Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-09
HleH-cLAss sPRINrlNe.
o. A. G. Won From Columbia in
Saturdays Track Meet
Kelly KouIdn't kut'er.

Although the total score of 81
to II in favor of the home aggre-
CATION shows a very one-sided
contest in the track meet between
OAC, and Columbia University,
occurring here Saturday, much
interest throughout the afternoon
was maintained. 1t was con-
eeded in advance that the general
result would favor OAC, but an
ever-present fear possessed the
partisaus of OAC that Kelley,
the plucky and capable athlete of
Columbia, might begin at any
time to do some wonderful things;
and there was among the visitors
a tenacious hope that he would.
Kelly had been heralded as a
wonderful sprinter and all-round
athlete, and his performance
in the recent indoor meet at
Portland was such that all were
compelled to acquiesce in the
possibility of the powers claimed
for him. Kelly is, indeed, a
young man of varied athletic
qualifications, and it is not to his
discredtt that he failed to take
first place in any of the sprint
ing events last Saturday. The
truth is that he was up against as
hard proposition in the runs as
could ne selected on the coast.
The first event called was the
5o-yard dash, Three OAC men
and two Columbians went to the
scratch. The throng of specta-
tors vainly endeavored to ascer-
tain which one of the boys in
white was Kelley. It finally be-
came known that the leader of
the visitors was not entered, and
there was evident relief. To the
home people it seemed likely that
the stars of their favorites would
not in this event suffer total
eclipse. At the report of the
starters pistols the boys were of,
and they few down half the
course in "close formation. +"
When they began to separate, it
could be seen, to the surprise of
all, that the three col1egians led
the University boys, and so it
was at the finish, Williams frst,
Smithson second, Graham third,
and the locals received all tha,
was coming to them in an ovation.
Time .o5 rs, a remarkable re-
cord.
Next came the half-mile run,
and still Kelley did not come te
the starting line. This event
held unusual interest. Greenhaw,
(OAC) took the race in 2.o7 2-5.
Walsh, (C) second and Van C1eye,
(OAC) third: ,>. =. ga.
There1was an excited nurmurl
whenthe 1oo-yard. dash was call
ed. In this event the Columbis
favorite was to appear and it wa!
known that there would surely b,
something doing, between Smith
son, Williams and Kelly. Be
tween them it was a close race
and it was toss-up who shoule
win until within few feet of tn,
outcome when Smithson took +;
slight lead of Kelly, with VII
liams a close third. The wil'
scenes which followed gave evi
dence that somebody was exuber
antly satisfied, athe result havin,
shown thattKelly yawastnot i1vinci
BILE. sItswas a ,greatrace and fron
the standpoint of the. athlete
was the best, under the. circun
stances, which ever occurred OF
the coast, being run as it was owe
an ascending track and agains
strong wind in 10 seconds fat
incidentally it may be stated tha
on Saturday last in an a1l-Cah
fornia tryout at Berkeley to selec
men for the Lewis and Clark Ex
position games the best time mad
in the sprints bear a close SINH
Iarity to- that made hete.l1 Pal
SONS, Of the University 'of South
ern California at Los Angeles, i
the tryout won1t the9roo yard das
in just the time made herelb
Smithsons 70 fat. ii ii as45 :
Another great race on the 1ocs
field was the 22o-yard dash i
which two from each of the team
contested. This raee was'ran u,
der the same adverse condition
az was the 1oo-yard run. and