New-York tribune., 1909-05-16
YALE WINS DUAL MEET
CRIMSON BE4TEN OFF At
THE END.
Foster Runs Great Race in FurLong
Sprint -Four Records Broken.
tBy Telegraph 20 The Trfbune.I

tBy Telegraph The Trtbunel
New Haven, May l5.-Cheered by thousands
Of graduates and undergraduates. the Yale track
team defeated Harvard on Yale Field here this
afternoon in their annual track meet by the score
Of is IS 4-5 points. and, incidentally the
first leg on the new hve-year cup. For brilliancy
of performance and closeness OF competition, the
meet has rarely been excelIed. Splendid times were
made in the track events. and fine heights and dis
tances established in the field performances Old
Eli had her work fom the start. and the
that she able defeat the Crimson at all
speaks well for her chances in the coming intercol-
logiate meet II in the field events however.
that the Blue showed superiority. for on the track
Harvard's speedy men had the best of IL.
-Four dual records smashed and equalled
during the afternoon. Foster. the Crimson dash
man, broke the tape in the finals OF the 22o-yard
dash in p 2-5 seconds. breaking the YaIe-Harvard
dual meet record by one-ffth Of a second and COM
ing within the same time OF equalling wefer's in
tercollegiate record. Cooney. Yale's giant football
player. threw the 15s feet 10 inches, there
by smashing Tommy Shevln's record OF l53 feet
inches, established IN 1904 Captain Howe the
finals IN the 12oyard hurdle in 10 2-5 seconds.
This time the Harvard-YaIe dual meet record.
but viii be allowed. because Howe unfortunately
knocked hurdle in the Rand, OF Har-
ward. his trial heat I'm the 12lyard hurdles I'm
Is 40 seconds. equalling the record. Jacques won
the tvc-niIe for the Crimson In g minutes
zs z5 seconds, - seconds faster than former
record
Harvard has no excuse TO ofIer. Her representa-
tives did splendid work and fully lived up TO ex-
pectations and in instances surpassed all Of
their past performances They went down simply
because they were competing with the best Yale
track team OF many seasons. So close the
meet that the spectators were kept keyed up to
the highest pitch. OF enthusiasm throughout In
fact, the Crimson held lead until the results
Of the final field events were announced. While
Yale adherents in the preponderance, Har-
ward sent down a strong delegation from Cam
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the ability OF its team win. and well heeled'
with the wherewithal back its opinion
The finishes OF the dash events were fought right
10 the tape. Foster easily won his trial heat in
the 1oO-yard dash. with Carey. of Yale. second.
Captain Bobby Burch. of the Blue football team,
also his heat In the finals Of this event Burch
was rather outclassed. and did not get a place.
Foster broke the tape first. with Carey right be
hind him.
Glass was shown early in the 120-yard hurdles for
Rand equalled the dual record in his trial heat,
breaking the tape in Il 4-5 seconds. In the finals
Captain Howe off like q shot with the crack OF
the pistol. and, running magnificent race, broke
The tape in Il 2-5 seconds. The record will
stand for the reason already told.
The Quarrer-mile brought the spectators
wildly cheering TO their feet. Il a neck-and-
neck fight between Aerrihew and De Selding both
OF Harvard The former Won by inches in the fast
time Of % 2-5 seconds Spitzer. OF Yale. showed
excellent form in the half-nle and won rather
easily from his team mate. Kirjassof. in lbs
Jacques showed good form in the mile, which
won from Cooney, Of Yale, minutes . rs sec
onds Villas pushed the latter hard for time.
Apparently fresh at the start Of this race.
Jacques faced the starter for the two-rne
He cur out a fast pace from the start, and as the
race progressed il became more and more apparent
that ie the Crimson runner could hold out another
record was gone Jacques knew himself, and
able hold the killing pace the end. The for
record this distance established by
N. II. Stone Of Harvard three years ago. In the
high jump three Harvard and two Yale men tied
for first place, and points were divided In the
pole vault both Nelson and Campbell, OF Yale,
Tau1ted inches and tied first place.
The summaries follow:
eqPdTsdyaTd - "a dash eaTs: @ t[ial s hsst-Eoa By
second T;al beat 6sa5-WGa sy gura Yale; Enos Har
Final heat-Eon by Foster Harvard: Cary. Yale sec
cash Chrst tr4al heat
Won by Cary Yale: Foster, Harvard
Second trial heet-EOn by Watson. Harvard; Enos,
MAJ heat-1son oy FosleT Harvard CaTy Yale sec
eual record by oneftth Of second made by schick.
one-hundred tvgenyard hurdle Chrst trial heat
oSE 1R ny Fsna haFEaGq Itog9ins Yale second Time
n isaa, 'H'nas 'lal record made by Fox Harvard
second trial heat-won by Howe, Yale; Long Harvard
Fina1 o;a. bsa5-woR by Howe Yale gaRd
Tecord but not allowed because Howe knocked over
Two-RundEed and twe1iyyaTd hurdle first trial heap
Won by Howe, Yale; Gardner, Harvard, Time.
Second heat-won, by Rand, Harvard; Robbins Yale
hundred twenty-yard CfnaIs)-won by
Howe 1ales Gardner, Harvard, second. Harvard
third Time. O.2s
-Four ndred-and forty-yarG run-Won by Merrfhev.
SaTFard De Seloirs- Harvard; second. La Montague
Yale. third Time, o492s
Eight -hundred-and- -eighty-yard r7In-won bv Splitter
ale kir5sssoh Yale second; Boyden, Harvard, third.
One-Tnile run-Won by H Jaques Harvard; Conev
Iale, second II r. Villas. Yale third. Time 4:2gzs
ITo mile run-Non by H Ja1ues Harvard: Lightner.
Yale second NeAs Yale third Time, 9;s6<s. break
g. 1906.
m The high jump three Harvard men Iarwood Pone
and Lawrence and two Yale Kelley Garfield.
ced al n 10 Points divided
Running broad jump-WOn by Fitzpatrick Yale. dis
tsnoe - n "a Little second. 22
n IL Harvard. third distance 1Olz
Throwing haTnerWon by Cooney. Yale, distance 159
n % in: Andrus Yale second distance lab
oee. Yale third, distance 156 II IN Cooney broke
cusl record q l33 # in mads BY Shevlin Yale, in
Pole vsult-T1ed 6; n by Nelson Camp
bel. Of Yale; Barr Harvard, third
Putting by Little. Harvard. distance
Ia; fitzpatrick. Yale. second. distance Al n. in;
Cey Yale. third distance IL II ~ in.