Word: relays
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Among U. S. intercollegiate and interscholastic sports, track & field is unique in its economy. A large part of it is concentrated into two events: the Penn Relay Carnival at Philadelphia and the Drake Relay Carnival at Des Moines, huge rival track & field conventions that draw a combined total of 5,000 competitors. Last week, held simultaneously as usual, these two carnivals sent the outdoor track & field season off to a running start...
...meets produced only one world's record. Last summer, at the U. S. v. British Empire Games in London, the four most famed milers on the U.S. Olympic most team- famed Chuck milers on Hornbostel, the Gene Venzke, Archie San Romani and Glenn Cunningham-ran a four-mile relay in the sensational time...
...Trutt, Jimmy Smith, Tommy Deckard and Don Lash, of which only Lash was an outstanding miler, cut this world's record by 1.1 sec. Out standing individual performance of the four was that of unheralded Negro Jimmy Smith, who covered his mile in 4:14. At the Penn Relays a total of six meet records was set, of which one, in the Class B mile relay, was set by Elmer & Delmer Brown, with their teammates Johnny Stovall and Alvin Chrisman, a twin whose brother is no runner. Most famed name in the meet was that of James...
With the Freshmen things fared a little better as the Crimson took a second in the distance medley relay, won the shuttle hurdles relay, and presented winners in the high and broad jumps, Aertson and Hollands...
...anchor log of Northrop in the two mile relay that enabled the Harvard team to go by Tufts to a second place in that event as Holy Cross walked away with first place...