Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-16

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Tarrant, in the order named, were
Charles (Chuck) Richardson, a
Ray Kemp entry from Lincoln
(Mo) at Jefferson City, William
(Bnly) Morton of Xavier, Art ellis
also of Xavier, and Joseph McKin-
ney Of Morris Brown, all survivors
of the fast morning heats.
Only the fact that Xavier was
represented strongly in the field
events while Prairie View (Texas)
did not enter even one man in that
division of competition saved the
Gold Rush's face this year.
PRAIRIE VIEW HOT
In case you hadn't heard, Praii<e
View dominated the track events,
outscorlng the mighty men of
Coach Giles O. Wright 1922 anc
scoring 'firsts' in the 440 yard run
$50 yard relay, mile relay, and
Motion mile run in addition to fin
ishing second in both the two mile
relay and 40 yard run.
In the track division, Xavier
registered 'firsts' in the 440 yard
relay, two mile relay, and four
mile relay. Gold Rush athletes
also finished third and fourth in
the 100 yard dash, second in the
$50 yard relay and mile relay.
CULP LOSES ON FOUL
One of the tragedies of the meet
was the disqualification of Eddie
Culp. STAG and Tuskegee Relays
mile champion, for a foul against
Upshaw Sans, former Tu5kegee
star now in the U. S. Army, after
the Xavierite had checked in with
a time of minutes. 24.1 seconds,
which would nave meant a new
record. The old mark, set by
Culp in 194l was 4 minutes, 27.5
seconds. But there could be no
doubt the officials were right. The
foul, though probably unintentiori-
al, was obvious to many gathered
along the oval. The infrection
made D. Johnson of Prairie View
the finner, with Sans second.
The lone record to fall in the
collegiate division was in the high
Jump. AS you have guessed, Adam
(Chu Chm Berry, Southern Uni
versity's nightly crossbar artist,
provided this particular thrill. He
set the old mark of feet, 6 and s.
8 inches at the 1910 meet and just
two weeks before, had established
new Penn Relays record by leap
ing 6 feet, 1-2 inches, up in the
Quaker City.
BREAKS RECORD
Saturday, Berry had just enough
elasticity in his Western roll TO
enable him to clip the old mark
by just 3-8 inches as he did a fin
al leap Of 6 feet, Z inches. The
crowd, aware of the drama that
was taking place, gave the boy
big ovation when Ray Kemp, Lin
coin (Mo) head coach handling
the public address system an
nounced that a new record had
been set. Berry also won the
broad Jump with leap of % feet.
IL inches.
MOREHOUSE STAR WINS
James Pinky) Haines of More
house, STAG record holder in the
javelin, uncorked heave of l86
feet, &, inches, to win that event
handily.
SENSATIONAL
QUARTERMILER
Lewis (Jack Rabbit) Smith, the
new Prairie View freshman sensa-
sation who was clicked in AZ Sec
onds flat on his leg of Coach Sam
Taylor's winning 3:18.5 mile relay
combination at the Drake Relays
recently, mace the fans forget Fort
Valley States sensational Ernest
Marshall of Schenectady, N. Y.
with his spectacular performance
in the 440 yard run. He Won the
morning Examinations easily in 49s
and came back in the afternoon
finals to win in 492, with his own
teammate, Leon English, also a
member of that crack mile team
of Sans, right at the heels for
second honors, ahead of j. Epps
of Southern and Forrest Heaven-
ly) Muse, the crack Morris Brown
freshman from Brooks High. Quit
man, Georgia, in third and fourth
place respectively.
XAVIER ADDS 19 POINTS
In the field events, Xavier added
10 points to the % she made in the
track division. This was the
| eclincher" and made the sepia
Catholics top scorers of the meet
with II. Prairie Views 26 points
ranked second. There was really
no closeneSS to the meet otherwise,
except in the prep division where
two records fell and a third was
equalled.
DYCHE'S BOY WINS '1OG
In the prep division, there were
plenty Of fireworks. Edmond Har-
ris Of Alabama A. and NJ, product
Of Dinald Dyche) Smith, the
former Morris Brown All-American
quarterback, won the 100 yard
dash in 10 seconds flat, a new
meet record.
BTWHS of Tulsa, Oklahoma, ran
the two mile relay in minutes. "a
seconds, to chalk Up another new