Evening star., 1938-05-01
WOODRUFF STARS
|NPANTHER Wins
Mile, $50 Races Anchored
by CoIored FIash-Three
Meet Records Set.
BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

PHILADELPHIA, April 80. The
University of Pittsburgh's baton
paSsers ran off with the major share
Of the honors at Franklin Field today
in the closing program of the Penn
relays, marred through most of the
afternoon by downpour that cut
record-breaking down to minimum
Pitt equalled the carnival record
in the half-mile championship; Vir-
ginia established a new meet mark
in the 480-yard shuttle hurdle relay;
Overlook High of Philadelphia set
meet record in winning the high
school 2-mile, and Nick Vukmanic of
Penn State bettered the meet record
for the javelin throw.
As in yesterdays sprint medley, the
anchor legs for Pittsburgh were en-
trusted to Olympic 800-meter Cham
pion John Woodruff. Long John took
good care of the assignment.
In the $50, run off before the rain
began, he started his furlong on even
terms with Indianas Malcom Hicks
and finished it two yards in front,
Pitts time of 1866 equalling the
meet record set two years ago by the
University of Texas. Indiana was
second and Navy third.
Woodruff Checks Herbert.
Handed 5-yard lead in the mile
championship, Woodruff held it safe
in the face of a strong bid by Slim
Jim Herbert of N. Y. u, who finished
S yards behind, but pulled the Violets
up from fourth to second place on
his efforts He crossed the line nose
ahead of the Ohio State anchor man,
with Manhattan's defending cham
pions fourth.
Frank Oil. Al Ferrera and Edgar
Mason helped Woodruff in the $50,
while Oil. Ferrera and AL Mckee.
members of the winning frosh team
a year ago, built up the lead Long
John took over in the mile.
Before a crowd of 10000 that was
we'll drenched before the day was over,
Indiana and Manhattan repeated
their 1887 victories in the 4-mile and
2-mile races; Virginia, a surprise con-
tender, brought the shuttle hurdles
meet record down to 6l2 seconds;
Hampton Institute won the class B
mile as Fordham, which finished first,
was disqualified for fouling. and
Western Michigan retained the teach
ers' college mile crown it won last year.
Overlook Highs 2-mile time of
Nf
82l.8 set by Mont Pleasant of Sche-
nectady, N. Y, last year, was the
Philadelphians' second victory and
second record. They won the medley
yesterday.
Indiana Not Pressed.
Vukmanic's javelin throw of 223
feet 1917 inches is one Of the best on
American record books, and displaces
Ralston Legore's 2l4 feet 87s inches,
set up in 1884.
Indiana got none of the opposition
1t had been expected to find in the A.
mile, for Ralph Applegate, Jimmy
Smith, Mel Trutt and Tommy Deck
ard put on such pressure that Deckard
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front of Blaine Rideout of North
Texas State Teachers College
Smiths Ais was the best individual
time in the Hoosiers' 17:26.8, more
than 10 seconds behind the world rec
ord they set last year with the help
Of Don Lash. North Texas pulled up
from fourth to second, with Penn State
in third place.
This event also saw the only serious
accident of the meet. Herbert Cor
nell Cornell's lead-off man, was so
badly spiked in the scramble at the
first turn that IA stitches had to be
taken in the wound.
Smith, Trutt and Deckard, together
with Sam Miller. tried to come back in
the 2-mile, but found Manhattan's
combination Of Joe Moclair, Joe Zeitler
Lou Burns and Howie Borck too much
for them. The Jaspers were clocked in
7:4S.1, with Indiana second and Mich
igan third.
Special Events Tame.
OF the special events. only the javelin
produced an exceptional performance.
Glenn Cunningham's special mile, last
on the program was run over an ex-
tremely heavy track, Glenn delaying
his kick" until the home stretch to
win in 4:167 with Gene Venzke Sec
ond, Ernie Federoff of the Millrose
A. A.. third and Joe McCluskey fourth
and last.
Lash, bruised in an auto accident
Thursday night, was upset in the
3,000-meter run, finishing third be-
hind Ralph Schwartzkof1, an added
starter from Michigan, and McCluskey
Schwartzkof won by IS yards in 8:39.
Ben johnson of Columbia waltzed
of with the 100-yard dash in 9.8 Sec
onds, with another Columbian, Herb
Weast, second; Bill Lynch Of Princeton
repeated his 1887 victory in the ham,
mer throw with 1853 feet tx inches;
Dave Albritton Of Ohio State took the
high jump; Bill Harding of Yale
! tipped a coin to win the pole vault
from Dick Ganslen OF Columbia after
both cleared 13 feet 7h inches; Will
liam Watson of Michigan took the
broad Jump, and the Holy Cross four
some won the freshman mile relay
lin 3:21.3.