Sports

RELAY TEAM LOSES BUT THOMSON WINS

April 1921
Sports
RELAY TEAM LOSES BUT THOMSON WINS
April 1921

Syracuse won the relay race for the Joseph W. Emery cup, with Dartmouth a close second, and the other colleges trailing behind, in the American Legion games at the 168th Street Armory in New York City, March 12, while Captain Thomson won the 70-yard high hurdles in 9 2-5 seconds. In the high jump Brown, jumping from scratch, won fourth place with a jump of 6 ft. 1 in.

The relay race for the Emery cup, which was donated as a memorial for the Green track and gridiron star, who died leading his troops in France, was very close, with Syracuse nosing out Dartmouth and making the very fast time of 3 minutes 291-5 seconds. Captain Thomson, Shem, Cody, and Coakley ran for Dartmouth, while Sauer, Leonard, Monie, and Woodring represented Syracuse.

In the 70-yard high hurdles, Thomson displayed his usual faultless form, winning from Barron of Penn State in 9 2-5 seconds. The summary of the hurdles follows: First heat - Won by Barron, Penn State; second, Baufer of New York University. Second heat — Won by Thomson, Dartmouth; second, Hulman of Yale. Finals - first, Barron second. Time, 9 2-5 seconds.

In the high jumping, which was a handicap event, Landon of Yale captured first place, while Carbal and Abornet, unattached, with two-inch handicaps, won second and third places, respectively, and Brown of Dartmouth, with no handicap, took fourth place with a jump of 6 ft. 1 in.

The Yale relay team, running a beautiful race, led Columbia in the two-mile dual YaleColumbia relay. Yale's time was 8 min. and 44 seconds.