The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-30
NEW TRACK MATERIAL.
"a List of the Most Promising Freshmen
=. and What They Have Done.

"A List or the MOSt FroiIilSliiS fAooiii
and What They Have Done.
The outlook for a successful track
team this year was considerably bright
ened by the showing made by the new
men in the fall games. A strong nu-
cIeus from last years team returned to
college this fall, but their strength lies
mainly in the field events and hurdles,
with one strong half-miler included,
thus leaving weaknesses in the track
events which may prove fatal If not
strengthened by material from the in
coming classes. ..s.. i.
The character OF this new material
was tried out in the fall games with an
encouraging result, particularly in the
sprints, the outlook for which, however,
has been somewhat weakened by the
accident to Moorhead not long ago
which may prevent his running at all
next spring. The 1O0-yard dash was
won by r. r. Twitchell, 1907, in 10 rs
seconds, against a strong head wind
L. T. Sheffield., 1906 S., was second,
and d. j. Torrey, 1907, though boxed
for twenty-five yards or more by a
man who ran GU Of his lane, managed
to win third place. These three men,
together with G. Summer, 1907, who was
unable to compete in the games owing
to his playing on the freshman football
team, represent the best that Yale can
do in the shorter dash this year. unless
some new man comes up Unexpectedly,
and H. q. Alexander of last years team
RECEIVERS from strained tendon.
Twitchell, representing Hartford high
school, and Summer, Andover, secured
third and fourth places, respectively,
in the 100-yard dash at the interschol-
astic games last spring, and Sumner
also won second place in the 220-yard
dash. Their value to the track squad
does not lie so much in their present
ability as in their future promise. Par
ticularly Is this true of Sumner. Shelf
field is comparatively new to the
sprints, but is a promising man in the
broad and high jumps. In the fall
games he was second in the former, in
which he was placed at scratch. with
an actual jump Of 20 feet 9 ~ inches,
the longest Of the day. At the inter-
scholastic meet last year he did even
better, winning the event with a jump
of 81 feet IL inch, and tieing for third
in the high jump with 5 feet 5 1-2
inches. -.
d. =. Torrey of Hotchkiss is another
freshman who is capable of develop
ment into a reliable sprinter. He won
the 220-yard dash with little difficulty
last Wednesday in the good time of
% 3-5 seconds, and secured first in the
same event in % seconds at the inter
scholastics last spring. His records for
the 100 and 220 yards dashes are 10 and
81 3-5, respectively. -.
Perhaps the most creditable time at
the fall games was that Of the half
mile in 2 minutes 1-5 seconds, made
by C. b. Parsons, 1907, of Lawrence
Vile. AT the interscholastics Parsons
was run off his feet in the mile, being
just able to secure second, and too fa-
tigued to stand the pace in the half
mile which followed. This year he and
Deming should prove a formidable pair
at this distance.
H. G. Groman, 1905, a man new to
track work, gives promise Of develop
* IIlGIlI lut qudIlGI-iIllle, DIS QO6S II. u.
Ryerson, 1907, of the Hill school, H.
L. Roome, 1907, of Nathan Hall school,
vaulted 10 feet inches in the inter-
scholastics,a performance which stamps
him as promising. He was unable to
compete last week because of his play
ing on the freshman football team. w
F. Knox, 1907, did very good work in
the high and broad jumps at Chau-
tauqua this summer, and L. c. Porter,
1906 7. S., showed promise by winning
second In the high and first in the low
hurdles at the fall meet. J. M. Gates
1906 L. S., has an excellent reputation
4 as an all-round track man, but will
be ineligible for the Harvard games, al
least, owing to a technical clause in the
new dual agreement.
If this new material develops in pro-
portion to its promise, the team should
be strong and wel1-developed this year
formidable more in its ability to wir
seconds and thirds than i'm the per
formances of a few phenomenal men,
Yale News.