New-York tribune., 1895-05-12
COLLEGE TRACK ATHLETICS.
A FORECAST OF THE YALE-HARvARD CON-
TEST.

BRAwNY STUDENTS WHO WILL STRUGGLE FOR
THE BLuE-A CLOSE AND INTERESTING
BATTLE FOR POINTS EXPECTED.
New-TIaven, May II (SpeciaD.-When Yale meets
Harvard at Cambridge Saturday. May ls for the
annual dual track thetc games between the two uni
versItes the struggle promises to be repetition OF
last years games when the issue was In doubt Till
the last event OF the afternoon Few OF either
Yales Harvard's star track athletes left college
at the Of the college year last June. and the
games this year will. in consequence. be OF much
better quality than thore year ago. Record
breaking In abundance Is promised. hurdle rec
ord, the time In the two-mle bicycle race the mile
run, possibly the 22Oyard dash. the distance In the
pole vault, the hammer-throw and shot-put and the
running broad jump are apt to be bettered at next
weeks meet. Captain Hickok. OF the Yale team,
will be the star performer In this line. and unless
an Unforeseen accident occurs will toss the shot
rty-four feet and hurl the hammer l35 feet The
fact that he has had no one to press him In his at
tempts at hammer-throwing and shot-putting the
last year have induced a feeling OF carelessness IN
his work, but he failed to break his own rec
ord at any meet he has attended during that time.
Yale should secure seven points In each OF these
events Chadwick the football tackle, Is throwing
the hammer about 125 feet. and ought to win Sec
old place. Brown. the substitute football guard mas
put the shot forty-one feet. and Is favorite IN
the calculations for second place In the shot-put
Colt 49, a member Of last years team VINO mas
come well to the front this year, Is putting the shot
In good shape and Is a strong candidate Tor th'rd
place even at brisk competition from Harvard
In the poe-vault Kershaw and Thomas. last years
champions, and Allen. OF last years team, are huil
in college. Kershaw Is In poor form through a bad
knee He is hardly to be reckoned upon for
place. Thomas Is In fine shape. and Allen has
shown excellent Improvement, Sheldon VINO won
the running jump last year. when the event was
unanimously conceded 10 BIoss is sailing over tho
take-or for twenty.tbrss feet Nat During the trip
10 England last summer he got into great form. ana
has been close 10 record-breaking distance ever
since Hc II also n factor In tho high jump Thomp'
son. last years. champion IN jumping ten feet eleven
inches but Sheldon IT, only an Inch behind. Thcy
should yield Yalc second ana thrd p"eeS ~ 'n'
In tho track events Yale is not 40 sure Hi is tho
ord IL uncertain. Ilarvsrds fast material In this
race should lower the already poor dual record and
H." M"rvard ara dcrs srs are % shy in tho matter Hsch Is
Yae's second -bost man. and Young s riding In good
Sas io on Ses s"a s"a vii 1Td lively
u Ss S mile wM s work x sS s
minutes and his victory over the worlds cham,
Il. wsss rsS ct
son. ss. a new walks in fair shape, but hardly
sxpees psSnsh in this The fact this the
last year that the mile walk Will be feature OF the
intercollegiate games adds some interest 10 the con-
'efs Both tn! Yale and Harvard exceptionally strong
faster form than last year. but still lacks sand
for fierce finish and Is a variable quantity. lie
may be reckoned upon to better sixteen seconds IN
the high hurdles; This Is his third year n, on me
Yale team. and his work In practice has invarl-
ably exceeded his time In contest His sad ex-
perience when his fall through nervousness cost
Yale the international championship has probably
taught him lesson. but he is far from being sure
winner He is a dangerous man In the 22o yards
hurdles but Is at his best In the short event. Cady
has freshman rival who Is one OF the most prom
slng hurdlers who ever entered the univ university s
from the Hartford High School. and a pupil OF
Yale has only a single first point In sight in all
the runs the mile event, In which Morgan VINO
has managed to win for two years. is favorite.
Probably Yalcs weakest showing OF the entire
meet will be made in the half mile run. Scoville
9 and Crane '95. are the only promising men Tor
q place, Chubb will probably be saved Tor the
40 yards dash. .
Bennett and Chubb. OF last years team. are the
best men In the 40 yards dash
In the 22o yards dash new star has made IT'S
situte half back on the eleven last fall was speedy
is tho man. He Is stockv built. tipping the scales
at l52 and standing five feet eight inches tall He
is twenty-on years old and fitted for Yale at
ietc The Indications that he will get the 22o
yards down TO twenty-five seconds by next week
Saturday. , -.
Yards Nat race than In any other event on the pro-
gramme There has been strong effort made
BY Trainer Michael Murphy this year to get out
ali the available talent for this race. and he has
developed o promising man in Burnett. who has
finished In 10 Is seconds In good form on several
occasions. Burnett is Cincinnati boy, and Is
only nineteen years old He is a sophomore. and
ran In medium time last year. Byers Is doing well
in this event and Wade will also enter It,
An estimate. liberal to Yale. gives that college
the games BY the score OF sixty points out Of a
possible 1l2, leaving 80 for Harvard.