The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-27
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athletes on the Atlantic he was chosen cap
tain of the team.
Will c. Patterson, who will enter the
high jumping contests, was born in 1874.
He commenced athletics at the Boys
High School, San Francisco in 1890. de
is a member of the junior class, having
entered U. G. in 1892. He has cleared 6
feet % of an inch in the high jump, p feet in
the broad Jump, 43 feet 6 inches in hop,
step and Jump, run the high hurdles in
Is As seconds and fifty yard dash in 4-5
seconds. His height is 5 feet IL inches and
weight 145 pounds.
Mr.. Patterson is pursuing the course OF
social sciences in the University.
Robert W. Edgren is native son, and
was born in "a. His height is feet in
his stockings and weight when in training
185 pounds. His first athletic work was
done at the Oakland High School in 1891,
and from a sickly boy he has developed into
powerful man, being able to throw the To-
pound hammer 131 feet.
This record was made in practice, but he
holds an admitted record of 123 feet
inches for this event. He has put the shot
IS feet inches and pole-vaulted 8 feet 8
inches At present he is pursuing course
of study at the Hopkins Institute of Art.
Chester Woolsey, holder of the coast
intercollegiate record for the running
broad Jump, % feet fiat is a years of age.
His height is feet II inches and weight
165 pounds. Besides making the remrrka-
BILE broad Jump of % feet he has record of
Al feet inches for the hop, step and jump.
Melville Dozier, who will enter for the
broad Jump and bicycle races, is 20 years
of age 5 feet 10 inches in height and weighs
$50 pounds He has ridden two miles on
wheel in min. and 20 Sec, and has a
record of 81 feet inches for the broad
jump.
L. Merwin, the winner of the mile walk
against Stanford in the last intercollegiate
field-day, will enter the walks against the
Eastern athletes. AT the benefit field day,
held last Saturday, he made the mile walk
in minutes "a % seconds.
Harry B. Torrey, who did such good
work at the benefit field day in the hurdle
races, has been selected to run the 75 120
and go wards hurdles, He did the 220
yards hurdles last Saturday in 27%
seconds, defeating all other entries.
His age is % years, weight when in
training $50 pounds, and he is member
of the senior class OF the University.
Earnest Dyer, another hurdler, is ma
tive of California, and is also % years of
age. Previous to the season of "a he gave
but little attention to hurdle-racing, but,
finding he had some ability in this direction,
commenced in earnest, and until last Sat
urday stood unbeaten by the college men
of the coast in his speciality. He holds
record Oh 10 10 ScCOHuS IOI Vic lAO ldIuS,
81 feet hurdles.
Philip Bradley, who will probably enter
for the half and quarter mile, runs, is 81
years of age and a member of the class
of '96.
At the field day last Saturday he ran the
half mile against seven entries, with thir-
teen yards handicap, in 2 min. IL Sec,
which is equal, from scratch, to about
min. 234 sec.
Theodore Barnes, the 100-yard sprinter.
was born in Nebraska in 1876. His first
work in athletics was begun last fall,
shortly after he entered the freshman
class, and since then he has made some
excellent sprints, defeating all corners
from the U. G. team.
For the 50-yard dash he holds a record
of AS seconds, for the 75-yard dash 8
seconds and for the 1O0yards 10H seconds.
Captain Koch expects some great work
from him against the Eastern men.
On account of a lack of finances Scog-
gins, the champion of last year in the 100
yards dash, and Brown, the mile-runner,
have been left out of the team and at a
meeting of the students yesterday after
noon, to see if arrangements could not be
made to have them accompany the team,
it was decided to solicit a subscription
from the student body for that purpose.
The men are hopeful for much success
| against the athletes on the Atlantic and
upon the university from which they go,
providing climatic influences do not have
| too great an effect on them.
The contests arranged for up to date are:
With Princeton on May II; University of
Pennsylvania on May 18; Mott Haven
games at New York on May %; Western
| intercollegiate Association at Chicago on