The Worcester spy., 1899-05-21
A CYRAN0
FINISH.
Bowdoin Won the Champions
ship By a Nose.
WILLIAMS CLOSE BY.
Pole Vault the Deciding Event In the Inter-
collegiate Meet---Three Records Bro
ken. Best Individual Work Done
By Bray -Curtenius' Bril-
liant Dashes
23I Dartmouth,
d Massachusetts, Institute Of
19 Technology,
is l-3 Trinity,
IS 1-3 University of Maine,

yards dash, would have won the event
if he had not turned on his foot about
10 yards from home. He rounded into
the straight a yard ahead of Curtsn-
ius, the Amherst crack. He turned on
his feet on account of a hole in the
track, and Curtenius went past to lead
the Bowdoin man to the finish.
Dartmouth fell off badly in its ex-
pectations. The track men did better
than was expected, but the field men
on whom reliance was placed, did not
begin to do as well as they have been
doing in practice.
Bray of Williams was the bright star
of the meet. He won three tirsts in the
distance runs, and was not worried in
doing so. Dave Hall of Brown was
not able to give him an argument IN
either of the runs on account Of la.ne
knee He was confined to his bed For
several days with water on the knee
He did not leave It until yesterday
morning a few hours before the meet.
He started in the half-mile and ran
little more than half the distance, nis
injured knee tightly bound. He con'd
not hold the pace, and quit When ne
was hopelessIy in the rear. In the tw"-
mile Bray was given the stttfest arsu-
ment. Moody of Dartmouth staylnS
with him until the final squirt.
The meet lacked interest partly on
account of the miserable weather, ram
falling during the greater part OF tne
afternoon and party on account IN. u trnl5 IL
comparatively easy wins OF the Iraeh
events With the exception OF tne
ouarter-unile run the races we're won
according to schedule. The track was
heavy and fast time was an impossl-
bility. s4.4.a
The heavy ground also detracted
from the excellence of the perform
ali e1yppfE in which a
preliminary run was required. Inree
records were broken all in events IN
which no running is required. They
were in putting the shot. throwing tne
hammer and throwing the discus. y.
Melendy Of Brown put the shot 50 II;
1917 in, breaking the existing RECORD
of az ft 61b in. A. S. Grover Of the
University Of Maine, in the discus
throw. made a mark of los TT " in,
heating the former record OF 104 II.
In the hammer throw, F. G. ingalls,
of Trinity, hurled the weight l26 II Y
in, discounting the former marx OF l5o
TT. 61h in The making OF new RECORDS
aroused practically no enthusiasm Ing
competitions were decided in the mid
die of the field, far from the specta-
tors. and no interest was taken IN the
events until the announcement or the
results was made.
The attendance was not up 10 the
standard for college games Ths was
entirely due to the threatening WeaAner
of the early afternoon %nlcn uiu no. NO.
disappoint the crowd, for when the
first heats of the century were oelng
run. rain began to fall. There we're ire
ouent showers during the AFTERNOON
some of which were severe
In spite Of the weather there was an
attendance Of about 1000. The Yarl-
Gus colleges had srna1 represents
The best race of the day was the 44O
wards run. The three winners, Snow
Of Bowdoin, Gladwin Of Amherst ana
Park of Williams, were not six inches
apart at the line. The other track
events were only too easy. Curtenius
romped away from the field IN the lOO
yards In the 220 he won handly, as
Cloudman could not stay with him after
turning on his foot. Bray ran his own
race in the three distance runs. Pot
ter's disqualification in the high hur-
dies gave Edison Of Dartmouth an easy
win. Edwards was far and away the
best man in the low hurdles. He lit
eralIv ran away from his field. In the
bicycle race, Ray Murray of NJ. l. L.
jumped 300 yards from home, and mn
ished yards in the lead.
Trials were held in the morning in
the bicycle race. 220 yards dash, 440
yards run and putting the shot In
the IfiaiS OF the DlC9 NAE eASSf j. =. 49,
yer of NJ /. T. lost control OF his wheel
after the finish, and plunged headlong
through the board on which is bullet
ined scores of ball games. He was un-
conscious for several minutes. He
rode in the final in the afternoon, blood
oozing from his nose during the race.
He was unplaced.
When the collegians awoke yesterday
morning. they shook their heads sadly
as they glanced out of their windows.
for the sky was overcast, and there
was not much promise in the weather
bulletin. Their forebodings were real
lied. for the sky remained overcast un-
til shortly afternoon. A glimmer Of
sunshine broke through the clouds
half hour before the time for calling
the games, and the hearts of the ath-
letes took a joyous bound. But they
were again doomed to disappointment.
When the men were set on their marks
for the first event Of the afternoon, the
trials of the 100 yards. rain drops began
to patter on the track.
The gathering Of the crowd was Pc
culiar When the games were started
and they were half hour late at that