Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
.POLYS CAPTURE
TRACK HONORS
LOCAL TEAMWlNS CLAREMONT
FIELD DAY
Pomona College Students Engineer
Most Successful lnterscho lastio
Event of Southern callfor-
pla Athletic History
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
POMONA, March 16.--The most sue
cessful interscholastic track meet in the
history of Southern California athletics
was pulled off on alumni field today
under the auspices of the associated
students Of Pomona college.
The weather was ideal, the track in
the best of condition and all the athletes
in fine fettle, thus making 1t a day of
genuine pleasure to the 1000 lovers of
sport who flocked to Claremont to wit
ness the meet.
out of the twelve events run off four
Southern California records went to
pieces under the enormous strain and
two were equaled.
At the outset Polytechnic began the
point taking business and kept it up
throughout, winning the meet with a
score OF 80 points. Poly's most danger
Gus rival was Santa Paula, which sent
down a team that piled up u points
and finished second in the race.
Harvard was all to the good when 1t
came to the relay and won both first
and third places in the amazing time
Of 1892 AS, which lowers the Southern
California record 10 seconds. Cline,
Crary, Lee and Brown were the rum
ners on the winning team. Everything
progressed smoothly and by 5:15 p. m.
all the medals and the two banners had
been awarded by Miss Pearl Smith and
Miss Martha Cove of the junior class
in the college.
In the final heat of the 100-yard dash
Ccover of Polytechnic lowered the rec
ord to 10 1-5 seconds and in the 440
Streeton of Santa Paula made the time
in So 4-5 seconds, lowering it from
542-5.
Taylor of Santa Paula put Crowley s
record of A feet Q inches in the shade
by going inches better with the metal
ball. Steele of Santa Paula also tied
Cline's record in the low hurdles.
The score board told the following
tale: Polytechnic, 80; Santa Paula, n;
Ventura, 20; Redlands, l; Azuza, 2;
Harvard, 10; Pasadena, IL; Pomona,
s. Throop, 2.
Following is the list of events:
120-yard hurdle race-Robertson
(Polytechnic), first; Otis (HarvarD,
second; Mackenzie (Polytechic), third
T;me 16 AS seconds.
One-mile run-Holmes (Polytechnic)
first; Richardson, Santa Paula, second
Davis. Pomona, third. Time, 4:50 3-5
44O-yard DISSATISFACTION (Polytechnic)
first; Stoney (Throop), second; Best
Redlands, third. Time, 0:53 As.
1C0-yard dash-Coover (Polytechnic)
1uSl, lrOLIer, Sdnld Gduld, SeCOHu1 La
Srada, Pasadena, third. Time, 0:10 1-5
220-yard dash-La Spada, Pasadena
first. Robertson (Polytechnic), second
Trotter, Santa Paula, third. Time
0:23 1-5.
220-yard hurdle race-Steele, Santa
Paula. first; Lugo (Polytechnic), Sec
ond; Armstrong (Harvard, third
Time, OPT.
Pole vault-Eaton, Ventura, first;
Lewis, Ventura. second; MacCready
(Polytechnic), third. Height, 10 feet
inches.
Running high jump-Taylor, Santa
Paula, first; Murray, second Argolite,
Ventura, third. Height, 5 feet 7s4
inches.
Running broad jump-Bibbs, Pasa-
dena, first; Lewis, Ventura, second;
Killian (Polytechnic), third. Distance,
81 feet 101s inches.
Hammer throw - Ready, Ventura,
first; Buckles, Pomona, second; Peake,
Azuza, third. Distance, 14S feet 81
inches.
Shot put-Trotter, Santa Paula, first;
Hendricks (Throop), second; Buckles
Pomona, third. Distance, A feet 2
inches.