The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14
lEWS FROM THE REALM OF SPORTS
|. P. DODGE IS
HARVARD HOPE
FOR YALE MEET

The annual spring handicap track and
field meet OF the Harvard track team on
Soldiers field yesterday afternoon was by
far the most interesting contest OF its
kind at Cambridge for a long time. The
racing was OF high order and unusually
exciting, while the performances as n
whole were quite satisfactory. AS far as
the ultimate strength OF the team is con-
cerned the showing yesterday was encour-
aging.
In both the mile and two-mile runs the
racing was exceptional, and the time was
good: the final heat OF the hundred
brought out hair-raising finish. and the
quarter-mile was a contest from the crack
of the pistol 10 the finish.
Laurie i. Dodge. '0S. carried the frfz-
dividual honors OF the day by winning
both the 100 and 200 from the scratch
against a large and strong field OF COM
petitors. His performance was especially
notable in that he had TO run three heats
In the 100 and two I'm the 300
In five other events the scratch men
overcame the handicaps and went out.
II. II Whitman winning the haf-miie.
u. NJ. Clark the high jump. w Il. Jor-
dan the broad jump. II. T. Stephenson
the shotput, and Alexander Grant the
pole vault.
Howard Turner won second in the mile
run from the scratch Other scratch men
100 and j., +. Doyle In the low hurdles.
The entry list was an exceptionally
large one. especially in the sprint and
hurdle dash
In the semifnals OF the l00-yard dash
Dodge and Ford each covered the
ground In 10 LBS. which was very fast.
as slight wind was blowing against
them.
Don Nichols. the left-hand back on the
varsity eleven. tried sprinting for the
first time, and made a good showing
In the final heat I'm the 100 with but 10
yards 20 go. Ford was slightly In the lead,
but by a supreme effort Dodge made n
fine finish. winning by about six inches.
The 220-yard dash was a much easier
win for Dodge. he having the race well
In hand at the iO0-yard mark.
The mile run developed some fine sport
- the last two laps. Minot Hubbard.
Turner. Dana and Miller changed their
order several times before Turner finally
hit up killing pace. The other two
men stuck TO him,a on the back stretch
| Miller forged ahead. 10 take lead That
won him the race. At the finish he was
four yards ahead OF Turner and II ahead
| OF Mlnot.
In the two-mile run, just after the start
of the last lap, Crosby forged into the
| lead with a long. easy stride. and from
then on nobody challenged his lead.
| There were four entries in the half-nlile
run, II. II. Whitman getting the lead
! from scratch in the first hap and running
| the second as he pleased.
In the quarter mile. j. s. O'Brien. 90
| from 10 yards. got the lead early and held
| Il all the way. Capt Dives ran fros
| scratch and finished third. De Friez. a
/ former Brookline high school boy, finished
| fourth after getting a jostling that set
/ him back
Tn the low hurdles Loring Young took
/ first place from four yards He has been
! running the quarter mile, and yesterday
was hhs first real attempt at the hur-
dies
! In the field events the best performan-
4 ces were by Clark in the high jump and
| Stephenson I'm the shotput Kershurg
was distinct disappointment IN the ham
mer throw. as was Haney I'm the snot-
| put. The former failed TO come within
| Is feet OF his average performances. and
| the latter fouled three times. In the pole
vault Grant won at 10 feet inches, anf
did not try higher