Sport: New World's Records: May 5, 1923

440-yard relay: University of Illinois at Des Moines—42 3/10 sec.

Two-mile relay: The team of Penn State was forced to a world's record of 7 min. 484/5 sec. in defeating Oxford in the Penn relays at Philadelphia.

Automobile racing on one-mile track: Jimmy Murphy at Fresno, Cal., all distances between 1 and 150 miles. Final time: 1 hr. 26 min. 55 sec.

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