The San Francisco call., 1905-03-11
DISTANCE RUNNERS
ARE DEVELOP INC
Trainer MOulton of Stanford
Finds d Quartet of
Clever Half Mile Men

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. March
1O.-While Trainer Dad" Moulton's s
face is always beaming, this week it
has borne an unusually expansive
smile. The reason for il is the devel-
Opment Of four good -milers. This
event, at the beginning of the season,
threatened TO be the weakest point in
the track team, and the veteran trainer
spent many sleepless hours worrying
over this race The past week has
dlspelled all Of his early fears. Russell,
q Junior who has not been especially
prominent on the cinder path, yester-
day made the remarkable time of two
minutes and four and one-ffth seconds.
This is a fast performance considering
the period Of the season. Then Severy.
a freshman, who has been trying out in
the quarter mile, covered the distance
in two minutes FIVE and three-fifths
seconds. Miller. another freshman. ran
in two minutes six seconds. and
Bounds, member Of last years track
team, finished in two minutes seven
seconds. L wonder where this food
of half-nilers came from" was Dads"
ejaculation as he held the watch on
the last sprinter.
Track prospects are bright for the
Cardinal this year. The few old men
are constantly improving and the
youngsters have come up with q rush.
The particular star of the freshmen is
Horton. an athletically built youngster
from Ukiah, the place from which
Stanford draws so many stars. In the
low hurdles he is running close to
record time. In the shot-put he seems
sure Of victory at the intercollegiate
Held meet, and place in the hammer
throw should fall to his lot. Miller is
the next freshman Of prominence. He
is z perfect mile runner his long stride
r7s
speed while he appears to be running
slowly In the half he is equally re-
liable In the sprints the freshmen are
stin weak. Cope's ankle continually
bothers him. although this warm
weather ought TO remove the trouble.
GartZmann. q runner from Los Angeles.
is fast, but he has not developed
enough strength as yet The other
freshman star is flanagan. brother of
the football coach. He has been off the
track for two weeks because of an in
3ured leg. but he is back again and is
polevaulting over eleven feet.
The best work Of the wear has been
done by sunny jim" Weller On the
Berkeley track last Saturday he COW
cred twenty-five feet and three inches
IN the broad jump, and on the Stan
ford field last Monday he Jumped
twenty-five feet and eight inches. This
IS a greater distance than the Cardinal
IENDIQ- UuN because II was not made
in regular meet it will not be count
ed. Weller made another of these
semi official records in the low hurdles
covering 220 yards in twenty-five and
eight-tentlls seconds. Of the other old
men Captain Bell and DENY have
jumped FIVE feet and nine inches
Crawford. who won first place in the
hammer throw last year with 135 feet.
to-day threw the chained weight more
than 1z9 feet. beating all his previous
trials
These performances have brought
smiles to the face of Trainer Dad,
Moulton and joy to the hearts of the
bleacherites. with the addition of
Harry flanagan, who is counted on 10
win both hurdle races, the Stanford
track team promises to be the best in
the history Of the university.
Baseball prospects, however. are not
50 rosy. On account of the death of
Mrs. Stanford ball games have been
Cancelled. and the men have lost much
that was gained earlier in the season.
Games with outside teams viii be re-
sumed in about two weeks. and from
then until the final series with the
University Of California the varsity
viii strain its energies in continual
hard work. Hitting viii be given the
most attention. for Coach Cowden IS
determined that every man shall be
able 10 bing the ball on the nose he
fore the end Of tle season.