The Minneapolis journal., 1905-06-16
OPENED EYES OF
. EASTERN ATHLETES
Conference Meet Games Set the
Gossips and Comparisons
Going.

No western intercollegiate track and field meet
ever attracted SO much attention In the east
that of June g. The Of the unprece-
dented interest shown by eastern men was the
great improvement made in the records by the
western men and the certainty of an intersec-
tional meeting to be held next year to deter
mine the championship of the United States.
Altho the eastern men still contend that the
point-winners of the Franklin field meet could
beat the point-winners of the Chicago games,
they not rash enough to claim an over
whelming victory.
Taking the records made in the meets of May
q and June as basis, it is seen that the
thirteen events, while the west showed super
iority in just five. The discus throw in which
Garrels of Michigan made a world record,
is not considered, because this event Is not on
Nthe eastern program. The only events in which
the west outshone the east were in the 100
yard DASH 220-yard dash, mile run, two-mle
run and hammer throw. The following shows
how the performances compare for 1905:
1oo-yard Dash-East, 10 1-5 seconds; west, 10
seconds.
22O-yard Dash-East, % 1-5 seconds; west, %
seconds.
44o-yard Dash-East, 40 2-5 seconds; west so
seconds.
sSO-yard Run-East, 1885, west, 1851 2-5.
Mile Run-East. 4:25 49, west, 4:25.
Two-mile Run-East, $50 SO; west, $50.
120-yard Hurdles-East, 10 3-5 seconds; west,
22o-yard Hurdles-East, "a As seconds; west,
| 25 10 seconds.
| High Jump-East, feet; west, feet 1OA
inches. ...
| Broad Jump-East, % feet 21a inches; west,
| q feet q inch.
| Hammer Throw-East, 149 feet II inches;
| west, 156 feet inches.
| Shot Put-East, As feet y inch; west, A feet
III inches.
Pole vault-East II feet 1o1a inches; west
II feet 9ss inches.
But what is of greater interest to western
men is the fact that, counting only first places
! tho fpano hpat trap taa
in the east, including both Cornell and Yale
Based their records in the two meets, Chi
| cago could have beaten Cornell, the champion
team of the east, in eight out of the th1rteer
! events By exactly the same score Chicago
! would have beaten the Yale team. Against Cor
nell Chicago could have won the 100, 220 ant
| 440-yard runs, the half mile and mile the higf
hurdles, the broad jump and hammer throw
Against Yale the Chicagoans could have woI
| the 100 and 220-yard dashes. the mile. the 12l
and 22O-yard hurdles, the broad jump and the
hammer throw. In dual meet in which first
second and third places would be counted, it il
probable that Cornell and Yale might overcome
| the advantage secured by Chcagos winners.
| There Is now nothing standing in the wa!
of intersectional meet between the east ant
west for 1906 1t has already received th
sanction of the executive committee of tn
I. C. A. A. A. A., and has been approved b!
all the western coaches. The eastern men will
probably request that the westerners hold thei
meet the last Saturday in May, in order tha
the national meeting can be held the first Sat
urday in June 1t is probable that there vii
be one or two meetings some time this fall o
winter for the purpose of completing the de
tails for the meet
| 1t will alternate between the east and tn
, west. It will probably be held in Chicago tn
! first year and Philadelphia the second. Chicag
will likely be selected in the west because
is more centrally located. In the east tn
J University of Pennsylvania is the only plac
J where proper facilities could be obtained for
! meeting of such great proportions.