The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-07
COLLEGE ATHLETES
ON THE CAMPUS
st. Mary's Association
Holds Its Annual Field
Day.
Tom Carroll Beats the Worl1's
Record as a Hammer.
Thrower.
A Good Progr ANNE Closes With an
Exciting Tug.o. War-Many
Visitors Present.

sos Broadway, May 6.
st. Mary's College Athletic Association
held its annual track and teld contest this
afternoon.
Many visiting clergy men from sur
rounding towns were present and the col
lege campus was surrounded with friends
and relatives of the students. The pro-
ceedings ommenced with the form al
raising of the associations flag on the
campus. The college band, consisting of
seventeen pieces, headed a procession of
students and while playing merry music
the flag was hoisted. Games for the
smaller boys, consisting OF potato and
sack racing. occupied the early hours of
the day, and in the handball contest B.
Flood and L. Tormey won from G. Hay
ward anu w. Mcclure.
The regular tield-day programme was
carried out this afternoon. Tom Carroll,
the champion hammer-thrower, beat the
worlds championship, held by himself,
throwing a sixteen-pound hammer 15s
feet 8 inches, a. against 153 feet, has
former throw. He also put the eight
pound hammer 253 feet, his former effort
being 212 feet.
The events and winners are as follows
10O-yard dash--O Welch won, Amigo sec
ond. Time, 10 % seconds.
l0O-yard maiden race-First heat. F. Michels
won IL seconds Y. Grey second Second
heat, Ii. FL uf won, II seconds; ]. Brady sec
ond.
16-pound hammer throw. lessen won,
1O5 feet inches; Murphy, second 103 feet.
1oO-yard maiden race (fnal)-MlcheIs won,
~ seconds: Huff second.
Putting 16-pound shot (handicap)-J. Brady
won, 80 feet; W. Mccartney second, "a feet
inches
220-yard handicap race-First heat, o.
WEIGH won. 2612 seconds; E. Butler, second.
Second heat, n. Amigo won, 26 seconds
Fole vault (distance). handicap - Pezzols
won, 81 ieet 8 inches; NJ. Murphy second, 81
feet 81 inches.
22o-yard handicap thnaY-o welch " on, Is
seconds; F. Michels second, % seconds.
Running high jump. Castro won, 5 feet;
Butter second, 4 leet 10 inches.
120-yard hurdle race-First heat, NJ. Murphy
won, II Is seconds; J. Castro second. Second
heat, I. u. Ounce won, III seconds; ]. Jen-
sen second.
440-yard race (handicap)-H. Huff won, 1
minute; Grey second.
Running broad jump (handicap)-O WEIGH
won, 10 teet; F. Michels second, 1S feet 10
inches.
120-yard hurdle race-Final, NJ. Murphy
won, 1871 seconds; J. Cuneo second.
75-vara Junior dash-P. Lonergan won,
101a seconds: c. Carroll second.
Oue-mile run (handicap)-Pezzola won, 5]5
minutes; Huff second.
JUNIOR EVENTS.
Sack racc-P. Lonergan won, G. May second
Companion race-Mon by C. Carroll and
Coleman.
Tug-of-war-won by junior team: F. silva
(captain), NJ. Murphy, f. Samaniego, L. Tor
mey, E. Butler, H. Ferry, A Finan, H.
Gurchard, j. Ascabar.
Ladies' Relief Society.
OAKLAND, CAL, May 6-The annual
meeting of the Ladies Relief Society was
held this afternoon. The treasurer's re-
port shows that while everything is in
good shape it has been necessary TO draw
$1,000 during the year from the savings ac-
count. The receipts amounted to $9802
and the disbursements to Sill, 152.
This is the twenty-tfth anniversary of
the relief society, which supports old
ladies and children's homes at Temescai.
1t was organizat in old st. Pauls Church
November 8, 1871. One of the reasons for
the deficit in the finances is that the fifty
shares of the Contra Costa water stock
donated by the late MIR. Chabot used to
produce an income of $3.50 a month, but
for some time no dividends have been
paid. All the officers were reelected.
Farewell to Seniors.
BERKELEY. CAL, May 6-Farewell
recs ptions 10 seniors in their congrega-
tion were rendered this evening by the
Chri stan Endeavor societies of the F rst
Congregational and Trinity Methods
churches. At the Congregational church
tnasts were offered by Kendrick BabcocK,
Professor E. Z. Brown, Miss Stella Price,
Miss Elizabet n Fernald, Paul Robinson
and Miss Grace Love. Those who took
part at the Methodist church were Pr1n.
cipal S. d. Waterman. Harry Gaylor. Miss
May Hull, w. McCloud, Miss Kemble, l..
w. Cartwright and J. s. Kennedy.
Mott will Coach.
BERKELEY, CAL, May 6.-Charles P.
Mott las been definitely engaged as foot
ball coach at the State University for the
season OF 1897 Mott was assistant coach
to Butterworth last fall, and during the
baseball season just closed coached the
Varsity nine. He is a graduate of Brown
University and is at present an instructor
in the department OF botany at Berkeley
While at Brown he captained the Varsity
eleven one season, laying left tackle on
The team which defe ated Yale in 1895.
Recovered From Mental Disorder.
ALAMEDA, CAL, May 6-John Collins,
who was committed to Agnews q short
time since becaue Of mental disorders
has returned home on probation. 1t APP
pears th at the trouble was due to phvsi-
cal causes, and treatment has so restored
his health that is able to be out again