The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
THE SCORE
RESULTS OF Yesterdays TRACK
MEET

RESULTS OF YEsTERDAY's TRACK
MEET
st. Mary's college .... a. Ia
Santa Clara college ............. 80 2-3
The pink and blue goat came back
from exile yesterday and now feasts
his eyes with the sight Of the Pied
mont hills. He has shaken the dust
Of Santa Clara from his aristocratic
hoofs ana soulfully murmurs. There
no place like home" For the oak
land college secured a brilliant and
decisive victory yesterday in St Mary's
stadium. a victory which allows the
adherents OF the pink and blue to for
get the result of the baseball series
. Of this year and which is fun of prom
ises for all future track meets.
The meet served TO bring out the
fact that while the southern college
had a number of star athletes, whose
scintilations were dazzling indeed. ST
Atsry's had well developed, carefully
trained track squad. most Of whom
.could be relied upon TO secure numer-
GUS seconds and thirds TO counteract
the iirsts won by the Santa Clara stars.
Yesterdays victory was the victory of
nnely conditioned track team over
handful of individual athletic stars.
PETERS STAR or MEET
Peters OF Santa Clara put up A splen-
did night for the red and white. He
won the 100 yard dash. the 220 yard
dash and The relay race-assuredly a
good days work. His showing is all
rrr mo Trs.. "a
that he was pitted against the fastest
men that St Mary's could produce.
IN The relay race, the last event of
tee afternoon, Peters was at his best.
The pink and blue men had led slightly
in the first three laps. and the star
santa Claran started the final lap. with
p d'Artenay in the lead. He crept up
slowly on the Oaklander-easiIy st.
Mary's best relay man-and forged
- head a bout Zoe yards from the tape.
- Artehay made a frantic effort TO win
out but Peters held on grimly to the
END. 1t was as fine a relay finish as
one could see anywhere.
Burke Of St Marys distinguished
himself by winning the mile and two
mile runs. The latter race. by the way
was the most sensational of the after
noon. Swall Of Santa Clara led for
a brief time and then fell back, allow
ing Nicchio, the iron man of St. Mary's,
to set the pace. And Vicchio did set
the pace during most Of the grilling
race, weakening almost at the very
end. Burke, who had been pegging
along with Newells at the end Of the
procession. now dashed ahead with an
unexpected burst of speed. with King
Of St. Mary's close behind him. SWall
crossed the tape third.
The Oaklanders had everything their
way Ia the shot put and hammer throw.
thanks in large measure to Captain
Dickson, who also easily took first
place in the pole vault. and gave a good
account Of himself in several other
events
Hughes made good his claim as a.
hurdler by winning the 220 hurdles
and taking second place in the 120. The
half mile race went TO Santa Clara,
Sherzer winning out in an exciting fin
ish. in which he was hard pressed by
little Mcdonald of ST. Mary's. Askam
was = good third.
In both broad and high jump the
southern college secured first place
Morgan. who won the broad jump, is
another Of the Santa Clara stars. In
the running high jump, Kearney, an
other rel and white man. was in
class by himself
The officials OF the afternoon proved
themselves capable and efficient and
The events were run-off promptly and
sn order The attendance was large,
the adherents Of both colleges waxing
enthusiastic as the fortunes of the red
and white and the pink and blue seemed
to fuctuate. But the st Mary's sup
porters had most reason for cheering,
as the Oakland college led from the
start.
A special feature Of the afternoon
was the fine work Of the boys band
from st. Nincents asylum, San Rafael.
Under the direction of Professor Raes
the little fellows gave a concert that
showed them decidedly at an advantage.
After the relay race the band headed
the serpentine in which the joyful stu
dents Of ST. Mary's celebrated their
victory.
Yesterdays track meet and field day
marked the first occasion on which the
students Of the Catholic colleges have
ever come together to compete in track
and field events The athletes who
took part yesterday set worthy prece-
dent for both sides. and next years
track meet will be looked forward TO
with interest AT both colleges there
is an abundance Of splendid material
which a year hence ought TO be in good
shape for record breaking. Considering
the fact that track and field sports are
relatively new both at ST Mary's and
Santa Clara yesterdays showing was
a most creditable one
The pink and blue men who entered
for the grilling long distance runs
showed themselves in excellent condi-
ton Their surprisingly strong show
ing is an eloquent tribute to Coach
otto Rittler and to the systematic gym
nasiuna work required of all the stu
dents of the local college
Following were the officials of the
meet.
Referee-Douglas Erskine. Judges
T. A. Wolff. Q. i. Snedigar. T. ". Bur-
gers. n Prendergast Timers-F. 6.
o'Kane. Phil n. Wand. w. H. Christie.
Clerk OF course-Joseph r. Hickey. In
spectors-H Cheek II. S Johns. c. r.
LsDmelster. Starter-George James.
Field judges-H HaUser W. r. Knox,
O. Walhsch. Announcers-J. Mailman.
r. Fitzsimmons. Scorers-H. Beck. S.
Heney.
The summary:
One mile run-Won by Burke. St Aiary's:
Miller. ST. Mary's second: Lying. Santa Clara
third Time 90.