The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
UNIVERSITIES HAVE
FEW GOOD TRACK
ATHLETES

s7'he scholarship committee has cut
Stanford out of forty FIVE sure points,
said veteran Trainer Dad" Moulton OF
the cardinal athletes at recent meet
ing Of the undergraduates OF Stanford,
preparatory TO signing the training
roll From this it appears that laurels
on the cinderpsth Of the universities or
stanford and California will be cheap
this year. Never in recent times has
the shortage OF material for the track
teams Of the rival colleges been so
scarce and the number OF actual rec
ord holders so few. The events this
spring viii be taken by men who are
Unknown by reputation and their per
~o-mances will be little better than
taose Of prep" school lads.
The collegians admit the shortage
a-d blame the scholarship committees
e both institutions. As reputed enemies
90 athletes the professors seemed TO
lave more than lived up TO their repu-
fstions Men who were expected to DO
THINGS on the oval have failed 10 show
Jp for registrs ton, and while various
s-cuses are heard going the rounds
rhe cause is ever the same.
The undergraduates Of the University
r California lament the failure Of their
prize prep" Claiming Hail. who with
his record in the high. jump, was eN-
pected TO prove sure point winner, as
well as a record -suasher at the next
intercollegiate meet Hall has gone.
and the chance OF the present standard
ia the jump being moved up notch
is slight In fact, the event is likely 10
rall prey TO some second-class man OF
either university.
STANTON SURPRISES FRIENDS
The other loss which the Berkeley
fans believed the blue and gold had
suffered was that Of Forrest Stanton.
the ouarter-miler and sprinter. When
the lad from the south tailed to show
his face al Registrar SuttOn's strong
foid the story was told about the cam
pus that stanton had changed his
c0lors and would seek honors at Prince
TON. Rut he has returned and all have
renewed hope Of first place in the
ouarter-nile when the two universities
meet on the track.
Tho expectation Of the Berkeleyites
Is likely 10 be realized in this race. as
Stanford has lost where California has
Eained W NJ Rswles Of T7kiah, who
was booked 70 win the quarter mile
last spring against Stanton OF Berke-
Joy has not returned. Not only has
Fswles failed 10 show UP TO take part
in athletics, but his closest competitor
and substitute. q. y. Hussey, z. sopho-
lrore and classmate OF Rawles. is miss
ing from the track team. Hussey in
bis prep" school dsvs ran neck and
nerk with stanton, but was slightly
jrferi0r 10 Rawles. In was expected
fhaf Hussey would fill in the place of
the Tkiah sprinter In an emergency.
The absence OF both leaves Davis 'Os
~ stanford to represent the cardinal
~ this event
COPE WILL NOT RUN
IN fhc sprints Stanford has been de-
rri-ed Of good material by the failure
Of Rawles N return. The Lad was good
for points also ia the broad Jump. In
addition TO the loss Of RaWles in the
s1rints j z. Cope OF San Francisco,
/ who returned 70 college and registered
for tho semester after an absence OF
six months has again disappointed the
cardinal Within twenty-four hours
] = fter again becoming an undergraduate
! he decided 10 leave college forever and
/ return 10 business activities IN oak
lanc.
Nandervoort 'oS viii be the best man
in the sprints for the cardinal
IN addition 30 the men who have
been tried out as varsity material
stanford VIII lose freshmen who gave
promise of record-bresking feats The
more promising have fallen by the
sunk route. Trainer Moulton is de-
cidedly broken up over the loss Of his
material.
The meet viii be held on the STAN
ford cinder track, which viii make the
events somewhat faster than on the
/ Berkeley oval. as the new speedway is
larger and has a straight-away for the
short dsshes and hurdle races The
freshmen meet also viii take place al
Pslo Alto. due TO the alternate meet
agreement