Evening star., 1942-04-26
Long Races Split
With Indiana as
Burnham Stars
Anchor Outruns Kane
In 2-MiIe ReIoy;;C. U.
Wins, 6. U. Bows
By HAROLD CLAASSEN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

PHILADELPHIA. April 25.-The
heralded duels between Indiana s
Campbell Kane and New York Uni
versity's Leslie MacMitchell failed
to materialize today at the 48th
annual Penn relays as Dartmouth,
in the person of Don L. Burnham,
moved into the picture.
The green-shirted team from New
Hampshire annexed the 2-mile
college relay title, with Burnham
outsprinting Kane to the tape in
7:47.7 to avenge a similar defeat by
the HooSier hot shots in the 1885
4-mile effort.
In both cases New York Uni
yersity's supporting cast for Mac
Mitchell was so weak the famed
miller had no chance. In fact, he
didn't even start his half mile jaunt
in the 2-mile. But 1t was the pros
poets of continuation of the Kane
MacMitchell rivalry that lured some
IS 900 spectators to Franklin Field
Three New Marks Set.
They saw instead the creation Of
a new carnival record of feet TAX
inches by Adam Berry of Southern
University, Baton Rouge, La, In the
high jump and the establishment Of
two 1-mile records in different
classes of college competition.
Early arrivals cheered themselves
hoarse over the sensational efforts
of little-known Thomas McKenna.
a Concord (Mass) high schooler,
who stepped the 440 yards in an
unofficial clocking of 47 seconds to
win second place for his school
among the more than 100 institu-
tions that competed in 18 heats of
the l-mile event. Concord's time
was 3::29 as compared with the
3:27.4 of Asbury Park, N. j., the
winner.
Catholic University retained its
1-mile title in the relay restricted to
schools from the Mason Dixon Con-
ference and shaved seven-tenths Of
a second from the 1882 record they
posted a year ago.
Western Michigan State of Kala-
mazoo lowered the teachers college
standard to 3:21.3.
Colgate Trims Hoyas.
Colgate, with powerful Al Diebolt
running a 46.8 anchor leg, was an
easy victor in the 1-mile college
championship relay with a 3:16.6
clocking Georgetown finished second
with New York University third.
Leo Tarrant of Montgomery (Ala.)
State, outsped all his rivals for the
100-yard championship in 0:o97,
and Yale's four timber toppers were
supreme in the shuttle hurdle relay
after Virginia took the first running
of the final. Referee Gustavus T.
Kirby ruled, however, that the fifth
hurdle on the last leg in the Yale
lane was out Of position and ordered
the payoff race rerun.
Sherwood Finley, the Eli anchor
man, was far out in front in the first
race until the fifth barrier was
reached. Then he almost fell and
Thomas Todd of Virginia went
ahead TO break the tape. Finley, in
the re-run, built up the same ad-
vantage and held it all the way.
n. H. U. Scores in Field.
The University of New Hampshire
scored heavily in the field events. A.
Richard Morcom, vaulting in his
customary bare foot manner, won
the sky-Scraping event with a leap
of 13 feet 6 inches after placing
second to Berry in the high Jump.
The New England school also had a
winner in Edward Stryna who whip
ped the hammer 1853 feet Asa inches
in an early morning session.
Events decided before lunch were
the broad Jump. won by Penn States
Barney Ewell, and the half mile COL
lege relay which went to Pittsburgh S
speedy four in 1857.
Surprise of the two-day meet was
Xavier University of New Orleans.
The Dixie school won the 440-yard
relay yesterday, and Clarence Doak,
its star, captured the 400-meter
hurdles.
Today 1t was third in the half
mile relay and might have won if
Herbert Douglas, who had won
second in the broad jump only
minutes before, had not suffered a
slight leg sprain in the kangaroo
event.
Summaries on Page C-3.)