New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
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CAMBRIDGE.
TGic Comes Strongly from Behind
Cad Captures Second Place IN
intercollegiate Meet.
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Cambridge. Mass. NAY 29-Under leaden skies
Harvard the thrty-fou-th intercollegiate track
and field championship mere this afternoon all
competitors. Yale was second the University Of
Pennsylvania third Cornell fourth. Michigan fifth,
and the Tiger team Of Old Nassau sixth. The other
colleges which managed score points trailed far in
the ruc1 and many did no: score at all
Last SUNDAY The Tribune predicted that Harvard
would win the championship and score 80 points
L also predicted that Yale would finish second
Harvard the meet with 30 lilo points. while
Yale was second with 25 10 points. The Jniver-
sity Of Pennsylvania finished third. pressing Yale
hard l5y scoring - II points. Cornell scored 20h
Michigan Il: Princeton. : Swarthmore, Haverford
ane Syracuse. 5 each: Dartmouth. Is; Columbia
2 and Brown brought up the tail end with a lone
point
Seldom have tie intercollegiate championships
been settled under more adverse weather condi-
tiuns Early in the morning the skies clouded over
hours before the running Of the first event was
scheduled rain fell Internationally. and at times
violently. Despite the extremely adverse weather
conditions than thousand track and
field enthusiasts swarmed out TO the Stadium Many
Of those VINO represented the fairer sex were
equipped with better protection than peach
basket hats Fauzy white gowns which severa!
hours after only the deluge. but several
deluges, were destined to present bedraggled aP-
parance.
Despite the adverse weather conditions no less
than three records were broken Campbell Of Yale
cleared the vault at i 1eeL lCIts
thereby establishing new intercollegiate record
for the event. though Drars collegiate record Is
better. His partner l. T. Nelson, with whom he
has been sharing hOnOrs throughout the season, tled
for second place with J. L. Barr, OF Harvard, at
y feet. p J. Taylor. of Cornell. the best race
Of his life III the tvvo-rile event and ii in
s-E S-5. thereby clipping seconds of the previous
record Taylor the proverbial dark horse, Tor
Jacques of Harvard, on all previous form had been
picked defeat him q. A. Dull, Of Michigan,
an Of Iagu,reS and West finished fourth
for the Wolverines. " g PAUL. picked by The
Tribune expert to win the mile, did better even
than The Tribune expected lie broke the tape in
Az 40. beating Guy Haskn's record Of 40 30
The wet. sloppy track naturally affected the short
distance events and hurdles more than any others.
and no records were broken in these. Despite the
drawbacks some fast times made. Captain
Howe. Of Yale won both the hurdle events The
high hurdles he took with comparative ease in
10 % seconds while he captured the low hurdles in
q 2-5 seconds Howe tied with Foster, of Harvard.
in being the greatest individual point winner OF the
meet and fully lived up TO the expectations Of his
most ardent friends.
Foster, OF Harvard. well justified the confidence
placed in him by winning first place in both the
100 and go yard dashes defeating the feet Daw-
barn, Of Princeton, who rather failed live up TO
expectations
Yale lost in the weight events which were con-
sidered her strongest points. Fitzpatrick, however.
came to the fore in the broad jump. and though
beaten by Cook. OF Cornell added three points TO
The high jump was the most exciting of the field
events. Here Harwood Lawrence and Pope, Of
Harvard. all cleared the bar at 3 feet 11I2 inches.
But Garfield and Palmer, Of Yale and Dartmouth,
respectively. not TO be left behind. and they
tied the Crimson for first place. Points in this
event had be divided.
Pennsylvania Unexpectedly strong in the
track events. but lacked strength in the field.
Cornell showed strength in the field events and in
the t%o-mile rum but outclassed in the dashes
and hurdles. Big Bill Krue2er. oT
failed 70 live up TO expectations in the shot-put
and Little defeated him in this by putting
shot 46 feet ncnes Krueger's best 45 feet 3I2
inches
Palmer. OF Haverford. gave Blumer, Of Harvard.
the scare Of his life in the quarter. Blumer took
the lead at the start. and swung into the stretch
with what seemed be a sure lead. but Palmer
sprinted desperately, and had the Crimson runner
nearly all IN at the tape. Merrihew and De Sell
ding, Of Harvard were unpaced, 10 the general
surprise Beck and PAUL. Of Pennsylvania. cut out
the pace in the halfnlIle, and easily the
from Splitter, who had established great record
in this event Yale In fact. in his endeavor TO
keep up with the Pennsylvanians sptzer was fair
y winded, and lucky TO stagger across the
line poor fourth. Bradford, OF Swarthmore,
failed TO qualify in the preliminaries although he
had shown exceptionally fast time in practice
In the mile Paul, the Pennsylvanlan, took the
lead the start and establishing killing pace.
was never headed. In the last lap. urged by
thousands who realized that a record was
possible, he sprinted finely and broke the record.
He finished thirty-five yards ahead Of MCGEE OF
Princeton
For several laps the field stuck well together in
the tWo-rnile Then Dull and West. Of Mchi-
gan, began draw ahead but Taylor, Of Cornell.
stuck close 10 their heels Jaques, of Harvard and
Iightner. OF Yale. also Pcdded doggedly along. As
the runners sTrinted into the backstretch Taylor
dashed in the lead. and Jaques, calling on his
reserve strength. overlook West Dull fighting
desperately. closed up on Taylor until they ran
-Aa TaS+ forty. ardc avlo
I1I-rng like a furlong sprinter. easily drew away
from the Westerner, who, however, finished a
strong second. while Jaques. pushed TO the limit
by West broke the tape third
Neither the hammer throw nor the broad jump
brought out any exceptional performance. Cook,
OF Cornell, took the first with leap of 2 feet
- inches. while Talbot. OF Cornell, was first in
the latter With a throw of 15s feet 91= inches.
Brown scored her only point in the broad jump
when Mayhem the football star. got fourth place.