The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
THEY WIN NINE PLACES
Opening of the intercollegiate
Contests on the New
York Oval.
THE TEAM CLEVERLY HANDLED.
Eleven Californians Who Can Sue
cessfully Cope With Any Team
of Their Number.

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 24.-The Cali
fornians to-day clearly proved themselves
superior to the greatest American ath-
letes. With but ten men entered in nine
events, they qualified for nine places.
Yale is expected to win the games to-
morrow, and Yale with forty men quail
fed for less than twenty-five places. To-
Cay has fully demonstrated that the eleven
Californians could successfully cope with
their number chosen from any college.
The games, which were held at Berkeley
Oval, commenced promptly at Pm.
In the first event, the 100-yard dash,
Barnes was withdrawn, leaving Scoggins
alone to fight against the sixty-three re-
naming entries. He was unequal to the
task, losing his heat to Champion Rams
dell in 10 1-5 seconds.
Barnes, the sole Californian in the fur
long, after leading a fierce race for 200
yards, was beaten out at the finish in % 2-5
seconds.
Scoggins was "boxed'' in his heat of the
quarter, finishing third. His time, how
ever, was caught at 50 2-5 seconds. Koch
ran his heat magnificently, pulling out
from the crowd and winning at the finish
in 81 As seconds. He ran the crack Har-
ward flyer, Marshall. completely off his
feet.
California had no entry in the half or
mile runs. The handling of the q. c.
team was wonderful.
In the first heat Dyer, U. c., was pitted
against Bijar, the Columbia champion,
and Cady, the Is As seconds Yale Harvard
and intercollegiate champion. 1t was a
beautiful race Dyer leading from start to
finish, winning from Cady in 16 seconds
fat. Dyer showed fine form and was rem
dered a regular ovation for his victory.
The second heat brought out Chase, the
holder of the worlds Is 3-5 seconds record,
Perkins, the Yale 16-second man, and Tor
rey of California. Chase won by yard,
with Torrey second, in Is AS seconds The
time of the third heat was 16 2-5 seconds.
There were five heats in the 220-yard
hurdle race and Torrey and Dyer ran in
the two fastest heats. Torrey ran in IS 2-5
sec. and Dyer took second in "a As sec.
Torrey ran very strongly, winning his heat
hands down. The Mott Haven record is
% Is sec. and the q. C. record had been
% 2-5 sec. There is no doubt that Cali
fornia has the finest hurdle team in
America.
The high jump was general surprise.
Paine of Harvard, Brecker of Cornell and
Koch of California qualified with feet 91S
inches, Wlnsor and Leslie OF Pennsylvania
barely entering in the finals with an inch
less.
Edgren and four Yale men qualified in
the hammer throw, Patterson, the Cornell
giant, being shut out.
DoZier's bicycIe was rim into as he wa q
speeding into the stretch in the lead, but
still he qualified for the finals. Thus Cal
ifornia will have nine place-men in the
finals tomorrow. Koch in the quarter and
high jump, Edgren in the hammer, Dyer
and Torrey in both hurdle races, Dozier in
the bicycle and Merwin in the walk.
The Californians feel elated with their
success, and have greatly surprised the COL
lege men here.
One thing is certain, while the Univer-
sity of California can only expect a few
points tomorrow the men who defeat
them will have to make some great records.