The San Francisco call., 1909-03-21
MILLER SETS NEW
MARK FOR THE
HALF MILE
Stanford Track Team Noses Our
the Olympic Club in Great
Field Day
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


STANFORD 90 1-3. OLYMPIC 81 2-3
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 90
Stanford's track team won the first
big track meet held on the campus this
season when it defeated the Olympic
club of San Francisco today by the
score of SO 1-3 to 50 2-3 Two records
were touched. In the half mile. John
o. Miller, the big middle distance man
of the cardinal, set new mark for the
coast. covering the distance in / min
ute 5S 20 seconds. which is 1-5 of a
second better than the former record
held by Andy" Glarner. the Olympic
club runner. In the two mile event
Garvin ran the weary laps in 10 min
utes s seconds even, which is two sec
onds better than the intercollegiate
coast record established recently at
Pomona.
The Olympic club was represented
by one Of the strongest teams it has
advanced against the collegians in
some time. On the personnel of the
San Franciscans were such record
smashers at Cheek in the hurdles,
Ralph Rose in the weights. Fred Lam
agan in the pole. Martin in the high
jump, Glarner and Meyer in the middle
distances and Ollie Snedigar in the
sprints and field events, besides a good
number of second place men.
In the mile run Bradford of Stanford
failed to come UP to expectations while
Craig Of the visiting aggregation. ran
a pretty race, maintaining slight lead
over the field from the start The
sprints bought out good competition in
10 lT-d a cl1 tafH -
field and Snedigar, who captured the
race handily with Smitherum second
The 22O yard went to Stanford for
three places. ANDY" Glarner being in
no trim to beat Coleman, Pomeroy or
Smitherum. The hurdles were easily
the prey of Cheek.
The quarter mile developed an ex-
celIent race between Glarner and Wy
man of Stanford who ran the veteran
close TO the last few yards, when
Andy" forged ahead and daudled TO
the tape in :51 S-5
/ Glarner failed to enter in the half
mile as expected, and ]. J. Miller, with
out any appreciable competition, set
the new coast record to the wild enthu-
siasm of the bleachers The watches
varied on the time. The fastest watch
caught 1853 fat and the other three
consecutive fifths, the sIowest being
1853 S-5. the former record Referee
o'Kane decided that Miller was entitled
/ to the time given out, if not a shade
better.
Martin sand flanagan showed poor
! form in the high jump and pole vault,
going out in their respective events at
ridiculously low heights. Snegidar took
{ H.
| for a place in the shot Crawford
showed he is the best weight man for
the cardinals. though all had to bow
to Ralph Rose, who set good marks in
the three heaves. The summary:
TRACK EVENTS
! Mile rin-won by Craig 10 o.. Bradford
/ Stanford second Hemphin (Stanford, third.
Time, 4:42 45.
100 yard dash-won by snedigsr %. c).
smitherum (stanfordl second, Coleman (stan.
ford third. Time, 10 -.
12o yard burdles-won by Cheek 20 ca. Nor
ris (Stanfordl second Peaslee Stanford third.
Time, :16 10
man Stanford second, Meyer 20. c.) third.
Time, .:5s 3-5.
Two mile rn-won by Garvn %. c.. Worth.
ington (stanford) second. Templeton (stanford
third. Time. 1905.
22o yard low hurdles-wo by Check 20. ca
Morris Stamford second Horton tstanfonn
third Time 20 10.
go yard dash-won BY Coleman stamford,
Pomeroy (Stanford second, smitherum fstan.
fordD third. Time. % I-5.
$50 yard r1n-won by Miller stanford. John
ston Stanford second Hemphill stamford,
third. Time. l:5s % enew coast record.
Relay. miIe-Won by Stanford team. com
posed of coonan Rawies Coleman, wymau and
Miller. Time, 3:23 i-5.
FIELD EVENTS
High jump-won by Poor ,stauford,. Martin
90 C1 second Baumbouch 20 g., and ro