The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08
CONNOLLY RUNS
A GREAT RACE
Irish Distance Man Covers
the Two Miles in Sensa-
tional Time at Stanford
OLYMPIC ATHLETES WIN
Take Eight First Places to
Six Captured by the
Cal nal Representatives

The speedy athletes who sport the
winged "O'' of the Olympic Club won
from the Stanford track team yesterday
on the college cinder path in record
smashing meet by the score OF TO g. AS
the visiting aggregation was limited 70
star performers first places alone were
taken into account IN the final tally. e
Connolly of the club team proved the hero
OF the occasion, covering the two-mlie
course In minutes 81 is seconds-far un-
der the Pacific Coast record OF 1910 Inis
is said TO be the fastest two miles run IN
America in fifteen years Nash or stan
ford was the only other contestant able
TO finish. He covered the distance IN -
minutes "A 3-5 seconds
The coast record in the mile relay, Tor
i've men, with standing start, came IN
for a hammering. The cardinal team
knocked one and a fifth seconds on the
previous mark of minutes z Is seconds.
made by the An-Southern California team
last Tuesday on the California oval All
performances were fast and many records
escaped by narrow margins
Billie Powell. the crack hurdier OF the
visitors, won the 120-yard event In 10 10
seconds, with Horton OF Stanford hand
breadth behind Mcfarland OF Stanford
cleared the sticks" in the low hurdles in
25 4-5 seconds, with Horton second ana
record holder Powell third.
Gerhardt OF the Olympics proved the
winning card in the sprints, taking tne
classic hundred" in 10 Is secondsi and
the 2aO-yard dash In . 10 seconds Cope
of Stanford finished close second IN the
first race, and Holman. team mate.
shade behind the winner In the longer
spurt Rawles, the freshman track cap
tain OF the cardinalites. was there IN ms
old-time form in the duarter-mile. taking
the event in the fast time OF 81 80 sec
ouds. with two other Stanford runners al
his heels. Miller. the record-smasnlng
varsity miller OF last season, mas not
reached his previous FORM He was Dea1en
In the half-mile by Shearer OF Stanford
and in the mile by Glarner OF the olympic
Club.
In the pole vault the city men failed 10
present representative and tne even
was annexed by the cardinals py defauit-
100 yards-Gerhardt (olympie) won.
Cone iStanford) second. yandervoort
lSfanfordl third Time, 10 f-5.
92e yards-Gerhardt (Olympicl won-
Holman (stanford) second. Beriner-
(OIynpie) third Time. "a 1-s-
44O yards-Rawles (Stanford) won
Davis (StanforD second ElWen (Slan-
$50 yards-Shearer tStanfordl won.
Miller (Stanford) second. Severy
1sranford1 third Time. 2:02 1-5.
one miIe-Glarner (Olympic) won'
Miller (Stanford) second, GeioeI (Stan-
foreil third Time. 4:47 1-5.
Two miles-Connolly (Olymp1c) won,
time 9:5I1-5; Nash (Stanford) second,
1924 3-5. Only two finished
High hurdles, 10 yards-PoweH
(0Ivmpic) won, Horton (Stanford) sec
ond. Time rs As.
Tow hurdles, go yards-Macfarland
(Stanfordl won. Horton (Stanrordl sec
ond. Powell (olympic) third Time,
rs As.
High jump-Powen (olympic) won.
feet ga inches; Bell tStanford) ana
Stirling (Stanford) tied for second
place at feet inches
Broad jump-Vandervoorr tSranIord)
won. q feet 81 inches; Stolz tstan-
ford) second, 90 feet IL 1-5 inches;
Aynesworth (Stanford) third, 20 feet
105z inches
Hammer throw Plaw (Olympic)
won. 166 feet 10 inches; Crawford
fstanford) second. Isl feet inches;
Tomasini (Stanford) third. 120 feet
inches.
Shot put-Plaw (Olympic) won, Al
feet Q inches; Horton (Stanford) sec
ond. 80 feet 2 inchess Crawford (Stan-
ford) third, 50 feet 31s inches
RELAY race one mile-Won by Stan
ford. with Rawles, Freeman, Davis. Nc
Neil and Elweu Olympic runners
c,Iarner. Lydia, Moullen. Welt and Gar
cia. Time. minutes II seconds (rec-
ord).
No pole vault.