The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-20
WITH THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOINGS IN THE FIELD OF SPORT
IN EAST AND WEST.
New the Eastern and western Peri orm.
anccs In Championships Compare
Harvard stronger. Than Illinois.
Upward March OF Pole vaulting.

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Harvard stronger. Thsn Illinois.
Upward March OF Pole vaulting.
II IL the fashion to compare the per-
formanoes IN the I. c.. A. A. A. A. games
the idsa in view to determine which sec
ton Of the country Is better athletically.
This year there Is practically nothing 70 1t
but the Cambridge games. because the
times and distances recorded nearly all
favor the Eastern athletes. In case there
wore a meet between the two the East
probably would win in the standard dis
tanoes and vents by about IL to 2, with
the possibility Of n tie.
In the case Of the discus throw 1t would
DO q choice between the best man in the
West and M. F. Horr Of Syracuse, who won
this event in theP Pennsylvania relay games.
The discus throw is not part of the pro-
gramme in the l. C. A. A. A. A. meet. Horr
won at Pennsylvania with n throw Of 1871
feet s inches. Brundage of Illinois won
In the conference meet with l27 feet eH
inches, so here the victory might we'll go
to the East.
That would leave two events. the shot
put and broad jump. in which the West
erners would figure first. D.. p. Crawford
OF Stanford won in the conference games
with q put Of 40 feet 10 inches, eight inches
better than G. c. Little Of Harvard did
to win the intercollegiate championship.
Stephenson Of Illinois jumped % feet eH
inches, a quarter OF an inch better than
Cook Of Cornell.
In the 100 yard run Straube Of Chicago
o In the conference games in 10 Is
seconds, the same time that was recorded
for Foster OF Harvard when he won
at Cambridge. However. Foster won
a semi-fnal heat in 10 seconds, while
Straube took his trial heat in 10 lis
seconds. Judged from what is known
OF Foster. he might we'll beat the Western
man in the short sprint. In the furlong
the winning performance at Chicago
vas much slower than that OF Cam
bridge. Hench Of Purdue won the final
heat in "a rs seconds, just a second slower
thsn Foster went in the stadium. Foster
ran better in his trial heats than any Of the
conference men did. so that there would
10 small question about the result Of this
race
In the quarter mile race at Chicago the
great Miller Of Stanford won in 81 seconds,
That performance may he compared
with 50 3-5 seconds for Tom Blumer Of
Harvard. the intercollegiate champion.
Here the Eastern division has IN adj
vantage. Miller OF course ran W
races in the conference games, but he
won the half mile in 2 minutes a-5 second,
which does not at all compare with l
minute SO So seconds. in which time
Beck Of Pennsylvania O the $50 yard
run at Cambridge. Inasmich us Beck
was permitted to win by PAUL Of Penn
~sylvania, who loafed along in second
place in about / minute II seconds. il
would take tho very best Efforts of Miller.
despite his previous fast performances.
TO finish anywhere near second in a race
against Beck and PAUL.
EASY o EAST IN DISTANCES.
The mile race certainly would be a
gift for PAUL. His performance Of 4
minutes II As seconds would beat Erwin
Doehmen OF Wisconsin by many yards.
The Badger won the race at Chicago in
4 minutes 81 as seconds, some seven
seconds slower than he ran in the dual
meet against Illinois, but at that he
wouldn't have a chance against PAUL If
the two runners were matched in a dual
a. The same would be true Of the
two mile race. Taylor Of Cornell. holder
Of the American record Of 9 minutes
81 SIS seconds, would have no trouble in
accounting for Tillotson of Michigan
Agricultural. Tillotson won the confer
enoe race in 10 minutes 2-5 second. He
would be lost in a race with Taylor.
The hurdle races also would, he easy
for the Fasteners. In the high hurdles
Howe OF Yale ran in is rs seconds, which
would beat Bill Crawley OF Chicago hand
/, lily. Crawley won in the conference games
in 10 seconds The low hurdles were
negotiated by>Howe in "a rs seconds, a
second and two-ffths better than the
Colorado athlete. M~cCutcheon, did in the
final heat over the 22o yards in the n
ference meet. Almost any one OF the
placed men in the Cambridge meet in
both hurdles could have beaten the con-
ference winners If time performances are
considered.
Coming to. the field events. the only
point in which there was a decided ad-
Vantage III tdSOl " Iho cct Ndo VIC huOt-
put. In that as recorded Crawford
was 8 inches better than Little. In the
broad jump, however, Stephenson OF
Illinois leaped % feet 81 inches. one
quarter of an inch better than Cook OF
Cornell. the winner at Cambridge. This
event necessarily has to be counted in
favor Of the conference athletes.
In the hammer throw there is a vast
difference between Talbot's throw OF 1856
feet ~ inches, which won for the Cor
nellian at the I. c. A. A. A. A. meet, and
the winning toss Of Crawford OF STAN
ford at the conference games. The
Pacific coast man threw the weight 1875
feet 81 inches. He was thus about 20
feet shy OF what was done in the stadium.
or rather outside the stadium, because
the hammer throw was held somewhere
away from the enclosure.
There Is no comparison in the pole vault
either. becaSee Campbell Of Yale cleared
IL feet 81 inches to win the intercollegiate
title. At Chicago Scott Of Stanford
vaulted II feet 10 inches. being thus 81
inches behind the Fastener.
The difference was not 80 marked in
the high jump. but here again the East
had the lead. Washburn OF Illinois won
With s feet 10 inches in the conference
meet. At Cambridge five men, Pope,
HARDWOOD and Lawrence OF Harvard.
Palmer OF Dartmouth and Garfield OF