The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
Miller IS the Sensation
of the Athletic
Field Day.
Championship Rests
With California
Sturdy Sons.

The blue and gold of the University
of California waved in triumph yester-
day both on land and on water. The
Washington: a Berkeley man won the
only match played for the tennis cham
pionship, and the track team scored a
sweeping victory in the meet with
Stanford, representatives of the State
University winning Line of the four
teen events on the programme. The
score by points was 72 1-3 to 40 2-3.
For the first time since the intercol-
legiate track meets were instituted in
1893 the elements frowned on the ath-
letes> and the various competitions
were held under trying circumstances.
The track was heavy. while the pole
vault lost all it's spectacular features
owing to the poles sinking deep into
the soft earth. This condition dfscon-
certed the Stanford men, none of them
vaulting up to his standard Zoph
won, defeating flanagan, to whom the
event had practically been conceded.
The athletes generally presented a
bedraggled, mud despatched appear
ance. Umbrellas were brought into use
repeatedly by the spectators but the
rain could not dampen the enthusiasm
OF the adherents of the rival colleges
The two bands were out and the root
ers shouted their cries to their hearts
content When the outcome was no
longer in doubt the Berkeley men
danced the serpentine around the
track, headed by their band. John Ell
lott, the veteran authority on athlet-
les, acted as referee and kept the COM
petition moving without a hitch. Luz
ther HI. Cary. in his day the most fa-
nous sprinter in America, handled the
starters pistol
The sensation of the day was the
performance of John Miller, the Stan
ford runner. He started first in the
mile, which he won in the rain in 4:41.
less than four seconds outside the
record. The versatile runner next made
his appearance as a sprinter in the
quarter-mile. He fairly romped away
with this, winning handily by three
yards in 81 1-5 seconds. After short
rest he came out for the half-miIe and
was wildly cheered by the spectators.
1t was at once seen his previous ef-
forts had sapped his strength, although
he ran with desperate gameness. He
was in next to last position for a time
and finally wound up in third place.
His efforts told on him as he fairly
reeled off the track. Ed Mayes is said
to have been the only man to win three
events at an intercollegiate meet, TAX
ing the 100 220 and 440. Miller won
three events at Pomona, but there he
met inferior athletes to those compet-
ing yesterday.
Stanford met it's worst reverses late
in the day. It's representatives expect
ed to win the broad jump, but the CAL
ifornia men took all three places. Then
California won the high jump, the pole
vault, the shot-put and the hammer
throw, which gave it a commanding
lead.
a giant among the sprinters, not being
pressed in either of the sprints. The
days results in detail:
10o-yard dash-First heat won by snediRar
III c.; Kleeberger U. c.. second: Miller as d
third. Time 10 3d. Second heat won Iy
Golcher (U. CO, Neighbor 90. CO. seconc
hea, won by Snedigar (U. c.); KIeeberger eU.
c.. Golcher CJ. Co, Neighbor tU. C) dead
heat by arrangement for second. Time,
220- yard dash--First heat won by Snedigar
UJ. c.: Weller tS.). second; Bingham (U. c.,
third. Time, :24 3-5. Second heat won by Ed
wards 80: Healy Gu. CO. second; Kleeberger
aT. CD third. Time. "a 2-5. Final heat won
by snedigar Gu. CO: Healy GU. c.. second;
Edwards (S,) third. Time, "a
Quarter mile-Won by Miller (S.): Edwards