The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-24

ROBERT EDGREN. J. w. scoGGINS
pion, at 3 foot III inches Patterson en-
tered the university In 1898, making 8
feet 9h inches In his freshman year. Last
winter In a TRIAL for the coast record he
cleared feet IL u inches. Patterson has
jumped 81 feet in the broad Jump and run
the l20 yard hurdles In 16 3-5 seconds.
He is 81 years old, feet 10k inches high,
weighs las pounds and is a student In So
cial science. Five feet l0k inches won the
college championship In the high jump
last year, and the worlds record Is feet
~ inches, held by NJ. +. Sweeney OF New
York. At Princeton, Patterson won the
event with Jump of 8 feet 8 inches.
Chester Woolsey, the running broad
Jumper has record OF 22 feet. He Is "a
years old and has been jumping since 1892
He is 3 feet IL inches high and weighs 1863
pounds. In his sophomore year he tied
the record made by @. b. Morse, the great
all round athlete of the university, and
when a junior cleared 90 feet, making the
university record. Woolsey has also jump
ed feet inches high, put the 16 pound
shot 33 feet and made "A feet o inches in
the hop, step and jump. The eastern in
tercollegiate broad Jump was won last year
at 22 feet inches, or just 2 inches beyond
NooiHVy foOOiu. NOOAsoy was liiIu ds
Princeton.
Louis T, Merwin, the teams repre-.
sentative In the mile walk, was born in
Plainflcld, n. j., In 1878. He is 9 feet
inches high and weighs 10 pounds. When
sophomore he made minutes AS sec
onds, but was taken sick and had 10 give
up walking until this year He is now
walking better than ever and has already
made z minutes "a seconds. Merwin is a
remarkably steady and fair walker, and
In oil of his races has never Once been dis
qualified or even warned for running He
has wonderful burst Of speed at the fin
ish and has walked 100 yards In 16 sec
onds. Msrwin is a student OF mechanics
He was second at Princeton
p. X. Bradley, the half mile runner, al
ternates with Koch in the half mile and
quarter mile races. Bradley was scarcely
considered a candidate for the team until
just before the team left California, when
he ran the half mile with the greatest ease
from the 13 yard ma - in minutes Il sec
onds. He has made Slc quarter mile In SO
seconds, the ego in "a seconds and the 100 |
in IL seconds He is 2l years old feet |
inches high, weighs about 1876 pounds and
is n mining student. Bradley was third at
Princeton and quit 200 yss,ds from the fin |
ish line.
Melvin Dozier does the wheeling for the |
team and Is also one Of the best all round |
men OF the company. Dozier is Califor- |
nian, 20 years old and feet 911 inches |
high. He weighs $50 pounds, being very |
solidly built. He has jumped feet 5 |
inches high, and in his first contest cleared |
22 feet in the running broad Jump He |
has ridden the two miles on his bicycle in |
b minutes 20 seconds, but Is considered n |
8 minute man. At Princeton he won the |
two mile bicycle race in 3 minutes Al 3-5 |
seconds He has wonderful powers of en-
duranco and depends mostly on winning
his race at the finish. The eastern bicycle
race was won last year In minutes Is |
seconds.
Harry B. Torrey is another OF the teams
hurdlers. He did little hurdling before
this year. owing to tho fact that he was
badly hurt while freshman by falling on
\ hurdle This year, however, he defeated
Dyer, the crack hurdlor, from scratch in
10 1-5 seconds, and after running two
heats of the l20 yards won his eco yard
race In 26 As seconds, which is not for
midable when compared with J. l.. Bre-
mer's 90 1-5 seconds for the college cham
pionship event in 1894 Torrey is 90 years
Did and feet inchcstall
The Californians' more recent showing
against the strong University of Pennsyi.
7ania team, when they secured q tie and
yhon Barnes won the 22o yards DASH
Koch the 440 yards dash, Dyer and Tor
ey the 120 and 220 yards hurdle races,
Nerwin the mile walk, Woolscy the run
ling broad jump and Edgren the 10 pound
hammer, plainly demonstrates that tho
iolden States athletes are worthy oppo-
FONTS for any eastorn track team