The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10

! annals lNaL Will stand fOrLn as one OF
the greatest of deeds in this line.
Because of the wholesale adoption Of
track ana field sports in the different
schools o. the land there has been de-
velopcd within tho past decade higher
type of performer than there was pre-
viously, and the result has been, not
only the lowering or putting up OF
all records in the thirteen different
events competed for annually. but a
class advancement in every one of them.
SO that the spectator is not TO be bored
with a number Of listIess races and
efforts. Or even with one.
Teams Well Balanced.
The intercollegiate track meet this
spring will likely be held in the Har-
ward Stadium. at Cambridge, Mass, and
it will prove one Of the most interesting
in years. The chances OF the competing
teams were never SO wen ba anced. and.
although II is impossible 20 fCretelI with
much accuracy what is going 70 happen.
still it is permissible to indulge in a
/ little freedom In classifying me chances
of certain sure things" I'm the way of
past winners. and of taking a general
| survey OF the possibilities and opPor
| tunites Of some OF the best teams.
! Thus, il may be said. that Cornell VIII
not have the easy victory she obtained
last yeaI, when her runners took
I twenty-nine points. out Of a possible
! forty-fOur in the four events. from the
quarter mile TO the two-mile run, as
she has lost Carpenter, who won the
half mile. and Simpson. who was third
in the one mile. The latter is not such
a great disaster. but when you stop to
! consider that Parsons. Of Yale. will be
out for the half together with Elsele
vino. Princeton says. is sure for the two
miles and Taylor, Of Pennsylvania,
who should take the quarter or half
! and perhops both. and his teammate,
/ BOnsack, who can run a quarter in 20 %
/ seconds. besides Jones. the Quaker two
miller, who came to the fore by winning
! the intercollegiate Cross Country
! Championship in the fall over all those
/ Cornell stars, there is reason in the
! statement that Cornell is not such a
strong contender, especially when we
/ consider that none Of these men we're
/ in the finals last year. mostly because
| or poor condition or. unfortunately. be-
cause Of conditions. pure and simple
J Better Men All Around.
| There are better men than in 1906 in
| most OF the colleges for these events,
! and II Cornell Is unable TO make her
sprinters and hurdlers go faster. or her
| Jumpers higher or farther. trouble Is
| ahead for the Ithacans When il comes
( 10 picking a winner for this big meet
/ at this early date the writer begs leave
TO retire. but he does belive most firmly
that Cornell Will not have the opportun-
! ity she had last year and that should
any Of the above rnisfortunes take place,
/ Pennsylvania should be able to come
/ mighty near the top.
| The championship this season should
rest between Cornell. Pennsylvania and
Harvard. the colleges that finished first.
second and third, respectively, last year,
with 3S, % and q points to their credits.
Yale Is not up to the old standard she
established when Mike Murphy did the
I coaching for her. and Princeton. though
much stronger than in 1906. Is not to be
reckoned with, Should Michigan decide
! 10 enter the games. which IS far from
unlikely. then the plans Of the trainers
/ will be all for naught and all the fun
Will have TO start over again. Michigan
/ would prove exceptionally strong and
!
/ better show for this honor than the
! three teams mentioned. and her strength
I in long distance running would be more
than matched by the big Eastern uni
/ y ersities.
{ Minor Colleges Strong.
! OF the so-caned smaller colleges.
/ Swarthmore and Syracuse look good for
a few pointh, enough, perhaps, to shove
! one or more of the big Six" down the
! ladder to Insignificant rating. The for
! mer retains Baker, a star half-miIer.
who finished third last year and in place
Of Maxwell, who took third in the ham
/ mer. has kreuger. football captain. who
! has done a feet In the shot-put. and
! Henrie, who ran seventh IN the finals
OF the quarter. is likely to push into a
place. Syracuse has in Horr, Young and
Allen almost sure point winners. Horn
Is an even chance for a first in both the
hammer and the shot; Young for the
same in the dashes or low hurdles. and
Allen good for place in the pole vault
Colgate viii send Floyd, Risley. the
high jumper, and Hubbard viii come
from Amhurst with a gold and bronze
medal in the high and low hurdles, res
pectvely, to be be won again.
1t may be necessary to guide the
reader here in dealing with the small
colleges and paying so much attention
10 group of three or four athletes. but
! experience shows that intercollegiate
! championships go to a team com
Tosed of a few good men who had the
ability to pick UP five or more points.
Basis of the Dope"
In dealing with the prospects at the
different colleges only those teams will
be taken into consideration that finished
with points to their credit in the big
games. Michigan will not be counted.
as that would be dealing too much with
an unknown quantity, not In the sense
that her sterling athletes are unknown.
but that it would be ambiguous to drag
them into prominence in Eastern cir
Giles when they might not compete The
college athletes TO be written about here
are to be limited TO those who have
! scored in the intercollegiate games or
have made such records in dual or anna
| teur meets OF one kind or another that
| they give promise Of making a mark in
this years games. Little attention viii