Evening star., 1909-05-02
EXPERT BUSHNELL
PICKS HARVARD
Says Crimson's Track and
Field Team Is Best of Big
Colleges.
By Edward r. Bushnell.

The annual relay carnival of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania a week ago gave
the college world it's first dependable in
formation of the comparative strength of
the colleges which will fight it out Cor
the intercollegiate track and field cham
pionship at Cambridge the last of this
month. The results of these games fur
nished conclusive evidence that at this
moment Harvard looks to have about the
strongest all-around team in the east. In
fact Harvard looked to be even stronger
than Yale. The only institution which is
bound to be a factor and which sue
ceeded in keeping it's strength concealed
was Cornell Nobody knows what Cor
nell has and probably won't know until
the big meet itself.
What makes Harvard look SO formi-
dable is her all-around development. BY
furnishing the winner of the 10O-yard
dash in Foster. the Crimson proved strong
just where it was thought she was weak
est. His performance of 10 1-5 seconds
against strong wind stamped him as
lo-second man who will surely make
Rector of Virginia hustle in the final. Be-
sides Foster, who is a new man, the
Crimson has Blumer for the 22O-yard
dash. The quarter-mile Is to be an open
event this year, and Harvard seems to
have the best men fo- this distance in
Merrihew, De Salding and Blumer. In
Watson for the half-mile and Jacques for
the mile or 2-mile event the Crimson is
well cared for in the distance runs. In
the hurdles she has Capt. Rand and Car
diner both almost sure point winners.
Coming to the field events, Harvard has
Little, who is good for forty-five feet or
better in the shot: then she has Harwood
in the high jump, who certainly ought to
score again. For the pole vault Barr,
who did twelve feet in the relay games,
is an unusually good man. With the
exception of the broad jump. hammer
throw and half-mile run, Harvard has
almost certain point winners in each
event. Other colleges may have more
men who look like frst-place winners, but
not one has such well rounded team
Harvard, and under ordinary circum-
usually wins.
Tigers Are Weak.
Princeton showed considerable strength
in the sorints, hurdles and the two-mile
relay race. but il is hard to see how the
men wearin. the Orange and Black can
finish within the first four let alone
win the big meet. Their two sprinters
Gamble and Dawbarn, are good. but hard
ly in the class with Foster and Rector.
Their quarter-milers are mediocre and
their middle-distance runners do not seem
To size up to such men as Splitter of Yale.
PAUL of Pennsylvania, Dull of Michigan
u.
in the special events. -
Salcs principal weakness seems to be
IN the sprints. The Ellis have no men who
even look like point winners here. In the
hdlf-mile Splitter seems to have the cham
pIonship at his mercy, for it is likely
that hc will concentrate his efforts on
this event instead of the mile in which
he was only fourth year ago. His work
III running the last half of Yales relay
in 1.56 -. one official timer caught
him, stamps him as a dangerous man.
Then Vale has Weeks. Mann, Villas and
kirjassoff, men who look certain to score
III their events
In the special events Yale has three
star hammer throwers in Cooney, Andrus
and Goebel. Fitzpatrick is the best of the
shot putters. but hardly good enough to
score. He seems hest i'm the broad jump,
where he looks the winner unless Cook
of Cornell returns to form. Pole vaulters
seem to grow at New Haven. and Yale
is plentifully supplied with Nelson and
Campbell.
Talbot a Winner.
As for Cornell. the lthacans appear to
have one sure first-place winner in Tai
bot. the hammer thrower. This young
giant seems to have the present intercol-
legiate record at his mercy. though the
Yale trio and Horr of Syracuse may
worry him somewhat The other sure
winner Is Cook, unless his injured foot
should fdiI him entirely. The lthdcanS
have good pole vautsr in Mills. but no
tirst-class high jumpers or broad jump
ers. TaIcott ought TO he a point winner
in the high hurdles. These men of them
selves are not enough TO insure the track
victory to Cornell, and what the Ithacans
finally do will depend upon the ability of
their distance runners. 1t is pretty GER
tain. however, that Cornell will not make
. clean sweeo in these runs as she has
been accustomed to do in the past. Yale,
Pennsylvania and Princeton far too
strong in the half and mile and Michigan
IN the two miles.
pennsylvania Is just as much conun-
drum since the relays as before. The
Quakers undoubtedly made the poorest
showing of all the big colleges. The
ineet. however, developed the fact that
in PAUL the Red and Blue has mile
runner who Is the equal of Haskins, the
intercollegiate record holder. The
Quakers will count on him 10 repeat in
the half-mile, in which he should score.
Minds. who is Penn's best sprinter. was
fourth in the 100 yards. and he will be
lucky If he does well at the big meet.
Capt Hartranft the hurdler, failed to
do anything at the relays. but he is
counted on point winner just the
same. The Quakers have two good pole
vaulters in Parker and Pickles, and good
oh in au-h