Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-17
Results of Many Contests
On College and Other Tracks.

New Haven. Ct. May 16--In the
best of weather for fast time Yale
University beat her rival from Cam
bridge in the annual dual games on
Yale field Saturday, the margin of VIC
tory being rs points. The total
score. which was not determined until
after the last trial in the broad was,
Yale, So is points; Harvard. 48 As
Three dual records were broken, and
in two other events even better than
record time was made. but in one in
stance The figure was not allowed and
in the other the time was made in a
trial heat.
Of the three records broken the noto-
bic one was in the tWo-mile event
when II. JaQueS of Harvard made the
distance i'll . minutes, As As seconds,
which is As seconds under the rec
ord of NJ. II. Stone of Harvard. three
years ago. Cooney. Yale's famous
football guard, tossed the hammer 159
feet 10 inches. which is 6 feet 1 inch
further than Shevln put it in 1904
II. the 220yard dash Foster of Har-
ward made the distance in q rs sec
onds. one-fifth of second better than
Schick of Harvard negotiated the
same length Of track seven years ago
A splendid performance was that Of
Howe of Yale in the high hurdles
which he took in two-fifths of second
better than +. r Fox did in 1899, but
unfortunately. in making the ninth
flight he tripped over a hurdle and it
was later determined that the record
could not stand.
Victory hung on the result of the
18th event. the broad jump. for had
Harvard taken all places she would
have won But Fitzpatrick. the strong
est man in Yale. won first place by
beating out Little of Harvard by a
single inch in magnificent jump. In
several of the events the finishes were ;
heart breaking. The dashes were
fought out to the tape. and many times
the margin was in inches.
Hanover, N. H, May 16-Dartmouth |
easily defeated Williams in the annual
dual track meet on Alumni field Satur- |
day. scoring SO points to 81 for the |
purple. Two Dartmouth records were
broken, E. r. Palmer of Paducah, |
KY, after winning the high jump at |
feet 10 inches. cleared the bar at 81
feet, thereby breaking his own record /
of feet liz inches. In the two mile |
run II. S. Clark of Portland took 10 |
seconds off the old record. and made |
the distance in 10 minutes is seconds |
Kingston, r. l.. May 16-The worlds |
interscholastic record for the two mile /
run, was beaten in the interschoIastc |
meet of the Rhode Island State College
Saturday by Joseph Ballard of the |
Technical High school of Providence /
who covered the distance. over a meas
ured course. in minutes As As sec
onds. This excels by II 3-5 seconds the |
best previous record. which was made |
by Melvin w. Sheppard at Phladel-
phia in 1905
Jersey City. n. j. May t6.-James |
B. Crowley of the Irish American A. |
c.. New York. showed his remark al BILE |
powers a distance runner again Sat
urday by winning the New Jersey Mar
athon. an amateur event. over the full |
distance. from field of $50 starters at |
West Side park,
Annapolis, Md, May 1.-THE Naval |
Academy was defeated Saturday in the |
dual field and track meet with the |
University Of Pennsylvania, 1914 points |
to 37!a.