The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
Keen interest Pady AFams First Local Appearance Viii Take Crowd to Fight With Britt
Stanford Trackmen
Busy Again
Dad MouIton's Squad Expects
to Win Victory Over Blue
and Gold .

university last week and the resulting
cessation of all activity upon track, |
baseball diamond and water, the car
dinaI campus during the last few days
has presented striking contrast. Per
haps never before have the runners,
Jumpers. rowers and ball players
worked harder TO get back into form
to meet their rivals of the blue and
gold than they have done recently.
When the faculty committee on stu
dent affairs swung the ak and decapi-
tated at least one star performer from
each team and in two cases the cap
tains the various groups Of athletes
completely disorganized and proceeded
at once to break many of the less i'm
portant training rules. believing there
would be no intercollegiate contests.
To I'LL up the gaps in their ranks and
10 round into form is now the problem.
The baseball series IS on and how
the tossers will come out minus two
good players cannot be ventured until
after the second game Of the series
next Saturday. The rowers are In a
predicament To lose their stroke
oarsman and captain at one blow has
been their lot and a new stroke must
be developed and a new man acquainted
with the boat. On the tennis court
Captain Delano is missing and another
racket swielder must come forward to
take his vacancy Upon the track, how
ever the problem is all solved. Stan
ford has studied the form chart and
there is not single cardinal under
graduate but what believes the track
team will win hands down.
While sure five points has been lost
in the person of Captain Fred flanagan.
the holder OF the coast record in the
pole vault Dad Moulton can easily see
where he can replace this deficit He
cannot see how his team will lose.
Stanford for the first time in some
years has group Of athletes who have
made better marks in every event with
but two exceptions than their rivals of
the blue and gold Barring the ham
mer throw, stanford is not willing to
accredft the blue and gold with a single
FIRST place That the calculations may
go wrong is freely admitted but the
dope as it now stands seems to point
toward Stanford victory in a host of
events. In the mile run California ap-
pears 10 have little better than an
even break on paper, but Stanford is
not able to see the way clear for a
Berkeley victory in even this event.
In the sprints. which have been
generally conceded to Christie's men in
past years, Stanford expects to be
heavy winner Dad Moulton has de-
veloped for the short dashes four ex-
ceeoingly fast men. In the 100 will
be J. r. Holman '09, H E Reed 10 and
Gardner 'os. all three Of whom have
been l0:1- 1t is expected that these
men will place ahead of BerkeIey's
best California this year will have to
depend upon material in the upper
classes In the freshmen meets in the
last two years the Berkeley sprinters
have been beaten consistently and ii is
not believed that either Crosfield or
any of the other speedy boys can hope
to steal inside of Dad Moulton's fast
trio In the 220 yard dash Stanford
will have the same three and in addi-
tion Wyman, the crack freshman cap
tain. He has been doing under % sec
onds and should run a close third to
Holman and Reed, with Gardner fourth
In the quarter mile Wyman and J. O.
Miller will be pitted against the fast
Stanton. Dad Moulton has no misgiv-
ings as to the outcome Miller is in
fine shape while Wyman is getting
faster each day. Stanford has also
another card to play should Freshman
Brown be run IN this race. Brown has
covered the quarter mile distance in
so As seconds.
In the half mile Stanford will have
a number of experts. Miller, who won
the event last year, is in the running
as is Brown, the freshman, MaundreIl
number of other consistent men who
viii follow close up. At Berkeley the
best man so far is Doud, the first year
runner, who was defeated last week
by Brown in a most sensational race.
Brown viii have the advantage of a
familiar track here and. together with
Miller. should place ahead.
In the mile Stanford has Bradford
and Maundrell as principals. These
two men have both been defeated by
De Maniel of California, but will this
year. IT is thought, spring some sur
prises In this event Stanford is will
ing to admit the possibility of a re-
verse. In the two mile the cardinal
will be disappointed with anything less
than all three places. Nash, holder of
the intercollegiate record. Sweet and
Adams. together with ] E Shelton, is
the magic combination. These men,
with the exception of Shelton, have
been unbeaten this season and should
remain so. Sweet and Adams are new
men, but have given Nash a merry
struggle to keep up his lead.
In the hurdles California feels con-
hdent OF taking a goodly array OF
points. but the cardinals differ. In
Harry Horton, the big Ukiah athlete,
Dad Moulton has q dark horse. Hor-
ton has not competed since his fresh
man year. when he tied for first in the
has equaled the intercollegiate rec
ord in both low and high hurdles in
training, and much is expected of him.
He will be backed in the high hurdles
by Peaslee and Boyd, in the low by
Gregg and Morris.
In the field events Stanford has win
ners of last year whose marks have
not been touched by any of the Berke-
ley men IN practice so far In addi-
tion It is believed Stanford will break
the long chain Of defeats in the high
jump. In Dave Martin. Dad Moulton
has discovered jumper who bids fair
to rival Claiming Hall Already this
season Martin has cleared the bar al
feet and is steadily improving. Al
Berkeley the foot mark has been ex-
empt so far.
In the broad jump Stanford has Van
dervoort, winner of last year, and in
the shot put Crawford and Horton
while in the pole vault Bellah. who has
been Jumping even with Fred flanagan
last years winner. is picked for sure
thing. In the hammer throw Stanford
will be represented by YoulIer. 1t is
not thought, however, that this mar
will be able to take q first place. as he
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