The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03

hurdles as he ran Jump for jump with
sIscllse Of Oakland and was then able
70 win bv inches only after q desperate
sprI-v In rhe race 70 the tape after
clearing the lsss obstacle
After winning The team trophy for
Two wears IN succession Oakland high
schooI had u be content with fourth
place yesterday Harvard school Of
Los Angeles won 1he trophy with s
;otsI u fre first places which Melted
20 rslnts. Uiaah was second with IS.
santa Rosa thzr5 with III. Oakland
fourth ui-h 81 and Hsaldsburg nth
sikh s.
Harvard was presented by a team
Of nine runners who won every one
Ct me fax races with the exception OF
the quarter mile. The southern Cali
fornsa school was not represented IN
the aeld events
xINE RECORDS BROKEN
Kline q tie records established al
this. meet En- pest years were broken
and had the weather conditions been
favorable The -t-le would have been
further improved il al the events. A
cold wind swept across the track and
RETARDED the progress II the runners II
the various sprint races Z also In
terferea with them IN the high jump
Il vas pizy the 100 yard men did
Tot run under better conditions, as
Rubso. r,e finished third. Is credited
with having SHOWN trials n 70 seconds.
while Thorpe. the winner. and Shster
s-e looked Upon as sure 10 Is men
The finishes IN The sprints and the
hurdles were unusually close. the
judges a. times finding Il difficult 70
separate rae men a. the tape
The entry list. which included repre-
sentarives q such widely separated
points as Los Angeles and Lassen
county. was so large as 70 necessitate
trial heats being rul OF il the morn
inE Win these disposed Of the Of
acizis. headed by Referee Bert Ne-rs-
gan. kept matters moving 50 steadily
thst me men were out for the relay
race. The last event OF the program.
~ z-s0 John O. Miller was starter
and the remainder Of the Official list
was made ID Of well known athletes
- athletic authorities The track was
fsst despite the rain Of the previous
night. but conditions were far from
being idezl Tor such competition The
athletes hu5died about the windswept
irclosure. wrapped IN highly coIored
blankets OF bath robes instead Of being
able 10 loll ABOUT under sunny skies
OAKLAND RIOTERS THERE
TIE schools within easy reach OF
Paio Alto did not support the meet IN
manner deserved BY its importance
There was fair attendance. but the
quality q the competition should
have filed the stands with the ad-
herentssof the various athletes Oak
land high school was the only one rep
resented By q roofing section. which
helped liven Up the affair
Surprises Eere frequent throughout
the afternoon Nscauley OF Alameda.
who was expected 70 win the quarter
mile. cracked IL the last 3 yards and
stopped almcst 70 walk He was in
SECOND place al the time and 10 the
spectators Il seemed he wanted 20 let
Butler Of Oakland into that place in
order 70 give his school the benefit OF
the points which would so with that
position Myers. the ultimate winner.
showed n the lead soon after the
start Mscauley ran into second place
down the back stretch. with Butler
third They maintained these positions
20 the end. sikh Meyers =n-sn-ng an
zsr first
Hertwen was looked upon as the
most likely man in Tie nile. but he
ran unplaced- The race went 20 Val
lely Of Harvard. who showed excellent
form throughout
HUNDRED YARD SPRINT Is CLOSE
The finish Of the hundred yard race