Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
OCCIDENTAL IS
WINNER OF MEET
DEFEATS POMONA AND U. S. C.
AT FINISH
intercollegiate Contests Result In Sur
prise, but Slow Track and other
Adverse Conditions Interfere
With Performances


| by Occidental by the score of so points,
against As for Pomona and "a for u.
S. c.
Except to few of those who were
on the inside the result came rather in
the nature Of a surprise for from
previous showings, Pomona was a
strong favorite for first place.
Pomona had had no difficulty in win
ming from Occidental and U. S. C. in
their dual meets and there seemed to
be no reason why she should not re-
peat the previous performances.
Occidental. however, showed marked
Improvement over past work and at the
same time the blue and white athletes
fell off from what was expected Of
them.
The weather which has been so
uncertain for the past week, finally
cleared up and bestowed a bright
sunny day for the meet. Large dele
cations from u. S. c., Pomona and Oc-
cidental were present to cheer on their
athletes.
From beginning to end the meet was
full OF interest and excitement for the
spectators and the result was always
in doubt until the last event was de-
cided
One team would forge to the front
and remain there for a while and then
the other would take a turn at holding
first place.
The dope sheets on the meet were
almost all at fault and nearly every
event brought some upset to the estab-
lished order of results.
The most notable of these was in the
two-mile run. where Roth of Occidental
took the measure Of Johnson of Po-
mona in the fast time of 10:41. john
son once had been first by nearly every
one. for i'll the o. C.-Pomona meet he
had beaten Roth by almost half a lap
in considerably slower time than was
made yesterday. Roth took the pace
of the Pomona man and followed him
for seven and a half laps, when he
sprinteG out and beat him by yards.
Slow Time
The time in all of the events was
slow owing to the heavy track which
had not time to dry out after the
heavy rains. "A strong wind also blew
down the stretch and made all the
dashes seem like high school events
as far as time was concerned.
Bird and Hagerman of o. c. again
proved that they are in class by
themselves by winning fifteen points
each for their teams.
HagermaT wound up his track career
in the south by showing his heels to
all of his competitors in his three
events and went in and run a fine
quarter in the relay.
Bird proved that he has no equal in
the south. if indeed he has on the
coast, at any distance from the hundred
to the quarter. He is a marvel for
speed and endurance and with proper
attention should develop into one of the
greatest short distance men in the
country.
Great interest centered in the half
mile race, where Brown of Pomona
and Breitkreutz of L. S. G. were pitted
against each other. Considerable feel
ing existed between them because Of
some remarks which had been made
by one of them before the meet and
they went into the race determined to
have their revenge by showing up the
other to the spectators.
From the crack of the pistol they
fought it out to the finish, Brown win
ming by almost ten yards by a magni-
ficent burst of speed on the last stretch.
The time, 2;02, was remarkable for the
day and the track
In the mile, Pomona took first and
second, as was expected; Himrod tax
ing first, while Lorbeer contented
himself with second, to save his
strength for the tWO-mile event. Pat
bard of U. S. c. by long sprint after
he apparently was all in.
The pole vault went to Comstock OF
U. S. c. at 10 feet 6, which he cleared
by almost half a foot.
Scores Both Events
Norman won first in the shot and
hammer, with 40 feet 2 inches and 11S
feet 6 inches, respectively, in the
events.
Metcalf, who was counted on for
second place, fouled out and did not
qualify for the finals.
In the high jump Munger cleared
o feet 10, which gave him first. Mof-
fat of O. c. surprised even himself by
going feet ~ and just missing 5-10
in a later trial.
With one jump Hagerman won the
broad by going 90 feet 6. He hurt his
ankle in this jump and was compelled
to be content with that distance.
The relay race was the feature of
the day and brought the crowd to its
feet by the sensational finish. When
the race was called the score stood:
Pomona as Occidental As. so that if
the Presbyterians won the event they
would win the meet by a margin of
two points.
The first relay between Mckee and
Hodge was a dead heat, and the next
men got away on even terms. In this
lap Holderman just nosed out his man
at the finish. The reaying, however
was so slow that SpurgeOn of Pomona
got away ahead of Hagerman.
On the back stretch Hagerman
seemed to lose his strength and Spur
geon pulled away from him yard ny
yard until they reached the straight
away, when Hagerman took a brace
and gradually crawled up on his man
until he was but a scant two yards
behind.
In this position Brown and Bird took
up the race and started on the last lap.
Through the building and around the
turn they tore, stride for stride, Brown
in the lead and Bird three yeards in
the rear.
Down the back stretch they ran and
to the turn, still in the same position
until they struck the last seventy yards.
Then Bird let out a kink and began
to close on the Pomona man.
Foot by foot he gained until he was
abreast, and then with rush he passed
him and shot to the front, winning by
four wards in 8; ;35.