The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04
CARDINALS MORE
CHEERFUL OVER
PROSPECTS
intercollegiate Track Meet Two
Weeks Away and Squad
Rounds INTO Form

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April s.
The cessation of all college work dur
ing the last week due to the sprfpg
vacation has given the men of Dad
Moulton's track squad an excellent op-
portunity TO round into form. The in
stallation of the training table, the adj
ditions to the rubbing list and the re-
moval of the numerous freshmen team
candidates from the coaching list has
aided greatly in the situation.
The prospects of the meet with the
University of California, which is now
but two weeks hence is still a matter
OF the vaguest conjecture. The cardinal
enthusiasts are not inclined to be as
positive of defeat as at the outset.
when the scant number of point win
ners was discovered on the eligible list.
The records made thus far by the two
teams are about even. The University
of Southern California was badly de-
feated by both local university teams
by practically the same wide margin.
The. times and distances noted in these
meets can hardly be compared, as the
tracks of Stanford and California vary
considerably.
From the comparison at this time,
however, it would appear that Stanford
should not find it difficult to capture
the majority of the points in the
sprints, as Coleman, the speedy fresh
man; Smitherum, Holman, Gardner and
Millsap are a fast bunch who are capa-
BILE of making Christie's best hustle.
In the quarter mile California has some
fast freshmen and good veteran in
Mcnamara, but the loss of Forrest
Stanton, who captained the forces
across the bay, Will be severely felt
when such men as "BilP' Wyman, who
took third last year; J. o. Miller and
Rawles. '09, are to be considered.
In the half mile it looks as if J. o.
Miller, the veteran middle distance
cardinal runner, should place first if he
does not suffer relapse in form. He
is now consistently covering the half
mile distance under two minutes. Mil
Ter will have good support in Bradford
and McGregor and Park Hemphill.
The mile race should bring out an
other tussle between Archie de Mamiel
of California, former holder of the in
tercollegiate record, and C. B. Brad
ford, the present holder and winner of
the event last year. Bradford will run
with a fast Stanford field composed of
men such as McGregor, Hemphin and
Fletcher.
In the two mile race Stanford is de-
pending upon Bob" Worthington. who
placed in this race two years ago and
this season, and Newman. the clever
freshman who captured the event in the
recent intercollegiate freshman meet in
such clever style, doing less than a
second over the intercollegiate record.
The hurdlers of the University of
California seem to have decided ad-
vantage as far as results this season
are concerned. The times made by
Cowles over the high, Kant in the low
and several of the other entries in this
event make it evident that Captain
Harry Horton and his crew will have
to extend themselves. Dad Moulton
has always made hurdlers his forte.
however, and it is thought that in the
next two weeks the men of the local
camp will round into ~form
This takes all of the field track
events with the exception of the relay.
This race is never to be forecasted. as
many OF the runners will probably be
forced to compete prior to the event
and may be weaker than expected.
Stanford has a number of good quarter
milers, however.
The weight events look at present to
be Stanford points. Crawford and Hor-
ton are strong in both the hammer and
shot, while Wooley, the freshman
weight man, is doing better every day.
The pole vault will be contended
chiefly by Scott and Peake for Stan
forG. The high jump will be weak
point, as will the broad jump but in
both OF these last named events the
Improvement of the men now training
is expected.