The sun., 1909-06-06
WITH THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOINGS IN THE FIELD OF SPORT
u EAST AND VEST.
Earlier visits OF Pacific Coast Athletes
TO intercollegiate and Conference
Meets-No Bis College Games NJ
Seattle-1he Baseball Cheering Idea.

Meets-NO big College Games
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The visit of the Stanford track team
to the conference gamee at Chicago thi
year 10 the third trip Of the sort for tha
college. California universities have hat
other tries at the meet. as Berkeley haI
made several trips to the Atlantic coast
The chances always are against the team
that has TO make 80 long journey, bu
as a rule the Western performers have
done well. Stanford's team for tho con
ference games this year was strong II
the middle distances and weight events
but the conference had some men who
we're better in these lines than the en-
tries Of the year before.
The first visit Of the Stanford team tc
the conference games was in 1904, wher
q smaller team came on. Stanford got
nine points and was nowhere near the
TOP. Dole tied with three others for
second in the running high jump and
won the pole vault. Hyde was second
in the shotput. flanagan qualified in both
Of the hurdle races. hut was unplaced in
the finals.
Last year the Stanford team tied with
Wisconsin FOR second place. Miller won
the half mile and was third in the quar-
ter. Maundrell was third in the two mile
run. Horton was third in the low hurdles
and in the shotput. Crawford won the
hammer throw. Bellah scored second
in the pole vault and Martin tied with
two others for first place in the high jump.
This gave Stanford a total Of 20 points.
Chicago won the meet with "a points.
The first appearance Of any Pacific
Coast athletes in the Atlantic section was
In 1895, when the University OF California
ssnt team to meet some Of the best there.
Princeton was defeated by California
61 to 81. The Californians had some good
middle distance men and hurdlers Koch
OF California won the shotput and quarter
mile against Princeton. Bradley Of the
Westerners carried off the half mile
Dyer won the high hurdles and Torrey the
low for the visitors. Patterson was first
in the high jump and Edgren won the ham
mer throw. The mile walk and two mile
bicycle race then adorned the programme.
The Californians brought along no pole
vaulters.
A week later, on May IS. Pennsylvania
and the Californisns met. Each side
scored seven irsts. but Penn made eight
seconds TO California's six. 1t was
agreed to count firsts only. Koch Of
Calf ornia again won the quarter mile.
Woolsey carried of the broad jump.
Dyer end Torrey ran dead heat in the
high hurdles and Torrey won the low
hurdles. Mervn, the California walker,
won from Fetterman. OF Pennsylvania.
Barnes of the Berke eley team carried of
the furlong. Edgren won the hammer
throw again. That was in the days Of
Bucholtz. Orton. Osgood Winsor and
others at Pennsylvania.
FIFTH IN INTERCoLLEGIATEs.
In the intercollegiate games that year.
the time when Crum won both sprint
races, the Californians scored seven points.
That put them in fifth place, following
Yale. 80; Pennsylvania, rs; Harvard. %
and Iowa. 10. Dyer ran second and Tor
rey third TO Stephen Chase in the high
hurdles, Dyer giving that great man
fine race. The two men qualified in the
low hurdles, but in the final Torrey was
third. Koch was second in splendid
quarter mile race. forcing Vincent to do
50 is seconds to win. Koch also. was
fourth in the high jump, for which no
points we're counted. Edgren was third
in the hammer throw. Mervin was only
sixth in the walk. Fetterman being fifth
and beating him. Dozier got into the
final of the bicycle race. but did not earn
a place.
The Californians went out to the con-
ference games on their way home and
cleaned up things in great style. Mervin
won the walk and Dyer the high hurdles.
Woolsey was second in the broad jump.
Edgren won the hammer throw. Torrey
and Dyer ran one, two in the low hurdles.
Koch was second in the half mile and the
high jump.
There weren't any more California
teams back this way until 1900. The team
met Yale on May S. 1900 first places only
and Yale won, 81 to 3,3. The
half point came from the tie in the broad
Jump between Broughton OF California
and Ellsworth OF Yale. Anthony Cado-
gan, fine sprinter carried of the 100
yard run from Richards OF Yale. but
Dixon Boardman took Cadogans measure
in the furlong. Joe Thomas beat out
his California opponents in both hurdle
races. Albert Plaw was along. throwing
The hammer and putting the shot, He won
the first named event, but Dr. Beck beat
him in the Thotput. Roy Service ran
.ine race. but Harry Smith Of Yale beat
nim In the half mile. Woolsey and Hoffman
of California tied for first place in the
high jump. The other firsts were those
,f 'Cadogan, Plaw and the jumpers.
A week later California tackled Prince
ton and was beaten 10 f1rsts to 2, although |
IL was supposed the team was much |
stronger than before. Plaw won the ham,
ner throw with l51 feet 10 inches. which |
was going some, and Woolsey carried of |
he shot. The great feature was the race
between Johnny Cregan OF Princeton and |
,apt. Drum OF the California team in the |
quarter mile. Cregan won by stride or
10 In 40 As seconds.
California was on hand at the inter-
collegiate games of 1900 in time to see
he blighting Of Princeton's hopes Of
aking the cha mpionship. The Tigers
,ad 1t figured pretty sure, but the work
II Alvin Kraenzlein broke it all up.
When the lengthy Pennsylvania won |
he 100 yard race, the two hurdles and |
vas second in the broad jump it killed |
he Princeton chances, Plaw won the
hammer throw with l54 feet ~ inches
md was third in the shotput. Woolsey
u California scored in the shotput. being
ourth. California s eight points brought |
he visitors in sixth. behind Pennsyl- |