The San Francisco call., 1908-04-09
Athletes at Stanford
Make Records
Mem MARI Sci in Fine Of Events
in Interclass Field and Track
Meet
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


STANFORD UNIVERSITY. April s.
In field and track meet OIL the lour
classes of Stanford university this att
ernoon the big crowd of undergradu-
ates who thronged the bleachers wit
messed one of the most brilliant ana
record breaking performances ever
given in an interclass competition.
Five new Stanford records were made.
and of this number two were better
than present intercollegiate records on
the coast. Such performances as
1o:06:3 in the two mile, % feet 4 u
inches in the broad jump and Ia feet
21s inches in the pole vault were fair
examples of the class of competition
put UP by the athletes of Dad" Moul-
tons training in the meet which was
easily captured by the senior class by
the score of So. The sophmores were
second with 20, the juniors third with
% and the freshmen last with 16.
Beginning with the first event on
the slate the record breaking began.
C. B. Bradford, the junior captain. led
all the way and crossed the tape at
4:35. setting a new Stanford record.
Reed followed in the 100 yard dash
by tying the record at 10 1-5.
In the quarter mile event the next
surprise came when Freshman Brown
tore around the oval and set 30 9-5 as
the new mark in this event
The race of the day. however. fell
to the lot of Eddie Nash '0S, who, In
the two mile, not only lowered his
own record of 1910 As, which has stood
as a Stanford record, but broke the
intercollegiate mark set by Himrod,
the fast Pomona runner, last Friday.
and now has the time of 1906 3-5 to
his credit. This is 2-5 seconds better
than Himrod's time. The time of is
seconds fat by Horton in the high
hurdles is encouraging.
On the field the events were run off
with like surprises. In the broad jump
vandervoort jumped first % feet 4
inches, and Their on his following trials
went half an inch better, beating all
local records and covering by half an
inch more ground than the present In
tercollegiate record held by Broughton
of the University of California.
In the pole vault S. N. Bellah, the
understudy of Fred flanagan, the pres
ent holder of the coast record, came
within an inch and a half of equaling
inches. This will stand as a new
Stanford record, as the better mark of
Lanagan's was made off the local cam
pus
Aside from record performances Nor
ton, the big weight man and hurdler,
proved himself to be the most versa
tile. Single handed he took first in
both hurdle races, first in the hammer
throw and shot put, annexing 90 points
for his class.
The summary follows:
Mile run-won by Bradford 90; McGregor.
'0S, second; Peterson. '09, third. Time, 4:35.
New Stanford record.)
100 yard dash--Won by Reed, 10; Holman.
'o9, second; Gardner 09, third Time, 10 Is.
12O yard hurdles-won by Horton. '0S; Peas
lee, '09, second; Morris, '0s, third. Time, :16.
440 yards-Won by Brown. IL; Hughes, 0S,
second; Taylor, IL, third. Time, go S5. New
Stanford record.
second; Sweet, '0s. third Time. 1905 3-5. New
Stanford record
0s, second; Gregg 'O9 third. Time :26 Is
220 yard dash-won by Reed. 10; Gardner,
'o9, second; Towne, IL, third. Time, % As.
High jump-won by Martin 10; Sterling, '0s,
and Poor, TO- tie for second. Height, feet
8 inches.
$50 yard run--Won by Severey, sos; Lee IL.
second; Hemphill, '0e. third. Time, 2:04 As.
Broad jump-Won by vandervoort, '0s Bellah.
10, second: Meddck IL. third. Distance, %
feet Az inches New Stanford record)
Relay race-Won by freshmen.
Shot putaWon by Horton, '0s; vandervoort,
'0s. second; Tomasini, '0s, third Distance, 4S
feet 101a inches.
Pole vault-Won by Bellah, 10: Kocher. '0S.
second; Scott 10 and Cook 10. third. Height,
IL feet 21a inches.