The morning call., 1891-05-24
FIELD DAY AT
THE UNIVERSITY.
An Interesting Programme at
the Cinder- Track.
Splendid Weather and Large Attendance
Four Coast Records Broken-Van
Dykes Great Vault.

Yesterday between 1000 and 5000 invited
guests congregated around the University
cInder-track to witness the sports Incident
to the eighteenth field day Of the Varsity
boys. OF the number fully tWo-thirds were
ladies, NEST Of whom were provided with
seats in the two cal acious stands facing the
winning-pust, while many others viewed
the interesting spectacle from buggies and
other eauipages which hlled every foot Of
space on the circular roadway.
The sports began shortly after l o'clock,
and continued until 6. During the interval
twenty-five events were disposed of, so that
from first to last there was not an idle or
heavy moment 10 gTumble about. The man
agement, too, vas excellent, and nothing
could surpass the judgment shown in the
arrangement Of the programme, which was
so cleYeriy ordered that a dash Of variety
ran all through 1t.
OF the events on the programme one-half
were closed to all but University students
and the other half open to the members of
any amateur athletic club. In both classe
there were some intensely exciting events,
and records went flying intu smithereens on
every side. First Of these. in the order Of
their occurrence, was the fourth event,
220-yard hurdle race, open scratch, between
! Foster and Henry. The men were evenly
matched, and ran almost a dead heat from
the scratch. They were together at the last
! hurdle, which was knocked over by one or
! the other-wh0m il was impossible to say
| and the advantage which gave Foster the
| victory was made in the short distance be-
! tween that and the tape. The time, % 1-5
seconds, was thai of the existing Coast rec
! ord made by Foster himself, and was fifth
| second better than the standing u. I. record,
! previously made by Henry.
OTHER RECORDS SMASHED.
The seventh event, a mile walk, closed
| handicap, between FOulkS ana Winter, was
/ won by the first named 10 min. % % sec,
which lowered the L. Z. record OF min. 80
| sec, previously made by the winner, by
! Il % sec.
Iu the ninth event the first grand smash
/ ID the amateur records took place by the
| W0ndeTf III performance of &. {. Van Dyke
! in the clOSed-handicap pole-Ydultlng contest.
| Prior to this he had made the L. I. record
! by working up to feet AZ inches, while
that Tor the Coast stood ieet 64 inches,
made by G. Hoffman, A. a. a. a. 1ester-
day he knocked both of these into a cooked
! hat by taking 9 feet 92s inches with the
| greatest ease and neatness. which brought
| out a good deal OF applause, but ala not
| bring i'm in winner, aS his opponents, VII
| lis and Morse, had been given handlcapS OF
| 3 and inches respectively. Morse, who
| cleared feet So inches. received first
honOrs and Willis, who followed an inch
| behind, took second place.
Van Dykes latest record is now so near
| that Of the world that his friends Will not
be astOnshed if he bowls that over in
| Saturdays games. In speaking of II, they
/ say he would have done even better yesler-
| day but for the fact that the examinations
| mad taken place that very morning for pro-
| motion and that the mental strain of the
] fnyV Aa It -
| steal strength to a certain eXtent-at any
| rate it is not the preparation that athletes
usually make for field games. The same
remark, of course, applies to all the winners
| of the day and gives the University men
good reason to believe that they will carry
off a large share Of the hOn0Ts at next
! Saturday meeting.
Throwing the I6-pcund hammer, the
| eleventh event on the card. was also au
/ astOniSher inaSmuch as W. q. Morrow broke
the two records tine u. c., 90 feet inches,
! made by himself, and the Coast, % feet /
inches by j. j. MckiunOD, a. A. c. by a
throw of exactly 100 feet.
IN THE HURDLE RACE.
In the 12Lyard hurdle race w. II. Henry
repeated the programme Of breaking the
| Coast record OF II seconds made by 4. +.
! Foster, Q. a. G. The new Coast record of
| 16 % seconds previously made by Henry
was dIscTedted 10y the Pacific Coast ANA
teur Athletic Association on account OF
Henry's YOUTH but bis performance yester-
DAY in Is 30 though a second slower, re-
moves ali doubt about the correctness OF his
time.
