The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
BRILLIANT SEASON
FOR CARDINAL.
ATHLETES
Pennanfs Won and Records
Broken Make Up for Some
Disappointment

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, June 12.-
Although there is little disappoint-
ment here because the cardinal track
team was unsuccessful in its attempt to
bring home the pennant from the big
conference meet at Chicago, the STAN
ford undergraduates on the whole. are
very proud of the men who have worn
the cardinal in all branches of sport
during the last college year.
1t was hardly expected that the seven
men who went to the middle west to
meet the best athletes of that region
would be able to take home more than
2S points. The error made was in be-
lieving that that number would easily
win the championship, as it had done
in nearly every other conference strug
gle. With two men on the sick list. a
total of 2S points is hardly cause for
regret and II any of the treckmen who
went east turn up on the campus they
VIII meet nothing but congratulations.
Looking back over the record of
Stanford athletics during the last year
the cardinal supporter finds that it has
been an unusually brilliant period. It's
scope has been broader than ever be-
fore. The Stanford Rugby team, after
series OF sweeping Victories in this
state, carried its colors into Canada last
Christmas and for the first time in
American intercollegiate history won
an international championship. The
victory was very decisive, too, all three
of the matches coming to the visiting
team, and by a safe margin.
Early this semester the Rugby team
met the world famous "Wailabies" on
the return of their trip around the
world Although the cardinal fifteen
was defeated it was by a low score and
the home team achieved the distinction
OF scoring on its rivals after some brill
liant play In leaving, the manager of
the Wallaby fifteen asserted that the
Stanford boys played as good Rugby as
many OF the teams in England, the
home of the game.
Another pennant taken by Stanford
TINS year was the rowing championship
OF the Pacific coast A rather unfor-
tunate victory over California after the
blue and gold she'll had swamped in the
rough water caused some question of
superiority which was settled but Il
week or so ago by a decisive victory
over the University Of Washington
eight on their home water. Lake Wash
ington. IT is source of regret TO
many Stanford men that the heavy ex-
pense of this sport will probably force
the next executive committee to re-
lease Coach Dan Murphy and let the
oarsmen train themselves. Murphy has
done much for Stanford rowing and
aside from his ability to turn out
winning crews has many qualities
which have endeared him to the stu
dents here
In relation to the years successes 1t
may be noted here that John o." Mil
Ter, the veteran distance man of STAN
ford has twice broken the coast rec
ord in the half mile run this year. be-
sides taking first place in the half mile
and quarter mile at the conference
meet. His teammate, Babe" Craw-
ford captained the victorious football
team and likewise annexed two firsts at
Chicago, the hammer throw and the
shotput. In the latter event he far
surpassed his previous performances
land came dangerously near the record
of Ralph Rose