New-York tribune., 1903-05-11
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
Good Sport at InterschoIastic Meet
Record Broken.
AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.

outdoor sports in all branches have begun this
year in manner that is extremely encouraging.
At the numerous games held in this city on Satur-
day spectators gathered in large numbers. The
suferscholastic athletic meet at Berkeley Oval on
Saturday the first big athletic outdoor meet
.n the city this and was largely attended.
The entry list was large but owing TO good man
szenent the many leafs that had to be off
were tried in regular order and the sport was in
feresting. Sheffield. the well known athlete OF
Berkeley School was the hero OF the day having
won first place in 1ve Of the contests. The other
members Of the school die remarkably well, and
as q result the Berkeley boy won the trophy for
winning the greatest number Of points with total
f-esrirE to see Than schoolboys in athletic meets
and those who saw Saturdays contests watched
good distance to see The boys look to the an
nual outdoor meet each year With the Utmost in
terest and prepare themselves Tor II IN the winter
TIE fine condition of the boys on Saturday Demon
strated this
The intercollegiate record for the shotput is
certainly fragile this year Glass, Of Yale. sur
prised his friends by his put of - feet 81
inches in the Yale-Princeton meet on Saturday,
beating Beck's record Of n feet s15 inches. Moul
tons work at Princeton In the sprints excel
lent His 100 yards in 10 seconds fat and his 20 IN
= S-5 seconds were both good performances, the
latter being one-ffth Of a second better than the
previous record Of his college. ,-...-
the most notable performances Were the half mile
run by Crton Of Pennsylvania, in 1:6s 3-5 Bowen's
vault Of Il feet incnes The a feet ~ inch shot
significant
In the college baseball games on Saturday the
greatest surprise the defeat Of Yale by Brown.
AS Harvard had already shut out Brown TO o
at Cambridge. on Thursday. there will not be want
ing many wise believers IN comparative scores
who viii declare that the Crimson is consequently
sure 20 beat the Blue when they meet for their
annual conflicts the diamond. But ;n college
athletics comparative scores are an unsafe basis
for calculation. and Brown is notably cratic Un-
& a aT e hss m 3 g3eq s team b 6e a5
has scarcely yet begun. and Yale is certain TO i'm
Pennsylvania fought hard fight with the Tigers
with WesIerar was notable mainly for the GOOD
work Of Coburn, the Crimson pitcher. who struck
Fordham continued its consistent work satur-
E6elmed fehigh Cornell which saotbered Union
q 10 at Ithaca, will have good test Wednes-
-Pennsylvanis game should be wei worth
this year.
Harvard is working hard to win the intercol-
IeEiate track and field championships, which take
place on May % and 30 at Berkeley Oval In the
first place the Crimson wishes TO get revenge for
the way IN which Schick thrown out last
year thus giving Yale the meet, and again. II
Yale wins the meet this year the cup will be hers,
while Harvard wins IL VIII remain in
petition for another year. Harvard needs all her
men. and it came as unpleasant surprise that
their star hurdler Converse, might be ineligible.
Should he be thrown out for his Boston Athletic
Yale VIII have correspondingly easier time In the
hurdles. The hurdles should be productive OF
some good sport. for Clapp ran the 120 in Is IS
seconds Saturday and the go in . 2-5 seconds.
cise: Abercroinbe and Baird. Of Harvard; Low
OF Syracuse. and Others also running well,
work
The track team Of New-York University has been
training hard for the last week. and Frank Conn.
the trainer. says he will put better team on the
field Saturday against Rutgers than has been seen
Of +ra
dual meet with Trinity on Saturday crafty
ing 70 the students. the whole team showing up
well. breaking four college records and winning
eleven out Of fourteen contests.
Banderuan '0S, and Sherman, %. holding
down the half-rnile in style, while Banderman
and Snow. o. look after the mile. and Patterson.
ESrints 80 nsh sreid o. IS doing the best work while
rot been I'D 10 his usual standard lately. silleck
'oa won botn hurdles from Trinity. and VIII be IN
good trim 70 repeat the same in better tin tne Dg Le
end Of the ee cGnBe 6 & @ Ss ouned Is feaq og tn Pa
even higher the records in the shot and discus
which he broke on Saturday: Kelley. 70. an. ahe
events events -O-''"
The seventh annual games Of the New-York Ath-
lstic Club VIII be held the grounds Of the CLUB
ct Travers Island. Pelham Manor, on June o. at
go .. n An attractive programme has been ar
ranged for the occasion The two-mile relay open
10 clubs and colleges expected TO furnish plenty
Of sport. There will also be an invitation inter-
scholastic one-uile relay race. The track ana
field contests include 1oo-yard run. 29o-yard run
44ovard run ss0-yard run. one-unile run pole vault
.fJT,r IN fnrovrtng Is-poInd hammer. putting 16
pound shot I20-yard hurdle on grass. ten nights.
fights, two feet six inches high me ga1Ihe3 ggTI5
viii be held under the Amateur Athleto Union
prizes. '1
II nothing else were TO attract the entries OF lhe
athletes the incentive Of the prizes TO be given
for the Memorial Day meet of the Greater New
York Irish Athletic Association games al Celno
Park would be sufficient Famous as the club has
always been for the beauty and value OF It's prizes
n seems to have outdone itself this time To the
winner Of each contest a handsome gold Roman
Fy-psy ring with genuine diamond and two sap
phires. VIII be given: TO the second man In eacn
contest will be given the Official gold ole n1eoaA;
with a fob: the third viii receive tne oiAclf1
sterling silver die medal with FOB. Each az az
every boz or the teams finishing first second l aL9
third IA The grammar school boys team race VILE
receive gold. silver and bronze ineaa.s ~
~ Entries close with James E sullivan, eIan p,
man OF the athletic committee. Nos 10 ana 10 fa1A
Place. New-York
The Giants won all the four games played last
week Two games were postponed on account OF
rain The nine is doing excellent Work al the De-
sn6 fts team work is all that can be asked oetui
days crowd at the Polo Grounds was encouraging
shows that the Interest in the sport Is as soOu
to-day as IN it's painiest days. The strict rules
that have been given out by the presidents OF ooh
the National and American leagues TO prevent
roxerlsrn have done much for the improvement of
the sport and the usual complaining alo s--,er
years Is seldom heard this year The sr9oEigyn sr9So,Eigyt
team has been unfortunate, faFlI1S h1o So.
eeE but the Team is showing up well in the cir
cunastances The New-York American Ieselile oeaii
won three Of the six games played iast week
Reports from all ever the Adirondacxs inclcaie
that the trout fishing this spring is better than