The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
TRAINER CHRISTIE HOPEFUL
Says Berkeley Team Is in Good Con-
ditioh for the Contest

BERKELEY, March 29.-rTrainer
Walter Christie said tonight. on the
eve of the intercollegiate Ntrack meet
between the freshmen of California
and Stanford:
The athletes have been badly handi-
capped by wet weather and poor
track. The team is in pretty good
shape, however. It is useless to speu-
late about the outcome of freshman
meet. Our chances seem to me to be
as good as Stanford's at least. The
men show the proper spirit in their
work, and that is what counts"
The entry list is the same as that
made out last Monday. One or two
men may not start. but this will be
determined tomorrow at Stanford,
when the fields are made up. c. F.
the preliminary meets and will have
that position tomorrow. Johns pre-
diets victory for his team.
The sprinters on the team include
Horace Donnell, c. ~ Foskett, G. NJ.
Grundy, A. c. Van Fleet, c. F. Johns
and J. NJ. Salinger. Great things are
expected of Donnell, Los Angeles
man, who won many events while on
the track team of the Los Angeles
High School. Grundy is from Long
Beach. in Southern California He has
made good time in both the 100 and
220 yard dashes. Johns ran at Wood
lawn with his prep school team and
performed creditably. He was a MEM
ber of the freshman Rugby team last
fall. Van Fleet is from Lowell. In San
Francisco, and for two years was on
the relay team at that school.
In the mile run r. w. Blair from
Boone's Academy in Berkeley is en-
tered. He is a novice, but has shown
up we'll in practice. A. ]. Mitchell
of ST Helena is another novice. G. B.
Dillingham; of Ukiah has had expert
ence as mile runner. A. G. Strong.
Mission High School lad. did some
work at the mile distance in San
Francisco.
In the SSO-yard dash there will be
a number of novices. C. Mayo of
Sacramento and w. Z. Truck of Tulare
will run their maiden races tomorrow.
In the half-mile event there will
be S. A. Spellmyer of Los Angeles, who
is not without experience. L. 8. Lynch
of Alameda is a maiden" in this event
c. w. Cushman, formerly OF the Oak
land High relay team, is entered in
the half mile. Fred Mcconnell of Santa
Rosa will perform both in this event
and in the hurdles.
Captain Johns will probably score
points in the hurdles and the broad
jump He was on the track team at
Lick in San Francisco for four years
and was always sure point winner
in academic meets.
w. A. Edwards of Berkeley has
shown fine form in the hurdles. He is
novice, but has run good third
to such veterans over the hurdles as
Cowes and Johns.
The hope of the team I'm the shot-put
lies In II. II. Dignan of Santa Rosa
He has put the weight 81 feet e inch.
Last Year he was second to Mum, the
star of Oakland. throughout the sea-
son. Dignan will also start In the
high hurdles.
w. d. Kant, who holds the San
Francisco League record in the high
lump of feet as inches. and the
Cogswell school record of 20 feet for
the broad, will be an anchor for the
team tomorrow.
+. r. Steele of Belmont will be in
the pole vault, N. II. Jones from Gill
rov in the shot-put and high jump,
w. s. Merrill from Colusa in the high
and broad jumps. L. D. Baker of Los
Angeles in the hammer throw. NJ. D.
swim of Suisun in the hammer throw
and shot-put, E. A. Freeman of Au-
burn in the hammer throw and shot
nut M. r. Moody of Santa Ana in the
two-mile run. Moody won this event
in the freshman-sophomore meet last
week.