Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-20
Broken by Dray Of Yale n
Pole Vault at New Haven.
Harvard Wins Meet Middies
Beat SWaihnOre Athletes.
Columbia Is Easy For Princeton.
Tufts Bests Vermont.

New Haven, May 19.-To cOmpensats
FOR the loss to Harvard of the 18th an.
nual dual games, which were held On
Yale Field Saturday, glory came n
Yale also. The results were Esn
points for the Crimson to 49, for M
Blue. w. L. Dray, the little vaulter
who next year probably will be Yale's
athletic team captain, broke the worlds
record, made about three years ago nv
lie Roy Samse Of the University Of IN.
diana, by clearing the bar at y faa,
BIZ inches, official measurement. wbils
Captain ]. w. Marshall Of the team
broke the dual record of 6 feet q inch
made in the high jump by G. r. Fearv
q Harvard IL years ago, by clearing
the bar at 6 feet IA inches. after he
had beaten all his opponents in the
event.
For Harvard the game brought soma
disappointment, for her winning mar.
gin was expected to be a little larger
and Captain William Minot was beaton
out in the mile event simplv throuoh
oFerconfidcncc in starting to sprint an
last lap. which served only to set tba
pace for Splitter of Yale, who bid fair
tc ovcrtake Hadden of Harvard the
winner OF the event, had there been
few more yards to go.
Inc men of both universities did well
and the points were distributed practi.
cally where they belonged, for ONLY In
the broad jump did an entire event %
one way, and in this three Yale men hal
an easy time. The sprints and hurdle,
were fought out to the finish, and while
~ To
events and Dodge and Lockwood of Har.
Vard the two sprints, they mad to show
last heels to shake off the Yale men who
mad qualified in the trials. The 44O-yari
run was distinguished by the plucky
f1sht'ng of COholan Of Yale. who had held
back until the tape was in sight. Then
re forced out Young and Onatiyia Of
Harvard, beating out both in a finish
which sent shower Of hats into the air
ana made the spectators cheer with de-
hSht. Then came the half-mile run 20
give another moment of heart-breaJxing
anxiety. for Tilson of Yale alone was
forcing Van Brunt and Whicler of Hair
ward to extend themselves, and as the
three men came around the last turn TIL
son took the lead, sprinted and won, tie
Harvard rnen. trying to respond, finding
themselves all in, and Frissel or Yale
with a little reserve speed, getting into
third place.
The conditions for the races were good.
and ir each event the margin between
the dual records and the winning time
was close enough to prove that the mate.
rial of the two universities was Wen mat.
ed
In regard to tire new record in the pols
vault IL is stated that a figure or y feet
s inches is claimed by a student in Japan,
hut as the style of vaulting is different,
the Japanese method permitting the
vaulter to change his hold on the vault
ing pole while in flight, the record is no:
accepted in this country. That student
is expected to be here in the next college
year ard it is stated at Yale that pos
sibly he may have q chance to compete
with Dray in a friendly way.
The Harvard team was heartily con-
graduated by the Yale men after the
games and the Crimson in turn gave
Dray n hearty handshake on his success
in making this years event one OF par
ticular interest.