Ire mile run, No II on the card. an open
handicap, was won by Il. Macarthur, o. A.
C., in 4 minutes 40 4-5 seconds, by which
the L. c. record, 4 minutes 81 1-5 Sec
Onds, E. {. Hill, and the Coast 4 minutes
40 seconds, ". a. Scott, y. a. C., were both
badly punctuTed.
Another event. which was an allah
sorbIng one, though the existing records
were not approached. was the 440-yard run,
open scratch, between ). Y. CaSady, .. 4.
C., and L. Mays, '93. The men are old OPP
ponentS ON the ciudeT-path and had met
before, Mays on that occasion carrying of
the lauTelS. II was supposed that this VIC
tory had engendered feeling between tie
men, and that report spreading, as such
rumors usually do, had the effect of CEN
Trailing the interest Of all the amateur
talent on the grounds upon The twelfth event
IN yesterdays programme.
The race was won in a jog by Mays in 30
seconds, three seconds slower than his for
neT time, the present University Club rec
ord. After the race was awarded to Mr..
Mays it was represented to him that he had
fouIed his opponent by striking him on the
leg, which showed evidence Of the fact by
| a slight scratch. Upon hearing of this he
voluntarily requested the judges 10 award
the race to MIR Casady, claiming that he
fOuled him unintentionally, but the judges,
at MI. Casauy's request, refused to allow
the same.
EVENTS AND WINNERS.
The complete list Of the day sports was
as follows:
Maiden 100yards dash-J. Bakewell 93; J..
Bouse, '92i w. l.. stewart, so. BouSe won in
| II seconds, Bakewell close second
Running high jump, closed bandlcap-C. r.
Morse, o. scratch; t. C. Van Dyke, '93, 10
inches; L. L. Carpenter, So 10 inches; Il. NJ.
Willis. 80, 10 inches; Z. H. Woolsey, '93, 10
inches; +. .. Campbell. "a, 10 inches; 5. S. san
born, "a, Is Inches. Morse won with record
OF 20 feet uches Carpenter second. 10 feet
| 9H2 inches.
foOyaIds dash, open scratch-J. D. Garrison,
| A. a. C.; L. Mays '93; j. BOus-, 1872; A. 5.
Henderson, o. A. G. Mays won in 1904 seconds,
| Henderson second.
22O-yards hurdle race. open scrateh-F. f.
| Foster, o. a. c. W. II. Henry. '93. Foster won
in % Is seconds, with Henry at his side. 1t
was almost dead heat.
Halfme run. closed handicap-J. D. Burks,
| 1913, 30 yards; n. B. Hnckley '93, scratch; Z.
I. ompKins, i92. 90 yards. Hinckley won In
minutes % seconds Burks good second
| Putting 16-p0und shot, closed handcap-A. G..
Roberts scratch; g. W. BUR, '94, ] 8 incB~s; A.
Dub6ers, '93. Is Inches; l.. W. Pearf, '93. Is
inches; f. o. Campbell. "a, "a Inches Camp
bell took first honois by putting II 81 feet 41s
| inches; Peart was second with 80 feet 10 Inches.
One-mile walk, closed handlcap-G. II. FOulks,
] '93, scratch; ID. Winter, '92, scratch. FOulks
breasted The tape in minutes 26 2-5 seconds.
| 229-y yards run, open handlcap-J. ID. Garrison,
A. A. G., scratch; H. C. Cassidy. A. A G., IL
fos1si, O. A. c. 71 yards S. v casady, O. a g.,
MAYS, a: a. G.. yardsi j. Bakewen. '93. 7
yards. Foster took first place In "a 20 Sec
onds, with Casady good second.
| Pole vault, closed handcap-H. M Willis 49,
| 3 inches; E. G. Van Dyke 1913, scratch; c. r.
| Morse, "a inches. Morse won by 8 feet S1a
inches, Willis second an inch behind. Van Dyke,
who broke the record with score of 8 feet 95s
inches, was defeated by the heavy handicap
| 120-yards dash, Mays barred. closed scratch