The San Francisco call., 1907-03-24
Edited by
R. A. S myth
STANFORD FRESHMEN
EXPECT TO- TRIUMPH
Confident of Winning From
California on Track
and Field
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SHEOlAL DlSPAICH TO The CALL.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. March %.
Freshmen of Stanford and California
will meet on the local track and field
next Saturday. The cardinal team is
ready for the struggle and enthusiasm
runs high. It has been an uphill fight
for the Stanford youngsters. but they
have risen to the occasion pluckily.
The scholarship committee caused
havoc with their ranks at Christmas
time and only by dint OF the hardest
training have those who had remained
eligible attained the prominence of
prospective point winners.
In the distance races. Harold AIaun-
drell, the former Lowell High School
star, is Stanford's mainstay. He is
believed to be good for frsts in both
the mile and the half mile. Shelton
and Macready are relied upon to finish
close to him in both of these races.
Perry is the only two-mi1er represent
ing the cardinal
In the shorter races. Reed is the best
in the Stanford squad. He will be en-
tered in the dashes and the relay A
great race between Reed and Donnell.
the blue and gold sprinter. who has a
:1O-hat record in the hundred. is ex-
pected- Pemberton and Weaver will
wear the cardinal in the quarter-mfle
dash. Both have shown good form.
and they are expected to boost the
Stanford total along.
Helsley and Bradley. consistent per-
formers in the hurdle races. have
shown that they are best when under
the fire of competition. Little is known
Of the material in these events across
the bay.
In the field contests. the worst the
cardinal freshmen expect is an even
break. The broad jump and pole vault
will go to them without a doubt. as
Scott and Upson have shown their
ability to win these events against all
comers. Scott can clear the bar above
eleven feet, while both he and Upson
are good for more than twenty feet in
the broad jump.
The freshmen have nothing unusual
in their ranks at high jumping or
throwing the weights. but they prob
ably will pull out a second in each
and perhaps a third. High and Ed
mundson have good marks with the
hammer and shot. Poor is the best
Of the high jumpers. but feet
inches is about his limit and it is be-
Heved the blue and gold will have a
better entry in this event.
From the opening race, the meeting
will provide an exciting contest.
Stanford Is relying upon a we'll
trained team to take her to the front
AS is well known. training has been
seriously hindered at California by re-
pairs to the track and by the inclem-
ent weather. In addition. reports have
been received that the blue and gold
frst-year men had been Indifferent In
their training. =
The cardinal athletic squad has just
come to the realization of what train
ing is since Dan Murphy arrived. on
the scene as coach IN rowing Captain
Zimmerman is thirty pounds over the
weight Murphy wants him TO scale on
the morning of the intercollegiate
regatta. During one Sundays lull in
training he took on eleven pounds.
This is the course Of exercise now pre-
scribed by Murphy: A run over the
hills of about five miles before break
fast; an hour on the lake Immediately
afterward; two hours pulling at an
oar In the afternoon; run to Red
wood City and return. about eight
miles, and early to bed.