Evening star., 1909-05-23

the mile and the half-mile runs. as Has
kins did two years ago. But Pauil IS
also a capable two-miler. He is almost
| certain to score in whichever event he
repeats.
! Because of his record of 4.22 in the
| Pennsylvania relay games PAUL is easily
| the favorite for the mile run, in spite Of
the splendid work of Jacques Of Har-
ward, who has done 4.24 2-5. 1t Is
| fact that PAUL has done 40 In practice
without effort, and evidently has the rec
ord at his mercy should he try for 1t.
Jacques is the only man who seems to
approach the class of PAUL. MCGEE OF
Princeton comes next after this pair. with
Coney of Yale and Tower and May Of
Michigan likely point winners.
Milers May Repeat In Two Miles.
! One of the oldest conditions in the his
| tory of the two-mie run will surround
this race. This is due to the fact that
| PAUL. Jacques and MCGEE, the three best
| milers in the colleges, are also apparently
| the best of the two-mllers. and IL they do
| at the big meet as they have done In the
| dual games are likely to repeat in this
| event. PAUL. has the best record of any
of the men. In the Pennsylvania spring
games he ran two miles in 9.2S just a
fraction of a second slower than the
American two-mile record made by Alex
Grant, also a Pennsylvania man. Jacques
has done 9.46 and McGee also as fast If
these three men run and score In the mile
first and then essay the two miles they
will be taking big chances. To date no
man has ever won both of these races in
an intercollegiate meet, and many of them
have tried it. Colwell Of Harvard in 1903
came the nearest to it, but the best he
could do was to win the mile in 4.30 3-5
and take fourth in the two miles. Both
Cregan and Grant, two of the best dis
tance runners the college world has seen,
have tried If and failed Of tho
thing might be done against field of
poor two-mlers; but there will be some
first-class men in the two miles who will
start this race fresh. They are Dull of
spring games. and Young and Taylor of
Cornell, both good for $50, to say moth
ing of Lightner and Weeks of Yale.
Under the circumstances this is likely to
For the 12O-yard hurdles there are
three men-Howe of Yale, Talcott of Cor
nell and Dwight of Princeton-who have
done 10 % seconds. These three men are
so evenly matched that no one is a favor
lite. Then there are Rand of Harvard,
who was fourth in the 11O-meter hurdles
at the Olympic games year ago, but
who has shown poor form so Tar this
spring, and Hartranft of Pennsylvania.
Like the two miles, this is any ones
event.
Howe is distinctly the favorite for the
220-yard hurdles, as his record of "a sec
onds is much the best this spring: Howe
won this event a year ago. and is much
stronger over the low than the high
sticks. Hartranft of Pennsylvania is also
better over the low hurdles, while Gard
ner of Harvard is going fast in this
event. Dwight of Princeton and Talcott
Of Cornell will probably be contenders.
The field of high jumpers is very poor
this year. Palmer of Dartmouth is the
only man who has done six feet. but he is
not a consistent performer Harvard
has three frSf-clqSS In HQrW00d
Laurance and Pope, Yale two In Garfield
and Riley, and Pennsylvania two in New
berry and Lane. All OF these men are
fairly consistent up to so, and it is more
than likely that the points In this event
will be badly split up.
Cook Not a Cripple.
In spite of the stories from Cornell that
Cook is in bad condition with an injured
foot. he is still the favorite for the broad
jump, although he has no record for this
event this spring. He Is q natural broad
jumper, and twenty-three feet is only a
moderate leap for him, but this is several
has done this wear. II Cook were able
to vault twelve feet against Princeton 1t
is sufficient evidence that his legs are all
right The most consistent performer
next to Cook is Fitzpatrick OF Yale, who
Is always good for better than twenty
two feet Cornell has a good jumper in
Nixon, who is equal to nearly twenty-five
feet. Then there is Sherman OF Dart
mouth, who can beat twenty-five feet.
In the pole vault, Nelson and Campbell
of Yale each did twelve feet four inches
In the Harvard-Yale meet Both men are
consistent and always equal to twelve
feet. Harvard has a good man In Barr
and Cornell another in Mills. Pennsyl-
vania has two men in Parker and Pickles
who can vault close to twelve feet. Yale,
Cornell and Harvard are likely to divide
the points in this event.
Talbot of Cornell looks to be certain
winner in the hammer-throw. His throw
of 1G7 feet inches in the Princeton meet
Is the best of the year. Talbot has shown
himself to ne very consistent all year, and
is likely to break Dewitt's record. His
strongest opponents will be Cooney of
Yale and Horr of Syracuse. Both the lat
ter have done close to 100 feet, and there
is always chance that either may get
in a lucky throw that will beat Talbot.
The Cornell man, however, is the most
consistent of the lot.
In the shot-put Little of Harvard and
Kruger of Swarthmore. the latter the
champion and record holder. will have
duel. Little has done almost forty-six
feet this year. performing better, in fact,
than Kruger. Either man Is likely to
win. Horner of Michigan should not be
overlooked. He has done better than for
ty-five feet on several occasions, and may
spring surprise. Pike of Pennsylvania,
Brederhus of Princeton, Coy of Yale. Horr
of Syracuse and Talbot of Cornell are
likely point winners.
TORONTO RACES.