New-York tribune., 1906-05-27
C0RNELL'S TRACK MEET
PENN. I'D, HARVARD. en-
Ithacans Srceep Distance Runs
NezU Pole VauIt Record

Boston. May 2e.-Cornsll won the intercou...
ate championships here to-day for a second IT,.
The Ithacans scored a total Of 80 points OF v,,.s
~ were made in the distance runs. Pepn,,a
vania was second with % points. and F..
third with q. Yale. with 10 points. took so,-ss
place The remaining points were div,s.s =
follows: Syracuse. IL; Colgate. 8: Arhsr.s ;
Princeton. D: Swarthmore. 4: Dartraou,b -
Stevens. 2. and Lafayette, 2
One new intercollegiate record WA ss,.h,.,-.
by Jackson. Of Cornell. and Grant. OF rza-,,.~.
who cleared the bar IN the pole vault at n -
1O% inches. The old record. held by Dr,v
Yale. and made at last years games. was -
quarter OF an inch below the vault OF to-da,
Had the weather conditions been mora a.
able IL Is thought that other records nigh, -.
also gone by the board, but a stir soutbvvs.,..
blew straight in the faces OF the rlInnerz IN an
the dashes and sapped much OF the strs1v., !.
the long distance men II also lnterfered a Ia
with Jackson and Grant in the attempt 10 ~.
a new worlds record IN the pole vault.
Pennsylvania. as was expected proved s,,o,.
IN both dashes, capturing the two leading pl,o,.
in each event. Has1ins. OF Pennsylvania a..
captured first place in the mile bur +ha -
other Quaker TO score was Moffit WIN wa. 80
with two others for second place in the 80
jump.
The great race Of the day and the event vb.s
clinched Cornelrs title TO the champlousbin va.
the two-nile run. 1t was expected thar Sion.
of Harvard. and Hale. Of Yale. would sv,. a
out again to-day, but the Cornell runners - - :"
pletely outd1stanced them Hale set the 1a~.
for the first quarter. and Root of Penusvlv5r.s'
for the second, but after that a wearer or ~
red "C was always to the fore. In the las,
quarter three Cornell men drew RAPIDLY 49,.
from the rest Of the field and sprinted az u tbsr
were in a hundred-yard dash MAJOR Ia,
Trubee to the tape by a foot while WIlzooss
a close third. the three men scorine ~
points for Cornell
About the same time Jackson. OF Cornsu
cleared the bar in the pole vault at a reco-i
breaking height, and a few minutes preyior.
the Ithacans had won a first and fourth IN -
quarter mile. All doubt as 10 the outcorus va
then settled, but the half mile brought szSt
1thacans and placed them far In the lead
The two sprints. which closed the afternoon
settled second place in favor Of Pennsylvania.
but IT was not until Dodge. OF Harvard had
beaten Robinson. Of Yale in the 220-yard dash
the final event OF the day that third place W.
settled in favor OF Harvard.
The feature of the hurdle event was the run
ming Of Hubbard. of Amherst, and Castlsmaa
of Colgate The former won the high hurdles
by few inches, but IN the low hurdles Hubbard
stumbled and Casrlernan won, with Young OF
Syracuse. second.
The weight events were well split up. stephen-
son, OF Harvard, winning the shot over Horr. Of
hammer throw Horr outdistanced Cook. Of Cor
nell, by exactly foot II Is possible that the
points scored by Horr and Young may be thrown
out, as both men have been protested.
Many Of the spectators stayed for some tina
after the games were ended 20 see Jackson, Of
Cornell, and Grant OF Harvard, try for a worlds
pointed. Grant won the toss for the medal In
Both Jumps went TO Yale. the wearers OF ths
blue scoring eight points IN the broad jump
jump. Neither record In these events was N
danger.
AS the points came In for Cornell IN bunchs:
OF five six, eight and ten. the little band OF
Ithacans cheered almost incessantly, and az ths
close with hats removed. the Corneu roofers
stood and sang THE Alma Bfater--cn impress
sfys fnale-the sound Of the voices echoing bses
and forth across the great stadium -
ons-huner.d-ya-d aasa C,naI-won by Csr.na1 r,an-
syivania; whitman. PennsylysIsia second. C-canaA
pGRseSSn fe1 1--we hurdle cnaWoa
S66ssd A9ss.' 9as I'D G- caI.G S0issns ssH ':Ts T 5 5
soE5ga.s SssMSs C6Sssr ~ h'sss
I1a: ara Her. eorns5: so1t rms O;Si5 o
n:T Ea :s9sRs rSa %inESSs 9 SG: shd s Iis &
rqnEOn By cap.us
Cornell; rosnssnd. cornell ssSond; BassE ssS-thnnrs
'nTS6 SUpS ana-ssentTyard hurdle AnaD-won
5Ess SRssf'' 'Hif7' H-H''''ss Il4''''a s.s Tim. 4
cSTRe 9nsis second simpson Cornell third; NiHO HArvaE
'oTTo IaiS aasawUn = ca: 5ss
Pennsylvania Whthazn, Pe1nssya1ia- sscon1 a-Ss
HsTyaE third: R9Snss9ns 20 sS.:i Sass ''Ia Ta.
Knox Yale 2s IN. second Wssosr; sisssn SHs1,
Pole vaultITie frst place between !asa 90 -. tS,
nall ana Grant Harvard at II r. lOs N us ~ -
place between Gilbert. Yale Moore. Fr1n''''~ -"
P4Iigs cqFnsI a II r. r Sofa n Syracuse l
Cook Cornell I4s - Ga In second; snsvtn IN soTrs
n q in third Gage Dartmouth, l39 T. n ~. 81
Shot put-Won by stephenson aaryaTd 20 n sEs1r
HOrr Syracuse. 4S f.. 10 In second: 30 - az b.
IS IN I'd
fourth -. .. ~ m :. tis ~
Eigh f1mp-wou By Marshall. Yale . Y = "a pcoss-
seoo55 betve.n Moratt Pennsylvania. ClarH Hu' So
Welt Harvard. n o in -, %. Harvard q;
Final scor.. Cornell IS: Psnnsytvania <oi -oI-5r
Yale To- Syracuse. II; Colgate Annne'sS Iaszysts