Evening star., 1938-03-13
Vine Catholic L. Meet Records Fall Penn State T1iun,phs
H0YA SQUAD GAINS
RUNNER-UP HONOR
Maryland Finishes Third as
Chronister Runs Out in
Rector's 1000.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

With three of its runners accounting
for one-third Of the nine meet records
broken. including that for the feature
rector's 1O0o-yard invitation, Penn
State walked of with the Catholic
University track and field games
championships in the Brookland GYM
nasium last night before 1000 ap-
preciative fans.
The Nittany Lions finished with a
total of 18 points, six more than
Georgetowns runner-up Hoyas scored,
and twice as many as Maryland's
third-place squad got. Washington
and Lee with 6, Villanova with S and
the host school with 3, trailed in that
order.
West Catholic of Philadelphia, two
of whose representatives broke one Of
the records and tied one of three
equaled, far outclassed its inter.
scholastic competition, finishing with
% points. Some idea of its supremacy
is seen in the number of points gained
by Central's second place team, S.
Tech and Washington-Lee each scored
4, Gonzaga and Baltimore Poly and
Roosevelt and Bel Air /.
Three of the new records fell to
local collegiate entries. Marylands
varsity and Georgetown's freshmen
relay teams accounting for two and
Frank Cronin of the Terps for the
other one Cronin tablished his
mark IN the District A. A. U. 660-yard
championship.
The big disappointment was the
failure of Mason Chronister, Mary.
lands hitherto sensational miller, to
place in the Rector's 1000 Not only
did he again bow to his former nem-
esis. Bill Morse of Duke, but the Old
Liner finished poor fourth, over
taken in the last lap by Nathan Cor
don of Penn State and Fred Hardy
of North Carolina
Morse's time of 2 minutes 1875 sec
onds was % seconds faster than c.
us John Hickey rang up for the
mark in 1882.
Record for Hoya Frosh.
Georgetown's freshmen relay team
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night when it ran the two-thirds-
sprint relay in 2 minutes and ~ sec
onds. Given close race all the way
by the st. Francis quartet from Brook
lyn. N. Y. the Hilltop foursome of
Bertucci, McErlean, Burke and Ain
wick clipped l 4-1o seconds of the
mark formerly held by Catholic
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home yards in front of the last St.
Francis man. Maryland's team An
ished far back
The Yearhngs' feat seemed to act
as signal to stampede the records
for former marks began to fall with
great frequency.
Georgetown's Mortimer Alnwick
was the first to profit from his COL
leagues example. His time Of 533
seconds in the subsequent 440-yard
dash was half second better than
the mark of another Hoya. Mcneil,
established in 1884 Alynwick ran
from 5-yard handicap.
Smith of Penn State then broke
the 2-mile run mark by more than
minute. winning the event In
minutes 81 seconds. Smith had a
4o-yard handicap over a teammate,
Olexy, the only man to start from
scratch.
Another Penn State flyer, Pierce,
broke the fourth record by a fraction
OF second moment later when he
won the 88o-yard open handicap in
2 minutes 1910 seconds. His time
broke mark which had stood for
six years to the credit of c. US John
Hickey.
Co-ordinating perfect football tao
tics with great speed afoot. George
(See C. u. MEET B-6l