Penn Relays

With the instinctive reverence for aristocracy which is inherent in the citizens of a republic, 40,000 people at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, whispered and pointed. "Which is he?"

"Cheest!" "He ain't no chippy, yuh slant-head, he's a husk." They were referring to a beaming, brawny runner who was at that moment preparing to start in the 400-metre hurdle in the first day's games of the annual Penn Relays -- the Right Honorable David George Brownlow Cecil Lord Burghley. They sat gasping while that nobleman, dark horse of the event, hoisted himself into the air over and over, sprinted past Snyder of Ohio State, won by a yard. Then they shrieked in pride at seeing a U. S. runner defeated by so fine a gentleman.

Next day, Burghley did not do so well. He finished third in the 120-yd. hurdle, which was won by Woods (Butler) with Scattergood (Princeton) second. DeHart Hubbard, famed Michigan Negro, defeated A. Porritt (Oxford) by a yard and a half in the 100-yd. dash. Hills of Princeton threw the shot 47 ft. 1 7/8 in. In the pole vault, three men tied for first place at 12 ft. 6 in. A brown, wiry relay team from the University of Havana was beaten by the City College of Detroit. Many highschool, prep-school, collegiate records fell. Pennsylvania took the l/2-mi. college relay, thus maintaining its record of having won at least one relay title in every carnival since the beginning of the outdoor track fix ture. A team from Georgetown took the 2-mi. relay. Swinburne, Sullivan, Holden, Masters -- so formidable* are these names that Holy Cross, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, all decided that there was no use getting hot, withdrew their entries, leaving Georgetown alone. Here was a predicament. Without an opponent, no record would count. Fordham, petitioned, amiably put a team on the track which trotted around after the Georgetownsmen while the latter established the new world's record of 7 min. 42 sec.

Cup Final

From Yorkshire poured a horde of football fans. From Wales poured a horde of football fans. All went to the Wembley Stadium, London, for the Association Football Cup final--- the biggest football match of the year in Britain--between Cardiff City and Sheffield United. More than 100,000 persons were present. The Duke and Duchess of York made two more. The game was a hard-fought contest, ending 1 to 0 in favor of Sheffield. In the midst of raucous British cheers, the Duke pinned football medals on the heaving breasts of the winning team. One of the attractions of the day was an "all day license" which permitted the sale of alcoholic stimulant during the hours when the "pubs" are closed, It was remarked, however, that, despite the temptation, there were few drunks about. Some put this down to the fact that the Yorkshiremen and the Welsh hold their drink well.