Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-23
College Athletle Teams

who was a good third in one of tn
heats. La Montague OF Yale was e'
'pected to do something In this even
last year, and many thought 1t wa
an unwise policy to let him have an!
thing at all To do with the furions
There ia an idea that he is little to-
small for the quarter, but against TIM
theory some Of the old timers poip
out that he Is AZ big man as tn
late /. e. Myers. who in his day ha'
no peer at the quarter. and they sa,
that there Is no reason why the fai'
man should not stick TO the event Will
more consistency.
l. p. Jones Of Pennsylvania, win
yer Of the half mile Is out. but the
men who accounted for the othel
three places will be On the warpatt
again. c. M. French OF Cornell who
made second, has one year more al
Ithaca, while kirjassoff Of Yale. the
third man, has two more terms n
New Haven. l.. Frant2 Of Princeton
the fourth man, has two terms more
with the Tigers and he Is bound "a
show Improvement next year, A. r
Beck of Pennsylvania came home In
front of Frantz in the trial heat. but
no could not repeat the trick next
day. the result showing that the Prin'
ceton!an WAS possessed OF better stay
ing qualities. Perhaps the state oi
the track had something to do with
the reversal OF form for on Friday the
weather was very fine, while there
was a miniature deluge on Saturday
Reck will be In line for next year and
so will NJ. A. Boyle, who was third
In one of the heats, but who seemed
to be completely out Of u in the hnai,
q. Hoyns of Columbia, who made
fine showing In the third heat, VIII
be on deck again, and with the extra
term Of experience and training nc
should do better. White Of Amherst
and Coe OF Michigan. the two other
men who were prominent In Inc
heats, have lot college.
Two OF the best milers Of last year
are gone In ]. p. Halstead OF Cornell
the winner, and F. A. Rowe OF Michi'
gan, the second man. Hoynes OF
Columbia, the third place winner. II
at college and qualified to try again.
and so Is the fourth man, X. A. Spitz'
or OF Yale. At one Stage OF ias'
wears race It looked as II the Column
bia boy would land first medal. and
ne had splendid chance for the
honor, but he shot his bolt at the
wrong time. For the two frst laps
Hoyns was well up with the leaders
and going well within himself, but
he made an III timed squirt facing tne
|finish OF the. third lap, and the fracx
being heavy the effort sapped ms
strength aud he failed to hotd MS
men toward the finish. However, TO
land in third place was a performance
highly .meritorious, especially In sueh
company, audit means that with
everything well next season Hoyns
ought to be the favorite miller In the
-
There we're seventeen stars. ana
outside OF those who were piaaS
Bean of Cornell, who has two more
years In college. appeared to give the
most promise. Running In good form
he made the pace for the FIRST ial
and a half. but the mud and sinsi
through which the runners sped Fear
Nv smothered the Cornellion. ana
though he gave way to, Halstead
Rowe and Hoyns, he finished In fatf
place. Cornell will, no doubt main
tain her prestige In the distance de
partment, for she has lot Of new
material to draw from, In fact NOR
than any other college. The men VIM
| are in for two years yet are y. >
Jones, H. Il. Milks. n. Ebersoie, r. y
[WIson, L. r. Bogert. II. G. Young
III. D. Hall, r. s. Strack, those q
graduate nat spring being =. W. XIV
tier and w. s. Keenholts.
Resides Splitter Yale has half doz
/ en- in N. z. villas. r. l.. Mann. J. +
Williams, A. CoDey, r. Raynosds, am
| n. Kiriasaoff, cat Of which . scnpi'
| of good ones could be developed
Pennsylvania has Bec". S@s6iey, -
| son end Gum to depend on, and the'
xiu he helped oct with few new
iinde Of iMiks Murphy. For Michisa'
There will be Bohnsoci., May. Towar
saxton apd Ellis, who II nothing els
should form the nucleus for . goo
team Of distance men.
The best that Harvard had, tnci"d
| ing NJ. 8. Crosby. have graduated
while the smaller colleges are JACK
ing in distance men Both tn tI''
Ieyent and the half mile the S,sul
hinges a good deal on whether G. u
Iwhitciy Of Princeton resains the fu'
Iuse OF nm leg. A fracture a the enh
|, e In the Yale-Princcton dual NEE
las, year forced him out Of the iG
ttcrcoliegiafes. where he wouh safe
liz have done something for the Tvs