Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-23 | Page 7 | Indoor Track Mark Beat in Annual K. of C. Tourney

indoor Track Mark Beat BeatIn In n Anua KR K of C C. C Tourney Dartmouth College Star Sets Record in 45 Yard High Hurdles Titleholders Crowned BOSTON Tan Jan 22 AP-A AP worlds world's Indoor record was smashed by a collegian and three New England England Eng Eng- land amateur titleholders were nere crowned In the sixth annual track meet of tile the Massachusetts council Knights of Columbus here tonight E. E Itt 1 l Wells VeIls Dartmouth college junior was tile the world record performer Three times lie he flashed through the yard forty high hurdles in 5 5 4 seconds Tile The first time was i I a semifinal heat of the handicap event AU All three watches ivere v re agreed on tile the time Fifteen minutes later he took toole the fInal event in Ii 5 5 4 and less than half an hour after that came caine b back to win tile the New England A A. A. A scratch event over tile the same distance distance dis- dis tance In tile the same time Ralph Colson of Boston running unattached was n-as tile the second Now New I England title titie winner of the evening I lIe He raced through the scratch in 35 5 2 seconds to beat D. D A. A KeIl Kelly of Brown and G. G B. B Sullivan of the Pawtucket R. R I. I Y M. M C. C A. A The last New England title went to Clarence Flahive of the Boston Athletic association lIe cleared six feet which was just halt an Inch better than tile the best effort of Jerry Moody of Dartmouth Flahive's teammate Rogan was third wIth 5 feet 9 Inches Harold Osborne Americas America's premier premier pre pre- mier all around athlete and world title holder in the high jump was forced to go 6 feet 2 z inches to take tile the K of C. C invitation handicap handicap handi- handi cap affair from Frank Hollis Harvard liar liar- yard vard jumper who with a handicap of five inches was credited with 6 feet 2 Inches flat fiat Osborne then staged an ascension and wIggled over the bar at 6 feet 41 42 Inches to tie the New England Indoor indoor In- In door record