The Washington herald., 1908-05-31

Philadelphia, May SO-Cornen won tho
intercollegiate field and track meet this
afternoon with a total OF "a points. Penn
sylvania was second with 2s3z points, and
Yale third with q points
The men from Ithaca showed their chief
strength in the distance runs, the ham
mer throw. and broad jump. besides pick
ing up stray points here and there
throughout the programme.
Pennsylvania was a good second. points
made chiefly in the sprints. and like Cor
nell, come In for small scores in the
soft spots Of the competitions, Had not
the two Michigan men made a mistake
in the two miles and quit, giving Cor
neil first and soft things in the second
and fourth. the Quakers would probably
have scratched out in first place. The
luck Of the day was with Cornell
Toward the end of the programme Yale
came strong. and landed in third place,
Harvard being fourth with IN points,
and Dartmouth a close fifth with II
points.
The figures for the other colleges were
Michigan and Swarthmore. each: Co
lumbia and Princeton, each. and Syra-
cuse, 3.
Weather Conditions Miserable.
AS far as the weather conditions went,
It was the worst since 1876. the date Of
inception II began to pour in the fore
noon. and kept at it all day. convert
Ing the track and infeld into a veritable
Quagmire and drenching the few spec
tators. During the progress OF the last
event old Sol worked his way through
the clouds. and the contest ended in a
blaze OF light.
One Of the most sensational events OF
the day was the mile. Seventeen run
ners lined up at the start. and when the
gun cracked. Rowe. Of Michigan. darted
TO the front and took the field along at
a good clip. On the back stretch Bean.
Of Cornell, quickened his steps. and TAX
ing the lead. went by the first quarter
in fraction over a minute. Rowe re-
gained the lead at the half mile. and
close on his heels were Bean, Haynes. OF
Columbia, and Haisted, OF Cornell.
Rounding the turn on the lower side OF
race horse. went TO the front and started
TO draw away from the Aeld. The spec
tators were simply dumfOunded by the
pluck and dash Of the young Columbia
man But Rowe was not done for yet
and down on the back stretch he forged
abreast OF Haynes. and splashing round
the last turn. pegged TO the front. Then
Haynes showed fight. but there was
shout from the Cornell partisans. for Hal
stead came with rush in the last ten
yards and just snatched the race from
Rowe The Michigan man dropped on
the finish line, and had 10 be borne on
the field.
Make Costly Mistake.
The two miles ended disastrously for
Dull and May. the Michigan represent
atives in the race. They spurted away
in front in the seventh lap. thinking
they were finishing. and did not learn
OF their mistake until they heard the bell.
The squirt had taken all the running our
OF the Wolverines. and Trube. Of Cor
nell, went ahead and won. doing s:osl-5.
Taylor. the Quaker. accounted for the
auafter-mile once again. but he nad TO
extend himself TO the last inch 10 nose
home ahead Of Carpenter, OF Cornell
Jones. OF Pennsylvania. was another
surprise in the half-mile. Coe, Of Miehi-
gan. was a big favorite. but he got badly
used at the start. and Jones won amid
a wild scene Of whoOping by the Penn
sylvania men.
All the points OF the pole vault went
10 Yale, and 1t was really an unprece-
dented result in collegiate sport. and es-
pecially as the four men tied at the same
height. There was a brace OF ties OF the
high jump. and the points were divided.
Cooke. of Cornell, made a fair improve
ment in the broad jump. and Heath, Of
Michigan. came up to second place from
the trials OF Friday.
The Summaries.
2oOyard dash-CarmeIl L. Of P: whithan, o.
OF P. Sherman. Dartmouth. Time on
2Slyard hurdle-Howe. Yale; Hartranft, O. Of P:
shaw. Dartmouth. Time. 0=l25
Half-mile run-Jone. Pennsylvania French Cor.
nell: Kiaiossef. Yale. Time 202
loo-yard hurdle-shaw. Dartmouth; TaloOtt. Cor
nell
looyard dash-Cartmell. Pennsylrania: Sherman.
Dartmouth; Whitman. PENNSYLVANIA. Time. o.i0 5S
4ioyard dash-Taylor. Pennsylvania; Deselding.
Harvard: Carpenter Cornell
Mile rln-Halsteadt. Cornell. and Rowe Michigan,
tied; HAYNES Columbia third limo. s2o
IEomile rln-Tnbc. Cornell; Young. Cornell;
Hail. Columbia. Tine 9:55
High bmp-PalmeT. Dartmouth and Harwood.
Harvard tied; Pope. Harvard, third Distanoe
feet 61z inches.
Putting l6pound shct-KrugeT Swarthnore; Bangs,
Harvard; Little Harvard. Distance a feet
Broad iump-Cook. Cornell; Heath. Michigan Tai
colt, Princeton. Distance, p feet 81 inches
Throwing ls-pound hammer-Howe. Cornell. Hon.
SyTnCuse: Baker. Cornell. Distance i52 feet.
Pole Tault-Gilbcr1, Nelson DTay. and Campbell,
all Of Yale. tied. Height not given