Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-07
COLLEGE ATHLETES IN FIELD
Great Contests Reviewed and the Re-
suits Summarized for The
Bee Readers.

A week g Saturday practically closed
the college year in track athletics and II
was a most suspicious closing. two east
ern records being broken at New York and
four at Chicago, although but three OF the
latter were allowed It was peculiar to
note, too, that In both the Western Inter
collegiate and the eastern the meet settled
into a very close and exciting contest be-
tween two universities and gave perma-
nent possession in each instance of the cup
to the winning team. Yale won over Harvard
by one-half point, making the sixth victory
In fourteen years. Michigan defeated Chi
cago by nine points, but the two teams
were practically a tie until the next to
the last event, the high jump, wher the
wolverines took first and second place and
the victory. This was their third success
sive victory and gives them permanent pos
session of the Spalding trophy cup.
At New York the track was slow and
the weather conditions superb, while It
was exactly the reverse at Chica 90. De-
spite this, four of the records we're smashed
on the track. The winners In both meets
were picked from the start, but the CON
test proved much closer than had been
anticipated. Harvard and Chicago deveI-
oplng far stronger than was expected. The
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we're few and scattering. Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin had both expected to make
a good showing. but all sure things seemed
70 go wrong and they lost event after
event that they had expected 10 win.
Beck OF Yale had broken the shot put
record the day previous to the meet, and
1t was not thought by any OF his friends
that he would do so again. but 1t was his
last appearance on the track and, with one
superb effort, he threw the shot forty-six
feet. breaking the record by more than a
foot. All of the contestants followed him
closely and none fell back OF the forty
four-foot mark.
The other record broken at New York
was the two-mile run, of which eleven and
three-hfths seconds was clipped by w. E..
Schutt OF Cornell. Schutt is a new marvel
and his record for the first year would
lead one to think that there is ample cp-
portunity for more record-breaking in the
same event next year.
Exciting as the Eastern intercollegiate
was, with its close finishes and broken
records, 1t was not as exhilirating as the
Western. with its tense strain, heart
breaking finishes and almost continued
equalling and breaking OF records. Al
most at the beginning Hahn of Michigan
and Blair OF Chicago met in the lOO-yard
dash and Blair won by inches. For two
years these men have been rivals and a
superb race was promised every time they
met, and they met often. This spring Blair
put In every EFFORT in training for the 100
yard with the ultimate intention OF winning
over Hahn and he gained success in the
superb finish Of Saturday. leading by not
over six inches and lowering the western
record TO nine and four-hfths seconds, and
just a NTH more than the worlds record.
held by Dufey Of Georgetown. Blair had
paid less attention to the 20. as he had
beaten Hahn before In this event. and Il
was believed that he would again. but
Hahn turned the tables on him and won
by " yards in a superb finish. Again a
western record had been broken. but later
this was not allowed as the runners were