The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19
COLLEGE FIELD
 MEETS AND BALL GAMES.

The prospective event WHICH Io <he'i ing the most attention at the University of California Is the annual contest be- tween the freshmen and sophomore classes on track and field. Last year the TWO classes did not engage in contentious rivalry for athletic honorS, on account ot the paucity of athletes in the class or 99. The century class 70, with legion or able athletes, was more feared than re- spected by their sophomores, and con- test was declined.
 But conditions have altered. Although the present sophomores are strong az gregation, aIhletically considered, they have worthy rivals in the first class at college. The freshmen will dispute with them the title of athletic supremacy early in March, and all are of the opinion that the games will be the most closely con tested ever seen on the California c1nder path There is another reason why the games are of particular interest to the college men, for out Of the 1nterclass meeting much undeVeloped talent Is eX- pected to be discovered, and afterward utilized in the formation Of the Varsity track team which will enter the lists with Stanford early in April.
 Much speculation is indulged in on the outcome of the sprints in which Drum champion short-u4stance runner of 1887 Woolsey and Dicnson are entered. Wool sey is the young athlete who shattered so many records in the academic league. Dickson, who, with Woolsey, will repre- sent the freshman class, came to Cali fornia from the Northwest with a repu- tation which is second to none. He is rated as a D 1-5 seconds man, which time he can do, according to the watches in the north, whenever he feels so inclined.
 The responsibility of nipping in the bud the ambitions of these young sprinters rests on the redoubtable Drum. He will be entered in all three sprints.
 In the haif-mile and mile the freshmen have Mozier, and in him the trainers and the wise ones think they have discovered another Achilles. His fleetnesS of foot his style and his endurance are such as to carry him to the fore among the long distance men. To offset him Captain Drum of the sophomores has induced SQuires, the great cycler, to train for botf the long-distance runs. SQuires, from the success in this new venture, bids fair tC be as ninble with his legs on the cinders as well as the pedals. In practice he has covered the two distances in exception ally fast time.
 promises the most intense excitement is the mile walk. Westerfield will represent the sophomores and Walsh the freshmen It is Walsh who holds record in this event, which on this coast is second tC that of only one other heel and toe athlete, Horace Coffin. Westerfeid. il will be remembered, tied Adams of Stan ford for first place last year after losing a shoe on the first lap and walking the rest of the distance with the cuticle com. pletely torn off and cinders buried in the flesh. This will be WalSh'S first oppOr. tunity in college games.
 In the hurdles the freshmen have 2 number of men whose abilities have not yet been tried. The sophomOres will rltr Dawson and Crocker in the sticks.
 For the weights the freshmen have WOolsey, who has put the shot 4 feet.
 Guibersen and Holman, '01. are on the books for both the shot-put and, ham Broughton '01 will try to repeat his per formance of 22 feet The pole vault is conceded to Hoffman '01.
 While the greatest activity has beer displayed on the cinder track, baseball has languished somewhat during the pres ent week on the California diamond. This Is due to the expected coming of the new California coach, Garret Cochran oi Princeton. On Monday Cochran will take the baseball men in hand, and they vii be under his tutelage the rest of the sea. son. What plan he will work on is not yet known. As a baseball player Coch. ran's reputation is only exceeded by his fame on the gridiron. Contrary to the custom of former years, it Is believed that Cochran will collect the football materia before the summer and put them through some preliminary work
 The new triangular league gives every evidence of being a success. Last Sat urday the attendance was poor owing tC a game on the Berkeley campus. To-day California will appear in it's initial matcf game with the alumni team. The alumn will line up the same men that played last Saturday. A large delegation vii be over to see the blue and gold in tho heat of battle, as well as their new ath letic instructor, Cochran, who will um pire the game.
 At Berkeley the college nine has no yet lined upsin any match game. Ever the professional school men have not ye come over for practice The men in tn, professional schools who are candidate. for places on the team are: Husted law Sykes, law; Bride, law formerly frs baseman for Santa Clara; and Kuster dental. Captain Hoag intends to play about fifteen men in the game to-day The pitchers will be Kaarberg ant Symmes. Mien will catch. Hoag will try an infield position this year in order tC captain the team. For the outfield selec tions will be made from McLaren Cheese borough, Bedding and Dean Bride, Kus ter, Hoag and Baer will probably be tht infield.
 At Palo Alto the season has not ad vanced as rapidly as at Berkeley. The baseball team Is out for practice nightly and much improvement has been noted The track team is just past the prelmin ary state. In another week 1t will be DOS sible to estimate it's comparative strengtl with the team of last year and the pres ent California track aggregation Tria field days w. be held at Stanford ir March-interclass meets and a genera university field day.