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...ahead in the first part of the 440-yard dash. Meredith came up near the end of the long straightaway and stepped into first position on the turn. On the final stretch the Pennsylvania captain rushed on steadily, drawing away from Willcox and setting up a new world's record of 47 2-5 seconds. Willcox weakened near the end and was passed eight yards from the finish by Riley of Dartmouth and Crim of Cornell, who placed second and third respectively only five yards behind Meredith. H. J. Richardson of Princeton took fifth...
...I.C.A.A.A.A. Record in Half-Mile...
...Pennsylvanian's elbow. Down the final stretch they came in a final great sprit. Meredith's greater strength allowed him to keep slightly ahead and he crossed the finish line a winner by 1 1-2 yards. His time of 1 minute 53 seconds beat the former intercollegiate record by two-fifths of a second. Bingham covered the distance in 1 minute 53 1-5 seconds, which is the fastest ever run by a member of the University...
...around the last turn, and finished strongly. Carroll also had a lot left and shot by Overton in the final stretch. Wilson of Stanford was fourth and Brown of Technology fifth. The time was 4 minutes 15 seconds, only three-fifths of a second behind the record made by Jones of Cornell three years...
...that order in the second heat. J. V. Farwell of Yale won the heat for third and fourth men and under the new rules was credited with fifth place without entering the final. Murray skimmed over the hurdles in fine form in the final, setting up a new intercollegiate record of 15 seconds. Gubb, Preble, and Norton followed in order...