Evening star., 1909-05-29
HARvARD'S SHOWING
STRONG IN BIG MEET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 29-Har.
wards chances Of taking chief honors in
the intercollegiate track and field events
today look bright from the performances
at the stadium yesterday. Ten prelimi-
naries Of the thirteen events were held,
in which the Crimson qualified sixteen
| men. which Is more than any OF the
others Yale had bad luck in two
events and succeeded in qualifying only
thirteen men. Cornell has fourteen.
Pennsylvania and Princeton nine each,
Dartmouth and Michigan four each. The
| other qualifiers are scattered among the
other seven colleges. In all but the
| half-mile. the broad jump and the ham
| mer throw Harvard will have one or
more representatives.
new intercollegiate record was made
In the pole vault when j. l.. Bar, Har-
ward. cleared Il feet ! n inches with
Cook of Cornell. Pickles of Pennsylva-
MIA and Campbell Of Yale. F. T. Nelson
Yale. and c; Vein, Princeton. also get
credit for this record. as they cleaxed
| it In their try-off to settle who shall go
in the events today.
r. C. Foster of Harvard fulfilled ex-
pectations by taking the 220-yard dash.
There were no trials for the 10O-yard
| dash. as there were only eleven entries.
The Semi-finals will be run today.
Upon motion of the American dele
gates the conference voted to recon-
fHeHQ tndI the SWeQlSn managing CONF
Inittee follow the example OF the Brit
iSh committee and appoint international
judges to assist the Swedish judges at
the games The delegates spent tho
evening at the ice palace watching the
skating contests that had been arranged
in their honor
Threatening Weather for Athletes.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. May 29.-The cul-
mination of the season OF careful train
ing and of the indoor and dual track
competitions came today for the several
hundred athletes who still remained in
semi-final and final events of the thirty
fourth annual intercollegiate champion
ship track and field meet. This point
had been reached by an even seventy OF
these athletes through the preliminary
contests of yesterday. while the entries
for the mile and two-mile runs toed the
mark today with their powers as yet un-
tried.
Varying but little from the general ex-
pectatfons, the representation of the
larger colleges in the events of today,
aside from the entries in the distance
runs, was as follows:
Harvard. 10; Cornell. IA: Yale. 13:
Princeton and Pennsylvania, q; Michigan
and Dartmouth. 4. Williams. Brown.
Fordham. Haverford and Swarthmore
each had a single man in these eleven
events.
The early morning conditions today
were unfavorable. Heavy banks OF
clouds hung over the stadium, and show
ers were threatened. Precautions had
been taken to keep dry the take-off for
the jumping events by spreading canvas
over the short cinder track.
Jeffries in Good Form.
CHICAGO, May 29.-James J. Corbett.
former heavyweight champion. acted as
referee for the Jeffries-Berger three
round bout last night at a theater In
which Jeffries is appearing.
/ Corbett called time for the first round
and said: I'll make them go some"
Jeffries. apparently spurred on by Cor
belts presence. rushed at Berger and
pummeled him all over the ring. He
used every jab, swing and punch in his
repertoire, and his defensive actions
hardly could have been improved. Cor
bett was so amazed at Jeffries' clever
ness that he forgot to call time for the
round and Berger ceased hostilities by go
ing to his corner.