The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-19

A. EdSton WINDOW yesterday and uni
versally admired. Medals are offered
to point winners in each event, gold to
first, silver to second, and bronze to
third. The medals are suspended from
a bar of the same material, on which
is subscribed the event for which they
are offered On the medal itself is the
figure of an athlete in relief. They are
pronounced the best set of medals
ever given by the association.
Reports from the various colleges
connected with the association show a
large amount of athletic material. and
the competitions are certain to produce
great rivalry. That several institutions
have high hopes of winning the place
of honor is shown by the careful esti-
mates of their strength as compared
to that of their rivals. The degree of
uncertainty is more pronounced on ac-
count of the competition of so many
teams. A team that has absolutely
no chance of getting anywhere near
the top, may spoil the winning of a
team that could whip every other
team in the meet if arrayed against
each other alone.
Williams chances seem bright to
many who follow the .dolngs of the COL
lege athletes from year to year.
The weakest point is undoubtedly in
the field events. In the high 1ump
Dunbar, 1900, has not been able to ex-
coed feet inches, and in the broad
jump no one can get beyond the 20
foot mark. Johnson, '02, shows prom
Use in the shot-put, making 35 to 36 feet
in practice, while Lawrence, '02, and
Brown, 99, are close behind him. An
derson, 1900, is throwing the discus 100
feet, and Cullinane, '01, throws the
hammer a little over 100 feet In the
pole vault Squires clears 10 feet 6
inches, and Howe, '02, does nearly as
well. In track events there is a better
bicycle man, will not be out this year,
but Wells, '02, and Holmes, '01, are
doing good work. and are looked on
as place winners. In the sprints Pat
terson, 1900, and Rooney, '01, are run
ming about even in the 100-yard DASH
both being 10 1-5s. men. Park. OF, is
doing good work in the quarter, and is
far ahead Of any one else in college in
that event. Capt. Bray is expected to
capture the half and mile, with Good
body, SO, not far behind him in the
nail. DUH llllle, lSUU, anu 1dL0GOp,
01, broke the college record in the two
mile run, and finished close together
in ION. SO is S: In the hurdles Potter,
'01, is easily first in both high and low.
Swift 1900 is running the low hurdles
well, and Harmon is doing good work
in the high hurdles.
M. I. T. is hopeful. Tech has suffered
three severe losses in the death of G. p
Burch of Dubuque, Ia, the decision Of
A. w. Grosvenor not to compete and
the withdrawal from the institute of
Dudley M. Pray. With these three men
gone, Techs chances for the N. 2. I. "A.
A. championships have been greatly
diminished. The team is led this year
by Francis Herman Baxter Of Utica,
N. Y. Last year as a freshman he won
the high jump at the Amherst meet,
with his team mate, w. r. Putnam, Jr.,
second. At the Worcester meet Baxter
tied with Lapham of Brown for second
place, while Putnam won first with a
jump of feet ~ inches. On the
jump off Baxter cleared the bar at 5ft.
81 inches. Last fall he did feet 1015
inches indoors, and at Brown two
weeks ago, he won the event at feet
S1s inches Another man who should
put first place to Technology's credit
at the N. E. I. A. A. championships is
Ray Murray. the present record holder
in the bicycle event. Last year at
Worcester he came home rs yards
ahead of the bunch, lowering the old
record set by Guy Gary to minutes
II 80 seconds.
Francis B. Dutton, 90, is the fastest
quarter-mile in college. Last year he
won third place in the 44O at Worces-
ter.
In the half mile Tech pins her faith
to w. w. Garrett of Cambridge. Gar
rett is a graduate of the Cambridge
high and Latin school The only other
half-miler Is A. 1. Dutton, freshman
from South birmingham.
In the dashes the most promising men
are Milton w Hall, 100. of Evanstown,
ILL.,, and Harry L. Grant, 100, Of Coving-
ton, Ky. In the 12O-yard high hurdles
Tech will be represented by John Il.
Wentworth, 100, and Ralph L. Shep-
ard, 'O1.
The crack low hurdler is John w.
Horr, a promising freshman, who came
from Brookline high school. Previous to
last year he went to Worcester AGA
denny and was a member of the crack
Worcester Academy track team. In the
indoor interscholastic championships q
1896 at Mechanics hall he won the sec
ond place in the 40-yard hurdles. He
won the 100-yard dash at Brown, but
w III bE edNGQ dl w OLGESkEI lOI TIC @-o
low hurdles and the broad jump, in
which he has O mark Of q feet. Car
rett is also good FOR better than q feet,
Another promising freshman is r. A.
Pope Of Newburyport.
In the mile run Field. '02, Emery, '01,
and Dearden, '01, will be Techs repre-
sentatives. They are all fair at the dis
lance, and a place is a possibility for
any of them. S. c. Sears, 100, is the
best miller in college, but it is doubtful
if he is able to train for the event. In
the two mile run o. S. Stocxman, '01,
and H. A. R. Campbell SO, will go 70
the tape at Worcester.
In the weights Tech is weak H. p.
Mcdonald, '01, the foot ball guard, is
putting the shot in good form, and is
the only man expected to get a chance
at worcester. In the hammer-throw J.
T. Walton, 80, is the best man, but
will hardly get points in the champion
ships. In the discus G. I. Copp, SO,
who won third place at Worcester last
year, may come out.
Amherst regards its prospects as fair,
despite the knowledge that the fresh
men class did not bring in much mate
rial. OF the men now training for the
100 and 220 yard runs, Curtenius is by
far the best. He won both of these
events at Worcester last year. and is
the fastest Splinter the college has
ever had. The other good men are
'02, Burden, co. and McDuffie,
90.
The best man in the quarter is Glad
win, OF. He Is also the best in the
broad jump. He won second in this
event at both the Worcester and Will
Jams meets.
In the half-mile, Capt. Klaer is show
ng up in fine shape. He won the half