The sun., 1908-05-15
HARIARD ATHLETES HOPEFrL.
crimson Figures on Making 81 Points to
ialc'S 81.

! CNMRrIndE. Mass May H. With tho dua
/ track meet with Yale coming next Saturda'
/ harvard has begun t0 take stock Ui he
! chanrpsNfor victory. The meet this Yea
/ means 4 great deal. as il will decide Dho per
{ mancnt possession " tho cup FOR which I'm
! Crimson ant the Blue have couterdcd fu
/ cizht years.
The Harvard track team has progrcsse,
! steadily during the season and It's develop.
| mout has been NJ satisfactory rs was 10 M
! hnupd for under the circumstance 1ht
( Crimson started the season with veteran
| available from the last years team. vhC
| had won 10 points ~ against Vale men agar
eligible Who had won 26la points. This Wa
! on It's face Il big advantage. Bui very nrafi,
( all of the men on whom the triWsou could
! rely we're known and thoroughly gauged last
| wear. There have been no new finds such
( ~ have shown up at New Haven, and MI
/ their limit Of ability The Crimson * afraid
| that thcre are n number Of urn on The ale
team. especially members Of the last year 4
ale lrl shInan team. who can no counted on
10 show better performances 'in the dual
ucet next SATURDAY than they have vet done
In thcir track "a rccrs
harvard hAs rrrciVed several blows "a the
nature ~ men '1u " hOnl she was Couutur.
having been retired from track work through
injuries In sntc Of these Worrying elements
Tho ina iOrNy Of those NhO have follow ed track
work thit season NJ Cambridge believe
Harvard should win 10y 4 narrow margin.
But 'hcy would not he surprised 10 500 Vale.
hv taking few more points I'm doubtful
events than have been conceded her walk
IN vita the Gun
careful estimate of the two tpnms. rocog.
uViug the past showing Of tho members Of
tho rosnc'tiyo teams and allOWiug for rn
Gu-ots Pud re,srSElS IN form leads harvard
mon ~ hiuk their team should win the mrei
b" lhe so"r" Ol - TO =. This allows Narvard
eight Gr-ts IN N1le'S I've. siy seconds 10 ale Z
scrrr. and 0vo thirds to Nale's eight Tar
,arl undergraduates figure that the threP
dOUhiful events are the I'm ward dash the
hirh hurdles md the half mile
Tho 30 ward dnsh should 60 to cant Dodge
of Harvard II hi' leg holds out. Secord and
third ulac's arc ronCeded 10 Vale Tho on
ward hurdles win prohnhl" hn n hard nght
flr nrat between two lIHrva I'd men Rand
tho "oternu. and Gardner. the sophomore
who ha. shown Urrrisng ability Robbins
NJ Vale ought tO rot third
The SO yarl dash j. ono of tho events In
which Iiarvnrd hones 10 tako oil ihroo rlacc.
There 4. no one In sight ~ Vale ot particular
ability ir this race Vale should w'n the
mile cg.ilv. with harvard lucky II she rel
a spcoud ulacc with Miller or Coolidge Vale
should Fct third iu this event Harvard homes
lOr trst and third In the two mile. but he
ieves Vale with yet a man IN second place,
elhe broad iumu should 20 10 Vale as Davis
can probably heat any nj Harvards Jumpers
lnt between them. StcnhcnsOn, Little ard
Ruch ought TO he able to take care Of The
other two plarcs. IN the high iump. hy the
showing that Harvard has made 80 lar she
ought again 10 take all three places with
llarWood pone, Somers and Roosevelt, II
he IL IN condition 10 iumn.
' ale will have thing all her own way In
the pole vanlt and hammer throw and ought
10 he able TO clean IN sixteen points In these
two events, IN the shot put the Crimson looks
for first rlace with Stephenson. whose
record is hctter than any Of the Yale mems
but Yale should get second place.
The 100 ward dash is an event the Crimson
Is afraid Of u IL lust aslkelv as not that
Vale will be able 10 get n first and third In
the loo, giving her points 10 HRrvard's
In the i2O ward hurdles the Crimson looks
for first with Rand. Howe and Robhns
taking the other two places for Vale but
Howe gave Rand a tremendous race for third
place two wears apo and for first last wear
and II is possible that il NAV be on the cards
for Yale 10 win this race as well as take third
place
The race Of me dnv will be the half mile.
Harvard comedies the event IN Vale with
Tilsou, who won II last wear. Frssell and
kiria sson. But she believes that she should
be able 10 take second nlaCe with Watson,
Warren. Van Bruut. or Whitcher. Vale
should got third nacc There IA no, over
confidence IN The harvard track camn, and
I he men all feel that thev win he called on
10 do their best IN order to stave on Yale
victory.