The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
Athletes Of These
Great Colleges To
Meet Saturday.
.HELDAT NEW HAVEN.
Indications Now Point to a
Crimson Victory, But Yale
Luck May Win Out.

The great athletic event of the week
comes Saturday, when Yale and Har-
ward meet at New Haven for the eighth
annual college games. Harvard has
four wins and Yale three. The Yale
men will have the advantage Of being
at home, which has appeared to be of
advantage in recent college meets.
They also have an advantage in the
track itself, which is a soft one, but
Harvard athletes. in preparing for the
games, trained on their second best
track at Soldiers field to offset this ad-
vantage as much as possible.
From present indications, the result
promises to beaclose. with the chances
slightly in favor of Harvard. The
events in which Yale may be expected
to show especial strength are, in gen
eral. the ,220-yard dash, the half-mile
run, the. mile run and the pole vault.
Harvard's chief strength will lie in the
hurdle races, the Jumps and in the
hammer throw, while the results of the
100 yards dash, the shot-put and the
quarter-mile run are doubtful.
ne OulCOlllt u LIE lUO ydIuS run 10
extremely doubtful, as stated above,
for each college will be represented by
fast men-Yale by Blount Warren and
Fisher among others, and Harvard by
Quinlan, Roche and Greene. The race
should be won in ten seconds, with
Blount, Quinlan and Roche likely point
winners.
Boardman of Yale is justly regarded
as the probable winner of the 22O-yard
dash, but Qunlan of Harvard may be
expected to push Gleason and Fisher of
Yale for one of the other places.
The race of the meet promises to be
a quarter mile run. Up to 10 days
ago Burke of Harvard was looked upon
as a sure winner, but the recent per
Torrance of Boardman, the Yale fresh
man, justifies the opinion that he
stands an even chance with HarVards
famous runner, as in two recent com
petitions he has covered the distance
in 40 2-5 and 40 9-5 seconds respective
ly. Third place should go to a Yale
man, probably Fisher.
Adams, Thoas, Paynter, Scudder and
Brennan constitute the fastest quintet
of half milers which has ever repre-
sented an American college. All are
expected to do this distance in two
minutes, but Burke of Harvard must
be considered as a factor in the race
also, and Yalt can not count on more
than two places.
Splitter, Smith and Clyde will be
Yales strongest representative in the
mile run, and should take first place,
and second or third, the other going to
lark of Harvard if his college scores in
the event.
Fox and Hallowell are counted on to
win first and secand places in the high
hurlles for Harvard. Fincke, of Yale,
however, should win the one point
place from Goddard of Harvard.
Harvard promises to win all three
places in the long hurdle race, as
Morse, Converse and Hallowell are all
good men, and Yale is especially weak
in this event.
Yale's deficiency in the preceding
event viii be made good by her marvel
Gus strength in the pole vaults. Clapp,
Johnson and Selin have all crossed the
bar at II feet inches, a foot higher
than Harvard's best vault this spring.
Walters experience with the rough
riders seems to have seriously affected
his ability as a high jumper If he
rounds into form within the next 10
days, he may be counted on as point
winner in his event. Otherwise, the
places will go to Rice, Morse and Ellis
Of Harvard.
Morse are five Harvard broad jumpers
who have done better than Yale's rep
resentatives in the event this year, and
they may be expected to win the eight
points.
Ellis of Harvard or Francis of Yale
will win the shot-put, and the contest
between these two men promises to be
close one. Brown of Harvard
should win third place.
Of 10 nd 70
all credited with distances in the ham
mer throw greater than any recorded
in New Haven. this spring, but if Still
man of the college crew completes, Yale
may secure a place.
Yale may thus be expected to score
heavily in the fiat races and the pole
vault, with the shot-put doubtful; but
Harvards sweeping scores in the hur-
Ges, the jumps and hammer throw will
give her an advantage which promises
TO be difficult to overcome.