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In the Knights of Columbus track meet, held Saturday night in Mechanics Hall, in which a world's record was equalled twice, the University track teams--scored in two events. The Freshman relay runners defeated the Holy Cross Freshman team, while the University four placed second in their race with Holy Cross.
In the feature mile race, J. L. Reid '29 took second place, and J. O. Wildes '29 was third. Lloyd Hahn, leading middle distance runner in America, won the event.
A. H. Miller '27, of the Boston Athletic Association, was victorious in the 40-yard dash, and was only 1-5 for a second away from the world's record. In this event Folwell Scull of the University of Pennsylvania was second, and Ernest Morrill of Boston University was third.
In its relay race with Holy Cross the University team was decisively beaten by the Purple runners. The opening leg found Captain A. H. O'Neil '28 gaining the first corner, from the pole on Hal Klumbach of Holy Cross. On the third lap Klumbach gained an eight yard advantage over O'Neil to hand the flag to Maher, who ran up a lead of 15 yards on C. M. Lauterhahn '30. F. E. Cummings '30 had an injured shoulder before the opening of the race, and found difficulty in holding his own with the Purple runner, Chemis.
The Freshman team ran the most interesting race of the meet, when it defeated the Holy Cross first year runners. A. L. Watkins '31 was outdistanced by Morin by ten yards on the first lap. With a ten yards lead against them the Freshmen had some difficulty in catching up with the Purple sprinters, but J. H. Rowe '31 in the final lap outran his opponent Hagerty to bring victory to the Crimson team.
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