The San Francisco call., 1908-03-10
Star Men Develop in
Stanford 7ryoufs
Athletes Who Are Expected to
Defeat the Representatives.
Of California
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

STONFORD UNIVERSITY, March g.
With the varsity track team in the
south engaging the athletes of the
University of Southern California in a
dual meet and the test of supremacy
between the first year classes of the
University of California and Stanford
but three weeks off, the prospects Of
the followers of the cinder path who
wear the cardinal are of great interest
to undergraduates here. While the
showing of the big fellows of the
varsity team will in the end be the
most important at the present time,
the freshmen athletes demand the most
attention because of the proximiay
Of the intercollegiate meet.
This year will mark the third in
tercollegiate contest of the freshmen
track athletes of the two rival univer-
stiles, and 1t will also mean an un-
usual straining of Drawn and sinew
upon the part of the babies" to bring
home a victory. In the past two meets
the blue and gold yearlings have car
ried off the honors. forcing the 1909 and
1910 classes of the cardinal to swal-
low defeat. To win a third consecutive
victory would be decided feather for
the blue and gold and Trainer Walter
Christie.
Dad Moulton. Stanford's veteran
1
veloped squad of star performers in
several of the events and has picked
from out Of the large number of aspir-
ants likely men to fill in the other
events.
MIDDLE DISTANCE STARS
1t has been some time since a group
of stars in the middle distance such as
is included in the 1911 class has regis
tered here. Perhaps the best known
and the most consistent of this number
Is Herbert Brown, who comes here
from the academic department of Po-
mona college He has a record In the
half mile of slightly better than two
minutes fiat and in the quarter mile
has shown such men as j. o. Miller and
Hussey, '09, the losing end of the race.
He runs nip and tuck with Miller In
the quarter mile and close up In the
half He is looked upon to be a dead
certainty of 10 points in the freshmen
meet, barring an accident, as he should
easily take first in his two events.
In the middle distances Brown Is not
the only star freshman performer. In
w. M. Wyman of Santa Barbara Dad
Mouiton has first year lad who can
cover any distance from 220 yards up
to the mile and make all his competit-
ors hump to keep In the running. To-
gether with Brown, he is the only first
year athlete who was picked to go
south to Los Angeles with the varsity
aggregation of star performers. He
is a valuable relay man, as well as
sprinter and quarter and half miller.
With Brown as a half miller must be
ranked several other of his classmates.
Such men as Brad" Lee, the star run
ner Of the Harvard school of Los An
geles, who has held the half mile rec
ord In the south; ]. Ernest Thompson.
former Lick school runner of San
Francisco, and w. r. Porter, another
Santa Barbara first year man. must be
included in the same category. This
completes the first rank middle dis
tance men.
OF the number of middle distance
mon ]. e. Thompson may be taken out
to run In the mile He has shown sur
prising stamina and with C. G. Tay-
lor OF Selma, high school should prove
formidable to any trumps the Berkeley
trainer may turn UP.
The two mile race will be cared for
by Dad Moulton from among group
of mediocre distance men. While no
star has sprung to the front to date.
1t Is thought the intervening three
weeks may result in a find.
TWO FAST HURDLERs
The hurdles will be another vantage
point upon which the hopes OF cardinal
tallies will be fastened. In the per-
sons OF Boyd and Raines, the two high
school hurdlers of the San Jose and
Santa Clara high schools respectively.
Dad expects to develop men who will
with experience give his first team
men some anxious minutes. Both of
these men while in high school de-
veloped good form and proved hard
men to down in the academic league
meets They are bpth low and high
"stickers." In the jumps they will also
prove useful.
The sprints less than the 440 dash
will not be as strongly guarded as
some Of the other events. In these
events A. Smitherum Of San Jose is
looking up well In the hundred yard
event and Wyman IN the 220 Is ex-
pected to make a strong bid for the
first place against the blue and gold
field. He Is running close to 23 sec
onds at present. which is extremely
good for this time in the season.
The pole vault and weights have not
developed any record breakers up to
date. Meddick of Ovid. N. Y. has
shown himself to be a handy all
around athlete in the weights and