The sun., 1879-05-10
COLLEGE MEN AS ATHLETES.
CONTESTING THE HONORS OF An INTER-
COLLEGIATE FIELD DAY.
Walking, Running. jumping. Poie-vauitinE,
Huriing Hammers and Weights for Glory
and the Development OF Muscular Tissues.


and the Deveiopment OF Muscular Tissues.
warm sun, refreshing breeze, dry
grounds. a good track. and large attendance
were some Of the conditions attending the fourth
field meeting OF the Inter Collegiate Athletic
Association. held on the grounds Of the assoca-
tion. in Mott Haven. yesterday afternoon. or
the nineteen colleges in the association. Column
pla. Dartmouth Harvard. LehRh University.
the so-caled College OF the City OF New
York. Princeton Rutgers. Stevens Institute.
and the University OF Pennsylvania were rep
resented by feet runners. high jumpers. and
swift walkers. There were seventeen events
on the programme-the hundred-yards dash.
one-mile walk standing high jump 44O-yards
dash, graduate mile walk. running high jump.
220-yards dash. throwing the 16pound ham,
mer, l00-yards dash for graduates half-mio
run. 120-yards hurdle race. two-mile walk. pole
vauting. running broad jump; standing broad
jump. one-mlle run. and putting the l6-pound
shot
The 1OO-yards dash was divided into three
trial heats. In the first heat T. F. Randolph OF
the class OF 80. Rutgers College; NJ. NJ. Duncan.
80. Lehigh A. F. Moore. Jr., Stevens and II.
II. Lee. '79. University OF Pennsylvania, started.
Lee is one Of the best runners In the assoca-
tion. no having beaten Wendell. Harvard's fast
runner. last season In Gimore's Garden He
won the heat easily in IL is seconds. with Ran
dolph second. In the second heat the starters
were l.. A. Stuart. 80. College Of the City
OF New York: L. ]. Wendell. 49, Har
ward; and +. Donaldson. Jr.. 70. Harvard.
Wendell won in 10 AS seconds. with Donald
son second. F. Loney. 'Sl. Princeton. was
the only starter in the third trial heat These
trial heats left Lee. Randolph. Wendell. DON
aldson. and Loney to run In the final heat. An
exciting race was anticipated between Lee and
Wendell. the latter being very feet-footed but
bad starter the former quick starter ana fast
runner. As usual. Lee got away first. but Wen
few yards he stopped. Lee won easily in 10 As
seconds. and Randolph and Stuart had appar:
emily equal claims to the second place. wendell
came up to the string and claimeda foul. saying
that Stuart stepped in front OF him. The claim
was allowed, Stuart was disqualified. and Ran
d99a Fo9 Se Ses sygn ee wsE Watson 80 Col
lege Of the City OF New York +. G. Huidekoper;
10 Harvard Il. II. sayre, 'sl. Columbia, and
koper was the winner OF the mile walk at Har-
| ward last year. Sayre. son OF Dr. Lewis Sayre.
in lick. AT the word Watson took the lead
with gait resembling stin-legged run En-
merich followed with what appeared like a
| brought w the rear. both walking very square,
| ly. Five times around the track is a mile. on
the second lap Sayre passed Watson and En-
had been far behind. passed Watson. He struR.
gisd with Emmerch for second place, and Just
| missed getting IL. SAyre won In :49. and EN-
merie6's time was 1855 is.
| In the standing high Jump contest. Randolph.
P Princeton; i. II. Lee. 49, Columbia and Z.
| Marx. 80. OF the College Of the City OF New
York. competedi Larkis won jumping Zee.
| ca inches and Lee was second. having Jumped
The 40 yards dash was a pretty contest. r.
sard; VA ;cc r. cossweii sSs so. Il Dsri%1Sts " W.
Roberts. 81. Columbia; and = Loneyb 81.
well and simmons outran him. the former
winning In b4 As seconds. with the latter Sec
For the graduate mile walk f. J. McIlvaine.
| rs. University OF Pennsylvania. was the only
starter. He walked over the track ia & :5l AS.
running high jump. W. J. Robinson and c. L.
