The sun., 1908-02-16
FINE RACES IN FHE GARDEN
fOLJ MBIA MEET PROVIDES
SOME STIRRING CONTESTS.
Wesleyan scores DcclslveIy IN the One MILE
ReIay-EaIe Runners Prominent in
Handicap EYents-MannAl Boys Beat
other High school Teams with Ease.


other High school Teams with Ease.
Columbia University held it's eighth annual
indoor carnival and athletic sports In Madison
square Garden last night and the fixture
maintained the high standard established
on former occasions. The programme. which
contained sixteen events. fairly bristled with
exciting and hAirraisinR tussles. Among
other items the relay part OF the meet CON
tanned the one and two miles for colleges.
wherein the colors Of Pennsylvania, Cornell.
Dartmouth. Wesleyan. Georgetown and Pratt
Institute interminGled in the fray.
In the handicap events, such as the sixty
ward run. 900 yard. two miles and the field
events. the Yale colors were prominent
II was the best indoor meet seen so far this
wiMer and the crowd which filed into the
building early appreciated and appIauded
every move Of the athletes worth noticing.
The trial heats OF the sixty yard handicap
opened the nights fun, and ten minutes
before 3 o'clock the sprinters we're called
out for their event The first man TO show
anything above the ordinary was n. A. Sher-
man Of Dartmouth. who figured on the three
foot mark. he won the trial and failed in
the sem-final. his time in the trial being q 2-5
seconds.
&. j. Seitz Of the New York A. C., the scratch
man. started in the fourth heat. but found the
handCaps too steep and was unplaced. Burch
caps, respectively. accounted for trial heats.
and Robson of Wesleyan. with feet. was an
other man to win a trial. LanRan OF the
Irish A. A. c.. who had the liberal allowance
Of 10 feet. won the fifth heat and waltzed away
with the final from Butler. with Burch a close
third.
Wesleyan earned a decisive victory in the
one mile relay for colleges. The first man on
the team gained five yards on Columbia. and
AZ every relay from thence 10 the finish the
MiddetOwn runners gained. finally winning
by So yards from Columbia. with Georgetown
a close third. Columbia was not on the pro-
gramme. but a. Fordham retired the weaTers
of the blue and white took their place.
Yale captured all the honOrs in the l,OO0
yard handicap all three places going to New
Haven men. The winner turned up in Il. A
splitter, who had the comfortable start OF ~
Yards: lie simply oped around until the bell
rang for the last lap. when he tore away and
won by five yards from Villas, with kiTaso of
about he same distance behind in third place.
The one mile relay for high schools brought
out four teams-Manual Training, Dewitt
Clinton. Erasmus Hall and Beys' High After
4 couple OF laps Manual went away With the
lap from Boys High. with Dewitt Clinton "
Five men showed wed uP for the NaEtn9ge s1
van. Irish A. A. G.. W Paul Pennsylvania.
White Barker and Hoyns. New York 4 {.
showing the way. with HOyns and sullivan az
his heels Paul was lying last White was
N the van at the half, which was covered in
quarter OF a mile from home sullivan shot
out for a lap and stayed there until half
most sensational way and collare1 sullivan
MhIte .hiI won oy hvs yards and Sa Ha ker m?ped
irninutes ~ is seconds. the seCORI best tine
ever recorded for the cup.
The 800 yard run was one sided affair
, ahia u was a sensth ional finish. though,
u or charlie Bacon came with rush and
rulled up 10 within yard OF Taylor. Sedley
The two mile college relay was robbed Of
= considerable interest when II was learned
-aid that Capt link was unable TO toe the
scratch as one of his ankles was injured. and
Rowes. the substitute was out of CommlssiOn
ON account Of an attack Of pleurisy. There
was great curiosity about Dartmouth. RE
port had II that each Of the four men could
beat two mintues for the half mile a rhe
lskt moment there was some kissing when IL
" vas found PsnnsylyanIia had ,. Withdrawn
Taylor reported sick and this left Cornell aud
In the first relay Cornell opened up a gap
of-twenty-nve yards. About the same dis
In the third relay Dartmouth gained a little
n the lost ground, but toward the end OF the
ed in The iast reIay Cornail had II bv tifty
yards. For a while IL looked as If Dartmouth
would pull up. but Cornell won by forty
There we're several entries from Harvard
I University in the field events. In the pole
and nd third rsspectiSe,v' T both having hs0di.
