The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-31
UTAH'S GREATEST
TRACK VICTORY
Downs Leland Stanford in Test
CT Speed, Strength and
Endurance.
SURPRISE ALL AROUND
VARSITY sPRINTERs OUTCLASS
MEN FROM COAST.

H4f-FdFG Dash OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Aoo-yard run NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Nile run -.-.--..... ..............
LNo-mllc run ............-.-...,..-,
High jump ...............-..........5
Broad jump ............. ..-.......
l-e-yard hurdles ...-.....-......--.
2J-yard hurdles Observation-Disclosures.
role vault OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. d
shot PUT -.---..--..-..... ...........
Hammer throw ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
DISCUS throw OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 8
Isritg OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .--...--...-. .
Total points ......................5s GA
Tn a track meet fun of sensational fin
ishes and record breaking feats, the Uni
versity Of Utah track team scored ID Vic
tory over the star aggregation OF athletes
from Leland Stanford, Jr., university
yesterday afternoon. 1t was a cIeau-cut
victory for MaddOCks men, who scored
81 points against 53 for the opponents.
The meet was undoubtedly one OF the
most interesting and exciting contests
witnessed on Cummings field. Ia almost
every race there was q fighting finish
after the men had run neck and neck
lhrougnQuI the race ana I'M me ilela
events the event would be won only after
the contestants had alternately forged
ahead of each other time after time.
forcing the winner TO record breaking
marks Some of the times and distances
made In yesterdays meet have never
before been made in Utah. and IL may
be many SEASONS before they are ever
eQualed. Ilie high order Of the contests
yesterday Is indicated by such marks as
;5l 3-5 IN the quarter. u feet in the pole
vault. 5 feet 10 inches in the high jump
and rs 40 i'm the high hurdles.
The meet was close and exciting and it
was not until the last event that the
winner was known, but when Richardson
finished ahead OF Miller in the relay. the
most spectacular event OF the day, tan
was the winner by a decisive score. Early
"a hl "a Inn
Stanford soon closed in until the score
stood 40 20 40 As expected. Utah won
most of her points in the track events,
winning five firsts and completely shut
ing ont Stanford in the 22O
Stanford Has Star.
Captain Horton was the star OF the
day, winning sixteen points. From his
powerful build one would naturally eX-
peCL him 10 be lnViucible in the weights,
bu, no one would suspect that he was
a hurdler, yet he travelled over the high
hurdles i'm 70 As seconds and ran a great
race i'm the low hurdles
Brinton was close second i'm the mat
ter of points won He pulled down easy
firsts in the 100 90 anC quarter-mile.
and then ran on the winning relay team.
Bin Hunt was next TO Brinton in the
stars of the day. lie won points in three
events. winning the brOa1 and getting
seconds in the high and low hurdles.
5rinton outeiasses Sprinters.
Brinton outclassed the Stanford men
I'm the sprints and by making a beautiful
finish Richardson succeeded in finishing
ahead of NandaTvOrt IN the DO The
quarter was one of the prettiest races
OF the day. The men were abreast from
the start until the sIraightaWay was
reached ON the home stretch Here Brin-
ION gradually pulled away from his OD-
pOnent and beat him by several feet
finishing IN the remarkable time of 81 %
seconds.
The mile was one of the greatest sur
prlses OF the day. Two men We're en-
tered in this event, Judd and Bradford
They ran together until the last lap
when Judd passed his opponent with a
half lap 10 60 Bradford then closed
IN and the two men ran together until
the home stretch, when Judd pluckily
forced himself ahead on the sprint
Maundreu of Stanford gave the best
two-mile exhibition ever seen here In
this event. which is comparatively new
In Utah, he finished "a half lap ahead
of Judd and Alley, who g8mely fought
- out among themselves. running a dead
heat Maundrel finished with a beau
uIul sprint and was able 10 walk leisure
ly 20 the dressing room.
Great Pole Vauting.
The greatest exhibition Of pole vaulting
ever seen here was given by Bellah of
Stanford. who easily cleared 70 feet
In the shot put COuvill and Horton nut
the leaden bali over 46 feet and when
3
q foul il led 10 speculation, and IT was
discovered that the shot was about two
pounds underWelghJ- Nevertheless. the
work OF the two men was remarkable
There was an interesting fight between
Hunt and Bellah on the broad but the
Utah boy finally beat his opponent an
inch ard a half on his last jump.
Martin, who had magnificent form I'm
the high jump. retired Hunt and then
jumped s feet 10 inches.
Crawford sent the hammer ! g feet and
Young was able 20 outthrOw the other
Stanford man. The low hurdles went 10
Ferguson. who ran a beautiful race
against Captain Horton.
The Stanford men offer no excuses and
the distance men, who might have been
affected by the altitude, say that they
were at their best
Were Fairly Beaten.
Speaking of the meet. Dad AIoulton
the Stanford coach who is the old watch
dog Of the athletes al PalO Alto said.
We were beaten fairly and received
square treatment. Utah has some good
men and Wei balanced team. and that
IS the kind OF team that wins meets
hope that the two schools will be able
20 meet In dual meet next year. There
Is not man on our team that has anv
excuses 70 otier, and no one has any
fault 10 find with Utah"
The stanford team is on its way 10
Chicago, where II Will compete against
the best colleges In the country I'm the
western NllllEi N4ltr meet. Next TUESDAY
they viii meet Boulder. and Utah fans
are anxious 10 see what kind Of "a show
ing the athletes AT Colorado. who re-
fused 10 meet Utah recently viii make
with Stanford.
The summary follows:
The Summary.
howard dash-Brinton. Utah. first; Van
dervort, Stanford, second. Time. 1915
296-vard dash-Brinton. Utah. first.
Richardson. Utah, second. Time, % 40
seconds
4sO-vard dash-Brinton, Utah first: Mil
Ter Stanford, second. Time, 81 81 sec
0nds
SS)-yard run-Mnler. Stanford. first.
Bailey. Utah, second. Time, 2 minutes
4 seconds.
Mile run-Judd, Utah, first Bradford.
Stanford. second. Time, 4 minutes A. sec
0nds.
Two-mile run-Maundrell, Stanford,
first: Judd and Alley. Utah. dead heat
Time, 10 minutes 50 seconds.
12O-yard hurdles-Horton, Stanford
first: Hunt, Utah, second Time. 10 -
seconds
220-yard hurdles-Ferguson, Utah. first:
IL.