The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-26
HARVARD IS CHAMPION.
Victor in Track and Field Events BY
Score of A

FA~SOA Al Track anu 4 lGlQ Events DIV
Score of A.
New York. May 25-The annual track
and field championship of the Inter
collegiate association of the Amateur
Athletic Association Of America was
conclUC d today at the Kerklev oval
Wretched weather literally ruined what
promised to be the most eventfuI meet
ing IN the history of the organization
ana instead Of a crop of new records.
the crowd which braVed rain and wind
had, TO be content with a serfas of
mediocre performances. About 500
people or both sexes tried to infuse
enthusiasm into the mud despatched
athletes, who, in spite of the mI-cI. and
mlte responded gamely- .
AS anti. ipated, the battle for the
championship cup was fought ont rs
the bitter end. and when the final reck-
0nlng came, the anxious boys from New
Haven saw with dismay Harvard the
victor by the splendid score of A points.
Yale was credited with so So points.
which gave the second place to her. and
princeton came in third. with a total Of
is 10 points.
To the surprise of the spectators.
Cornell took fourth place with fifteen
wei earned points. 1t is the first time
an .her many years of competition at
the Mott-HaVen games that the Ithaca
institution has scored a first and when
Gallagher trCtted home in the two
mile run ard Sears outran all compe-
ttors IN the 220 yards, not a man on
the grounds begrudged her two first
prizes.
The University Of Pennsylvania is
relegated to seventh place after having
held the championship for the past foi!r
years. The two local colleges. Column
bia and New York university each
scored seven points. BowdOin made
four points and the remaining half
point went TO Syracuse Harvard had
Oh 7es
on the basis of five points for first.
three points for second, two points for
third. and one point for fourth the
following shows the score:
Harvard "A; Yale, 90 Sc; Princeton.
Dc l-6' Cornell, 10; Georgetown, 10;
Michigan, 8 2-3; Pennsylvania, > SIS:
Columbia, s. New York s. Bowdoin, 4;
Syracuse, =.
Summaries
1o0-yard semi-finaI heats:
FIRST heat-Won by +. NJ. Sears. Cor
neus q. Dupee, Yale, second. Time.
~ 10 seconds. Second heat-Won by
a r. Duty, GeOrSetoXvn; NJ. 2. Light
ner, Harvard second. Time. 10 Us.
1ZO-yyard hurdle, senli-finaI heats:
FIRST heat-WOn by e J. Clapp Yale.
u G.. Willis, Harvard. second. Time
70 40 seconds. Second heat-VVOn by J..
II Converse, Harvard; Walter Fish
leigh, Michigan, second. Time. II is
seconds.
One mile run, fnal-Won by H. z.
Clark, Harvard; w. 3. Weston. Yale.
second. Time. 4 minutes, 81 is sec
440-yard run. finaI-Won by w. TIol-
land. Georgetown; G. c. Rust, Harvard
second; w G. Clark, Harvard, third
q. l. Manson, Harvard fourth. Time,
81 3-5 seconds.
The finals of the bicycle races are
postponed until 1880 o'clock ON Mon
day.
120-yard hurdle final heat-Won by
T. J, Clapp, Yale; j. Fl. Converse, Har-
third; Walter FishIeigh. Michigan
fourth. Tine, IS 1-5 seconds.
Patting 15-pound shot, final-won by
r. sheldon, Yale; As feet, 81 inches, h.
G. Brock, Yale, second; 48 feet. 81
1oo-yard run. final--wor by A F.
Duffy. Georgetown; NJ r. Lightner.
second. Time, 10 II. seconds.
Two-mile run, finaI-Won by B. A
Gallagher, Cornell r. w Mills, Har-
yard. second. Time. 10 minutes.
220-yard hurdle semi-6naI heats.
First heat--WOn by j. G.. willis tHar-
wards i. J. Clapp, Yale, second. Time.
3 go seconds. Second heat-Won by
Yale, second Time. PC As seconds
220-yard run-seni-fna heat First
heat-WOn by f. M.sDears Cornell. @
Dupee. Yale. second. Time, p as sec
ouQS- retBUa Aeal---tf on. DN ii. III.
Cloudman. Bowdoir. NJ r Lightner,
Harvard. second. 7 ne, % minutes
Running high umJp. Final won by
8. s. Jones. New York university 3
feet 9lz inches 5. G. Ellis and G. NJ
Rotsch Of Harvard. tied for second at
feet, 9 inches, w. q. Lowe, Syracuse.
5sad s. W. Curtis. Prince ton. tied for
fourth place at 3 feet ~ inches.
Running high jump. Final won by
Kennedy. Columbia, y feet 6 3-5 INCHES.
Pole vault--F'ollowlng six men tied
for first place at 10 feet 9 inches and
agreed to divide the points: T. Deak-