The San Francisco call., 1907-02-17
hletcs TBurngame Pooists to Meet SouthernerS Polo
Athletics
StarJord:s Track Men Make
Fine Showug in Try-Out
Special dispatch to The Call.

SpecAdA OAspdtc
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 16.-l
Wanted-Nine pairs of batting eyes,"
Is the sign Coach J. T. flanagan has
out these days, and the man who can
supply single pair will find himself
az once IN favor and In a varsity posi-
uon' be he freshman or post grad
oate- The same old lameness. the
same old weakness IN g pinch is evil
dent IN the varsity baseball team this
season A team of seasoned men, any
number Of frst-rate twirlers. but only
q Few hitters-not even enough to be
grouped together on the batting list
4 the hope OF a rally some time dur
DE the game
flanagan is doing all in his power
70 remedy the fault He is trying out
men admittedly weak In fielding, but
who seem to have an eye for the
curves, in hope OF reinforcing his
small number of stickers. With four
or nve consistent hitters this years
varsity team probably would be the
fastest ever put on the diamond by
the cardinal One new man in the
infeld, four excellent twirlers and four
veterans in the outheld Are the mate
rial available; but "helders. fieIders
everywhere and not one TO HIT is
the state of affairs
AT the opening of the season, be-
fore man put on a suit, flanagan
promised to the eight men, including
the pitchers, who had the highest bat
fting averages the honor of facing Cali
fornia.
INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET
Preparations are well under way for
the annual interscholastic track meet,
in which the sleacing preparatory
Schools Of the coast VIII be represent
Rd. The meet will be held on March 4,
hafr
spleted. and it is the hope of the board
of governors in charge that it will
surpass in attendance and interest that
Of last year. which itself marked an
epoch in preparatory school track
work. Circular letters have just been
addressed to every secondary school
on the Pacific Slope and entries soon
VIII be pouring in. While a number
of handsome trophies We're offered at
the last meet and provision was made
for the permanent ofrering of medals
for individual point winners. an effort
is being made TO haves other perma-
lt trophies put up to make the in
ldScement for entrance more attractive
than ever
Among the varsity track men pros
poets are Frightening daily. The great
squad which at first turned out has
been cut down TO a size which is more
easily handled and the process of elm
Is
which are surprising even to track en-
thusiasts. The cardinal promises to be
strong this year where she has for so
long been notably weak-in the
sprints. Five men are breaking the
tape in the hundred-yard dash con-
sistently under 10 3-5 seconds, and
there are times when Dad" Moulton
simply snaps his watch, looks sky
ward and walks jauntily away at the
conclusion Of practice dashes over this
distance. He has made the prediction
that he viii break the fatal charm
which such men as Abadie, Spedigar
and Stanton OF the blue and gold have
held for so many years over the
cardinal
CRAWFORD A STAR
In the weight events Moulton has a
star Of the first water in Crawford
the big tackle who called for such
commendation by his brilliant work
at tackle in the last game of inter
collegiate football He is a man of
magnificent physique and is throwing
. the hammer without eXertfon around
$50 feet regularly, while he is dis
tancing all others at the shot put,
with heaves well over forty feet
Three men-VandervOort Aynes-
worth and Redman-are all clear of
twenty-one feet IL the broad jump and
49, improving each day.
the distances a~number Of new
candfdates are showA g class.
The best meeting of the season was
run off before an enthusiastic crowd
yesterday afternoon, it being con-
test betweea the upper and lower
classes. In NE first heat Of the hun
dred-yard dash Mcneil, Vandervoort,
g Reed, Holman and Edwards broke the
tape with but inches separating most
of them and the farrhest man not
more than foot back. In the grill
ing two-mile the veteran Nash, than
whom there is probably none faster
on the coast over this distance, except
Connolly, the Olympic Club star, took
2 green field through in fast time and
at the finish three hitherto unknown
runners were hanging to his footsteps.
Equally fine was the showing made in
the other distances and the veteran
trainer has all but forgotten the cruel
szvath made by the scholarship com
rniutee in the ranks OF his proteges.
SUMMARY OF CONTESTS
The results of yesterdays meet fol-
low:
4. Nile run-worthington won, Bradford second
, Brauner third. Time. 4-59.
100 Yards. First hest-Edwsrds and Holman
dead heat BIcNeil third Time. 10 30 Second
beat-Roth won. Gardner second, Stevenson
third. Time. 10 -. No hna5 run. -,
4. high hurdles: First hra5-Pesslee Won, Mac
afarland second Gregg InIrd. Time. :Ie 30
4 econd heat-Lanagan won, Bradley second
2. 40 Yards. First hest-Edwards won, PEN
Afferfon second Davis third Time 81 3-5- Sec
:. .ond heat-Weayer won, bennett second, Cheds
= fhf-d Time - 3-5. No final
- Two miles (ex lsps)-Nash won, McGregol
second j. E shelton third. Time, S:S6-
22O vards-First heat-Holman won. Mcneil
eeeond Vandervoort third. Time. % 40. Sec
ou5 besr-Roth won. Ross second, Myer third
Time "a No final run.
$50 vards-First heat-Shelton and Seyery ran
dead heat Lsumeister third. Time 2;OI 20
Second heat-Macready won kamsoei second
Hemnhsll third Time 2:12 %
Tow hurdles-First heap-Gregg won, Peasle'