New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-21
INTERCOLLEGIATE GAMES ARRANGED.
PRINCETON AND YALE TO MEET N TRACK AND
FIELD CONTESTS.

FIELD toNIFsIS
prrc,,on y J. Feb. ~ (SpeciaD Manager
Turner of the Princeton University Track Athie'c
Association to-day announced that hnal arrange
,nenis have been made with the Yale management
for dual meet in track and field contests to be he1
at New-fIavcn May t. This announcement was
received with expressions Of unstini"d appf"NA' hS
Princeton students generally. and the meet VIII be
looked forward 10 with great interest rumo' mas
been going the rounds Of the campus. To ihe effect
that such meet was TO be held but nothing Official
had been given out TIL Manager Turner's announce
nent to-day. The Yale management agreed I" sue"
a meeting some time arO hut the consent o. u'
Princeton faculty was Withheld until few days
ago. Their approval having now been secured.
nothing remains but 70 make maj detalien "ri""k'
ments FOR the meet.
This action on the part Of the track manas"men''
OF the two colleges closes up the gap which re-
NAMED between Yale and Princeton In athletic con-
tests In football. baseball and gymnastics full ar
rangements have already been made Tor the usual
yearly pames and the scheduling Of the track
games gives both colleges reciprocal contests IN an
sports represented both. Princetonians VIII nope
TO win the track games. \ marked Interest has
grown up I'm this branch OF sport. which has not
been manifested since the days Of Walter Dohin ana
Luther cary \ large number OF men arr taking
| light exercise in the gymnasium. ana VIII begin
training out OF doors az The weather pei.
mits The freshman class has brought In several
good men. notably Laing. 90. In the mile ana Two
mile races Cofcli 20 and Jones. 60 in the quarter.
and Rottger 90 In the jumps. Lane "a. ana i'rIr'
a. are both doing their best work TINS year IN me
sprints and Captain Garrett IS showing marked I'M
provenent IN the weights. Tyler, - Is believed 10
be a winner I'm the polc-yault. and ther" Is an army
of promising men IN the bicycle In the half mile.
/ Bryant. Seminary. has Neral times beaten two
/ minutes. In the hurdles Princeton VIII be weak
/ I,ut the large number OF men who have manifested
desire make the team H. giving tn" manage in'nt
/ considerable announcement, and Princeton VIII 20
! up TO New Haven May 10 with high hopes OF
/ bringing back a victory 10 old Nassau Inc TACT
/ that Princeton viii also meet Columbia In dual
combat on the track and field and later VIII be rep
! resented in the annual intercollegiate Mott Haven
Games Is a strong inducemcnt TO keep the candl-
/ dates for the team hard at work
| The annual indoor winter meet OF the track team
will he held on February % in the gymnasium AT
Princeton in conjunction with the midwint"r gym
nastic exhibition. The usual track and Held contests
/ NJ an indoor meet will compose the programme be-
sides wrestling bouts between representatives, of
the freshman and sophomore classes. 1t Is cx-
neced that this meet will bring out the chief merits
Of the candidates for the track team, after which
| Captain Garrett can get a pretty clear notion of
what he can depend for his team for the coming
|