The University's representatives in the eighth annual indoor carnival held under the auspices of the Meadowbrook Club at Philadelphia Saturday night won the mile intercollegiate relay, took third place in the mile handicap run, and a fourth place in the pole vault. In the relay race the team won the intercollegiate championship against Holy Cross, Princeton, Cornell, and Pennsylvania in the fast time of three minutes 26 and 3-5 seconds. This time is within one and one-fifth seconds of the world's record, and is one-fifth second slower than the time made by the team in the Meadowbrook games last year. In two other races this winter the Tiger quartet has won out over the University, but in the race on Saturday the team beat Holy Cross, who forced Princeton to take third place. C. S. Babbitt '18 took fourth in the pole vault with an actual vault of 11 feet. In the mile handicap run, J. D. Hutchinson '19 won third.
Two world's indoor records were broken by the competitors in the races. Captain Overton of Yale broke the indoor record of four minutes 18 and 1-5 seconds in winning the mile race in four minutes 16 seconds, and W. T. Hobbs of Dartmouth lowered by one-fifth of a second the record for the 50-yard high hurdles, when he covered the distance in six and four-fifths seconds. Overton ran the latter half of his race faster than the first, the time by quarters reading 1.01 3-5, 2.09 4-5, 3.12 4-5,4.16.
The summary of the events in which the University placed is as follows:
One-mile intercollegiate championship relay.--Won by Harvard (Teschner, Minot, Wnlcox, Meanix); second, Holy Cross (Kelly, Mahoney, Doyle, Dumphy); third, Princeton (Moore, Barret, Terrel, Larkin); fourth, Cornell (Acheson, Bartsch, Shelton, Crimp). Time: 3m. 26 3-5s.
One-mile run, handicap.--Won by E. Jarvey, unattached (45 yards); second, N. Giannakopulos, Melrose A. A. (60 yards); third, J. D. Hutchinson '19 (20 yards). Time: 4m. 22 2-5s.
Pole vault, handicap.--Won by H. McGrath, Mercury A. C. (2 ft. 1 in.), 13 ft. 1 in.; second, S. J. Needs, unattached (2 ft. 6 in.), 13 ft. 1 in.; third, R. Ecclem, Amster Club, (3 ft.), 12 ft, 9 in.; fourth, C. S. Babbitt '18 (1 ft.), 12 ft.
Manager Competition Begins Next Week.
The competition for second assistant manager of the University track team will begin next Monday, March 19, at 1.30 o'clock, when all candidates will report at the H. A. A. Office. This competition is open to all Sophomores and is the last major sport manager competition in which 1919 men may participate. The competition will be decided at the time of the Yale meet on May 12.
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