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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Penn. As a pistol shot started the 175-yard dash at Philadelphia, Charles Paddock jumped away from the line while the nearest spectators leaned over the brick wall of the grandstand to watch him. Badly made and softened by dampness, the wall broke and onto the track tumbled spectators and debris. One old man fell square into the path of Paddock who jumped over him and then swerved to avoid debris, pounded on to cross the finish line in 17 2/5 sec., a world's record...
...name a few of the East's stars I'll mention Scull of Pennsylvania. Bar tholomew and Bates of Penn State, Pappas of Princeton, Charles of Colgate. Harlow of Syracuse, Walker of Yale, Quinn and Daley of Cornell, and French of Harvard. Of course there are plenty more who may to as well or better than these, but these men look promising judging from past records...
...University relay team returned from the Penn Relays yesterday, a second place winner, after its first official race of the outdoor season Saturday. In these games, held on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, T. H. Alcock '29 placed fourth in the hammer throw...
...renowned California flash broke his latest, and incidentally ninety-fifth, record on Saturday afternoon at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, when he sprinted and vaulted through a crowd of prostrate spectators and broken masonry for a time of 17 and 2-5 seconds in the 175-yard dash...
Tomorrow at Franklin Field, Philadelphia relay teams of 35 eastern colleges will meet in the Penn Relays, the first intercollegiate test of track strength of the spring season. The University is sending a two-mile relay team composed of Captain A. H. O'Neil '28, F. E. Cummings '30, W. C. Peet '28, and R. P. Porter '29, who will run in the order named. T. H. Alcock '29 is also making the trip, and will compete in the hammer throw...