The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-09

yaine won BY, few inches from How The
race between these two men having been so
WIN Sear Tbe 90 STnSt evcow Which Fdh
be another interesting competition, with Davis
% nd 5GGpS q HsTSsrf and Clark and
doris this years result uncertain, although
Davi- is rather the fayori,e. ,Grecnleat how
ever. holds The Harvard record Tor two miles OF
18th running high Jump Il the most uncer;
OF ali IN j tn1To E Se Ees ar and
i. G.. Hooper OF Columbia; Tho first three
men have done in tho nrIghbo hood OF ieet 10
M &c %Ha an s
ster last year won With ease nj D leetG'i inches.
ne has done. however ieet II ;, inches Fear
Columbia mon count on Victor Mares as a
lie may meet II Tartar In A. Ii. Green OF Har-
yard; who recently, cleared q ieot inches at
TOOK S ssco S% pSce 4 j. hrSrmsn an" Of Yae
who jumped ~ feet & inches. but Mapes did
not come nearer than a loot to this distance.
At all events the contest will lie extremely
close between the Columbia and Harvard rep
resentatiNes The other men Likely to take
Columbia and i. b. Webster of tho University
OF Pennsylvania. Mapos's best performance
y ~ feet ~, inchCs lust =, inches ahead Ct
Yale, that college Is not likely to take n place
IN the event, Ills absense will also lose, Yale
OF clearing over 10 feet. X. l.. Ames is also
likely to make good fight for II. His best
regularly, and will undoubtedly be able to i'm
prove greatly on this by May 81. Green. who
recently won the, chnmrionahip at vaulting for
distance. aud also beat the record, doing 26
feet ~ inches, is not likely to be bettar than
third in the high vault. Throwing the hammer
Is an unecrtain event Tho best contestants
will be A. j.. Bowser. University Of Ien4syl-
Harvard, and II. A. EcocK OF Yale. Bowser
has won this event for two years. He can
throw in the neighborhood OF 80 feet, but will
probably have to do ali Of that to win this year,
for both Allen Of Harvard and Elcock OF ale
have been practising much lately and have
improved greatly since last year Elcock Is an
enthu. iasiic athlete. and. being a medical stu
dent Is greatly Interested In physical culture
lie will undoubtedly be hard man 10 beat
this year
The qqt-PutHttng event Is likely to go to Hnr,
has accomplished the distance OF 80 feet
inches. and it is hardly likely that any Of his
competitors can reach those figures, The
B G. Human OF Columbia. Janeway won last
year with put of SO feet "a inches, Elcock
was second only 80 inches behind him, and
may beat him Tor second place on May 81.
The tug Of war is q dangerous contest on
which TO mako any predictions The teams
change more or less eyeryy year. and 1t is likely
Eel Quite confident Tor they have strong
team now in training. Columbia won last
year, beating Princeton In the final pull by
four inches Princeton then pulled Harvard
Altogether the result OF these games is 80 un-
certain that there are only two events in which
II would be safe to predict the winner, namely.
22O-yard hurdle race. by II. Mapes Of Column
bia. pohm of Princeton might be said to be
sure OF either the quarter or the half mile but
is he would not have the strength to win tho
second. unless Downe5 we're out of the field.