The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
Cardinals Oufshine
big Nine"
Dad Moulfon's Men Have Line
on Men They viii Meet
IN Chicago

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May L.
! The sole topic of conversation among
the undergraduates who have remained
upon the campus after the closing of
the university Is the probable outcome
Of the big Intercollegiate conference
meet which is 70 be held in Chicago
! June ! and to which gathering a crack
team of cardinal athletes viii be sent.
/ Dope upon the eastern athletes is
being eagerly scanned by the students
and the prospects figured by Dad Moul-
ton. the veteran trainer. and all of the
I track men. Stanford expects to win
+ from the middle west champs upon the
/ fine showing which has been made by
the star performers. From the latest
results of meets in the east it would
seem that the hope of the Stanford
enthusiasts is not without foundation.
The teams which will compete in the
conference meet are those. of the uni
versities known as the Big Nine with
the exception Of the University of
Michigan. In addition to these eight in
stitutions there are eight other teams
entered. The past records OF the con-
I ference association show that it does
not take more than 20 or % points 10
capture a first place. and it is upon
/ this basis that the Stanford men are
| figuring to take the honors
!
! Already word has come from the
Windy City that LELAND Stanford is
reputed TO have a fast aggregation
and that the eastern, collegians are
prepared to reckon the cardinal as one
/ of the leading competitors. The dual
meets held last week among the east
ern teams which will compete in the
conference meet show that so far the
/ cardinal stars are IN no danger of
being outshone if records go for any
thing.
Stanford is counting upon points in
the pole vault, weights. broad jump and
high jump, mile run, with good posi-
| bilities in the middle distances and
hurdles and a bare expectation of tai
hes in the sprints.
In the meet last Saturday between
the University of Chicago and q, picked
team OF alumni known as the Cherry
Circle athletic association the Chicago
men, who are ranked as the best in
the middle west, were defeated in the
events Stanford expects to shine in by
men whose records were inferior to
those established by the cardinals The
times and distances made in the close
meet between the Universities of Illi-
nois and Wisconsin also failed to show
up any men in the events counted upon
/ by Stanford which would give the
western men any shivers of apprehen-
sion. When Armour institute met the
| Northwestern university men the lat
ter. were defeated in performances sew
! eral grades below the class Of per-
formances put up by either Stanford or
the University of California in the pre-
IiminaTy meet of the season.
From the records made this season
IT is evident that in the hundred yard
dash Reed of Stanford would have only
q tooth and nail chance of taking a
point. The cardinal sprinter is re-
puted to be able TO cover the hundred
yards in 10 and shade. but the east
ern men have all been caught in their
meets at even time. In the 220 event
he would have a better opportunity. as
his time Of 70 % has not been shaved,
but viii probably be equaled before the
season has progressed many weeks.
TWO FAST MEN LOST
In the quarter mile and half mile
Stanford has lost Brown and wyman.
! the two fast freshmen. on account of
! the restriction placed upon first year
men by the eastern association. This
1 viii leave Stanford q depend upon Mil
! Ter in the quarter mile and half mile
and Bradford and Maundrell IN the half
mile. At Purdue, University of Chicago
I and Wisconsin ii is reputed several fast
I middle distance men have been devel-
oped Dad Moulton believes. however
pick I'D some surprises in the running
and add the much needed tallies. IN
I the mile run Bradford looks clean
winner for Stanford. Blankenagle of
Wisconsin has won the event from the
best of the University of Illinois in the
time OF 4:40 25. Comstoek OF the Uni
yersity Of Chicago is covering the dis
tance in 4:3S 2-5. while the best that
/ they can do ar Northwestern so far is
! 4:5s. All Of these times look slow as
against the consistent running of Brad
ford, who goes under 4:s4 repeatedly
and has record made month ago of
4:32 2-5.
] DIsTANCE(MES BEST
4 In the two mile none of the eastern
men have equaled the time made by
Eddie Nash, the gritty little Stanford
runner, but since Nash collapsed in the
intercollegiate meet it is uncertain
whether he viii consent to go east with
his teammates, who are insistent
The hurdles are the subject of consfd-
! erable speculation Captain Horton in