Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-10
COLLEGES
COMPARED
FEW WEEKS WILL TELL TALE IN
TRACK MERITS
lnterclass Meet at Occidental Brings
Out Talent Which Will Give
other Schools Run for
Championship

at the interclaSS meet OF Occldental col-
lege Saturday was sufficient to dispel
| all fear from the minds OF the High
landers that the intercollegiate cham
pionship is beyond their reach this
| year.
Every event, although below the
| nractice standard of the various atm
ietes, was equal to the preliminary rec
ords of the other schools that nave
| been made this season. Pomona ana
| the University of Southern California
have held their home meets with no
| better results than developed IN the
first Occidental contests, and Whittier
at present does not present any very
| difficult obstacles in the way of the
Presbyterians.
The Pomona dopesters themselves say
that the redoubtable Metcalf, who cap
tured points wherever he went In Tor
mer years, is losing prestige and the
university never hopes to have a sprint
err who will take the place of Parsons.
| Roth. Hagerman and Clelland are
also no longer in the occidental camp,
but owen Bird, Speedy Rush and FREQ
| Thomson rise to remark when thelr
names are called and the hearts OF
| Coach Goheen and Trainer Merrill
grow glad at the sound.
This noise is getting rather poetlcal
and will probably be rivaled with
| few discords from the other instltu-
lions at first notice, but when all the
talk is added up the Occidental dope is
hard to out-hoodoo.
Plent of New Material
Besides the veterans who still re-
main in the Highlanders' quarters a
crop of phenomenal youngsters mas
been acquired who represent the best
ba the recruit
line in the prep schools. Brewer vol
unteered from Hollywood high school
and in one trial has made the team
and looks on close inspection to be
duplicate of Roth.
Fred Johnson brought his letter from
every branch of sport at the Los An
geles high school and has already made
good in Occidental football, and Will
take an 20" away from the highland
camp in track If he keeps up Satur-
days form in the low hurdles. Archie
Kellogg is still prep, but everything
goes, according to the new collegiate
ruling and the little Harvard wonder
almost caught Captain Bird in the 100
va. dash at the interclass meet.
In the pole vault Saturday Kenneth
Gordon of the academy scaled the ten
foot barrier on the first trial, beating
Bruce Merrill, who has held the south
ern record of ten feet nine inches for
two years. This feat was done with
scarcely three weeks practice. Mer-
rill, with no rehearsal at all, fell but
two inches short and made but three
attempts to beat his understudy.
Thomson Makes Record
Fred Thomson established a new
home record in the shot-put and held
his reputation in the high hurdles with
Wieman a close second. In Wieman
the freshmen have a sure point winner
in the baby meet at Pomona next Sat
urday.
The mile run is as easy for Carver
as the 100-yard dash and the academic
tourist finishes the long trip with
sprinting speed. Stevenson has just
discovered a liking for the 220 and could
easily qualify for the finals IL he
would train. In the 440 he is strong
and has good squirt that puts a crimp
in the short lenders at the finish. Cap
tain Bird is fast overcoming his ten
dency to stick at the post on the start
and when he gets into form will be eX-
tremely difficult to pass in the fifty and
100-yard dashes
Marshall, johnson, Thomson and
Wieman are a few weight filters the
Presbyterians have to tie to in both
the hammer and shot departments.
Marshall and Wieman have not been
able to find their regular distance in
either event yet, but still have plenty
of time to get into form before the in
tercollegiate schedule begins.
Practice will be continued this week
with hard field work for endurance
cultivation. The division straw bosses
will pace the freshmen candidates to
prepare them for the Pomona meet
Saturday and hope to instill into the
rockies all of their own class The
Claremont aggregation is given all due
respect by the Presbyterian babies, but
the Goheens are confident of getting
home with the majority of points
If their hopes are realized the COM
parative standing of the two colleges
can he determined as the Congrega-
tionalist talent is largely included in
the freshman class which the Occident-
al babies will meet. The University
of Southern California has at present
no contract with either Pomona or Oc-
cidental and there is a strong POSSIBLE
ity that the Methodists will remain as
in the football conference aloof from
the common herd.
If this state of affairs prevails the
conference will consist of but the three
colleges mentioned, Occidental, Pomona
and Whittier, and a few short weeks
will tell the truth or fallacy of this
little forecast.
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