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SEES TWO RECORDSIN RELAYSPennsylvania Runners Set Up New Intercollegiate Mark for the Two-mile,Wonderful Bursts of Speed by Berna and Jones, of Cornell,Establish New World’s Record in the Four-mile.The Seventeenth Annual Relay Carnival, held Saturday on Franklin Field track, cost Pennsylvania two titles, the championships in the four and one-mile collegiate relay races. In the two-mile event, the Red and Blue half-toilers retained some of the University’s prestige, and in the doing the record for the distance was smashed. The time was S minutes 2-5 seconds, two seconds better than the collegiate mark and 2 1-5 seconds under the Carnival time. In the four-mile race,Pennsylvania appeared to be fixed for another victory. Levering went away on the third relay with seventy yards lead on Tell Berna, of Cornell, but wonderful running by the Ithacan and a repetition of the same form by John Pauli Jones, his teammate, together with Wilton Paulks failure to show his best race, gave the title to the Red and White. It was a good race. All the records were not only broken, theywere completely annihilated. Thetime made by the Cornell team was 17 minutes 55 seconds. This was 13 and 4-5 seconds better than the American record for the distance, held by the Irish American A. and 15 2-5 seconds under the collegiate mark. Pennsylvania, in defeat, was under the collegiate mark. In the one-mile, Pennsylvania was outclassed. Chicago, with Ira Davenport running last, took first place. Michigan was second and Cornell third. Pennsylvania finished fourth. The time was 3 minutes 21 4-5 seconds, 4-5 of a second below the Carnival mark.The races started a little after noon and lasted until sundown. The weatherwas perfect and the crowd, which rivaled a Cornell game assemblage, had heart interest in the races, as the runners represented so many institutions, grammar schools, high schools,private schools, preparatory schools,Parochial schools, colleges and universities. Graduates, one-time collegiate track champions, were also there. Nowhere but at the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival could such a host of athletes be gathered. Record holders in bundles, the best athletes in this country, performed on the same field with youngsters from the Philadelphiaigrammar schools.The two-miles relay for the college championship brought the most joy to the students of Pennsylvania. Princeton and Illinois were entered. Cross, a new man, opened for Pennsylvania against Barron, of Illinois, and Gordon, of Princeton. Barron led at the half and gave his teammate, Herrick, a slight lead. Church took up the task for Pennsylvania, while Stickney continued for Princeton. The three men kept bunched for the first quarter. Just after passing this mark, Church kicked his shoe off and ran the last lap barefoot. He kept his place in spite of this big handicap and finished only a stride behind Herrick. The Prince-tonian was eight yards in the van.Bodley ran the third relay for Pennsylvania. He stayed with Rohrer, of Illinois, for the first quarter, and then jumped into the lead. He ran a won-minute and 58 seconds Foster a thirty-yardslead. Foster ran a perfect race and finished well ahead of Cope, of Illinois. His time was the same as Bodley's.The four-mile was the last event on the program. Boyle and Wolle did the first two miles for Pennsylvania in nice style. Boyle gave Wolle a lead of twenty yards and Wolle gave I severing a lead of sixty yards over Berna, a tall student from Ithaca, one of those great distance men that Jack Moakley so often turns out. He took up the running far in the rear of Levering and for three laps galloped around the track, gaining slowly on Levering. With the three-quarters Berna leaped forward and developed a stride, together with speed,derful half in 1flat, and gavethat carried him over the cinders like a deer. Levering was too far ahead to be caught, but in the last 220 yards Berna made up all that was left of the sixty yards but fifteen.Pauli started with Jones on his heels For three laps he led the Ithacan around the circle. On the back stretch, Jones began to close in, and when the two great runners passed the student section, Jones had a slight lead. Coming down the home stretch, Jones sprinted and was at the tape twenty yards ahead of Pauli. His time was 4 minutes and 21 seconds. Berne’s time was 4 minutes and 22seconds.There were many stars in the one-mile championship. Haydock ran first for Pennsylvania. He sent Wharton away in third place, but the bunch that ran the second relay for the other colleges were too fast for the Pennsylvania youngster, and he touched Mercer off behind all others. In no time Mercer was abreast of the first man. He took the lead, but the terrible effort he made in making up lost ground told, and coming down the stretch hefell back into third place. Davenport, of Chicago, and Craig, of Michigan, were touched off on the last,lap ahead of Smith, of Pennsylvania. In this lap there were a few quarter-milers, namely, Davenport, Crai g, Reidpath, Smith and Nixon. Davenport wasaway first and in first. Craig was away second and in second. Nixon, of Cornell, heat out Smith for third.Dartmouth showed four little runners in the Freshman championship that ran away with the event. Pennsylvania was second and Columbiathird.Burdick was Pennsylvania’s best performer in the special events. He won the high jump with a leap of six feet two inches. Moffitt, the Intercollegiate record holder in the high jump, and former Pennsylvania man, was third in this event. He did six feet, Lawrence, ex-Harvard, was second. Plis height was six feet one inch.Two other Pennsylvania men scoredin the special events. Murphy took second in the hammer throw and Mercer second in the broad jump. Captain Minds failed to place in the hundred. Griffith found the field too fast in the high hurdles and was unable to place. He was a good fourth, however, with Chisholm, of Yale, Intercollegiate champion, first, Horrax, of Johns Hopkins second, and Dwight, ofPrinceton, third.In the century, Minds got into the finals. He was beaten by Martin, of Notre Dame, Thatcher and Ra lly, of Yale, who finished in that order. The time was even.All the championship races brought out good fields. Exeter won the preparatory school championship from the best schools in this section. They had things their own way and broke the record. Time, 3 minutes 301-5 seconds. Boston English High School showed a fast bunch of quarter-milers and won the high school championship, breaking the record. Time, minutes 29 2-5 seconds.Penn Charter won the Philadelphia Interacademic championship. Germantown was second and Episcopal third. Lippmcott, the last man to run for Episcopal, showed as good form and as much speed as any of the secondary school men who ran, and was credited with a quarter in 51 flat.Summaries of championship and special events:3Championships.Four-mile College Championship of America—Won by Cornell (Hunger, Putnam, Jones); second, Pennsylvania (Boyle, Wolle, Levering, Pauli). Time,17.55.Two-mile College Championship ofNi(Continued from First Page)InASlt;pi01tlivssetfcted(piwscVtPiaiGitocctilt;SiVCethofthrhPiPlt;aaltliinbeWi19£dle11a ithpibeSlt;atoaimPJfaSlt;aCtttlripctoinming(-thsliFlt;leCiniwteorthWatthClVi
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Philadelphia Daily Pennsylvanian
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, May 01, 1911
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