Evening star., 1940-06-02
Records Scored
In 5 Events, 7
By Big Hoya
EweII's Triple Gets
Penn State Second
Behind Ponthers
BY BILL KING,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

CAMBRIDGE, Mass June f.
Although without single first
place winner in a competition that
saw five new meet records set and
another eQualled, the University of
Pittsburgh gained its second I. C.
4-A. track and field championship
in four years today at Harvard
Stadium.
BY putting together 5h second
places, plus third, fourth and a
fifth, the Panthers rolled up 29h
points and nullified the mighty lift
that Norwood Ewell, sensational
Negro sophomore, gave his Penn
sylvania State forces by winning
both dashes and the broad Jump.
Penn State Runs Second.
Ewell's triple" the first in I. c.
"A. competition since 1897, when
Columbia's Ben johnson won the
same three events while Pittsburgh
was gaining the team title, enabled
Penn State to take second place
with "a points.
California, the pre-meet favorite,
tied with Yale for third honors with
20 points and New York University
was fifth with 10 points.
The other team scores were Tufts
and Georgetown l3 each. Maine and
Manhattan II each: Harvard, 1l1a;
Cornell, 9h; Princeton, 9; Michigan
State. 8Ha; Brown and Pennsylvania,
7 each; Rhode Island State and
Fordham, 6 each: Boston College. S;
Holy Cross, 4. and Syracuse and
Temple, each.
Blozis Betters Shot Mark.
Crowding the versatile Ewell hard
for the individual glory was AL Blozis,
the Georgetown giant, who estab-
lshed new meet marks for the shot,
put and discus.
Another double winner, Eddie
Dugger, Tufts Negro hurdles star,
clipped tenth second off the IA
seconds mark that Earl Thomson of
Dartmouth set for the 120-yard high
timber event 20 years ago. Dugger
also won the 220-yard low hurdles.
Blozis erased the 6-year-old rec
ord of So feet 2A inches held by
John Lyman OF Stanford, when he
put the shot ~ inches farther In
the rain during yesterdays qualify.
ing trials. Today. under perfect
conditions, his best toss measured
So feet 9A inches.
Neidnig Makes 2-Mile Record.
He was unable to improve his best
qualifying discus throw of 167 feet
49s inches, which was almost 4 feet
better than the old record mark set
by Eric Krenz of Stanford here 10
years ago.
While gaining the 2-mile cham
pionship. Andy Neidnig of Man.
haitian, was clocked in 9:184, %
seconds faster than the previous
mark made by Joe Moclair, one of
his recent Jasper predecessors.
New York University's mile relav
team lowered the record for that
event to 3:16 fiat and Ewell equalled
the meets mark for the 22O-yard
dash with 209 seconds perform
ance.
Byrnes Wins High Jump.
Walter Arlington of Michigan
State, who finished in a triple first
place tie in last years high lump.
was forced to share second honors
with Dave Mcdowell of Pittsburgh.
Art Byrnes of Manhattan, won the
event by clearing feet 5A inches.
The Golden Bears were highly re-
garded for the championship until
Martin Biles and Denzil Widel failed
to survive the javelin and half mile
trials.
The teams final chance died when
Ted Vollmer was forced to take third
in the 2-mile event and Clarence
Barnes was nosed out by Jimmy
Herbert OF New York University in
the photo finish quarter mile.
Less than an inch separated Herb
ert, Barnes and Yves Wallace of
Fordham at the tape and Harvards
Jim Lightboy, jr., was almost that
close to Ed Burrowes when that
Princetonian won the heart stirring
half mile event.
Summaries on Page E-3.)