Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-28
THREE MEETS
END SEASON
COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS
COMPETE TODAY
Berkeley Is Expected to Find an Easy
Victory Over University of South
ern California Cinder
Path stars

The track season for Southern Cali
fornia will close with resounding thud
on three fields this afternoon and in
meets which will include athletes from
the most important high schools of the
city and county and the crack cinder
path stars of Berkeley and the Uni
versity of Southern California.
On the Harvard field Pasadena, Poly
technic, Throop, Los Angeles and Har-
ward schools win struggle for the inter-
scholastic championship of the south
land. All of the institutions have
trained during the entire season for this
the most important meet of the year
and are expected to develop lively COM
petition.
1t is thought that the contest will rest
between the Los Angeles high school
and Pasadena, although the other par
ticipants are determined and claim that
surprises will be sprung by them. Poly
technic feels sure of the hurdles, shot
put and 440-yard dash, while the Los
Angeles boys are expected to carry OF
the honors in the other sprints and Will
try to capture some seconds in the
long runs. Throop, Pasadena and Har-
ward will be close rivals for the other
field events.
The suburban meet on the Occidental
field will be entered by six of the
smaller high schools from nearby
towns and is the first contest of its
kind ever held in the state. None of
the institutions entered have taken
part in the regular meets among the
local high schools on account of their
limited financial backing. so that the
athletes who will compete are un-
known.
The Suburban league was recently or
ganized by a board of athletic pro-
moters. chosen mostly from Occidental
college, for the sole purpose of bring
ing the obscure rural aspirants into
prominence so that their progress may
be watched and the athletes encour-
aged and trained.
The biggest but not the most inter-
esting closing day performance will be
the struggle between the state uni
versinty team and the Methodist cracks
from the University of Southern Call
fornia on Bovard field.
While the enterprise of Coach Holmes
in sending his proteges against much
stronger teams is duly appreciated by
local critics, his motives are a subject
of much interrogatory discussion. STAN
ford registered ridiculous scores over
the Methodists in both the local and
northern meets, and unless the breeze
sends the dope sheet badly awry a SIM
liar walloping seems to be coming to
Holmes team from the Berkeleyites.
One exception may reverse this pre-
diction. The freshman members of the
state aggregation have been left at
home to prepare for the annual rub
with the cardinal infants. and this year
the first years are a very important
item in the Berkeley squad. The phe-
nomenal Mum. who is good for points
in everything from the pole vault to
the potato race, is among the chart
class crew left in the nursery, and his
absence will make a big hole in the
showing of the northerners to say the
least.
Shute, Charlie Richardson, Trotter
and all the rest in the long list of
Methodist candidates are every one
worthy and able to do a fair share of
competent work against any kind Of
tracksters, but many of Holmes stu
dents are sadly inexperienced and will
undoubtedly suffer in the contest
against the Berkeley boys.
The events and entries of the meet
are as follows
100 yard dash-B -Berkeley-Crossfeld. Hall.
Grundy. Z. S. C-Thompson. Wilson. Cooper,
Shute
220 yard -Berkeey-stanton. Crossfeld,
Hail. Grundy. U. S. C.-Thompson, Wilson,
Cooper, Shute.
44O yard h-Berkeey-Stanton. Fish u.
S. C.-Self, Hall, Stookey, Reed.
$50 yard Observation-Disclosures. Healy. u. S.
Court, Nordahl. Layne. Wallace, Scott.
Mile run-Berkeley-Er u. S. C.-Scott,
Nordahl Richardson. Taft.
Two mile un-Berkeley-Claybough. Gaines.
L. S. C.-Garbutt Bowser. Jeffries.
120 yard hurdles s-Berkeley-Cowles, Edwards.
u S.-Burek, Lennax, Ricxard. Hallway.
220 yard es-Berkeley-Cowles, Edwards
U. S. C.-Burek, Hallway. Lennox
Shot OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Balzarri Os-
trander u. 5. C.-Trotter. Richardson, Bures
Stcokey. Haiger, Hail.
Hammer throw -Berkeley-Pla1e, Balzarri,
ostrander. u S. C.-Burek. Stoekey. Haigler
Hall.
High jump Berkeley-Baul. ostrander,
Cowles, Bazarrl. U. S. C.-Trotter. Richard
son, Haigler.
Pole vault-Berkeley, entries asme as high
jump. L. S. C.-Richardson. Ward, Wirsch-
ing Grant Richardson
Broad jump-Berkeley, entries same as high
Jump. L. S. C.-Reed Richardson, Rickard,
Hall Haigler.
Mile relay-B -Berkeley-Crossfeld Stanton,
Baul, Grundy, Hcaly, Dozier, Fish. u s. C
Lennox Reed, Nordahl. Shute Stookey'
Burek Thompson.