Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
RESUME OF TRACK
AND FIELD SPORTS
Princeton's Team Looms Up
Strong for First Place
HOnOrS.
Bv Edward r. Bushnell.

| With the close of the indoor athletic
season, which came with the New York
| Athletic Club games this week, there has
appeared a new and formidable candidate
for intercollegiate track and field honors
This is Princeton, and the Tigers promise
to make things mighty uncomfortable fol-
some of the institutions which have been
picked to furnish the only contest for
championship honors to be settled in the
Harvard stadium next May. Not since
1900. when Princeton was second TO Penn
sylvania. have the Tigers possessed such
we'll balanced team as this year. IL
would seem that Princeton is already
beginning to reap the fruits OF the re-
cent athletic investigation which sought
to find out why Princeton had been doing
SO poorly in all sports but base ball.
There are several newcomers on the
Princeton team who look to be made OF
championship caliber. One of these Is
MCGEE. who has been winning mile and
two-mile races right and left. MCGEE
| best winter performance was his mile
run In the n Y. A. c. games. when he
won in 40 from the fortyyard mark. q
performance which stamps him as at least
a 4.26 man. If MCGEE can duplicate this
on an outdoor track, as he should, he
will have an exceptionally good chance
Another Tiger who has come to the
front with rush is Dawbarn, sprint
er. This youngster was taken from the
swimming team to the track and has
more than fulfilled Coach Copelands ex,
pectations In fact. he has developed
speed quite the equal CT Gamble, con-
sistent point winner. AS Gamble will be
Princetons reliance in the 10o-yard dash
1t is likely that Dawbarn will be devel-
oped for the 22O-yard DASH
THAT prfpcetopS team will he we'll
rounded in the other events is shown by
All analysis of the old men. In the half
mile 1t will have Whitley, who did 15I
as a schoolboy, but who was kept out OF
the intercollegiate last year by injuries.
He has rounded into his old form now.
and the Tigers expect him to trot home
first in this race. Then there is Frantz.
who finished fourth In the half-mile run
year age and should score again
In the pole vault Princeton has Nesin.
who is good for close to twelve feet. and
Bredemus, the all-around A. A. L. cham
pion, with mark almost as good Bred
emus' speciality, however. Is the weight
events and if properly trained he should
score in the shot-put at least, and pos
sibiy in the hammer throw
The athletes just referred to give Prince
ton an exceptionally good nucleus with
which to start Trainer Copeland was an
old hurdler himself. and he may be de-
pended upon to develop a man for these
events If Princeton makes good in the
manner expected, it will make the fight
for first place much more open and as
such will be relished by most of the
other colleges.
Next to Princeton the Yale team has
been the most active during the winter
season. The Ellis, however. did not pre-
sent the well rounded appearance of the
Tigers This. though. should not be taken
to indicate superiority on the part OF
Princeton for Vale did not show any OF
her sprinters or weight men. Yale made
an excellent showing with her half and
mile runners. The Ellis two-mile relay
year, Spitzer and Kirjassoff both running
ex ceptionally well. Splitter Is a candidate
for the one-mile championship. in which
he was fourth year ago.
1t did not require indoor competition to
acquaint the college world with what Yale
can do in the other events Yale still re-
tains Nelson and Campbell who vauited
close to twelve feet on several occasions
last year. In the sprints she has. Butt.
and Burch. two men who were kept OFT
Of thu Intercollegiate a year ago throug..
injuries. and in the hurdles Howe and
Robbins, both point winners.
Trainer Mack expects Cooney to make
good this year with the hammer throw
This young giant has done $50 fee. in
practice. but he has always fallen down
badly in competition heretofore. Then
in the shot put Yale expects something
from Andrus and Goebel. the foot ball
u
star high jumper in Crandall. who las
done six feet and better Gu several occa-
sions All told the Yale team looks to be
stronger combination than Princeton.
Cornell an Enigma.
Cornell has been competing quite regu-
larly this winter. but either the Ithacans
have not shown their best strength or
they are weaker than generally thought.
That they are consealing their strength is
more likely the case. Cornell has etained
a very strong nucleus from her champion
ship team of year ago. and II the new
Corners make good in the manner expected
the Ithacans should rule favOrites. The
only men the Ithacans have shown in
doors are the members of the two-mile
relay team and a One-mile team. Neither
met with much success
Cornell, however, still retains Cook, her
phenomenal broad jumper and pole vaulter.
and the Ithacans are counting on him for
two firsts. as well as several prizes In tn .
other events, notably the hurdles. Then
they will have the services of Talbot.
the weight man, who they think is good
shot. If these two men should score twenty
points the remainder of the team ought
win the meet.
What Harvard and Pennsylvania will do
remains to be seen. On paper neither
looks exceptionally strong. Harvard Is