The Portland daily press., 1897-05-17
YALE AGAIN THE WINNER,
The Annual Track Games With Harvard.

New Haven, Conn, May 15.-Yale and
track games at the Yale field this after
noon. 1t was expected that the struggle
would be close but Yale won handily, the
score being so to a. Harvard won irsts
in only the quarter and the half and the
shot put, Hollister being the only mem
Der of the Crimson team to take more
than one first. He won his events, the
half and quarter, in fast time. The feat
ure of the meet was the high jump, in
which Merwin broke the Yale record do
ing feet, 2 IA inches. Second and third
places in this event were not decided as
Rice and Morse of Harvard were tied.
Their tie will be jumped off in Cambridge
next week. The Yale star of the after
noon was Perkins who took ten points.
He scooped both hurdles, making the 220
in the record time of 25 rs seconds.
Yale's winning first in the 100 and 22O by
Byers and Fisher was surprise as both
were black horses, The summary:
100 Yard Dash--Winner, G. Byers, Yale;
time, 10 20 seconds. Second, M. Graft,
Yale; third, Fisher, Yale.
220 Yard Dash-Winner, Thomas Fish
er, Yale; time, % 2-5 seconds. Second,
Byers, Yale; third, F. V. Chappell,
Yale.
44o Yards Dash-Winner, E. Hollister.
Harvard; time, so AS seconds. Second,
E. P. Daryan, Yale; third, W. H. Vim
cent, Harvard.
Half Mile Run-Winner, E. Hollister,
Harvard; time, LBS 4-5. Second, B. B.
Hinckley, Yale; third, G. o. Ordway,
Yale.
Mile Run Winner, H. S. Peer, Yale;
time, 4.31 2-5 Second, D. F. Bucking-
ham, Yale; third, @. K. Palmer, Yale
High Hurdles-Winner, E. G. Perkins,
Yale; time, 16 seconds. Second, j. H.
Thompson, Yale; third, Paul Van Ingen,
Yale
Low Hurdles-W Winner, E. G. Perkins,
Yale; time 20 3 5 seconds. Second, W.
D. Morse, Harvard; third, Van Ingen,
Yale.
Two Mile Bicycle Race-winner, Law
renee Tweedy, Yale; time, 606 5.
Second, ]. I. Butler Yale; third,E. Hill,
Yale.
Shot Put-winner, E. H Clark, Har-
ward; distance, 3S feet, 10 inches Sec
w. Abbott, Yale.
Throwing the Hammer-Winner, Chas.
Chadwick, Yale; distance, 100 feet, 71-2
inches. Second, f. G. Shaw, Harvard;
third, r. A. Hickok, Yale.
Pole Vault-Winner, Bascom johnson,
Yale; distance, II feet. Second, W. E.
Selin, Yale; third, G. T. VanWinkle and
r. g. Clapp, Yale tied, On the jump off
Van Wrinkle won.
Running High Jump-Winner, r. G.
Merwin, Yale; distance, 6 feet, 2 IA in
ches Second Rice and Morse tied Har-
ward; not jumped off.
Running Broad Jump-Winner, G. D.
Ebarovr Va1o. foot I 20
inches. Second H. T. Weston, Yale;
third, j. G. Clarke, Harvard.
The totals, counting first as five points,
second as two and three as one point,
gives Yale so, Harvard "a.
Bowdoin Track Games.
Brunswick, May 15.-The annual games
of Bowdoin college today brought out
large number of contestants as the win
ners of each event will make up the team
that will represent the college at Worces-
ter, Mass. None of the events We're of a
record breaking character, although
nearly all were hotly contested. The
winners of the different events were as
follows:
1t0 Yard Dash-Merrill, 1900; time,
10 20 seconds.
100 Yard Hurdle-Kendall, '9S; time,
II 1-5 seconds.
One Quarter Mile Run-Sylvester.
1900; time, So 3-5 seconds.
800 Yards Dash-Merrill, 1900; time,
90 So
22o Yards Hurdle-Kendall, '9S; time,
26 3-5.
one-Half Mile Rum arston, 99;time,
2.123-5.
One Mile Run-sinkinson, 30; time,
4.591-5 e
Putting 16 Pound Shot-Godfrey, &c.,;
distance 81 feet, inches.
Throwing Is Pound Hammer-F'rench, /,
97; distance, 105 feet, inches.
High Jump-Smith, '99; height, feet,
6 inches.
Running Broad Jump-Cleaves, go;
distance, IS feet, inches.