New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
TRACK TEAM PROSPECTS
H4RV4RD Has SPRTNTERS.
Yale Strong in Field EUents-Duat
Meet May Be Close.

After defeating Princeton by less than half
dozen pointsn the dual tack meet last year als
had to bow 20 the Harvard athletes bness ihie
shows considerably more strength as the season
advances the Bulldog may be licked twice this year
1t is a long time since there has neen as &c d
squad at Cambridge this season
OF the 55ia points won by the crimson asaA"s o
in 1907 the men,who scored 80 of them are still M
college Then h1 addition there are number OF
stars from last seasons freshman track team
Among these are Merrihew, Watson and De Sci
ding the fastest Harvard has in the middle ols-
tance events at PRESENT
Once again Har7ard will be strong in the sprints'
Lockwood and Dodge first and second re-
spectivelv in the 100" last year. They are sun
in college R. B. Burch of Yale. was third Ihey
may finish !n that order again Besides THESE Ee'-
Grams the other Crimson sprinters are d hV'
Blanchard and Watson. Dodge won the furiong
dash for Harvard in 1907 and Is almost sure 10
capture the event again. Stevens and Burch may
take the other places for Yale as they did Ias'
season.
Yale has lost W T Cohalon, the great quar-
ter miller. In fact, all of last years point
in this event are missing BIZ F. NJ. De SeIohs'
II r Keavs and X X. Merrihew, OF HarVaIu'
seem superior TO X H. Parons and H. w 20
Montague. of Yale, The odds favor Eli III tlie nd
mile for V V. Tilson and s D. Frisseii' u"
winner and third man. respectively, should repea
their performances. NJ. b Van Brunt, OF f1al NatN,
viii probably squeeze into second place as ne o'1
1857
NJ. F. Hadden. jr. the winner of the nlle lUh
q year ago. is not on the team, so X l.. opllZei
and j. F Williams Of Yale may each move up
a peg and ecore eight instead OF six points in this
event for Yale Coolidge and HC"t, of last year s
freshman team. Will be Harvard s representatives
Everything favors the Crimson In the two-Tnlie
race. NJ. s. Crosby, OF Harvard was the winner
in 1907. He in training. and has r. 4. Dole.
Carter and Woodman 10 support him. R Reynolds.
NJ Weeks and NJ B Villas of Yale. seemed to be
outcIassed.
Harvard won both hmde races last year and
four points additional There is no Yale hurdler
who on his recent form can beat ". NJ. Rand. The
other Crimson timber toppers are A. B. Mason and
0. F. Rogers Yale must depend upon L Y.
Howe. c. NJ. Du Puy and L. NJ. King. The Har-
ward trio seems faster.
Yale VIII pick up points than Harvard in
the field events The Ellis may win every first place
in these events. G T. Cooney W. A Goebel and
L. H. BigIow. of Yale, may finish in that order in
the hammer throw. There is prominent Crimson
weight t0sser with the exception Of &. T Stephen
son The latter should win the shot put for Har-
ward G. l.. Buhrman and A. NJ. Sheldon. Of Yale.
nlay-set first and second places for Y ale.
The high jump looks a little more favorable for
Harvard With J. ". Marshall of Yale, out of
this event, the Harvard jumpers-K G. Harvood.
q. l. Roosevelt and Somers-may make clean
sweep Of the points. {. II. Davis. winner Of second
place for the Blue last year, should capture the
event this year the Crimson has no first class
man, with the exception Of Rogers and he is not a
consistent jumper Second and third places are
doubtful
Captain ". r. Dray will win the pole vaule for
Yale barring an accident. A c. Gilbert will prob
ably three points for the Blue. and the Crimson
may get the third point with either Lawrence or
Parker:
There will be exceedingly close fight between
the Crimson and the Blue this year. but the
chances are that Harvard will win oy shout the
same margin as she did 1907. Many men
may be developed before the middle Of May and
the present forecast may have TO be changed.