The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17
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SET BY ATHLETES
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Six Thousand Enthusiasts See
Smashing Annual Field Meet
on Stanford Oval
By w. RUSSELL COLE

decisive victory by the Stanford ath-
letes over their California rivals in the
seventeenth annual intercollegiate
meet.
With a hnal score OF 90 3-5 points to
$ 2-5 points the cardinal carried off
7rst bonors in meet that fairly
.hrobbed with the smashing OF records
md that viii 60 down in college his
tery as one OF the most sturdily con-
.ssted Of all the long series OF dual
meetings on track and field
DOPESTERS LOSE OUT
The predictions of the dopesters,
worked out with painstaking nicely for
tre entire program of events, were
altered To the winds. Surprise after
surprise developed as the afternoon
progressed. ana the Stanford margin
.r victory was greater than even the
MOST confident stanford enthusiasts had
dared propbesy. 1t was a neck and
r.ll struggle for supremacy from be-
inning ~ end. with the advantage con-
-taltIE fueuating and with the over
. r.r8W Of calculations occurring in the
post Npected places.
ir was the absolute consistency Of
tile Stanford team however, with every
nam performing mp 10 his mark or
BETTER. that won the day There has
never been a better balanced team pro-
i-re6 by either university, and there
were none of those sudden reversals OF
+srm that so often mar the work Of the
hest track athletes.
RECORDS 60 By BOARD
seven former Stanford-California
records went by the board. while an
eighth was tied. and Of these new rec
s-Gs three also Overtopped the old Pa
.i re coast intercollegiate marks. Cap
tain Leland stanford Scott Of the Stan
.~i team brought the record breaking
brilliant close and cinched the vic
for the cardinal in the last event
.e day by vaulting u feet is
.es. raising his own coast record by
ueighth Of an inch. setting a new in
-lcolleg late mark and coming within
-lree-ei 3 lths of an inch of the Ameri-
ram intercollegiate pole vault record
eld by Dray of Yale. He failed. how
ever. I'm subsequent effort 10 clear the
bar al a fraction over l. feet = inches.
The other new intercollegiate records
were established by Newman Of Stan
fard in the two mile. Edwards of Cali
-arD-a In the low hurdles, Coleman of
Stanford IN the 220 yard dash, HORNE
NJ stanford I'm the high ump, KretZin-
ger Of California in the broad ump and
The stanford relay team in the four
man mile event.
The day was perfect for track per
tarmauces, with the mercury pushing
gl ln the Thermometer and not a
breath of wind to interfere with the
runners The great bodies Of rOoters
massed on the opposite sides Of the
field appeared in summary raiment
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Presenting the contrast Of gay colOrs
HIich makes the average intercol-
.eeiare events SO picturesque. The blue
and gold and the cardinal were not
Wanting. however, i'm the thrOng of
5000 or more persons who witnessed
.rlc meet, for while the rooters dis
n .Deused with color the women Of the
universities decked their light gowns
profusely with the colors OF their
vorites.
J. DTSAPOINTMENTs SHARED
The disappointments Of the meet. un-
p Usually few in number. We're sharel
. most evenly by the rival teams. Stan
D. 1rd's crack hammer thrOwer, WOlley,
was sent TO the hospital Friday. suffer-
3 ing from an attack OF lumbago, and
g. ere was little hope yesterday morn
e in the Stanford ranks that he would
: Hc able to participate He gamely took
: he field yesterday afternoon, however,
.nd saved his tea ma third place in the
rent. Smitherum Of Stanford depend
.d upon by the cardinal for 4 place in
= 10Th the 100 and 22O yard dashes. broke
Town in the stretch during the second
= eat of the 100 from an old injury to
is leg and was carried from the field.
. CALBFoRNIA'S BAD LUCK
A -alifornia's bad luck occurred in the
= oud heat Of the high hurdles, when
- Cowles. looked upon as a point man
the finals, won his heat by an easy
,. margin. but was disqualified from par
iicipstion in the race because Of having
upset three hurdles. This gave Stan
ford two men in the finals Of the event
and an unhOped for third place. In
the low hurdles. Kern OF Stanford also
did the unexpected, capturing second
place and incidentally netting three
points that Stanford hadn't counted on.
The mile run, which opened the
meet. was q far prettfer race than this
distance usually proves TO be The
pack fought hard through three laps,
with the final struggle settling down
between Saxon of the blue and gold
team and Price and Porter OF Stanford.
Tommy" Smith, the California favor
ito. failed TO hold up as had been eX-
Dected. and the race went TO Saxon, a
dark horse" of the California team,
who won by five yards with a spec
tacular squirt in the stretch. Porter.
the stanford favorite for the race, was
also beaten out by his team mate. Price,
for second place, but carried off third
honors.
STANFORD LOSES GOOD CHANCE
The injury TO Smitherum in the sec
ond heat Of the 100 yard dash lost Stan
ford a possible clean sweep in this
event. as Coleman and Reed won first
and second place respectively in the
final. with Rathbone of California third.
California had an easy victory in the
nigh hurdles, Edwards and Donald
breasting the tape side by side for a
lFr-vfth Peaslee of Stanford some dis
t5nce behind for third place.
AVyman Of stanford had things his
.,own way in the 440. breaking his own
Intercollegiate record By a fifth of a
second in 50 fiat Butler Of California
beat Stolz OF Stanford for second place
bv two yards in a hard finish.
NEWELL QUITS THE TRACK
The two mile run was productive Of
the one seriously unpleasant incident