Evening star., 1947-04-27
Illinois Repeats
Triple Victory
In Penn Relays
NY. u. Freshmen Ace
Keeps Big Ten Stors
From Fourth Crown
BY the Assoeioted Press

PHILADELPHIA, April 26.-
Eastern quarters ganged up on
Illinois today and kept the Big Nine
cinder kings from completely DOM
mating the SD annual Penn Relays,
but the real villain in the plot was a
freshman from New York University
who shed his Army khaki only 10
weeks ago.
Although they duplicated their
feat of year ago by winning three
of the team championships, the
Illini bid for an unprecedented
quadruple victory was thoroughly
squelched before an estimated
throng Of 10000 at sun -drenched
Franklin Field.
For the second straight day, ii
was Reggie Pearman, gangling
N. Y. U. freshman, who tossed the
monkey wrench into the works by
slipping past the Orange and Blue
runners from the Western Con-
ference when they least expected it.
Third in Two-MiIe Run.
Having added the 880-yard relay
title to their 440-yard and distance
medley championships of yesterday
the Illini passed up the 4-mile event
and shot for the 2-mile crown, only
to finish in third place behind Ford
ham and Manhattan.
Illinois still had a chance to be-
come the third school in the history
of the meet to take four titles when
the 1-mile affair got under way.
But it simply wasn't in the cards.
First Navy and then N. Y. U. led
the runners in this last event and
when they came to the anchor leg,
Illinois. was in third place. Here
the swift-striding Herb McKenley,
national quarter-mile champion,
added to his problem by getting
tangled up with Moe Calender of
N. Y. U. During the stick passing
and losing at least 10 yards to the
leader.
He oyercame this handicap, how
ever, and led the field around the
final turn. Then Pearman, who had
seen comfortable lead melt away,
put on a terrific burst of speed
which the jamaican couldn't match
and nipped him by inches just short
of the tape.
Navy Runner Third.
N. Y. u. finished in 3:18.8. Illinois,
sparked by McKenley's ATS on the
anchor leg, was clocked in the same
time. Navy was third and Man
haitian fourth.
In the two-mile relay it was Ford
hams foursome of Francis Leary,
Ed Carney, John O,Hare and Jerry
Connolly who scored by Is yards in
7:50.7 as Bill Atkinson of Manhat-
tan outran Johnny Twomey Of
Illinois on the anchor leg to take
second by ave yards.
Illinois had little trouble chalking
up the 880-yard championship with
McKenley running the last 220 in
20.6 to finish dozen yards in front
OF N. 7. u. IN l.26.l.
The four-mile championship was
a walkaway for Penn States fine
distance quartet of Bill Shuman,
Curtis Stone, Horace Ashenfelter
and Gerry Karver, who triumphed
by 80 yards in 17:326.
Only One Record Broken.
The only record breaker of the
day was Richard (Boo) Morcom of
New Hampshire, who captured the
pole vault with leap of IA feet, 3
inches to wipe out the previous
meet mark Of IA feet, az inches set
by Ralph Ross Of Army in 1910.
Bill Mathis, Illinois national AAU
l00-meter champion, took the spe-
cial 1oo-yard dash in 90 seconds and
Irv Mondschein of N. Y. u, ma
tional AAU decathlon. champion,
captured the broad jump with
leap of % feet, 9ss inches, and tied
with four others for first in the
high jump at feet, 4 inches.
A toss of 206 feet won the javelin
throw for Bill Iannicelli of Franklin
and Marshall while Bob Bennett of
Brown took the hammer throw with
l57 feet, IL inches.
Over the two days, Illinois took
home three relay titles, N. Y. u.
grabbed two, and Fordham and
Penn State oct ooe ooch