Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11
POMONA DEFEATS
THE H|GHLANDERS
HAGERMAN AND BIRD PROVE
STARS
Occidental Broad Jumper Leaps 20
Feet 4 1-2 Inches, Coming With
In a Hall Inch of the
Coast Record

The strong Pomona team visited Los
| Angeles yesterday afternoon and cele-
brated it's first appearance in a track
meet in Los Angeles for two years, by
defeating the Occidental aggregation
by a score of rs to AZ.
The difference of the score made
by the teams gives no indication of the
closeness of the meet, for the final
outcome was always in doubt until the
last two or three events were run off.
The close, exciting finishes kept the
large crowd in suspense throughout the
meet and the heart-breaking end of
the relay was a fitting close to the
greatest meet ever seen on a Southern
| California track.
| A speedy course and perfect day
made the events fast, and seven new
southern intercollegiate records were
hung up, besides several Occidental
and Pomona records which were tied
or broken.
Bird and Hagerman were the stars of
the meet, each man winning Is points
and each setting a record which will
in all probability stand for some time
to come.
| In the low hurdles Hagerman clipped
second from the former intercol-
egiate time, going the distance in 26 2-5
\
a circular track. This time does not
stand as record because he knocked
down three hurdles, the rules requiring
that every hurdle be left standing in
order to have the record count as
such.
In the broad jump Hagerman outdid
himself, leaping % feet Az inches. This
is 51s inches farther than his own record
set by him one week ago. and but half
an inch behind the coast record held
| by Snedigar of Berkeley. Hag is prob
ably the most consistent jumper in the
country today and at his present rate
of improvement it does not seem i'm
probable that he will do "a feet before
| the season is over.
| Birds performances can be COM
pared only to those of Parsons of U.
| S. C. He won the 100-yard dash in
10 1-5 with no one to urge him for the
last % yards. In the 220-yard dash he
won easily in 90 15, breaking the Oc-
cidental record for the distance by
one-fifth of a second. Again in the
440 he took the measure of the Pomona
men in the fast time of So is seconds,
leading them by yards to the tape.
1t was in the relay race, the fastest
ever run in the west. that he demon
stfated himself to be the greatest
quarter-miler on the coast. The first
three laps ended in Pomona's favor,
|
a fifth of a second, led. Bird. five
yards back, took the pace off the
Pomona man and at that distance they
tore around the track to the last hun
bred yards, with the Occidentalite
gradually crawling up until he was but
four inches behind crossing the tape
in that position.
His time was so AS seconds, one Sec
ond better than has ever before been
made in the south, and as good as
has been done on the coast.
The time of the relay was 3-31-5 sec
onds faster than the intercollegiate
record set by Pomona in the meet last
| Saturday.
AS was predicted, Pomona took all
the long distance runs, the weights and
high jump, setting new records in
the half-mile, high jump and shot put.
| In the half Brown ran away from the
field, finishing well in the lead in
2-O3 AS, which beats the old time by
almost two seconds.
In the mile Lorbeer duplicated his
| teammates performance, clipping
many seconds from the former time by
going the distance in 4-37 As. Munger
in the high jump and Norman in the
shot put, also got into the record
breaking list by doing feet and u
inch, and 40 feet, 4 inches in their re-
spective events.
The records made yesterday cause
Pomona's chances to look better than
ever for winning the quadruple meet
on March a. The events and results
were:
120-yard hurdles-Hag erman, o. c..
won; Wharton, Pomona, second;
Thompson, o. c., third. Time, 16 2-5
10O-yard dash-Bird, o. c., won;
Sturgeon. p, second; Baird, P, third.
Time, 10 1-5.
Mile run-Lorbeer p, won: Himrod,
4-s74-5.
44o-yard dash-Bird, o. c., won;
Chisholm, p, second; Mckee, p, third.
Time, So is.
22O-yard hurdles-Hagerman, o. C.,
won; Spurgeon, p, second; Bishop, p,
third. Time, rs 2-5.
220-yard dash-Bird, o. c., won;
Clark, o. c., second; Baird, p, third.
| Time, 20 1-5.
ssO-yard run-Brown. P. won; Roth,
O. c.. second; Bonner, o. c., third.
Time, 2-03 As.
2-mile run-Johnson, P, won; Lor-
beer p, second; Leeke, p, third. Time,
1880 2-5.
Hammer throw-Goode, P, won;
Metcalf, P. second; Petty o. c., third.
Distance, 11s feet ~ inches.
Pole vault-Merrill, o. c., won;
Davis and Vale of Pomona tie for
second. Height. feet inches.
High jump-Munger, P, won; Bishop,
p, second; Seaver, p, third. Height,
6 feet " inch.
Shot put--Moorman, p, won; Daven
port, p, second; Clark, o. c., third.
Distance, 40 feet inches.
Broad jump-Hagerman, o. c., won;
Baird, p, second; Newman, o. c., third.
Distance, 90 feet Az inches.
Relay won by Pomona team. con-
sisting of Mckee. Spurgeon Bishop,
Brown. Occidental college team:
Hodge, Crane, Hagerman, Bird. Time,
3-31.