The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12
RECORDS AT BOSTON GAMES.
W. ID. EATON RUNS FORTY YARDS
IN 2-5 SECONDS.
Ralph Rose Puts the shot ~ Feet Inches
Yale and Pennsylvania Beat Harvard
Teams In the Relay Raoes-Bonhag
Wins an Exciting Two Milo Hun.

Ralph Rose Puts the shot Al Feet % Inches
Yale and Pennsylvania Beat Harvard
Teams In the Relay Raoes-Bonhas
Wins an Exciting Two Mile Hun.
BosToS Feb. II Most OF the stars OF tho
college athletic world as well as the leading
men connected with athletic associations
competed at the annual indoor meeting OF
the Boston A. A. in Mechanics Building to-
night. The great auditorium was crowded
20 it's limits and rival college yells rang out as
some OF the events were run on The expec-
tations were that some OF the indoor records
would be broken and the meetn had not pro-
oecdcd very far when IL WIS announced that
W. d. Eaton. the former Amherst College
crack Splinter. had cut the time for the 40
yard dash in the invitation scratch event
from 3-5 seconds TO 2-5 seconds.
The 1000 yard run. a handicap event. fur
nished some exciting sport until the big bunch
OF men started on the final lap. when james
"a little chap wearin the colors OF stone School,
dashed into the lead and finished Ave yards
TO the good.
Following this race number OF team ra ces
werc held. and they furnished lot of ef-
element.
The IS yard high hurdles furnished some e1-
citing sport Ellery Clark. the former all round
athletic champion. won his heat, but was
beaten out in tho final. Castleman Of Colgate
taking the event In fine style.
There were nine starters in the two mile
invitation run, including Sammie Mellor OF
Yonkers, Michael Spring of tho Pastime
A. c.. Brooklyn: u. V. Bonhag of New York
the champion two miller. and several Cornell
men. Spring led for time and then {. f.
Magofln n tall Cornell lad. moved up TO tho
front with c. X. Nasmth OF New York second
and the champion In third place. Mellor
WAS soon Tapped and was taken OF the track
Before the race had gone two-thirds OF the
distance H. settled down into a fight between
Magoffln. Bonhag and Nasmth. The cham
plon took the lead with six laps to run and hit
up the pace. Magofn following him closely
Nasmth was soon dropped and on TIE last
lap Bonhag was pushed hard by Mngofln.
winning by less than foot from the Cornell
runner
The shot put attracted lot OF attention
because OF the presence among the COMPETE
tors OF Ralph Rose. the Western giant. Rose
was handicapped at owe six inches but
he had no dfriculty in taking first prize with
nm actual put OF ~ feet inches. a new record
indoors
The team race between Harvard and Penn
sylvania Was holly contested, but Taylor.
the ,colored sprlnter from Philadelphia,
clinChed matters for his college In the last
relay Green of Pennsylvania fouled Doyle
OF Harvard. but the Crimson team captain
IN the two mile relay in record time.
30 Yard Dash, Hsnd.cNp- Won by J. McGuiness,
Cathedral 4. a, . feet; j. $ hell. ". Harvard
q feet third. Time, IS seconds,
40 Yard Dash. Invitation Scratch-Won By w. d.
Eaton. Cambndgepor Gymnasium Association:
Charles Mccarthy GeorEetown Union. second:
NJ. Williams, EoSton A. A. third. Time. rs
100 Yard Run, Handicap Won by a. James.
Stone school 80 yards {. G. O,Conneli, DedhAm
Cornell. 40 yArds. third. Time, minutes - &c
onds.
man running 80 YARDS Dartmouth defeated Mn-
Hams, time minutes - 80 seconds; Camhriugc
minutes 20 ! seconds. Bowdon defeated Massa-
chuSetts Tech. time minutes lh . seconds. Har
ward. d, defeated Harvard. 10, time minutes
Is seconds Harvard. ", defeated Harvard, ~.
lime minutes q ) seconds diversity OF Maine
eastman fOsn.' rnyeI'i,y let o 7 Roger,
Twj Mile run. Invitation, SCfaici'-Won by g.
NaSon o Gltne second NSS l. Nssmh
New YORK /. A. a. third. Time. minutes, 81 80
Team Races ambrdgeport G. a. defeated New
Ton ". c. \. Time. mnutts ~ SECONDS, Exeter
minutes 10 rs seconds. University Of pennsyl
yanla defeated Harvard Time, minutes u
Putting 10 Pound shot, Handeap-Won by Ralph
". Rose, Chicago y. G., owe siI Inches distance
lania icet inches. second distance. 4s feet III
inches W. w. Coz. u, unattached. scratch. third.
Turning High jump HandlcAp-Won by J, "
Marshall. Yale. , inches. with an actual iump of
5 feet lUBs lucuts. X. u. Harrington, Mass. Tech
: lnrue.. second with an actual lump Of feet ~.
inches II Barber Newton y. A., Inches, third
Win an actual Jump OF feet ~ inches
eco Yard Run. Novice. ScrAtch-W Won by L L.
Mcclure Worcester Academy; X. W. HltchcocE
Exeter Academy. second. W. 5. Ayers. Williams,
third Time 81 seconds.
Team Racc-Wesleyan defeated Brown Time
: minutes ~ seconds. Harvard. o. defeated liar-
ward O5 Time, minutes n ? Seconds
COO Yard Run. HAndcEp-Wun by j. 5. O'BTien
RoKbury Latin School. 80 Yards ~ swift. Stone
school 20 yards. second j. I O'Connell Exeter
Academy. % yards, ,hitd. Time, minute 10 sec
onds.
New England intercollegiate Championship Re
lay Race -Four men to team between Dartmouth
and Massachusetts institute OF Technology. each
man to run $50 yards-Won BY Dartmouth Time
minutes n 3 y seconds.
miles Tine. minutes 10 3.5 seconds,
record. Amherst defeated Cornell. Time. ; min
utes IS , ) seconds.
one Nile Run Handicap Won by n. T. Suii-
van. CAmbrdgepoTt &. A. Is yards T T. keardon.
CAmhridyrpoU q. A.. 20 yards, second W L
Farrell unattached 60 yards. third Time. 1
NTH I 4 seconds