New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31

lE J. CIapp Yale wins the 22o-yard hurd
howard dash; w G. Hubbard, Amherst, win
ward. schutt's time of $40 fat established a
mark for the distance. The old record was 9:5l 50
made in 1899 by A Grant, of Pennsylvania
Franchot. soon after passing the mile mark
strained his ankle ard forced to drop out
The summary:
Toe by " E sohg i6 c9 Haelsra N third
intercoegiate record
THE fel-YARD HURDLE
BIue indeed were the Yale men, Further and
further away receded The Mott Haven Cup and,
though they cheered bravely. their joyousness was
assumed Still. rock bottom was that feeling
that Yale is never beaten until it is time to go
home and they waited fer signs of the never fall
ing Yale finish strong with defeat staring hard in
the face. They this beginning in the lo-yard
hurdles. Clapp. of Yale; Converse of Harvard;
Ketchurn of Cornell and Anderson. of Yale, quail
fed for the final and Yale's hopes and fears were
centred on Clapp Converse was feared, and, de-
spite the fact that had practically jumped into
spiked shoes at the last moment and had had little
preparation he was. indeed. formidable rival
Clapp set back yard at the start. and Con-
verse led for half the distance An inch at time
Clapp caught him. and for hurdle they were on
terms Then Clapps chin showed III front.
and was still there when he broke the tape. 1t
it brought Harvard and Yale men and their ad-
herents alike their feet. cheering for victor and
vanquished. The summary:
One hundred and twenty-yard hurdle Tace-Won by E:
Ketch55. Cornell third, 5. Anderson Yale. fourth
THE sHOTPUT.
While the track contests going the
weight throwers were making points in the in
field. The shotput Yae's. with the invinctble
Beck. beyond doubt, and the only interest centred
in whether he would break the record and in the
outcome of the struggle for the other places Beck
juggIed with the shot and shot record a battle
dore does with a shuttlecock. Records walked the
plank like pilfered prisoners of pirate ship First
he beat his record of Friday "A feet liz inches,
which in itself knocked skyhigh the intercollegiate
record of II feet So inches, with put of 45 feet q
inches. Then. nonchalantly. he sent that to the
graveyard Of buried high marks with put of 46
feet. There he stopped. Glass continued in his
poor form of Friday. and the best he could do
fourth place for Yale with A feet. The summary:
shogut-F; :, G Beck Yale first 56 feet: F; H
Schoenfuss Harvard; second "a feet s inches c. H
Yale fourth - feet
THE HAMMER THROW.
Dewitt. of course, was in a class by himself in
the hammer throw, but did not better his record
Harvard was completely shut in this contest
Yale getting third and fourth places. The sum
mary:
#. IN c Van Duyn Syracuse. second l5l it, ~ in;
Yale foaTth i4i IT # IN, - - '''''
THE POLE VAULT
The pole vault another setback to Harvards
fast pilng Up score Of points, and gave Yale
badly needed boost Gardener. of Syracuse, was
winner. and equaIled the intercollegiate record
of Il feet inches made by r. G. Clapp of Yale.
summary:
'i icing Sssl%S8 s tt os esRs 5yEfsis H. s
second, II Il In. D. Horton. Princeton third. II fl
". NJ ii
THE RUNNING HIGH JUMP.
Herman, of Harvard fulfilled expectations in the
running high jump, and Yale fortunate in
even getting third The summary:
Running high junpmwen by R. p Ker3a4 Ha IA
J r Alexander. Yale. third fl 1oA. g P. serviss
Cornell fourth. # 90.
THE RUNNING BROAD JUMP.
Yale again reduced Harvard's lead in the
ming broad jump, getting third and fourth places
while Harvard shut out The summary:
Running broad jump-won by y. y, Hubbard Amherst
222 # -. in; 4 T. Foster; Amherst second, = f.
Bowman Yale. fourth. u It 6'4 H.
THE HALF-MII.E RUN.
Calculations went astray in the haIf-mie run
Adsit. % Princeton breasting the tape instead of
Orton, of Pennsylvania who had been looked on as
a winner Behr. of Harvard. made princey
trial for the lead and pushed the Princeton 50
hard that the latter had to be carried off the track
The summary:
Behf. Harvard second. W A Ne~eii Williams, third
II Z. Taylor. Amherst, fourth. Time, 2:o43s.
THE 220-YARD HURDLE.
Much depended on the final heat OF the 230-yard
hurdle, with Yale 3ol1 Harvard 81. and it
brought Yale up from the slough of despond To
firm footing. from where could be discerned not
far distant the promised land What little hope
Harvard had. Converse failing to qualify. centred
on Bauer. but he was in too fast company. and it
was Cairns of Cornell who pushed CIapp from
jump to sprint Thomas Of Yale. hardly accounted
q point gamer had qualified and was able TO beat
Bauer for third The summary:
Two hundred and twentyyard hurdles-Won by :: J.
Yale third F. r. Bauer. Harvard. fourth Time o2jis.
THE 220-YARD DASH
Then came the 29o-yard dash on which hung
the possession of the cup and the victory in
Of If not the closest and most grandly fought in
tercollegiate meets record. Yale held the lead
with 81. Harvards 81 But the first two places
would enable Harvard to tie the score and Yale
must win either first or second place to clinch
fast the victory. Harvard had Shck and Lightner:
Yale, Moulton and Long. on every Yale lip hung
the question Can Moulton beat Lghtner for
first second?'' On every Harvard lip can
Lghtner and Shick keep Moulton in third place.
Shick had hurt a tendon in Of the earlier
spirits, but Harvard placed her all him and
lAghtner. Solely Moulton depended whether
not Yale carried home the cup.
''Lightneri Iehtner, Lightner!" sounded the
Harvard voices gathered for a final appeal and
just as pregnant with meaning though less in
noise were the Yale shouts Of 'Moultoni Moultonr'
Carefully they set; frils AT the start, for a
setback meant lifelong humiliation. Crack! They
were OF. Moulton leading For ten seconds Har-
ward was stricken dumb while Mouiton, the epit-
ONE OF concentrated do die determination, just
kept ahead Of Lghtner. and Schick the latter run
ming on even terms with his conradc though pains
as from hot iron must have shot through ankle
and leg. while Yale throats grew raucous Then
an. how the Harvard Yell rose i'm ecstacv-Lfgh-
her began TO forge ahead BY inches he made