The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-02

With such unfavOrable weather cOndi-
tons in the way OF a clustering wind
and plenty Of chilly atmosphere, the
annual intercollegiate track champion
ships were held here today in the
Stadium Of Harvard University. and
Pennsylvania won with the wonderful
total of 80 points.
The pupils OF Mike Murphy were in
fine fettle and captured six flrsts,
third. and a fourth. .-..--.-.-
Michigan was second. with . points.
Yale third. with p points. and Cornell
fourth, with 10 points The other col
leges scored the following number OF
points.
Princeton. 10; Syracuse. S; Harvard.
:; Swarthmore, 6; Dartmouth, 5; Am
herst, I; Williams, ?; Johns Hopkins, /.
GaIells' Record Disallowed.
Seven intercollegiate records We're
broken during the afternoon. but one Of
these. that made by Garrells. Of AIichi-
gan, in the 120-yard hurdles, was not al
lowed because Of favoring wind.
The six events in which new figures
were set up were the quarter. the mile,
the two-mile, the pole vault, the high
jump, and the shot-put.
BY far the prettiest race and the hard
est fought Of the day. was the mile-run
in which Guy HaslIins, OF Pennsylvania,
and Cole, Of Michigan, fought il out 10
the finish. the Quaker City lad being
forced 20 break the record in order TO
win from the sturdy Wolverine.
Penn Gets All the Runs.
The lions share Of the credit for Penn
sylvania's victory belongs TO Haskins,
who captured the mile and haIf-mile
runs for his college. Almost equal
praise. however. must be given 10 NJ. J.
Cartmeu, the sprinter. for he captured
the loo-yard and 220-yard dashes
The great negro runner, J. 3. Taylor,
did just what was expected of him when
he captured the quarter-miIe race in
record-breaking time.
A peculiar feature OF the Pennsylvania
victory was that IL included all the run
ming races VI TO the two miles. T.
Moffitt made the other first in the high
jump, simultaneously breaking a rec
ord. In all. six records were broken
during the day.
Michigan's Splendid Showing.
Michigan made a splendid showing.
taking second place with total OF %
points. fifteen Of which were for three
first places. Captain Garrells was the
hero Of the Michigan team Not only
did he succeed in capturing high and
low hurdles. but he also took second
place in the shot put
Floyd R Rowe. the great distance
runner Of Michigan, Won the two-mife
race after marvellous exhibition OF
speed and staying powers, retaining the
lead from start to finish. He was vic
tor bv barely a yard. and fell exhausted
across the tape, taking some few min
utes to revive. He lowered the record
made by Schutt. of Cornell, in 1908, by
five and One-hfth seconds.
Attendance Pitifully Small.
For so important meet as the annual
college championships, especially with
Michigan lending a national flavor TO
the affair, the attendance was ridicu-
lous. The latticCd sides of the stadium
were specked with humanity. The $500
spectators were lost in an expanse Of
$4,000 seats. The crowd would not have
been as large even, had there not been
a baseball game ON Soldiers Field. back
OF the stadium, between Harvard and
Cornell, previous 20 the games. Half
the attendance at that event slipped
llllU AAlt GteAIAuAA AOA a SlAOlA LIMO 10
take peek at the game.
The SSO-yard run saw the undoing Of
the former great half-miler, Z. 3. Par
sons. OF Yale. There were nine start
ers in the race, and Parsons made a
great bid for the honors by sprinting to
the front after the second turn. He
held his lead up to the start of the
second quarter. Then Baker, of Swarth-
more, came up with a beautiful squirt
and took the lead. but only held Il for
thirty or forty yards. when French and
Townsend, of Cornell, came up hot upon
his heels, Parsons dropping further
back
Haskins' Great Finish.
The three leaders raced 10 within ten
yards of the worsted. when Guy Has
kins, OF Pennsylvania. shot out from
the pack, and before the crowd realized
what had happened. passed the others
and was a winner by two inches from
. Townsend. Baker evidently tired ou,.
{ This was Haskins' second victory a. the
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