New-York tribune., 1909-05-29
HARVARD STARTS WELL
SIXTEEN MEN QUALITY.
Cornell and Yale Also Do We'll an
Intercollegiate Trials.
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cambridge Mass May 2S.-Harvard's track ana
aeId athletes more than justified the high hopes
the Crimson has held for victory III the la'ei
collegiate meet by their performances IN the pre-
i,,nnarv davis work at the Stadium to-day. SIX
teen men qualified for Harvard in the eleven events
in which trials held and the Cambridge team
looks more like a winner than ever to-nlghI Co'-
nell got fourteen men in to-day and did oetteF
+hon had heen expected while Yale fell little
below expectations although the Blue placed thiF-
teen men in line for tomorrow.
PENNSYLVANIA and Princeton got nine men Ii
sniece Michigan and Dartmouth four Syracuse
three Columbia two and Williams Brown SWARM
more Fordham and Haverford one each.
One record went by the board to-day. in the pore
vauIt The intercollegiate record of IL feet ~hch
is far below f. Drays collegiate record was pIoAe
nv Cook Of Cornell; Barr. of Harvard; Pickles. Oi
PENNSYLVANIA and Campbell OF Yale, all OF whom
o1aorod the bar at p feet IA inches Nelson. OF
Yale. Vein and Bennett, of Princeton. ana HOT
man. of Dartmouth, failed at that hesh'' OuN
Vein and Nelson cleared the bar at the secoNu
trial The bar was then dropped an men, anu
Nelson cleared it again, but Vein faied anu was
out OF the finals. queer compicatIoh'
There were no trial heats in the hundred yaru
dash, only eleven men appearing and being put
into the semi-finas without running to-day. re"
of the other times made to-day were AT an eN-
ceptional. The best records were made by Daw-
harm of Princeton who won his heat in the fur
long in O:214-5, and Peck, OF pennsylvania "ii0
won a heat in the half mile in 100 20 Ahe
Quakers got another man in the haIt mhe uheA-
pectedIy for PAUL beat Whitley, of Princeton ana
Splitter, of Yale IN 1:5S 40 He will probably stay
out tomorrow, however. as he is the nope Oh the
Quakers in the mile and two mile races
Rand of Harvard took his heat in the high
hurdles in OILS 2-5 the best time of the day ior
that event Howe, of Yale. fifth of sec
ond slower. Rartranft, Of Pennsylvania, equalleo
Howe's time, beating Robbins. Of Yale.
Harvard landed four men in the quarter the big
surprise being La Montagne's failure TO qualify
for Yale. Hitchcock. of Cornell, furnished little
surprise, too. by fairly running away from Merrl-
hew, of Harvard. in their heat, in the slow time
OF O;5c As. The best time by Leger. of Mchi-
gan, who won his heat in 0:50 2-5. The Crimson
also got four men in the high jump. Cooney OF
Yale. failed to qualify in the hammer throw out
the Blue will be in the running for point or SO
with Andrus and Goebel.
There occasional shower to-day and the
track soggy, but there was little wind. If the
weather holds fair tonight there Will be a chance
for the track to dry out and make good times pos
sble tomorrow.
The summaries follow:
one -hundred-yArd dash-Foster, Harvard; Macarthur
and Blsss, Cornell; Dawbarn and Gamble FTin{G,eton
CsaIS F"r5saI,. i've Partm@HtR and Burch Yale
vii run in sent finals No preliminary heats s ,,-.
son. Harvard; Dawbarn and Gamble ITnGe'on; 4G 4S
ley Dartmouth. qualified for semi-nnas' Best time
yard nMerrihew. De Sed-
ing. KELLEY and Bqmer Hazard HtchSosss and tigT1
Palmer Haverford Ross. Syracuse. qualified Best
time SUzs. by LeEcr
Eight hundred and-eighty- yard French cornell
Princeton Beck and PAUL. Penns3i
Nana. Sanders. Columbia Baxter. Dartmouth, and
splitter KIrjasson, Yale, quathed Best the'
JBs-. by Beck.
Onehundred- high hurdies-Rand and
Robbins Yale. TalcOtt. Cor
nell Dwight. Princeton: Hartranft. Pennsy Iyania and
qualified Best time. 0.l51 by Rand
Two hundred and twenty yard low huIdes-Haud and
Gardner Howe. Yale Hdrtrauft ana o tonneI
Pcunsy yIvaua. Ta!cotL Cornell. Dwight Princeton aad
Best time O-24ia, by Gardner
FIirs t,IulI,-pope. Lawrence. Harvard.
Palmer Dartmouth Canheld. Yale, qualined Pope
palmer and Garfield tied n. 10 iH and Lawrence
and Harwood at
tyoun- Ia br6c Columbia. and Fitzpatrick. Yale quail
fsd Best lump q In. BY Mayhew.
pie vault-Batr. Harvard. Cook. torneHs Pickles
r.epp~vlvana RudC Campbell Yale, tied at y ~ IL H.
aIsn qualified az II IL in.
isnrer tbrow-Talb0tt Sullivan, Cornell; Andrus
s,a Ioafsi Yale ana IIoTr. syracuse qualified Best
throw n. 2i- In ,, ,,~,r,.
Shot - SHarthIIoFe' i@tLe'
tf,rr. NcbiRan. Talbot Cornell, and Coy. yale quail
ded Best throw. ~ IT. Si7 in. by kftus'F'