The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-28
ro-DAY's GAMES IN NEW YORK.


 The Championship Contests of the In-
 tercollegiate Association at Berkeley
 Oval.
 The championship games of the In tercollegiate association at the Berkeley Oval in New York commence to-day, and will be completed tomorrow. The struggle for first place between Yale, Harvard and Pennsylvania will be close and watched with the keenest in- terest by those who have kept posted on track events the present season. It Is generally conceded that the battle royal will be between these three uni- versailles, and that the other colleges will come in for but small share of the spells of victory.
 The fact, however, that the smaller colleges, who are supposed mot to be in it," will put in some star athletes, makes it more difficult to determine which of the big three colleges will come out ahead in the total number of points.
 Good judges expect that Yale will win, but there is no anticipation that the dark blue has a cinch on the cham pionship, and it would surprise few If Pennsylvania should be in the ascen- ant, and perhaps one of the other three be relegated to lower than third place by some college with two or three fine athletes.
 Last evenings New York Post com ments as follows:
 "The sprints are again overshadowed by Wefers. whose remarkable work last season entities him to be ranked as easily first in any sprint event he en- ters. Patterson of Williams, who ran second to him last year, is no longer competing, and his place will be taken by lot of youngsters, among whom are Hoffman of Pennsylvania, Byers of Yale Jarvis of Princeton and Dem holm of Harvard. There are some out eiders including a couple of Cornell men and Cody, a running mate of Wei CTS, who may be heard from, but this is not likely. The 100 and 200-yard races should be won by Wefers, who is said to be in the best of condition. Hoffman and Byers should have hard fight, with chances favoring the Penn sylvanian, though Yale may also try to qualify with Fisher the quarter miller, who has been doing some good sprinting of late.
 ''The quarter mile and half mile runs seem to belong to Holster, who is conceded to be the leading amateur middle-distance runner of the year. Close to him in the quarter should come Fisher, Garvan and Gerard of Yale; Vincent of Harvard, and Colfelt of Princeton, with the chances favor ing Fisher for the place. In the half mile, second position may go to Hinck- ley of Yale, with Lane of Pennsylvania, Creegan of Princeton, Ordway of Yale and Lyons of Georgetown close up. 1 'The mile run will have as leaders Orton who continues to represent Pennsylvania, Grant of Harvard, Speer and one or two others of Yale, and Creegan of Princeton. Orton should win, with Grant second, unless the lat 1 ter has forgotten the lesson he got on the Yale field ten days ago. It should f be pretty race.
 ''In the walk Fetterman of Pennsyl- vania should win on form, with Butler and Darach of Yale in the places, un- i less some upset occurs
 "The hurdle races will probably be won by Perkins of Yale, and he is like ly to have his college mates Thompson and Van Ingen as companions in the short race, though Morse of Harvard and Blur of Columbia may disturb the trio in the low race.
 The bicycle event Is separate from | the other contests. and, as usual, is most uncertain, with Hill Butler, and l Tweedy of Yale, Williams of Pennsyl- vania and the Columbia men mos prominent.
 'The high jump will have additiona interest by reason of the surprising work of Yale freshman. Merwin, who after the dual games with Harvard went on and did feet 2A inches. Win sor of Pennsylvania is a veteran, with z record of feet 21a inches, and should win, with Merwin a possible second and Morse of Harvard third though the work nf the latter in the hurdle: may tax his strength overmuch. Tht broad jump. on form, seems to belong to Remington of Pennsylvania, witt Clarke of Harvard second, though the leader is somewhat uncertain, and the event is hardly settled. In the pole vault Yale has trio of good ones, Var Wrinkle, Johnson, and Selin, all O whom have beaten Hoyt of Harvard
 "The result of the weight events de pends in great measure on the entry of Sheldon and Rlack yale's beet man who are now under the ban of thu faculty for Tow stand If they com pete. they are likely to take the picl of the points, and make Yale's victory sure; without them Yale still has Chad wick and the younger Hickok, while Pennsylvania should get some point. with Woodruff and McCracken."