New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-22
COLIEGE iTHLETES TO MEET.

LAST vrrK or PRACTICE FOR THE CHAMPION
SHIP CAMS.
The a.nua contest for the championship Of the
intercollegiate Athletic Association Of America VIII
fake place next saturday afternoon ut Manhattan
FIELD one hundred and fifty nnh ST. and Eshthavc An
entry n,t Of enormous Size has been received for
the contests. last spring Harvard carried on the
greatest part Of the honOrs Of the day. her score
ia I'ot,is than doubling that Of her nearest
rival Yale beside the individual glory 10 Ice won
In each race, the college feeling is one II the strong
cSt Incentive to clever work i'm the contests.
svscm ~ team scoring decides which Il the competing
COLLEGES secures session 81 the massive silver trophy
cnblrmntlc If the college athletic championship
of the country. The system 81 scoring allows hVc
polts for a winner. two for the second man ana
one for the third. To secure this honor, Harvard
Princeton. Yale, and Columbia enter large teams OF
athletes every spring. and many q the other colleges
also enter smaller teams. among them beng thp'o
from the University ~ Pennsylvania stevens Institute
Amherst. swatthmore. Georgetown. Williams Uni
verify Of the Clty Of Ncw-YOrk. Cornell, forlham
and Rutgers.
There are al-o other college games which attract
considerable interest aud ~ certain extent indicate
the relative strenrh Of the different college athletes
Each Of the universities holds It's own set OF games
curly In the spring. ThcS" are followed by the inter
cclleeiae games between Yale and Harvard. and be
tween Princeton and Columbia a little later in the
scs,n But the intercollegiate championships are
the final test, Of merit and eagerly looked forward
h by all athletic college men.
Til, spring the point contest for the college chah'
pIons ship promises to be more than usually close.
larl ard Yale and Princeton each have star a'hieteS
IN nearly all OF the competitions. bit when GREEKS
ioincd Greeks then the tug oi-war. ana IL VIII
require remarkably clever performances by the winning
athletes to the five points for the colleges which
they represent. In the hort-dstancc running races
| as Clcd-t the 100 and I'D Nhlu
da,hes-PIlnceton has for ;cveral years cXcelled.
Carey their fastest sprnter. has now lett college" nov"
ever apd viii not thi, year. r. Nrcden-
Lurgh &. x. swain ana f.. :. Eam'ieh'
who viii take his place. are all fast runners.
hut Will have t. complete against ". swaync and
T. W Allen Of Yale (thc former has been credited
with covering yards In ten second, this year,;
T. T.. BlO,,, .. *. liawcs aud j. =. Cook, OF liir-
ward II. r. Harding, Of Columbia. and W. NJ Crait'
OF G.. G. " \. These the spcedicst runners
entered. and there will doubtless b, close finishes in
/. IN sprints between some Of them.
In the middle distance running races. the quarter
milo and half mile lIarvard's best men A. VI.
white q. Il. rachcldcr aud W. II. wright. Prince
ton will depend upon j. ;. Roday, T. u. Turner. ".
f. Woodbridge. g. NJ Mccampbell and g. ". Belts:
while there are also entered ". q. Wright. ir s. +.
Dcardsley and &. +. Butterw0rth. from Yale &. b.
shattuck, OF Amherst. and W. NJ Craft OF G. c. y. Y
There arc a number OF clever long distance runners
entered for the mile run. among them being ". W.
Ellsworth and a. C. Williams. OF Yale: +. +. Carr
J. o. Nichols and q. Lowell, Of Harvard; W. u.
Woodbridge r. u. Turner and u. ". Belts of Prince
ton and f. Il. Wtitney. of Columbia. There will
probably bc less composition In the hurdle races as
good athletes at thi, line OF sport few and far
between. Harvard has entered G. Il. Fearing, IT,,
and o. W. shead Yale will depend upon D. Il. Lyman.
NJ L. Van Ingcn and i. Eaton Princeton has no fast
nsT H" sd Sn cHnnn at co s sae Sss
speedy hudler In ii. l. Harding and has also entered
In the three jumping contests there are many
promising entries. In that for distance L. ;. Rams
dell Of Princeton: F. b. Bloss and A. II. Green OF
Harvard and I. q. ShearTnan New York University
perhaps the best Iumpers In the high Jump; Har
depend G. r. Fearing. IT., and 4. H. Green H. F.
also good records.
clearing 10 feet IL inches In the pole vault last
week and Is one OF the cleveresI vanlters entered.
There VIII also contest in this competition T. +: Sher-
versity, and +. II. Bowman. OF Columbia. Last year
Harvard won first. second and third In the bicycle
entries r. W. Davis. one of them broke the inter
collegiate record few days ago and has made re-
markably fast time in several race. hi. spring
" H. Hall. OF Columbia. and f. Spahr Of C. c. y. \:
The mile walk will perhaps be Of the closest
races Of the day. f. 4. liorchering. OF Princeton.
men cnter,d. The former defeated the latter, who
was last years champion, at the Columbia Princeton
games this spring IN oIdbreaking time There VIII
and G. ". Ottlcy. Of Princeon.
In the heavy weight contests. putting the l6-pound
shot and throwing. the l6ponnd hammer. iiarvard's
| against c. f Cox and j. y. Lyman. Of Yale b. Z:
I1nman of Columbia G. VI. Wheeler X. Taylor and
p Vredcnlurgh OF Princeton, and NJ. O'Sulliyan, OF
NewYork Universiv'