Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
CORNELL. ATHLETES
WIN THE BIC MEET
Rain Pours Down When the
Events on Franklin Field are
Started Good Time,
Considering.
Points Won by Colleges.

PHILADELPHIA Pa, May "-l nner
weather conditions that were about as
bad as could he imagined tor track
meet the s.olt-hearted athletes Of COR
nell University today On FranRhn Fleio
won the intercollegiate championship. the
premier college athletic event OF TIE year
By a margin CT u. points lac 1o>a!
points scored by the 1thacans were IL
PENNSYLVANIA was second with 2a1a. 1aie
third ~: Harvard fourth, 1Iia and Dart
mouth fifth IL Michigan and Swarthmore
eacn made 8 points Princeton and CouIn-
ba each and Syracuse j
No records were broken but good time
was made considering the conditions a
heavy rain which set in early in the DAY
was coming down in torrents When the
meet began The track was nooced III
many places and the field was ankle deep
with water. 80
Cornells all-round work was excellent.
her men scoring in seven events. Inc
Ithacans took four firsts. three seconds,
two thirds and one fourth. Pehhss lFah.d
also scored in seven events. winning 1oui
flrsts two seconds. one thtTu. one lourll
and dividing one fourth place.
Effect Of an Accident.
Cornell pra cite ally Won the meet on her
showing in the two-mile race. The Penn
sy!vanians claim tonight that had Ii not
been for the accidental falling of bell
Michigan would have Won eight points in
This event. thereby giving the Phlladel-
Nh Ia Team the meet by =. points 10 Cor
ne,ls ~, Rowe and May, for Michigan.
we've running well III th!s race When al
the Beginning If the seventh lap the bell
n ha
useu 10 nnuty the runners when the last
lap begins accidentally tel as inc men
We're pa Sslng fhe post. The Two hicni-
gan men. thinking Ii was the beginning %
the eighth and last lap, spurted ana pc'ea
away from the ether sixteen contestants
in the race. They botA crossed Wnai they
thought Mas the hnian Well IN me ieau
and Jet up their pace Learning OF 'HeA
mistake. they tried To keep thelf ledo' ~,
mad not the strength. and Trube and
loun. OF Cornell Hall of Columbia ana
De tiolyeT If Cornell finished aheah OF
them. The Cornell men finished SO strong
that il is doubtful il Rowe and May cou1u
nave beaten them.
Yale's Pole Vaulters.
A noteworthy feature of the day was
the performance OF the Yale pole vault
ers. All four Of the Yale men who quai-
flied yesterday tied for first place at
eleven feet. and in consequence the New
Haven team captured the entire eleven
points in the event Summaries:
20 gard dash. semi ,hnal-F'rst heat won by
liiham. feIasE lrania. Rlun,e-. Harvard. sec
ond Time, - - ! ).
Second ilear-W"n by Cartmell Pennsylvania;
sherman. lartnou h. second. Time. o. ..
Hammer thr"w-Wou by Pew. Cornell l:,' feet
- iH'its, li":r. -SyTIcHse. second LII feet y
n. T., hnke" t"rn,l third. feet g. :, inches
St"rni: rnGl-Mon by krurrer s"arthhore
- feet l;an-s, sEarvarl. second. ~. 1eet Lit
= Harvard. laird. T. feet u inches. Stephen
Son Harvard .onrth. l2l. feet
High junir--Ialn.r. Dartmouth and HAYWOOD
Harvard ti-d tor hr~t place ii > ieet 6l- !'ches
bcIly PENNSYLVANIA. and >,n.e.s o: Harvard
ma 3 I. IT,, i@aF, pla.@ AZ fse1 - 1,. MI penn,
Sr+.al!!a. S'l mar. Har;inouih. second II! fhai
l.~'inSF.Tanin inis'i 's,lnu!c llincet"n f"u.th
on hi fna.--Vca ~ I,alsteai, Cornell :
Row Michigan. second. liayns. o.inb.a, third
ra@.a 'r an 'oS aaaII I, - rrbe. corn-
lo0m&. 'arnen -erond: Hail columbia, third
"n.Sef "rn.ll fourth. Time. ".1h
Won p 'ariin"r. Pruu>y lvanii: GI.ns'.. Prince
IT,. :. nnl i.lm.,n:Agn", la.e. tAiri Tine.
81, NJ hen" en hy Sherman. Dartmouth;
N!it4Am. l,iln-. .r.n!a, serunl, Gary. Yale
sAird Time II -
i: !fat r. -. IT. Ialc"t-. Cornell: itobh.ns.
la.e. .r.nnl. Time olo % second heat.
nj. !" .ha", Dartmouth love- lale se'"hc.
lin. = IL ~.
II, 81 IN! si=A hurdle we're ran in the face
= diving ia!n.
= e, A.! III. Ii hna.-Non b. shaw. Dart
lats.i.., I4l,rtt -'oTnrl. second. Rchhln@ iaie,
=. i4o'~. iA.". fourth. Time "l' 10
80. (! ian. anal Wan hy Taylor. fennsEl-
Hsa.4. !,a.r.3.r- Harvard second: ta:ren'rr
,.r.i. tA:.d. Ararie. >"Asthm'le. foi.ta lime.
!it.fnr ma ,na-Wnn ltg lnnes, pennsy /
var z. tr>a,h Cornell seem! hirJ lale.
2.nstsd hurdle al-Won by Howe. Yale;
Ha:ira.f:. EeEn.Glv.: MD. s"c'nd ShaN, niE'-
no tta t!iri: ttrlne. Harvard. fourth Time.
&. - 10
~. vault hnl, -nay; \cl."n Glihe!t ana
"a .Hue!.. al! nt Vac, tied II II ieet' ana IL
ltEEt = - To Yale.