Evening star., 1941-04-26
{. j. Wins
Mile Relay
Scores Woshineton's S
First Victory in
Pennsylvania Meet
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 26.-
Catholic University's crack mile
relay team won the Mason Dixon
Conference for the second straight
time this afternoon to bring WASH
ington its first victory in the 47th
Annual Pennsylvania Relay at
Franklin Field.
With one of the fastest miles in
the history of the relays, Leslie Mac
Mitchell of New York University
again dominated the Franklin Field
games when he overcame 20-yard
lead by Indiana and brought the
4-mlle college relay championship
to the Violets.
MacMitchell yesterday anchored
N. Y. U. to victory in the sprint
medley relay and in the distance
medley relay. both times beating out
the University of Indiana.
Won by Six Yards.
The star New York City speedster
was handed the baton fat 20 yards
behind the Hoosiers' anchor man.
Wayne Tolliver, after 1ndiana's first
three milers had clearly outrun Mac
Mitchell's mates. Starting his fourth
lap MacMitchell cut the lead to IL
yards, but down the backstretch he
turned on the steam, gradually over
hauled Tolliver and entered the
home stretch shoulder to shoulder.
He won by at least yards and was
timed unofflcially at 4:97.
The defending champion. Mary
land, did not compete in the event
Maryland's time Of last year for the
event, 17:44.8, was cut sharply by
N. Y. U. chiefly due to MacMitchell,
the Violets negotiated the distance
In l7:2s8.
A crowd of about 10000 saw the
Cardinals win in smashing style
from nine rivals in the Mason Dixon,
taking the lead when John Wesch-
Ter outran his rivals and adding to
the margin as John Doyle, Jim Ma
laney and anchorman Charles
OKeefe picked up the baton.
The Cards bettered their own
record for the event by running the
mile in 1882. Last year they won
in 3:28.3.
The event, SD on the two-day
program. was followed by the heats
of the College Glass mile relays. In
the second heat, Howard University
of Washington finished second to
Bloomsbury Teachers in a compare
lively slow race.
Gallaudet, competing in the
Mason Dixon with C. u, finished
far back
d. C. High School Teams Fail.
None of the District high school
teams-Central, Tech and Cardoza-
placed in their heats for the mile
scholastic championship.
Gallaudet entered Earl Stevens in
the high jump. The field was listed
as having So contestants. The
winner was D. F. Blount of Dart
mouth with jump of 6 feet 3
inches. There were ties for second
between Sam Moore of Penn and
James Wilmott of Duke, and for
fourth between John Glenn of Penn
state ana Barnard Mlllhem OF
Fordham.
Maryland made its first appear
ance of the day in the 2-mile college
relay, finishing l4th in field of 16.
Indiana won the event through the
final quarter kick of Campbell Kane
and broke a relay record established
in 1925 by Georgetown. The Hoosier
team of Kindall, Tolliver, Cochrane
and Kane ran the 2 miles in TAIL.
Georgetown's mark, made by E.
Swinburne, j. Holden. J. Sullivan
and G. Marsters, was 7:48.4.
In the invitation 100-yard dash,
Jack Doolan of Georgetown. foot
ball star, ran second in his heat to
Norwood Ewell of Penn State, ma
tional collegiate champion. Ewell
was clocked in 9.8.