Maryland, third.
Virginia, which recently withdrew
from the conference, won the nom
conference division North Carolina
took the freshman title and Newport
News. Va, High and Goldsboro High
tied for the scholastic lead.
Team scores were Conference
North Carolina Ash; Duke. 30;
Maryland, IT; Washington and Lee,
10; Virginia Military, 8; Richmond,
7; William and Mary. 5; Clemson. s.;
South Carolina. 3; North Carolina
State, !, and Virginia Poly. y.
Non conference - Virginia, %;
Georgetown, IL; Georgia. 6; Randolph
Macon, 2, and Southwestern Louisiana
Institute, l.
Freshman - North Carolina. 17l2;
Maryland, 8; Georgetown. Z; Virginia
Military, 5; Virginia, 5; Duke, 4;
William and Mary, 8; Washington and
Lee, 312; Clemson. /, and Georgia, l.
Scholastic-Goldsbo 10; Newport
News, Va, High, 10; Durham High
8; Maury High of Norfolk. Va, 7;
Thomas jefferson High of Richmond
Va, 4; Tech High of Atlanta, Ga, s;
Greensboro, 6; Mckinley High OF
Washington. D. c., l: Woodberry
Forest, 2; Boys High Of Atlanta, l.
Seven Records Tumble.
CEVEN new records were set and two
~ old ones tied.
Bill Hopkins of Virginia set what
vas said to be world indoor mark i'll
winning the 60-yard dash in 81 sec
onds. He had done ga in the semi
finals, as did Began of Georgetown.
In setting his brilliant new record
for the 6O-yard non-conference di-
vision, Hopkins defeated Bob Packard,
Georgia's S speedster who won an Olym-
pic team designation last Summer
GeorgetoWns record-Setting varsity
relay team trimmed more than four
SECONDS OIL U1lG Olu IlOl1-CollACIC CLASS
mile mark set last year by Navy at 8
minutes 344 seconds when Healy,
Green, Began and McPoland teamed
to run the distance in 3 minutes 29.6
seconds
Georgetown's fast freshman mile re-
lay team OF MotZenbecker. Walker.
Braun and Rieves, set new record at
3 minutes BAT seconds. lowering by
Ia seconds the mark set by George
town last year.
PRANK cRoN1N of MARYLAND tied
the record of 524 seconds for the
conference 440-yard dash, set by w.
Evans of Maryland last year, as he
won the event easily.
Frank Fuller of Virginia sailed over
the 70-yard high hurdles in the fresh
man division in pretty style in 8.8
seconds, cutting four tentlls off the
old mark of 9.2 set by Everett of Vir-
ginia five years ago, after doing the
barriers in SO this afternoon.
Bill Lumpkin of the University Of
Richmond. one of the six new schools
in the conference. whipped Bill Morse
Of Duke, who won last year, and set
Q new 2-mile record at minutes 30.4
seconds. Bill Dunai of Washington
and Lee held the old record of min
utes 448 seconds, set in 1885.
Old Liner is Jumping Star.
d ECORDS fell in the trials and
semi finals of the freshman and
non-conference events, but Bob Car
ter Of Clemson started those in the
conference division when he cleared
6 feet 3s inch in the high jump.
Miller Of Maryland cleared the same
height on third try to share the rec
ord. Turner of Virginia Poly held
the old mark of 6 feet, set in 1888
Frank Fuller of Virginia's fresh
man team, stepped the 70-yard high
hurdles in 89 seconds in the trials
to lower the record of 90 seconds set
by Everett of Virginia in 1882.
In the scholastic 60-yard dash Pair
Of Tech High, Atlanta. Ca, equalled
the old record Of 6.5 seconds, set in
1884 by Stevens Of Boys High of At
lanta.