The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
CARDINAL CRACKS
DEPART FOR
THE EAST
Final Selection of the Stanford
Track Team III ade After Dual
Meet at Berkeley

While The dual track meet held on
the Berkeley cinder patch yesterday
afternoon between the crack team of
stanford university and the Olympic
club did not prove as exciting as was
expected. the performances of the
Stanford men were up to the eXpecta
tions and the contest served as an eX-
ceIient opportunity TO pick the men
who VIII represent the cardinal in the
big event at Chicago next month. Sew
eral positions on the eastern team were
in doubt up to the time of the meet
but the showing OF the various ath
letes made - choice of the team by
Captain Harry Horton an easy one.
Following the close of the field day
Horton gave out the names Of the men
who will represent the local university
against the best teams of the middle
west From the previous records of the
men and their performances here, it is
evident that the Stanford team viii be
one of the strongest ever sent east
from a California university. Judging
from the reports of all the meets held
in the vicinitys of Chicago during the
present year the team will also rank
as one of the best entered
AS was expected. the race between
GIarner of the Olympic club and J. 0.
Miller. the big Stanford half miller.
proved the most exciting on the card.
and the handy manner in which Miller
ran Glarner off his feet and set up the
excellent coast record of 1871 marks
him as the best in the team that will
20 east. Miller win run in the half
mile and quarter mile races at Chicago,
as well as lap in the relay.
Miller was the first man named of
the team of eight athletes which Dad
Moulton viii take with him. AS
team mate for Miller will go w. NJ.
Wvman. who again showed his speed
in the quarter mile. Wyman viii run
in this event. and In the 220 yard dash
and relay at Chicago. The perform
ance of 'Micky' Reed. the fast cardinal
sprinter who has been out of the going
for some time with an injured tendon.
was encoura ging. Reed held up well
in the 220 yard event and clinched a
place for himself on the cardinal team.
He will represent Stanford in the
sprints and win also take a lap of
the quarter mile relay.
Bob" worthington showed the eff
fects of too much training in his two
mile race. but he is such a reliable
man that he will be taken eastAto run
in this event, as we'll as the mile. He
is the only distance man who will go
1t was expected that Maundrell might
take the trip. but ii was found adj
visable TO make the substitution.
It has been decided TO take Captain
Harry Horton east as a weight man,
together with big Babe" Crawford
It was thought at first that Crawford
would be the only man in the weights
bat Horton. in spite of his injured leg,
has been getting into form so rapidly
that il is expected that he will be able
to take second place in the weight
events. with Crawford first. II is not
unlikely that Horton will be able to
run the hurdles. however.
Lee Scott is scheduled to go. as ex-
pected. Scott is a valuable and perhaps
the most versatile OF the team. He
is good for competition in the sprints
broad jump and pole vault. Il
Bert Stolz completes the team.
Stolz is a valuable relay man as well
as broad jumper of ability. stanford
is prepared TO place well balanced
aggregation in the field. with the ex-
ception of an entry in the high and
low hurdles An attempt is TO be
made to capture the relay, as it will
count 10 points toward the final score,
and as a relay team Miller. wyman
Stolz and Reed are entered.
The preparations for the trip We're
rapidly completed after the meet yes
terdav afternoon. and as all OF the
men who were likely TO go had made
the team left on the
overland by way of Denver and Salt
Lake city last night