The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-25

Harvard's best bicyclist is r. II. f. Davis.
who holds the intercollegiate record for
two miles and who lately broke the Harvard
record, till now held by Greenleaf. Davis
has covered the two miles in six minutes
and forty seconds, and expects to do even
better. Gresnleaf, however, is strong
rider, and expects to win this year. It is
said that Davis, while he has undoubted
speed, is not as relia lie at long distances as
the older man and that he wubbles good
deal under pr sssure.
p. A. Clark of Yale is also entered for
the bicycle race.
w. H. Shea, the hammer throwerssfor
Harvard, is a very heavy and strongly
built man, and ought to have little diff
Guilty in capturing honors either at the
hammer, the shot, or both. The crack
runner of the Harvard team for distance is
w. G. Downes. who made his reputatio at
440 and $50 yards. He is an even match
with Dohm, the famous Princetonian, the
latter having won the quarter last year
while Downes captured the half mile
Downes can cover the quarter in
an even fifty seconds and the half
in two minutes. Other good Harvard men
are X. X. Endicott. quarter runner; K.
Sturgis half-mile; o. K Haes, first class
sprinter; S. V. r. Crosby, good at the 100
yards dash; A. NJ. White, a mile runner,
with fine record; A. c. Davenport, an
Othcl anu u. II. OOuS6, u BOUu,
reliable half-mile man. E. G. Moen, who
will be Lees rival for first place among the
sprinters, should not be forgotten. Moen
can cover the 100 yards in 10 3-5 seconds.
He gave Sheriff. hard race last year.
Among the Princeton men, Dohm stands
pre-eminent with his half mile record of l
minute So Il seconds. Luther Cary is the
man chosen to make the fight against Sher-
rill of Yale for the honors at the 100 yards,
and there are many who believe he will
capture the prize from the cri nson. Cary
has been in athletics since 1888, when be
made his first record. He also won
the championship at seventy-five yards
at Boston, making the distance
in As seconds. He stands
better chance of winning the 100 yards
than longer distance. more particularly
as Sheriff. has lately been suffering from
lameness. Vredenburgh, another Princeton
crack, will compete in the 100 yards, but
will stand little chance alongside of the
faster men already named. Another good
Princeton man is H III. Janeway, who will
compete in the rammer-Uhrowing and pos
sibly in some of the other events calling for
great muscular prowess
Columbia has two star athletes who are
confidently expected to bring victory to the
New York college. They are II. F. Welsh,
who is said to be the finest pole vaulter in
any of the colleges. and Victor Mapes, the
great broad jumper, whose record of q
feet 81 inches has only been eclipsed by
that of Sbearman, formerly of Yale, hui
no longer in college. Welsh is also good
running broad jumper. Columbia depends
on Herbert Mapes to win the 120-yarC
hurdle race, but as there are many fine mer
entered the result would seem to be not GER
tain in advance. Fearing and Brown o.
Harvard and Williams and Deming of YALE
are all good hurdlers at that distance.
s. Derickson of Columbia is crack
sprinter, and has the college record for 90
yards. T. McIlwaine will enter for tn,
| mile walk.
Amherst pins her confidence on Wells il
| the one-mile run. and will look for a chanct
| in no other event, although she may hav,
| entries in several. Williams College may
be represented, hut it is doubtful, as he
men have done little to distinguish them
selves in track athletics.
Throwing the hammer and the tug of wa
are two events of equal uncertainty. Allel
and Elcock, of Yale, will encounter Bowse
| of Pennsylvania and Janeway of Prince
| ton in the former competition, and as al
are powerful and well-trainei athletes, i
would be difficult to pick out the victor
| Bowser is the favorite. Ia the tug, Colum
| bia and Princeton will he pretty event
balanced, the Harvard team being, if any
thing, the lightest of the three.
Regarded from all points the college mel
themselves think the outlook rather favor
the crimson this year, although the variou
teams have lately been doing such excellen
work that they would seem to be almos
evenly matched in many of the leadin
events. G. II. SANDISoN.