Helms. both OF the class OF 81, University OF
asd Outs So 0f2TsT PTnceeD co@Psted
Conover had the reputation OF clearing feet
61s inches in the last contest, making the best
as line jumper. and Cuts. one Of Princeton S
best football players, was known 70 jump well.
| However. he and Robinson retired, unable 10 do
| better than feet inches. and Conoyer and
Helms struggled for the prize, Finally Conover
made a magnificent lump. clearing the bar a,
| Helms was able TO make nothing better than
| feet IN inches. Conover's Jump was an
nounced as the best amateur jump on record in
For the 22O yards dash two trial heats were
run. Lee OF the University OF Pennsylvania.
| and NJ. \. Duncan. 80. Lehigh. were the only
starters in the frst heat. and Lee won, Wen
dell Of Harvard I. J. Brereton. '79. Columbia
| and L. Flint. 80. Dartmouth. st8rted in the
second heat. and the fret two took the first and
second places. Lee. Wendell. Duncan. and
Brereton ran in the final heat. close and ex-
citing race was expected between the rivals Lee
and Wendell. The men got away well together
Duncan leading, and Wendell and Lee close
and Lee passed the three; but when within 10C
yards q the finish he suddenly stopped, Wen.
dell. fine runner. won n "a 2-5 seconds. with
mediately shouldered Wendell. and carried
him OF the track amid uproarious Rahs."
c6uhSs SEH and Y H. qsStSV r. BaeEwo 70 qSn PqncetoU
were the expounders OF the science of throwing
the sixteen pound hammes; All are very stal,
Snown sUIHSh Ss The si BABY @ Epp6an appenrsd Z
be capable OF singing the hammer out of sight
Larkin threw the implement 81 feet inch-tht
best amateur throw on record. The u. E.
was second and six feet behind his cassmate.
na dSyeWG Ws7 7 gsiys5Tty 81 PSH1sySa rs "a,
raduates that ran in the 100 yards dash
Waller broke the string in IL l-5 seconds from
For the hall mile run, NJ $: Patton. 80. Prince
Rogers, g. 80. Rutgers; W. j. \. Roberts. 81. Co %
Pennsylvania were the starters. Cogswell woI
in 2:l2 with White SECOND.
| The prettiest OF all the contests was tho l2(
yards hurdle race. twas run in, two trial heats
W. T. Lawt9n ~; Columbia; H. y. strong 81
Iehlgh, ana j. L. Wilmington, 81, princeton
ran in the first: and J. T.. Cowdn, 70. Harvard
q. l.. Helms. 81. University Of PENNSYLVANIA
and F. g. Landon. 81. Princeton, in the second
Lawson and Wilmington got first and scconC
place in the first. and COwdin and Landon In
the second and the four ran in the final heat
Cowdin who is the champion hurdle racer o.
Harvard won easily, taking his jumps ad
mirably; time. 10 2'5 seconds. Lawson tool
The starters for the two-mile walk were the
same as for the one-mile walk with Huide
koper left out. Sayre took the lead and kept II
winning in 40 20. The pole vaulting was
the least interesting Of the sports. j. Is. Waller
10. Princeton; Il. II. Lee s2. Columbia; b. +
Harrah University OF Pennsylvania: q. l.
Helms 49, of the same college, and G. Fabre
gou 81 College OF the City of New York were
the " leppers." In his second jump Helms who
was said TO be the best jumper Of tn,
five. sprained his ankle. He pluckill
kept on, however. and did not quit unit
| Harrah and FabreRou had done their best
He then cleared . feet 3 inches and once more
hurt his ankle. and he WAS carried from thu
field Muller and Lee made n tie on 9 feet
inches--the same Jump that Helms made.
G.. b. McChesney 81, Rutgers: Cuts, Prince
ton ; q. c. Thayer. 81 University of Pennsyl
yania; Conover, Columbia and Wilmington o
Princeton contested for the running broaC
Jump prize. Conover made a jump OF 40 feet
the best ever made in a collegiate contest-anC
Cuts was second, with 10 feet inches.
McChesney OF Rutgers. Rutherford and Lee
OF Columbia. and LHrkin Of Princeton were tn
standing broad jumpers Larkin won with
Jump Of 10 feet 33s inches. No weights were used