New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28
| CGRNELL'S CHAMPIONSHIP
YALE Il CLOSE SECOND.
Ttoo Records Broken in Intercol-
legiate Track and Field Meet.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l

Philadelphia May 27.-Cornel won the tnr-
tieth annual intercollegiate track and Held
championship held on Franklin Field to-day, oy
the close margin Of 21a points, from Yale WINE
it looked in the early stage of to-day contest
that the Cornell men would carry off the hon
ors it was not until after one of the closest
and most interesting meetings ever held under
the auspices of the intercollegiate Association
of Amateur Athletes of America that victory
was assured Cornell scored a total OF 3O12
points Yale %, Harvard 1S Pennsylvania 10
and Princeton 10 points. The other colleges nm
ishad as follows: Colgate, 8; Amherst. =; SYRIA
cuse 6: Stevens, 3; Swarthmore, ., and Haver-
ford and Columbia, / point each. 1t was the
first time that Cornell has ever won the meet
Two intercollegiate records were broken. In
the pole vault w Dray, of Yale, won with
vault of II feet inches. The former record
II feet IA inches, held Jointly by Gardner
McLanahan and Grirg. He continued for the
amateur record and jumped II feet 1012 inches
The other record to go in the half mile
E. B. Parsons of Yale, the strong favorite
in the race, covered the distance in 1:56, thus
beating the former intercollegiate time, held
jointly by himself and HOLSTER of Harvard, by
two-ffths of a second. He set all the pace in
this race taking the lead at the start and
crossing the tape five yards TO the good of L.
P. Jones. OF Pennsylvania.
The one-nile run brought out field OF twenty
Alcott, of Yale. led at the first quarter, and at
the half Camp, of Cornell, went out to set the
pace. Then Munson, of Cornell, took the lead,
and for the next two laps 1T was a desperate
struggle between Munson and Williams, or
Princeton The former managed to cross the
tape five feet to the good. White, of Amherst,
was third. five yards behind Williams.
The tWo-mile race won by w. j. Hail, OF
Yale, in a stirring finish. He lead at the half
mile and mile marks and then settled back and
let the other runners make the pace In the last
mile Wgoose, of Cornell. forged TO the front
made a brilliant sprint and passed Willgoose
about five yards from the finish. winning by two
yards; Magofin was third, five yards behind
Willgoose
AS was expected w A. Schick jr.. the feet
footed runner of Harvard, won the 100 and 20
yard dashes in close finishes. In the 120-yard
hurdle, E. s. Amsler won by a foot from {, X
Castleman. of Colgate who a strong favor
lite, in the fast time of O:15 80. This time is
within one-ffth of a second of Kraenzlein's rec
ord. made in 1899. Castleman. however. was
victorious in the 220-yard hurdle The men raE
almost jump for jump in this race to the tinisS,
Yale suffered a great loss in this contest, due to
L. c. Porter falling in the semi-fnal heats
which put him out OF the race.
Cornell and Yale showed up strongly in the
field contest. In the running high jump, j. ".
Marshall. of Yale, got first place, clearing the
bar at feet G. p. Porter, of Cornell and r.
z. Crane, of Harvard, tied for second place, at
Cornell took first place, with a put of 40 feet
y inch.
The largest crowd that ever attended an inter
collegiate meet present and much enthuS-
iasm was shown. The weather and track condi-
lions favorab BILE.
the colleges were represented in the various
contests: