Evening star., 1939-04-23
Five Records Beaten
As Card Trackmen
Upset Hopkins
Corbett Of c. U. Hangs
Up Stadium Marks for
One and Two Miles j
BY BILL DISMER. Jr.


Amid the crashing of three all
time stadium records, two of them
beaten by its promising distance
runner, Johnny Corbett, Catholic
University's track team moved to a
respectable place in the District
track sun yesterday at Brookland
Stadium with 7l-55 victory over
the favored Johns Hopkins squad.
Showing all-around strength, the
Cardinal thinclads served notice on
Georgetown and Maryland that they
will be more than a f1llers-in in the
rly-anticipated Evening Star
games next month when local track
champions will be crowned.
Although Corbett was the stand
out of the afternoon, c. U. received
able support from Leo Wall and
Roger Cooper, each of whom-like
Corbett-won two events. Proving
superior In both track and field
events, the Cardinals won 8 of the
IA contests and clinched the de-
cision before the start of the last
two tests.
Five Records Smashed.
Altogether five records fell and
another was tied. Corbett's times in
the and 2 mile runs were the fast
est ever clocked for those distances
on the c. U. track while Johns Hop
klns' O'Neill set a stadium record in
the low hurdles. ONeills time.
though a stadium record, was not a
meet record, c. US Norton having
run that event second faster in the
G. U.-Hopkins meet at Baltimore
in 1884.
Cooper, one of c.. US big three.
broke the mark for the 10O-yard
dash with l0l seconds, while Hop
klns' Rosenthal cracked a 7-year-
old record for the shotput by nearly
a foot with a heave of 43 feet 2l5
inches. Two pole vaulters shared
the meet record when C. US Albert
Gil Borges and hopkins Pardew
each cleared IL feet 6 inches.
Corbett Comes From Rear.
Corbett's performance in the 2
mile run provided the big thrill of
the day. After trimming three Sec
onds off his own record in the mile,
which he negotiated in 4:3O, Corbett
found himself trailing the enemy's
Driscoll by some Is yards after five
OF the eight laps. But on the sixth
lap the slender 140-pounder began
to overtake Driscoll step by step.
Coming down the home stretch they
were matching strides and just as
they began the seventh lap Corbett
forged into the lead From then on
it was fno contest" Corbett winning
by more than 20 yards. His time
of 10:15.3 vas seven-tenths seconds
faster than the previous record
made back in 1882.
Wall, the Cards biggest point
winner yesterday, scored an even
dozen, winning the high hurdles,
tying with Enderbrock in the high
jump and placing second in the
low hurdles. Cooper, the other 10
point man, won both dashes.
Summaries:
Mile run---Won BY Corhett &C. ~: sec
ond. Driscoll q. H.; third. Cranston &C.
": Time. 4:30 new meet and stadium
shotput-won by Rosenthal a. HI: sec
1nd ono, Moore - H.: third third: Cairo &c. &C ~.
- 44o-yard dash-won by Lankford g.
H: second Jarman q. H.: third. Wesch-
High jump-Won by Enderbrock and
Heieht. 5 feet 6 inches,
ssdomG lM17yasd Nd.Sx dsshIWon by ,f, Gooper &C ~
Javelin-Won BY Rosenthal 81. H: sec
ond. Sachon &c. ": third Tisdale &C. u.
Distance, 162 feet 6,s. inches
Pole vault-Won by Gil Borges &c. u
fnd PfEdeS HeisSt a. H let third ,nd6st M1aten0 &C.
AleTs iso1ysrd yard high hurdles-won BY Wall
&C u; second. o'Neill a. HI: third.
OBrien &C. u. Time. 1877 seconds.
second; . Doyle &c. w.; third. Jef'ers u. H..
Discuss@Won by Cairo &c. W: second.
Garvelas &C; ~: third. Rosenthal u. H..
s.cond aeyeTa Ga.e4 q b,d by Seey q H
Two-mile run-won by corbett &c. W;
second Drscoll 81. HI: third, Martini &C.
w.: Time; 10:15.3 (new meet and sta
22o-yard low hurdles-won by o'Neill
y H: second. Wall &C. u: third. oBrien
&c: u. Time. O:26 (new stadium record.
Broad jump-Won by CHASER ~. H:
second. stauffer &C ": third. oBrien &C.