The San Francisco call., 1899-05-07
"Ho. no, no!
Ha, ha, ha!
st. Mary's, Oakland.
Rah, rah, rahr


and one worlds record-that of the twelve
pound hammer throw by Carroll-broken
These marked the annual field day of St.
Mary 5 College on the campus this after
noon The college band enlivened the in
termissions and the events went off with
out a hitch. There was not an accident,
unless the fainting spell of O. La Valliere,
who came in second in the one mile run,
might be regarded as approaching one,
and in the 220-yard hurdle McDonough
fell
The crowning feature of the day was
the hammer throwing of the world s
champion Tom Carroll. Carroll threw a
twelve pound hammer 217 feet, breaking
his previous record of 205 feet, made about
three years ago. He took three throws.
The first trial reached 225 feet into the
field, but he had overstepped the mark
and fouled. The record of to-day was
made without circle and unlimited run.
But little less in Importance was the
sixteen pound shot put, won by q. Nc
Donough over st. Marys champion of the
past two years, ]. Brady The victor put
the shot 50 feet inches; Brady "a feet
inches.
O. A. Welsh. St. Marys crack sprinter,
was entered in the short distance events,
but refused TO accept medal for his VIC
tories, since he desired TO give others a
chance for the trophy.
Following were the officers OF the day:
Referee, Joseph q. Brady; starter, Al
Lean; announcer, Carl A. Adams; assist
3. Huff; assistant scorer. Fred w Cor
coran; judges at the finish, =. Mott D.
Collins, j. hillian. Z. Mullaly, L. jackson;
timekeepers (. Mallon, L. Michel and Il.
sidy. @. Callaghan, D Campbell, +. Col
Inns, w Wletzman; measurers, n. GU
Chard j. Mott and r. Guichard. The Off
GERS Of the athletic association are: PreSt-
dent oliver a. Welsh vice president,
Bion 3. Huff; secretary, Joseph q. Brady; ;
treasurer, Saliva p. Young; field captain,
Carl A. Adams.
The results Of the events were as fol-
l66-yard dash, college championship-O
Welsh, first; w. Walsh, second. Time, 10
Pole vault (for distance)-J Fitzgerald.
first; F. Michel, second. Distance, 23 feet
i0O-yard maiden race-H. Huff, first; E.
Butler, second. Time, Il seconds
Shot-put-G. McDonough,. first; j..
Brady, second, Distance, 50 feet inches
220-yard hurdle-First heat: Q. La Val
liere first; J. HarlOe, second. Time, Is %
seconds. Second heat: h. Butler first
G. Lawler, second. Time, 81 seconds. FL
nal: Dead heat between Butler and La
Nalliere. Time, IS SO seconds. This will
be run off next week.
Pole vault (for height-W. Grow, first;
J. Fitzgerald, second. Height, feet.
Running high jump-A. Porter (halt
inch scratch, first; Z. Butler (scratch),
second. Height, > feet l inch.
440-yard handicap-H Huff (scratch),
58 seconds
Running broad jump-O Welsh, first; E
Butler, second-both scratch. Distance,
20 feet 10 inches.
Hammer throw-A Porter, first; G. Nc
Donough, second. Distance, 108 feet 1O1a
inches.
22O-yard handicap-O. Welsh, first c.
Ryan, second. Time, % 40 seconds
12O-yard hurdle-A. Porter. first; E. But
Ter second. Time, 1872 seconds. Given to
Porter because Butler missed one hurdle
Ball throw. Fitzgerald, first, distance
319 feet; T. Bigley, second, 2S2 feet
Exhibition hammer throw-Champion
T. Carroll, 2l7 feet, without circle, unlim-
tied run.
One mile run-H. Huff, first; o. La Val
here. second. Time. minutes 30 seconds.
The banquet. which has usually fol-
lowed the field day. has been postponed
until Thursday, May IS. and the gradu-
ating exercises will be held at the. Mac
donough Theater on the evening of May
g. the candidates for the degree of bach
elor Of arts being E., J.; MulIaly, Q, A.
Stark, D. z, Campbell, I. T. Killian and
J. A. Cassidy. Those for the degree Of
bachelor of science are w. ]. Walsh, J.
2. Fitzgerald and II. S. Huff.