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OXFORD WINS CLOSERACE BY INCHES =(Continued from First Page)a handicap for Lockwood and Lippin-cott to overcome.Illinois finished first in the two-mile championship event Coach Orton did not expect victory in this race, as Church was out with a strained ligament. Cross had to be taken from this quartet to run in the one-mile, so that the other men were unable to regain the distance lost by Sigmund on the third relay.Southern California carried away the lion’s share of honors, with only four men competing for the Westerners. Drew, the colored sprinter, easily won the 100-yard dash in 101-5 seconds. Patterson, who had been expected to push Drew to the limit, was off form and did not qualify. In the broad jump the Californian again scored a first, with a leap of an even 22 feet.Borgstrom topped the pole at 12 feet, easily outclassing his opponents. Buck of Dartmouth, Carter of Yale, Milton of Cornell and McMaster of Pittsburgh drew for second and third. Milton drew second and Buck drew third.Kelly, the Olympic champion, won the hurdle event without extending himself. He breasted the tape just ahead of Ward of Chicago and Ward of Southern California, The latter also secured third in the high jump. Watkins, the fifth Californian, was unable to compete because of a sprained ankle. In spite of only four men competing the west coast men secured four first places and two thirds, the largest total for any one university.The other field events were each won by athletes of different universities. Dorizas captured the only first for Pennsylvania besides the Freshman mile relay, when he hurled the javelin 169 feet 8% inches, only two inches less than the American record, made in 1913 by B. Brodd.Beatty of Columbia, who was a pronounced favorite in the sliot-put, got first place with a toss of more than 46 feet.Dorizas scored again for Pennsylvania, getting third place in the discuss throw, which Butts of Illinois won.Morrison won Cornell's only first with a high jump of 5 feet 9 inches, which would be poor under any but the bad conditions prevailing on Franklin Field Saturday.Yale placed two men in the hammer throw, as Loughbridge won first and Caldwell fourth place. The event was won by a hurl of 142 feet 91/2 inches.
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Philadelphia Daily Pennsylvanian
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Apr 27, 1914
Page 4
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Douglas R.
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