The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-27
KRAENZLEIN THE KING.
OLD PENN'S STUDENT BREAKS n
BROAD JUMP RECORD.

Under weather conditions favorable to fast
times the crack athletes OF the Eastern uni
v~ersitles and colleges met yesterday at Man
haitian Field In the preliminary heats OF tho
Intercollegiate cham pionships. The cham
phone. who were trained to the hour. strained
Just enough to secure the position necessary to
entitle them to compete in the finals and de-
ferred attempts to establish now figures until
this afternoon. Under the circumstances the
racing throughout the afternoon was livclier
than might have been expected. and the thou
sand or so spectators who viewed the contests
from the grand stand and "Deadhend Hill"
enthused at times over tho desperate struggles
OF the cracks to hold their places in the short
dashes.
There was one notable exception to the gem
eral reluctance to smash records. Kraenzlein.
the stalwart representative OF Old Penn. an
nounced his intention OF letting himself out in
the broad Jump. and succeeded 30 well that in
two Of his three trials he broke the worlds
record of ~ feet 81 inches. made by himself
two weeks ago in Philadelphia. The perform
ance was the more remarkable as Manhattan
Field has never been considered favorable for
broad jumping, and in spite OF the attention
given to the grounds tho runway to the jump
was heavy and dead. Kraenzlein's initial
effort Of % feet 10i, inches broke the inter-
collegiate record Of 90 feet - inches. made by
Prinstein Of Syracuse University last year at
Berkeley Oval. On his second attempt the big
Pennsylvania placed n mark at the worlds
record distance. and a great shout went mp as
he landed clear Of tho paper. The jump meas
ured "a feet "a inches.
This did not satisfy tho champion. He nCrvcd
himself for another effort. and, getting n fine
take-oG. his feet shot over the record mark and
struck the dirt nearly six inches beyond. After
landing hie banda Cwnnu lnpL yarl and ln-
tore he could recover his balance. they touched
the ground "a feet 4 a inches from the take-on.
Those figures stand as the record, but the
break made by tho Jump er's heels showed that
he actually covered "a feet 81, inches. The dis
tance covered by kraenzlcin is four inches
further than the best record credited to
the noted Irish jumper. W.. j. VI. New
burn. as the ~latter's effort Of "A feet Ga
inches. made at Mullingar last year. has not
been recognized by the Irish and English
athletic associations. krarnzlein wished TO
mako another trial. but Trainer Mike Murphy
dissuaded him. and he contcnted himself with
the handsome lead which the jump gave him
over Prinstein. and did not take the other two
trials allowed by tho rules. The Syracuse
man. though entirely outclasscd hy kraen2lein.
cleared over twenty-three feet in two of his
jumps, and was second in the trials. with 23
feet . inches.
Every one OF the University of Pennsylvania
aggregation OF stars came to the scratch in the
pink OF condition. and before the heats were
finished Yale and harvard supporters declared
that nothing hut unforeseen accidents will
prevent the Qnnkcrs scoring the most points
to-day. ,~Tewksbury was drawn in the first
appreciable eHort in IL - seconds. Jarvis de-
fented Dupee OF Yale without extending him
self in the second heat. but the rripcet4n flyer
took two-iifths Of a second longer than Tewks-
bury to cover the distance.
a dashing finish in the third heat between
resulted in favor OF the former by Il yard. Tho
Harvard man. however. was all out i'll 10 Id
seeonds Yale bad a setback in the fourth
Yale award games, was strongly fanciel. He
strained q tendon, when in tn" lead at malt dis
was beaten by Roche of Harvard and White
more of Syracuse in 10 20 seconds. As, only
for the final. the defeat puts Yale's foremost
Splinter out of the semi-Nnnls.
Much disabpointmcnt was expressed when
for the trials in the quarter mile The Har-
ward crack is not quite on edge and prefers to
of Columbia in his specially. the quarter mile.
Boardma4 wished to tryto lower the Column;
thought the aa1' his chances We're better I agaimSt
he Yale gnd Harvard hySrs out i
t tnS IN first in his heat in ~ 10 s "%"
onds. He was so fresh at the finish that sew
Plnl WHHtTS NtIf u lDdt Hf Nblll cover
the distance to-day under ~ seconds.
GcorGetown Inivcrsity furnished a SUNRISE
h Ise s sSSoR Won hea bv i MH''i Taras sp re 8 .Ssnn MS
Fisher Of Yale was running easily in third
place. and is looked upon to reverse the posi-
tons to-day.
4 grand collection OF middle-distanco run
ners ,oed The marx for the hali-mile run. In
the crack OF the pistol and made the pace.
closely followed by M9s:ntnql OF, Columbia.
LDtariDpf the last Ian Adams thp VAL, rrnpI
was in the ruck. but he, sct himself going in
the last inrlonG and closed up on the leaders;
beat Adams out. The Yale man was the
freshest Of the leaders. and, If no runs with
Burke at tho finish. In the, second heat the
Princeton captain. Cregan; showed that he had
resain ned has his b farm; i as np1 1b the or po,%I at the he
800 Yards. At the last turn he came away
from the field and won hands down in a frac-
ton worse than two minutes.
A expected kraen2Iein won his heats in both
hurdle races. In trying to reserv", his strength
his first hurdle. This, threw lin. out OF lis
stride. and he moved hurdle after hurdle
down, uptIl at the finish only a couple were
left standing. kracDzlein only beat out Fincke
OF Yale in IL l-3 seconds. over the low sticks
the champion showed up better. He struck a
sS1 urrSdi He0ib but afterward Vent 't clean away '" and
won by ten yards. LOWS OF Syracuse created a
e eSeP the G Riish Se R"riies tG in the Inc li hsFT Rsat. m nn""di
Hallowcll OF Harvard succumned to RcminG-
ton OF Old Penn in the second trial.
Remarkable performances marked the field
events. Although no record except the broad
Jump was broken, the all-around ability OF the
contestants was better than ever before dis
played at an intercollegiate meeting. In each
event the best five performers qualified tor the
final trials. They We're SO evenly matched in
the pole vault that ten of the dozen COMPETE
tors we're left in when the bar was raised to 10
feet - inches. After vaulting until darkness
threatened to intervene. six men had cleared
eleven feet. and It was decided to allow all OF
them in, the final trials. Yale and Cornell
monopolizcd the places. II quartet OF the men
wearing the blue 'l.'
McCracken's best throw with. the sixteen
pound hammer was only about five feet short
Of the intercollegiate record. and he is expect
ed to eclipse the old figures to-day. "Pcnnsy"
developed surprising. strength in this event,
In addition to McCrackcn. who led at the end
Of the trials. the Quakers took second place
with Hare. who threw li2 feet 81 inches. a
performance that inSurcs his retaining that
position. Every MAJ who qualified in putting
the sixteen-pOund shot covered forty feet or
more, and less than two feet separated the first
and nth men.
the form shown in tn" trials. first place is
awarded to tho University Of Pennsylvania.
while the experts are about evenly divided hC-
tween Yale and Harvard for second place.
The track was a triiie loose in places ycstcr-
day, but it will he well rolled this morning.