New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-30
PENNSYLVANIA THE WINNER
FIRST IN THE INTERCOLLEGIATE GAMEo'
RECORDS BROKEN IN THE HAMMER THROW

RECORDS BROKEN IN THE HAMMER THROW
RUNNING HIGH JUMP AND POLE VAULT
The University of Pennsylvania won the cham
pionshp at the twenty-second annual interco'e
oIate field and track meeting at Berkeley oval
Yesterday afternoon before 15O spectators Inc
games were lively we'll contested and creditaDle 10
the contestants and deserved a much larger num-
Der OF spectators. No track records were Orohe"
ON account of the strong breeze that blew up the
stretch against the runners but three OF the heiu
records went 70 pieces with loud crash. They
were the records for the hammer throw, when
Woodruff. of Pennsylvania, broke yesterday and at
tho nreminaries on Friday, the running high jump
which Winsor, of Pennsylvania, has now raised 10
feet inches and the pole vault, which Johnson
of Yale has made IL feet 3 IS inches
The contest was all between Pennsylvania and
Yale and the former developed unexpected strensth
in several quarters, winning handily by margin Oh
nearly ten points Pennsylvania had totai vi =
points to Yale's 2iIs. Harvard managed 10 squeeze
into third place by a narrow margin. having laa
points to PrincetOns lo1s.
There was only surprise In the day contests
and that was the overthrow OF Bernard >. "cieie'
the wonderful sprnter of Georgetown University
in the 22O-yard dash. His conqueror was j. H. Coi,
felt. of Princeton and his defeat was accomplished
in n hitter heartbreaking run to the very tape
Wefers was III In the spring. and to some expert
eyes he did not seem TO be quite In MS o'u ioi M
but he was confident Of winning both the l"-yaiu
and the 2CO-yard dash. Colfelt kept abreast WIN
him from the start, and in the last thirty yaioS
shook him off In spite of all he could do, winning oy
about two feet amid great enthusiasm III was INC
biggest sort Of surprise for almost eVerSpooy.
The time was % 35 seconds nearly fun second less
than Wefers ran the distance in last May, put the
head wind was strong.
In spite of the fact that there were no t'aoA
records broken there were some fine performances
and at least Of the records wou'd nave soie ~
pieces If there had been wind E. G. Perkins Oh
Yale won the final heat Of the 12Oyard hurdle race
in the fast time of Is secondsfast time under any
circumstances and at least equal to los secohus vi
a still day The intercollegiate records for the
race is Is As seconds. made by H. L. Williams %
Yale Only the wind saved him his record
All the fast ones showed their true form, ana the
winners were easy to pick Evan HOLSTER or
Harvard who is the prettiest runner seen since the
days of Lon Myers, showed his heels TO the ieid
in the haif-rnile run with consummate ease WIN
ming as he pleased in l minute IS 20 SECONDS. Two
University of Pennsyvaniaa, men, Lane and Grant
nm In the quarter mile run Tommy Burke won
with all the ease expected of him by ten yards In
50 2-5 seconds Had he been pushed ne might nave
done better, although the high wind makes ms
place between Garvan, of Yale and Hoffman, OF
Pennsylvania. both men running themselves TO a
standstill and the Yale man winning by streak
The one mile walk the waikoyer literally for
to be- He one hundred yards In front OF Pnil-
lips OF Harvard. who narrowly won second place
from Zeller Of Cornell. Five men were disqualified
by the judges for unfair walking, amcng them BUT
Ter of Yale, who pressing Fetterman closely
when he was called off But the judge was right.
Butler run ing go
orion another favorte. won the mile run handlly
by eight yards in minutes % seconds. Orton lay
behind with the bunch until the last quarter was
reached. Then he went TO the front. with Cregan
of Princeton whom he easily shook off In the
stretch.
W!nsor of Pennsylvania. did some beautiful jump
ing In the running high jump and set new inter-
collegiate mark at feet inches leaving his COM
petitors at 6 feet inch. He then tried for the
worlds record. but failed. -
Johnson of Yale also performed beautifully In the
pole vault. and raised the record from II ieet 2H
inches to IL feet 3as inches. Woodruff equaed his
hammer throw OF 1856 feet inches, and thus set a
new intercollegiate mark. .
The adherents of Pennsylvania were out in full
force and there plenty of enthusiasm over
their victory. Following are the summaries:
oNE-HUNDRED-YARD DASH.
seml-hnas-Ffrst heat by Wefers. Georgetown
r-niversity second r. D. Hoffman University OF Penn
sviyania Time-O:l0so Second heat-Won by D.
Whtemore syracuse University; second. T. r. Fisher,
Time-o:lOS.
Final heat--won by B. J. Wefers second Fieher fale'
third Whittemore. Syracuse. Ttme-o;lozS'