New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-25
BEATIyG THE BEST COLLEGE RECORDS.

FIELD MEETING or THE INTERCOLLEGIATE ASoO-
CIATION-HARvARD AHEAD
The ninth annual field meeting of the Inter-
COLLEGIATE Athletic Association took place yesterday ON
the grounds 0 the Manhattan Athletic OIuo' Inc sI"u
stand was filed with students and ladies' and chorus
of cheers WAS frequently heard C-O--u m-b-i-a pre-
dominating There were twenty-scven contests ana the
best American college records were beaten IN ior oi
Them In the 900 yards dash the nest American aih'
terc record for $50 yards made by W. g. Wilmer New
York Athletic Club in - % secondS was beaten ny H.
: Brooke IT,. Of Yale So in 15is seconds with W.
Rakcr of Harvard Sc, l. feet behind him Baker won
the dash in - % seconds breaking the record made Dy
brooke of 225s seconds with Brooke close second
II H. Milford of the Columbia school OF Mines won
tho final heat OF the l2O yards hurdle race in l72
seconds beating record Of L 3j seconds made py D.
9 r,ptin. nj Columbia Milford second In the
similar race last year, which was won Il SECONDS Inc
rrrin broad lump record OF 2 feet inches also maze
yJcnbin was beaten byO. Bodesen OF CoumDa achool
| Of Mines, 81 who jumped 81 feet Jig inches Inc
running high jump was by c. H. Atkinson OF lIar
ward with feet %! inches, who beat the college record
or = feet So inches made 10y himself and the amateur
rcol of : feet inches made by three Others among
Them " B. PAGE Of the class Of 81 University of Penn
,.lv,pia who was a contestant in yesterdays games
and who failed to clear the pole at feet "a inches
The first three contests were trial heats OF the lou
| ,,I. dob The first heat was won by IT. y. W. Philip
~ I-,u 81 in 10 oj seconds with A. G. Fell Prince
| ton - second The second heat won by H. :.
Hrooke ir Of Yale in the same time, with C. H. Mapes
of Columbia So second. The third heat was won 10y
" Rokcr Harvard So in same time, with + :. Bill
| linz. Harvard 80 second. The final heat was Won by
rricLc IN 10 - seconds. Tho second place was gwen
TO Baker although there was close hhish between MN
I'm tbf mile bicycle race the first heat was won by
| p Tauilton of Yale '~6, with g. A. Reed OF Column
lila school of Mines So second, IN 6:482 The second
L,t wa. won bv f. : Howard OF Cornell, 10, with l..
stcorns az Princeton. ST. second. KOhcr, OF the Uni
tbiri Icat The final heat won by Hamilton III -
with Reed second IN G:59. Howard dropped out Hs nc
vas Going down the bPck stretch on the last lap oI INC
first mile lie said that the fumes OF the alcohol with
which he had been rubbed had gone 10 Ills head ana MADE
him stupid friend said that the doctors at Ithaca had
sj tIaf Inc was ,ufcrng from heart iii casc, and that
| ne rode the race lac would die on the track.
The final heat OF the tug or war was peJ"tcl the
IrLirb Tuiycr- ty and Harvard, and was won by the
| latter by : inches. The mile rlln was won by X
Irc. Of the University OF Pennsylvania 80, with H.
| Mitchell Yale 50 second. The running broad jump
~ who cleared II feet Big inches, with A. g. Fell OF
Princeton 81 second with 20 feet ! y inches Inc
40 wards, dash by W. H. GOODWILL j., OF Iiar-
vard in 80 80 seconds, c. Smith, of Columbia Law
| School, being second. go, .- -. -, A.. 49,. . .. 7,
IT WuIford Columbia ScloOof Mines -, j. ID. Bradley
| nf Harvard 80 being second. D. W. Rcckhart,
Colombia school OF Mines, 81 put The shot 80 feet 3%
| inches and won L. A. Meredith Yale, -. won the
mia walk easily in 33 is. The pole vault was won
hv II + Hodge ol Princeton SO who cleared feet A.
Coke Yale -, threw the hammer ~ cet Inches ana
won. W. II. Goodwin. ir, OF Harvard, "a, won ihe
half mile run 20jlc, with Csith, oi the Columbia
Law school, second The Inter Collegiate cup was won
Inv Harvard which out the victor il more contests
| than any other college,