New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-19
COLUMBIA TRACK TEAM.
Prospects Dire Not Bright at Norm
ingside Heights This Spring.

Track prospects at Columbia are not brilliant this
year In the early part of the season the team was
severely handicapped by the lack OF trainer. and
little work was done. Now. with the advent OF
Josh Crooks, work has begun in earnest to get
in condition for the outdoor spring meets. but the
material at hand is poor.
The biggest loss which the team has sustained is
that of w. r. KnackaI who has pneumonia and
will in all probability be unable at all
this spring. He the fastest sprnter the
team. having record of 10 seconds in the lOO-yard
run. The other men left in the sprnts G. II.
Bull. Leo Leventritt and Jake Wall. Wall Is a
former Cornell man. credited with 10 10 seconds.
while Leventrtt. who did last year because
of a bad ankle. beat Rulon Miller of Princeton.
two years ago.
The 49yard run is particularly weak in cand-
dates of varsity calibre f. J. Bassett and f.
Grunsky will have to show decided improvement IL
they hope to win any points at this distance. The
haIf mile is somewhat better off. Z. A Fulton and
ferrls HetheringtOn have both gone the distance in
close TO two minutes. and Fulton is apparently
Ter this year than he has been before. A.
link and John Brodix are two other candidates
who show promise. The quartet contains all
the material at present available for the mile
In the two-mie run c. D. Mcdonald is the strong
est man Columbia has. He did the distance in
close to 1910 last year. setting university
record The only other who shows promise
at this distance is A. B. link, who ran on the
cross country team last fall
In the hurdle races \. D. Muir is the best man
available He is credited with is 2-5 in the high
hurdles and 20 Is in the low hurdles. The other
candidates are George Mackenzie and 9. b. Rolker.
Neither has done anything outside of class meets.
and unless they show marked Improvement, WI
not win many points. Columbia has lost hur-
der as well as a Splinter in Knackal.
IN j. ]. Ryan. the freshman football and basket
ball player, the Blue and White has a high jumper.
who ought to win some points. He is credited with
81, feet inch when in form, Two other men who
VI compete in this contest are F. Ware and c.
NJ ftol<er- For the broad jump there three
candidates. E. T. Eddingfeld E. V. Kehrlein and
Leo LeVentritt OF these the latter is the best
when in form.
For the pole vault the Blue and White has practi-
caly no one who will be able capture any points.
me best man in the shot put is J. J. Ryan. who is
creulted with having put the 16-pound shot
forty feet p. Won Saltzen is another big fellow
Whom Josh Crooks will try to developh into
weight man..
The hammer throw is weak J. b. Naething and
h L. Won Bernuth are the only candidates pres
emit and neither has done anything out Of the
The schedule arranged at present includes four
meets On April Is the team will go Philadelphia
10 take part in the University of Pennsylvania
lay carnival. On May dual meet between Penn
sylvania and Columbia WIFI take place in New
J York and on May 10 the team will meet the Tigers
at Princeton. On May % ard 26 Columbia will be
represented in the intercollegiate contests.