Elis, Crimson, BU Dominate New England Relays Field

For the second straight year Yale, Harvard, and Boston University demonstrated Saturday that the New England Relays is more a triangular meet than anything else. Completely dominating the 17 event schedule, the three schools won all but three of the contests.

The Elis, showing excellent early season sprint strength, and, as usual, getting a championship performance from Stew Thomson, captured seven events, including both freshmen relays. The Crimson, led by Captain Bob Rittenburg's three winning legs, won four relays, while B.U. took three field events.

Despite a cold, uncomfortable wind and a saturated track, ten of the two-year-old-meet's records were broken and two were equalled. In addition, a Harvard Stadium record was set in a special hammer throw won by Hal Connelly, former Boston College star.

Connelly's winning toss of 185 feet, 5 1/4 inches broke the old mark of 180-4 set by Thomson last year. In practice, Connelly heaved the steel ball 201-5, six feet more than the American record held by Martin Engel.

Rittenburg Excels

Rittenburg, who had been sidelined almost all of last season, gave one of his best all-round performances Saturday. Not only did he place third in the broad jump behind B.U.'s Bernie Bruce and Yale's Dick Goss, but he ran the third leg on the winning shuttle hurdles relay; a 220 for the first place sprint medley team; and opening leg on the winning mile relay. He also competed in the high jump and 440 relay.

Besides Rittenburg, the most successful single runner for the Crimson was sophomore Phil Williams. Williams, who had run a 4:25 mile as a freshman, almost personally won the four-mile relay with a very good second leg, and then came back to run an unofficial 3:15 for the three quarters in the distance medley. His effort put the Crimson ahead, but Ken Wilson's mile was only second-best to Rhode Island.

Other outstanding Crimson men were Renny Little in the mile relay with a 50 flat quarter; Art Siler with a second place in the discus throw; Dave McLean, Don French, and Al Wills with good early season miles in the four mile relay; and Dick Wharton with a strong 880 anchor in the sprint medley relay.

The freshman team avenged an indoor defeat by defeating Exeter, 63 to 54, at the prep school's track. The Yardlings' best performances were turned in by Pete Reider, who won both the mile and half mile. The top single effort was Exonian Joe Gately's 21-2 broad jump.