New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-27
YALE THE VICTOR.
SHE WINS THE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATH-
LETIC GAMES
wELI~FoUGHT BATTLE ON THE GREEN
BERKELEY ovAL-HARvARD BEATEN AL
MOST FROM THE srARr-pENNsYr,
vANIA CAPTURES THIRD PLACE
PRETTILY - THREE REC
ORDs BROKEN.

PRETT1LY = THREE REC
oRDs BROKEN
1t was Yale day. The sturdy athletes VIII
ABIDE under the shadow OF the New-Haven elms
repeated their performance Of last year and walked
| or with the intercollegiate athletic championship
win several points to spare. Harvard who haC
high hopes OF success. dropped back over ten points
behind the leaders and had a hard tussle 70 kee,
the University OF Pennsylvania back in thIrC
place.
The Berkeley oval Is beautiful spot for tn,
games, and the field has seldom looked prettler thar
II did yesterday afternoon, as 1t lay In the hollow
Of the hills. the greensward dotted with figures
of the active athletes. and the hilisides gay with
the supporters and the colors Of the different COZ
| ieges During the first part of the afternoon tho
SKY was clouded but about o'clock the sun came
out and shone brightly down until 1t sank behind the
dim. blue wall Of the Palisades In the distance On
account probably. of the downpour of the previous
days there was not large crowd at the sports yes.
terday. as crowds in these high days Of college
athletics. But there were many loyal followers OF
the Harvard. the Yale. the Columbia, the Princeton
and the pennsylvania youths, and the covered grand
stand well filled
1t is possible, a.so that the distance OF the oval
from the city kept away some though It Is n fairly
convenient place to get at and extremely agreea be
after one gets there. The trouble yesterday was
the interminable delay between the contests and
the length OF time which It took to end the final
struggle. Though the preliminary heats in some Of
the contests had been contested in the morning,
there were most provoking delays al the afternoon
and the shadows Of night were fast falling when
the last race had been won.
Yale took a fine lead at the start and kept It,
though Harvard crept up close at one time. Then
II was that the Harvard girl, who had cheered all
her voice away, regretted the fact that the for
merry auburn beard of her dignfed father had
turned TO snowy white. she explained that she
Il
the general crimson effect After the "brace"
which Harvard took In mld-afternoon. her colors
steadily dropped and Yale wen: triumphanty to
the fore The New-Havenites tremendously
strong In Of average ability ana they captured
no less than eight second prizes. They had also
some stars in their ranks and took from under
Harvari's surprised several first places she
had counted for the crimson.
There were three records broken-that in the shot
putting contest. that IN the two-mile bicycle race
and that in the mi.e run. Hickok. of Yale. big and
blueeyed, broke the shot record and also established
a new one. in the hammer, under the ru.es.
Several times the record In the bicycle race
broken. and the final gain of time in that contest
was twen;ysix seconds. Goodman, of the City Col
lege. covered himself with glory by taking this
ahead OF the cracks from Pennsylvania and Yale.
But the man who gained the biggest renOwn OF
RamsdeN used to be at Priaceton. where he did
TO re,ate has maG- him much faster man in
every kind q a race. He had not been looked
Sefore vet he sSrppised and sgrntled them b5t6
by taking three first prizes He won first pace in
three contests, the looyard DASH the 22O-yard dash
Then HarvaTd's and Yale's carefully laid plans
colleges. Gcodmans performance for the City
College standard. in taking the bicycle race, was
mile walk. Then when Fitzpatrick, Of Union came
in first in the half-mile run and when Jarvis. of
WESLEYAN won the mile run Harvard and Yale
had another disappointment.
Another surprise and there are always many
surprises at the intercollegiate games. was In
Prnceton's poor showing. Not lonesome soil
tary point did the Tigers from old Nassau deyour.
Princeton last night hungry and cross. Football,
jump fences and throw iron balls around~the way
they DO at the intercollegiate games" But despite
10 Be more IN he hck Of the Fray yeserday
Even Columbia did better. and there was a Column
fight right under r' their astonshed mothers eyes.
The Yale small boy said that the Columbia small
cheer for that ong-legged. Columbia bicycle rider.
The Columbia small boy promptly pun1ehed MS
nuttered forward and separated the bSlllgerents
Whre were ' cou5as 50 that both small boys
were right; And they wandered off. sucking
Harvard attributes her downfall to the youth Of
her team "a years better head on our shoulders
en Gk the wRds5 Hoe last 1nns The
Yale vctors came down 10 the MURRAY Hill, Toasted
great glee. and rejoicing. And 50 ended the nine
tenth annual field meeting Of the Intercollegiate
Athletic ASSOCIATION
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SUMMARY OF TIE WINNERS.
Following is a summary Of the contests and win |
ro-s.
Heis'
1Co-yard dasf-First heat. C. T. Buchotz. I. Of F..
Second Ralph DerT, Princeton. Tme-lO % seconds |
Second heat j. b. smuell. Jr Columbia second. G. H. |
Judd 4. Of F.. 10 % seconds Third heat. T. : Rams
Tell l. ot T.. second. II. : Patterson. Williams 10 %
seconds. Fourth heat. G r. Swain Princeton; second
". NJ Richards Yale 10 2j seconds. Fifth heat. j. j.
Whtren. Harvard; second l.. NJ. Lawson IT,. Columbia
10 30 seconds Sixth heat, II; A. McNuliy. Princeton
second J. L. Bremen, Harvard 10 80 seconds Second
preliminary heats.FIrft heat; C. T. Blchoz I. Gf -,
,t Z. p swain Princeton. second G. H. Judd L. Of
p IN ~.cnnds Tbird heat Il < Rams1ef r. Of p
~ ~ s-conde Final hea, won bv T. = Ramsdei t. Of
~ 80 ~ iss,,.rs,, y.unians. third {, Tuc
T., ~ 1,noeIo snc,rdn e"raIl,rp The record
lOi'~ - % = ii'i' ~ ma Wv =.
29o-yard dash-Firsi heat c. Gie't. Yale second H.
b. Janis7n' Princeton % seeohas' conI M
r y HalsQfIt L. OK T., S'''i''' W. Ni'--4' iiA'