The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-21

has cleared ovsr q fesk The Pennsylvs-
Elan should win With Bless and Sheldon
second and third, respectively. Tnrper,
OF Prsneeton, though . half mile runner,
jumps veii. bat il hardly good enough for
FEARING. q k.ay.rd. eueh. 70 vim tn.
high jump. though Leslie Of the Uniyer-
mtg has cleared over six fsst. Yale 10 said
e have IN athlete Who can clear the bar as
close 70 that height. bu: he did O dis
Play his form at b Yale spring games
Yale and Harvard, 70 seems, will hare
the pole vault entirely 70 themselves. un-
iess own OF Williams, cempetes aesin
TINS year. Cartwright and Hart Of Yale.
TOOK bnt and second, respectively, last
year It ten feet 6ve and three-quarters
inches and ten 1eet two and shree-quarsers
lnches- SherWin and Wheelwright. Of
Harvard, and Towne tied for third 1t aine
Tee; eleven and three-quartsss inches. Il
- difscuit in such : fsld to pick a winner.
I rather fancy SherwIn. Bucho.sx. Of
TIE University OF Pennsylvania. j. said to
nave Cleared over ten n one-hai: feet,
but ! doubt whether he will reach an even
ten when Is comes to the championship.
Next 20 b half mile and one mile walk
the event on the programme, the result Of
which seems most certain. is throwing the
hammer. Hickok, Yale's young giant. on
April - broke all records by athrow of liz
o6o ~ NAC &tlGJE IL no OS0eE
athlete in the colleges who can come With
IN half . dozen feet OF this distance. Still
man. Of Yale, And Black, VI Princeton,
ought to take the places, with the chances
for second in favor Of Black.
II the result Of the hammer-throwing
competition is . foregone conclusion. the
fesnit of the shoti Is moi. Shea, OF Har-
She's has . record Of over forty feet, but he
seems to lose either his nerve, strength or
skill when he comes to the '.intercoiie-
giates." Lyman. Of Yale. and Beyeridge
and Black, of Princeton, are the most
promising men for the places If shea
should happen to como up to his record.
Lyman vas second last year and Bever-
idge was third.
These predictions, in 30 far - they are
predictions. are based on my knowledge
OF the athletes gained in actuai coinpe-
tition. by observation and. in the case OF
new men. by adyices I have received from
the various colleges. II must be rernem-
bered, however. that biped races are often
as uncertain a. races for maiden two-
pen that will turn . race upside
down." and ~''sicepers," that is, men
who have been held in reserve and
not allowed 10 show their ability, are
likely to be cut loose where least ex-
pected. Another element of uncertainty
lies in he fact that . small college which
has never been heard Of At the champion
ships may develop . star athlete Of the
first magnitude. IL must b. remembered,
too. that the difference Of . few inches,
perhaps. in . mile, will give the college
that expected i've points but two. And
this loss Of three points, added to the
score Of q rival, Is . very serious matter.
Harvard, by reason Of her large team.
numbering probably sixty weli-trained
men will. / think, win the championship.
II accidents happen. Harvard is least
likely to be affected than the other coll
leges. Second place. Of course, lies be-
tween Yale and Princeton. But so close
together will they be that il would be mere
guesswork "a say which will lead.
WALrxR c. DoHN.