The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
BY ARTHUR L. PRICE

BY ARTHUR L. PRICE
BY I'VE feet and by I'VE points yesterday
the University of Washington's track
team won the first annual Pacific coast
intercollegiate field and track meet at
Berkeley.
Before the relay race was run both
Washington and the University OF Cali
fornia team had 81 points Then Wash
ington won the relay, Braily Gish, the
versatile wonder from the north. COM
ing 20 the finish Of the course just a
few feet ahead Of Dozier, the California
man, who had run a beautiful race in
an effort 10 overtake his opponent.
he nearly caught Gish. Gish had al
ready won L points for his team and
collapsed Immediately upon crossing the
tape He had to be borne of the field,
and while his scanty athletic equipment
dio not include a shield upon which he
might have been borne as a Spartan
hero. still his heroism was none the less
beyond dispute.
on its own grounds and under ideal
weather conditions California was de-
feated- No college could enter more
than l. men in the meet
Stanford, with two men in the meet,
set 4 new record.
Young Leland Stanford Scott the
srdinal pole vaulter. SCARED y feet
81 = Inches, and while he did not break
his worlds record of y feet IO3-I6
inches. made on April 80 at Berkeley,
he broke the American intercollegiate
record Of L feet 6h inches, held by
Dray OF Yale. The worlds record was
not made in an intercollegiate meet.
NEW CONFERENCE RECORD
Bowman of Washington did a little
record breaking for his neighborhood
br vaulting u feet, establishing d new
northwestern conference record. Viii
liams of Washington had held the rec
ord Of II feet s inches
The meet was held on the oval of
tho University Of California and was
part Of the golden jubilee celebration
of the state university AS it came
out IL was 2 fine golden jubilee for the
University Of Washington.
x was an interesting field day, with
close finishes, and at the end came the
splendid suspense over the relay race.
Only those two colleges entered the
race, 50 il was the ordeal OF the day.
as each team had 81 points.
W Washington had IN its team Ridg-
VsE. Captain Campbell, StoI Mier and
Gish. California had entered Cowies. /
saxon, kretsinSer, Edwards and DOzier. /
Ridgwav won the race for the north
Al the start He jumped into the lead
and gained on COwles. His teammate 1
Campbell. kept the lead over Saxon. /
The crowd saw the spirit Of the race.
Old graduates in the stands cried and
implored the California sprinters TO
overcome the lead. But the Washing
ton men held their gait. Stoll did not
let Kretsinger crowd him. Mier kept
his distance from Edwards. Then
came the final lap, between Gish, the
point winner. and Dozier. the speedy
California runner. Gish started off
With = lead OF upward Of 50 feet.
LIKE SPARTANS OF OLD
Dozier was not daunted He threw
his feet into the cinders and set out
flying after Gish. But Gish was flying
TOO. Every one was calling to one or
the other of the two cha mpions. on
whose speed depended the fate of the
day Dozier kept speeding on AS
they came into the stretch it was seen
that Dozier was almost taking Gishs
measure. But Gish. who had done
more than any other man on his team
was not going 10 have his work un-
done He struggled on and won by
about five feet. Then he collapsed and
his tesmmates-12 of them-gathered
around him and shouted the yell OF
Washington.
Interest was almost as intense in
the pole vault trials Of Scott the Stan
ford "brdman" Scott was out to
set a record that would stay inviolate
for some time He wanted 10 do ] 5
feet. But the omen was against him,
and while the thrOngs watched the
game athlete almost in silence he made
three trials at the great height, but
could not accomplish il. On his third
trial he went over the bar. but could
not throw himself clear and dropped
over the rod. knocking it down.
HORNE. the only other Stanford man
entered, won the high jump, going
feet lss inches. The other point
winning Stanford athletes were down
passing or trying TO pass their annual
examinations and so had TO forego their |
regular college work. Had the Stan
ford team sent a fun quota the final
results might have been changed.
GISH STELLAR PERFORMER
The performance of Gish was the
feature OF the meet He won first
place in both the 40 yards and the
20 yards sprints, second place in the
100 yard dash, second in the broad
Jump and third in the javelin throw.
The two mile run. which brought the
solitary point TO Nevada, was a won
~etriully well run race. considering the
work OF the winner, Page OF Washing
ION he let Henry OF Oregon set the
pace until within 100 feet of the tape
ana then he sprinted ahead winning
py two or three feet. Williams the
Nevada entry, stayed in the race, al