New-York tribune., 1908-03-29
TIGER OUTLOOK BRIGHT
Track Team Nay Defeat Yale IN
puc1 Meet This Year.

In the Princeton Yale track meet year ago a
few noints separated the teams. Yale getting the
victory Under the coaching OF Al Copeland 'iie
Tiger athletes made the finest showing in years
and naturally there a revival OF interest AZ
track and field sports. Yale had weak team IA
1867 compared with those of few years "acA.
II is stronger this year, but hasn't enough Po,,''
7-inners to capture the intercollegiate title Inc
teams seems well matched and at the present 's'e
it impossible to forecast the result 'ho"s' ~
odds seem slightly in favor of the 11gers.
For the dashes Princeton has s Ruion- Mlnei'
Gamble. Smith and w. b. Connors, whle 'le AoIe
sprinters r. b, Burch. g. NJ. Bu'ier ahu ~ =.
Stevens Rucn- Miller is the fastest OF 'he 'o'
and shonld win the 100 again this year Coh-
nors is expected to repeat in the longer dash oa''
ble will probably get a place. SO 1t LOOKS as ,ooe
the Tigers would score the greater huinpei u
points in the dashes- l.,
-artain I c Alice of Princeton was second III
the Quarter mile last year and should win II this
year with Williams. also of Princeton ei'hei s
ond or third. The Yale men at this distance arc
w H Parsons and r. w. La Montague Nei'hei
or t,,.,, cnn,nated in this event last year Al
CopelanJ thinks he has record breaker LOT 'ie
half mile in Whitley He has Done some fas, S
trials Whitley and V. Y. Tilson, of fale' shouiu
run a pretty race. with the Tiger athlete In iroh'
at the tape Tilson was second to t. b. PARSONS
last ,esr The other Yale half miers are 3 -
| FrisseH and NJ. u Kirjassoff- Yale may get SIN
noinrs and the Tigers five in this event
Princeton will miss Jack Eiseie in the one aiio
!
II is stiu nossible however. that the Tigers Will
get the points again. McCiee was second 10 hisele
| in botb races last year. and at present no ELL
| r,rner has shown that he is faster than McGee.
| ! r Williams. Of Yale, who was third IN 'ie iiie
in 1907 is still eligible. as is also H. A opi'Ae'
Franz of Princeton. is of place In the t"o-
| mile event Some of the Yale distance men are
| r. Raynolds NJ Weeks and NJ. B. Villas
| Vale is faster over the high hurdles. bu' tne
| Tigers will even il up in the low hurdles l.. v
| Howe of Yale should finish first over the hsi
! 1i,ohers and RuIon- Miller is expected to WIN the
! 9sayar hurdle event Pfefer and Du Puy. OF
| Princeton. points last year and shonfd o"Pii
| cate their work The Yale likely to score are
| L. NJ. King and r. H. Carey.
| In the field events the Bulldog is stronger than
| t,a Tiger None OF Yae's Prncetons hammer
throwers who scored last year is now in college,
The Eli weight tossers who will probably figure are
| c T Cooney ". A Goebel and L. H. Bigeio"'
| princeton, has no one who made creditaole
showing The result in the shot-put last year was
| c L. BuI,rnlan Yale. first; Mccormick frince.oh'
| second and r. Abbott. Yale, third lhey may
| finish in that order again
Yale is exceedingly weak in the high jump anu
Princeton is correspondngly strong. having Ciafh
| and rraIcott 10 depend r. A Riley is 1ate :
| host man in this event The Tigers are also sure
of the naiority Of the points in the broad Jump.
| Connors Sirnras and Tacott outclass Davis, Plai'
| and FIarbison of Yale
| CAPTAIN W r. Drury will win five points IN the
,o,a a,,lt for Yale unless he breaks leg. de mas
/ 70 oc,al Vein of Princeton. should finish sec
/ ond while Yale man will probably be third
The outlook seems rosy for Princeton, put all
| forecasts are dubious, especially month ana
half before the meet