Evening star., 1940-06-09
Hurdles Record
Made in Meet
|AtPrinceton
| 22O Lows Won in Us
By Wolcott;; Texans
Dominate Games
By the Associated Press.

PRINCETON. N. J.. June 8-The
eyes of track fans were on the State
Of Texas today as athletes from the
Longhorn country won three OF the
seven events in the seventh annual
Princeton invitation track meet,
with Fred Wolcott of Rice account
ing for two of the victories, one with
a world record bettering perform
ance.
Wolcott skinned the 220-yard low
hurdles in 225 seconds, bettering the
recognized world record of O:226
set by Jesse Owens of Ohio State in
1885. He also was timed in 022.3 at
the 200-meter mark, Surprising
Owens 0:22.6 record.
In the 120-highs, he was timed in
0:l3.9. This bettered the meet rec
ord of 0:l4.3 set by Sam Allen of Ok
lahoma Baptist in 1885, and also
the recognized American record of
IA seconds fiat established by r. D.
Osgood of Michigan in 1887.
Munski Surprises in Mile.
As the select field of performers
scattered old meet marks right and
left in most events. the feature event
Of past prOgrams-the mile run,
went in the good but not sensational
time of Ali. 1t was won by q dark
horse. Lonesome John" Munski of
the University of Missouri.
Munski remained hidden far back
in the field until the start Of the
last lap. when abruptly the lanky.
loose -jointed Missourian shot to the
front. He staged a fine sprint for
the last 220 yards to beat Walter
Mehl. ex-Wisconsin star, to the tape
by nearly 10 yards.
The University of Texas shuttle
hurdle relay team Of Douglas Jaques.
Coleman Pack Ralph Bagget and
Boyce Gatewood turned in a grand
performance in that event to make
the Texans day smashing success
Matched against a classy Yale team,
the Texans we're timed in 0:586,
which bettered any known time for
the event. The best previous rec
ord was 0:598, set by U. S. c. in 1885.
Orr Sets Meet Mark.
Lee Orr Of Washington State came
through with a 468 seconds per-
formance in the 440-yard run which
bettered the meet record. The old
mark of All was set by J. E. Luvalle
Of U. c. L. A.. in 1886.
Staging the most remarkable
sprint of the day. Greg Rice OF the
South Bend A. A., won the 2-mile
run in 1924. This betters his own
collegiate mark of 9:026 For the
last 220 he ran like dash man,
leaving Don Lash Is yards In the
rear.
Edward Burrowes. jr., upheld the
home guard by winning the half
mile in 1:49.8 to tie the meet record
set by Ben Eastman of the Olympic
Club in 1884. The Princeton star
outlasted Campbell Kane of Indiana
in great stretch duel to win by
three yards.
The meet was run off under ideal
weather conditions. and drew a
crowd estimated at 10000.
12o-yard high hurdles--Won by Pred
| Wolcott tRicel; second. Boyce Gatevood
| Texas; third. Marsh Farmer tShore A.
G.; fourth Frank Fuller .virsinst Tin Tine =
set by Sam Allen (oklahoma Baptist! in
| 1885; also recognized American record OF
| OLA set by r. D. Osgood ,Michigan) in
440-yard run-Won by Lee Orr wash
inston State); second. Grover Klemmer
California; third, Warren Breidenbach
tMichisan): fourth. Charles Belcher for-
mer Georgia Tech; fifth, James Herbert
! C. L. A. in 1a361.
Bend A. CO: second Don Lash Gn-
homa A. and M; NTH, Dixon Garner
Shuttle hurdle relay-Won by Texas
Bassetl., Boyce Gatewoodl: second, Yale
tRichard Osborn. jr; Read Murphy, Theo-
| dore Day. Jay. Shields. Only two entries.
| Time. 0:5S.6 tbetters best American track
Gi H5ss snwSn set BY fdvsro in 1aa a1
rowes, jr. Princeton; second. Campbell
Kane undiana);, third, James Kehoe
Marylanda; fourth; nth, Edward Buxton wis
safe Tme ae Ta% 4as es pss meet reeopd
n,y set by B. B. Eastman Olympic Club In
33o;,yard low hurdles-won by Fred
Tutt thifd Mafsh sfsane Farmes ssafo shoTe sssr
c.; fourth. Earl Vickery Olympic CiubJ
NTH. Lee Orr tWashinston Statel. Time,
| 0:2o.s tbetters- world record of O:22.6 set
ifsse rSWon nveVs oso jsbn sse, Mnn,k in 9a5
third: Les MacMitchell New York u:
fourth. Louis Zamperini tU.. S. c.; NTH,
Blaine Rideout tshore A. c.. Time, All.