The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-17
COLUMBIA DEFEATS PRINCETON
WEARERS or blue AND WHITE
SCORE IS l-2 POINTS TO "a lie.
Tigers Secure Ma jority Of First Places,
but Local University Proves strong
In Seconds and Thirds-De witt Makes
Collegiate Record with Hammer.


After successive victories over Cornell
and Pennsylvania In baseball and lacrosse
| Columbia took Princeton into camp yesteroa!
at South Field. on the track and field ant
| won by a score OF 6sH points to Ash. Tit
local team captured six frsts In thirteen
events, but piled up seconds and thirds unit
there was no doubt OF victory. Beginning
with seven points out Of eight In the mile
run, the first event, Columbia took the lead
and never lost 1t during the afternoon.
The star performance OF the afternoon
was De Wits hammer throw OF 1876 feet
inches, which breaks the former collegiate
record. held by A. Plaw of the University OF
California, by 81 inches. The big Prince.
tonian broke the record on his first throw
The uniformity OF his performances was
shown when he made 1863 feet 10 inches on
his second throw and l64 feet inches on
his third. De Witt also succee ded IN putting
the shot 43 feet OK inches although he was
not hard pushed to win
There were number OF upset calculations
throughout the meet Adsit. Princeton
star half miller was beaten by Taylor OF CO.
lumbia after a beautiful race with Bishop OF
Columbia, right at the Sc cond mans shoulder.
Taylor was in fourth place after a quarter
mile had been covered and was third eighty
yards from the tape. He had the OUTSIDE
path and gritting his teeth came down the
stretch as fresh as n sprinter. opening up three
yards on Adsit and winning in minutes Sd
of a second. In a half dozen yards more
Bishop would have stepped into second
Harold weekes ended his. athletic career
mt Columbia In brilliant style BY winning both
81 4R1qets Thss ss s'' %siss
bystander how much Columbia needed IT., to
win. the meet: He was told two points. His
ff s marx wss for the ase rat He got OF we'll At
the pistol shot and was never beaded. with
helan Of who vSs IN M Pc
ran s second to Weekes in both events and in
AZ inches won Columbia took ali three places
at the start and finishing strong; An three n ss
' Victory f in the high Jump at feet 81 inches
showed that he is a man to be 'reckoned with
the sam ss Or bs tse Rbeb
IL a rather unusual record in a dual meet.
Columbia taking the first two places. nil,
Of Ths sn 'an e coSmba
III bs sP the Princeton man n na ped
au the Faso and and Tss
other runners came tearing after the Prince
sonsn passing and Gsdhn 9oo Es sss
however. and had to be contented with second
and third places. Columbia took loh second
places out OF ID anu ~ tnHu7'
By ansS .seons
Rns ,s!S h Ts TT S'SSIs.
tto.Y.rd Run.wen BY Ogden sI;n,.i n Bishop:
b. Ra.S s f Arm
RoSef, F posns: PnnceISn, th,rd: s sIsDS M
D1S IA S GsEa ps.h"Won BY i Harold II Weekes.
eoSnSs Isveq,ss, SsiHT 'sis : xsSSI
hoe osie Snssson foal,s ams SECONDS
TWO Mile RanaWon BY John l, Eses: p Prince 6.
FH'Un csumS. .Srd HEM
colamba fourth Time 10 minutes rs v see0n S
vss t. Ads p s. second CAPT
OGDEN nssoP 1sum him. hT %inN ws'e5
ssoYsId Hurdle-won BY WIN William 6 n; Arm
second Second Thomss sSe Columbia third; Robert
S, 59u 81 Hans Hs1ed f. %ssHss
coSmsI.: Leo I: Lsyen!am, Goiqmbis, $. ssco S
}Shn rSsi9 ea ssa M Shoemaker
Dewitt Win ~, Of . fee. s nc s;,S
inches William o5n Schultz amI,nsop essm
up Pole EVA vsui,-Won BY Daniel 7: Horton. Prince
ton with vault Of u feet. Msrb SLIM M Met LIN
ior second at 70 feet inches A. G. Perry colum
bia, fourth. with 10 feet Inches.
Running High Jump-Won by NJ B. Tooker.
Princeton. with Jump Of feet ~ inches; Milton
Salisbury n, bay Columbia, and Tnstram B.
johnson, Columbia. tied for third at feet ~
inches.
Throwing 10 Pound Hammer-Won by John
r. Dewitt, Princeton. with a throw OF leS feet
u inch; Robert r. Reed Princeton second. with
lie feet 10 inches Herman Duden, Columbia: third.
with lit feet ~ inches: Richard s. Smith, Colum-
bia. fourth. with lis feet Q inches,
Running Broad Jump-Won BY Leo T. Leyen.
Robert $. Stansland Columbia. second. with q
feet ! inches, George Fox. Jr.; Princeton third,
with 81 feet ~ inches: James l.. Grimes, Prince
ton fourth. with 81 feet inch.
Final Score Columbia. Ssl4: Princeton, +S4.