caps of IL inches. Lawrence was the better
ofthe two. as he cleared 10 feet = inch: Har-
" ood. Pope and Parker were in the high jump,
I he first two having handicaps of inches and
the latter 8 inches Harwood and Parker
cleared 8 feet inches, but this did not earn
Porter. the eN-Cornell high jumper. who
wore the colors OF the Irish American 4. c.,
feet 3 inches. This il better than the indoor
record of feet 81. inches made by NJ. F;
tried feet inches but failed
gan. ifi,a + 4 q. io Eses y BuSsr Yale uniysr
ieet. third Time. Q Is seconds
One Nile Relay: lntersettlcment League-WOn
and O. Stacey: Clark House. second. with j. SchwIn,
5 T. PS Win m SMITH NJ alG Meyer sBfS arSSe aSdsSe
and % + j Hy9es Time, 3 minutes , g seconds
vs RHTa TSn n SsGds 8Ss Ty Y Vale M SgIT
s,y. so yards second: NJ. Klrasoti Yale University,
6ns Me iefR Relay Tor e Hsh scSoois%0a by
Manual Training, with 7. J. Young, 4; 3, ClumAn.
Il s%R s SnS R HSh aS
Dewitt Clinton, third, with MOrrell, L. B. Dexter
?. Whean and II. Cossenas. Tine 8 minutes
One Mile Intercollegiate Relsy.--wOn by wese
and II. W Farrsday: Columbia University, second
Win Mackenzie. Huitfeh,lnso31; Bowsrman and san
Devlne, Gbobs and MOhin- Time. minutes "a is
One Mile Invitation Martinique Cup-won by
r. s. White, n. Y. A, c.; w. Berker. N. Y. A. C..
second: J. p Sullivan. lrish A. A. O., third Time
Z minutes 20 s seconds.
900 Yard Run. Novice-Won by d. T.. Trense
West side Y. M. Q. A.: n. W. Heidgerd. Columbia
University, second X. SchwArz, Columbia Uni
Nersty third Time, minute q rs seconds.
One Mile Relay, Y. NJ. {. Avon BY West Side
Branch. with VI. Wagner, a. Schnabt, A. SchOnln-
and C. Cossenas; Twenty third Street Branch
second. with c. c. Harris, Y. A. Kelley, h. M. Banks
and II. c. De Lolsee: Central Branch, Brooklyn,
third with ". Murphy, r. J. SObari, W. Friedman
and 8. Chisholm. Time, minutes 81 seconds.
One Mile Relay: Private and Preparatory schools
Won by Central High School Philadelphia. Pa,
with = Hofstctter. r. Hobson, p. LukenS and c.
Berg: Centenary Collegiate, Hackettstown ". j.,
second, with w. II. Bachelor, y. II. Mott. =. l..
Under and II. II. Campo; Hudson Military Academy
third. Time, 3 minutes 30 seconds.
80 Yard Run, Special-Won by J. b. Taylor.
I nversity OF Pennsylvania; G, j. Bacon, Irish
4. A. G, second H. II. Sedley, New York A. c.,
third Time. minute 10 IS seconds.
one Mile Club Relay, Handicap-WOn by Irish
s. A. G, "a yards. with /. Robertson. J. b. Hoiler
q. 2. Hall and Dan Frank: Pastme A. C.. 81 yards.
srcOnd with l.. p. Dorland. +. J. Wright, Z. J.
sweeney and J. Devlne; New York A. C., AZ yards.
thrd, with q. j. Crockett, r. j. keAr, H. A. Sedley
and G. Malther. Time. minutes 10 IS seconds.
Pole Vault, Handicap-Non by O. Allen, Irish
-. 4 9. scratch with vault Of Il feet y inches:
y g. Lawrence, Harvard A. A., IL inches, second
With an actual vault Of 10 feet y inches p Parker,
Harvard =. A.. II inches. third, with an actual
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