The outdoor track and field sports season got off last week to a running, jumping, vaulting start when the 40th annual Penn Relays took place in Philadelphia, the 25th annual Drake Relays in Des Moines.
Penn. Franklin Field was one vast, miserable mud puddle, but 5,000 spectators turned out in the rain to see the ½mi. anchor-leg duel in the sprint medley between Indiana's Charles ("Chuck") Hornbostel and Princeton's William ("Bonny") Bonthron. Hornbostel's team mates gave him an advantage of 4 yd. at the start, but the spectacled Hoosier runner, who looks...
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