The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-28
THE ROANOKE TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 2s, 1895.

pion, mt 5 feet TX inches. Patterson en-
tered the university in 1893 making 8
feet 0h inches in his freshman year Lost
winter in u trial for the coast record he
cleared feet l111 Inches. Patterson has
jumped 81 feet in the broad jump and run
the l20 yard hurdles in Is 3-5 seconds
He is 81 years old, 8 feet 10H inches high,
weighs 45 pounds and is student In So
cial science. Five feet 1919 inches won tho
college championship in the high Jump
last year. and tho worlds record is s feet
AZ inches, held by NJ. +. Sweeney of Now
York. AT Princeton, Patterson won tho
event with jump of feet 9 inches.
Chester Woolsey, the running broad
jumper, has record Of 2e feet He Is "a
years old and has boon jumping since 1892
He Is b Sect II inches high and weighs 1853
pounds. In his sophomore year nc tied
tho record mode by G. B. Morse, the great
oil round athlete Of tho university, and
when junior cleared 90 feet, making tho
university record. Woolsoy has also jump
ed feet inches high, put the 10 pound
shot 88 feet and mado a feet inches In
the hop, step and jump. The eastcrn in
tercollcgiatc broad jump wos won last year
at e2 feet inches, or Just inches beyond
Woolscy's record. Woolsey was third ut
Princeton.
Louis T. Merwin, tho team's repre-
sentative In the mile walk, was born in
PlninHcld, N j., In 1873 He is feet 9
inches high and weighs 40 pounds When
sophomore he made minutes - Soc
onds, but was taken sioh and had to give
up walking until this year. He is now
walking better than over and has already
1nadc minutes 81 seconds Mcrwin Is q
remarkably steady and fair walker, and
In all of his racos has never onco been dis
qualified OF even warned Tor running. Ho
has wonderful burst Of speed ut the I'm
ish and has walked 100 yards In 10 sec
onds Mcrwin Is student Of mechanics
Hcwas second at Princeton
P. r. Bradley, the hnlf mile runner, al
tcrnatcs with Koch in the half mile and
quarter mile races Bradley was scarcely
considered q candidate for tho team until
just before the team left California, when
he ran the half milo with the greatest case
from the 10 yard mark in minutes a SEQ
onds He has made the quarter milo in SO
seconds, the geo In "a seconds and the 100
in IL seconds. He is 81 yours old, S feet s
inches high, weighs about 135 pounds and
is mining student. Bradley was third at
Princeton and quit 200 yards from tho fin
ish lima
Melvin Dozicr does tho wheeling for the
teoIn and is aiso one of the best nll round
men Of the company. Dozier is Califor-
MAN. 80 ynrs old and feet Oh inches
high. Ho weighs $50 pounds, being very
sohdly built He has jumped feet 5
inches high, and In his first contest CLEARED
90 feet In tho running broad jump He
has ridden the two miles ON his bicycle IN
B minutes 90 seconds, but is considered a
minute man. AT Princeton he won the
two milo bicycle race in minutes IL 8-5
seconds Ho hos wonderful powers of en-
DURANGO and depends mostly on winning
bis raco at the finish. The eastern bicycle
race was won Inst year in minutes Is
seconds
Harry B. Torrcy Is another of the team S
hurdlcrs. He did little hurdling bcforc
this year, owing to the fact that he was
badly hurt while n freshman by falling on
hurdle. This year, however, he defeated
Dyer, the crack hurdlcr, from scratch in
16 10 seconds, and after running two
heats of tho 120 yards won his 220 yard
race in 90 As seconds, which Is not for
midnblc when compared with J. L. Bro
mcr's 25 10 seconds for the college cham
pionship event in 1904 Torrey is go years
old and feet inches tall
The Californians more recent showing
against tho strong University Of Pcnnsyl-
vanio team, when thcy secured tic and
when Barnes won the 220 yards dash,
Koch the 440 yards dash, Dyer and Tor
rey the le0 and 22O yurds hurdle races,
Mcrwin the mile walk, Woolscy the run
ming broad jump and Edgrcn the Is pound
hammer, plainly demonstrates that tho
Golden States athletes are worthy oppo-
nents for any eastern track team.