The San Francisco call., 1909-05-29
HARVARD, CORNELL
AND YALE ON TOP
Qualify in Greatest Number of
Events for intercollegiate
Games Today
New Records Made and Con-
tests Indicate Keen Rivalry
in Final Meet

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May ESQ keen
was the running. jumping and weight
hurting in the preliminary events which
ushered in today the thirtyfourth in
tercollegiate championship games that
the outcome of the finals tomorrow is
more uncertain than for many years.
In the II preliminary events the num-
ber of men qualified by each college is
as follows
Harvard. Is: Cornell. IA; Yale. 10;
Pennsylvania and Princeton, 3 each;
Michigan and Dartmouth. 4 each; Syra-
cuse. 3; Columbia. .; Williams. Brown.
SwarthmoEe. Fordham and Haverford,
/ each.
Cornell qualified men in every event
except the high jump. Yale will be
represented in ali except the furlong
and quarter miIef while Harvard failed
TO get men into the half mile, the broad
jump and the hammer throw.
Pennsylvania was strong on the track,
but weak in the field.
Mayhew of Brown outleaped all other
competitors in the broad jump, and un-
der the rules, if his mark of % feet
inches IS not exceeded tomorrow he
viii win the event
The same rule obtains in the hammer
throw in which Talbot of Cornell flung
the missile 100 feet ? y inches and IN
the Shotput. where Kruger of Swarth-
more. who holds the record, made dis
tance Of "A feet 91k inches In the last
named event. however. Little of Har-
ward. who also qualified, has 46 feet this
year and viii probably push Kruger Tor
first place tomorrow.
The summary:
Broad jump-Nixon and Cook, Cornell; May
hew. Brown: Babcock. Columbia; hilpatrick,
Yale. Best jump 30 feet inches. by Mayhew.
For the FIRST time in many years there was no
trial in the 100 yard dash as only II of the 50
entries reported TO the referee. II therefore
decided 10 send II men into the semihnals IN
this event tomorrow
Following are those who quaIifed TODAY:
100 yard dssh-FOster. Harvard: Macarthur and
Blass Cornell; Dawbarn and Gamble Princeton; I;
Craig. Michigan; Minds. Pennsylvania; Kelly,
Williams; Geary, Fordham; Hawley, Dartmouth
Half mile run-Frencb Cornell; Whitney and
Frvufz Princeton: Beck and Paul. Pennsylvania ;
Sanders Columbia; Baxter. Dartmouth; splitter
and Kirjassof., Yale. Best time ;26 10, by
Beck
ward Horne. Michigan; Talbot. Cornell: Coy
Yale. Best throw a feet - inches by kreu-
ao ward high hurdles-Rand and Piper Har-
nell: Dwight. Princeton Hartranft, Pennsyiva-
MIA: Welsh Syracuse. Best time ia 20. by
I,and.
220 ward low hurdIes-Rand and Garder. Har-
rara Howe Yale: Hartranft and OConnell,
Pennsylvania: Talcott, Cornell: Dwight, Prince
ton: Craig Michigan. Best time "a 10, by
Garder.
22o yard dash-Foster and Watson, Harvard;
Dawbarn and Gamble Princeton; MeArthur,
CORNELL Minds and Newell Pennsylvania; Haw-
lex Dartmouth. Best time .2l 40. by DawharT.
40 yard run Merrihew, Deselding. Kelly and
Rlumer Harvard: Hitchcock and Hurlbut. Cor
nell: McC0nger. Princeton Leger. Michigan;
Palmer. HaYerford; Ross. Syracuse. Best time
20 - by Ieger.
Hammer throw-Talbott and sullivan Cornell .
Andrts and Goebel. Yale: Horr Syracuse. Best
throw 100 feet % inches.
high iunlp-Pope HarwOod and Lawrence
Harvard: Palmer Dartmouth; Garfield. Yale
PoDe Palmer and Garfield tied feet 10 inches.
Pole vault-BurF Harvard. Cook Cornell;
Pickles Pennsylvania: Campbell. Yale tied at
y feet 1ii inches. New intercollegiate record
Nelson y ale also qualified AT - feet 4 inch
Former record - feet. by Dray Of Yale.