New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
COLUMBIA IS HOPEFUL
Wefers viii Try to Build Up
Strong Track Team.
BaBC0CK THE ONLY STAR
Few Candidates il the Track
Events, but Some Promising
Ones with Weights.

With the indoor season about 10 begin.
Fernie Wefers is spending ali his time in
rounding the Columbia track team into
shape. and although the material he has in
hsnd Is not particularly promising. he has
hc2es of developing q pair of strong relay
teams for the winter season and q fairly
good track team for the sp-ing meets. He
IS rlos- Handicapped. however. by the fact
that be has very few good middle distance
men. and VIII probably have TO build up
ccuhinstions with new men in nearly every
position
Il Bonsib. the sophomore who won the
ouar-er-rnile run in the interclass games
Il 2 Is seconds. Wefers thinks be has Il
good man for the short middle distance
snd vii devote his energies or him in
rg-t5cular Bonsi0 came from the Cniver-
siry q Illinois q year ago as q freshman
ana viii be eligible TO compete for Column
tia n the intercollegiate meets next spring.
IA the West he had very poor training and
3ust took up running seriously since he
came % New York He is the only quar-
rer-ulile- Of a,y consequences On the squad
who has shown anything worth considera-
Tor.
Most OF the men who ran the half-rafIe
eu- The Blue and White year ago ran on
the 'crOss-coUnt-y team at Princeton and
although they were well UP in the rum 'I.g
:o- The 6rst mile OF so they dropped back
-ari6Iy and finished IL the ruck Of these
Lamb Anderson and Dorr ran the best
races. although they finished several min
ures behind X 3. Rowland. first year
nan IN the Medical School, who led the
Columbia team il Rowland has never run
-be half. and viii probably devote his time
spring He Is rugged and apparently very
strong KS inexperience n 'cross-country
work probably counted more against him
thar anything else in the intercollegiate
and he should DO better when the next
season comes around. E T Terplanck, L.
zho Won the mile al Annapolis last spring.
VIII 5e out again this year. and VIII prob
e5ly 5e the best man Columbia will have
II re event Eerplanck never did any
running IT school. and, despite his lack of
experience, he has shown Up very well
slI1ce coming 70 Columbia
The strength OF the team viii be IN the
ael5 events. for IN Harry Babcock, cap
tai the Norningstde Heights team has
probably the best pole vaulter in the coua-
r-y EIs work during the season Just
closed VS. very consistent. beginning With
z vault q 2 feet q the intercollegiate
--7eer II May last and finishing with The
vault OF - feet : inches which won the
Senior national Championships II October
e. New Orleans Unfortunately, there Is
10 lre n the lower classes who vaults well
enough 20 benefit by the experience OF
veulCtlg With Babcock II practice, so that
when he Is lost by graduation IN 1919 CO.
-zn5tz viii drop oUt Of TIE pole vaulting
Co-lQeuaon-
n ne weight events there are two man
Vho should prove valuable as consistent
point winners n the indoor games, well
- -le outdoor meets. They are W c.
E-1s. q sophomore who put the shot in the
-e-ElCCTEoOG OF II feet all last season,
b-L who vas debarred from taking part IN
t1s intercollegiate meet because OF the
open meet regulation Ro0s viii be Oh
&C 4 THIS year, however, and IN addition
y. c lawrence. VINO smashed all kinds
@ records II the same event at cornell
NO yea-s ago as A freshman, VIII be
eligible Lawrence has q record that Is
prl- inches short OF Ralph Roses record
breaking performance, and with him Co
iCuoia should nave 20 difficulty in clean
ing % n the intercoilegiaJes. He was out
CT cornell e year before entering Columbia,
sC thai there VIII be no question as 10 6is
el-Etnilry 10 compete for the Blue and
Wh--e
Vance Murray, II. who captured the low
hurdles with surprising ease from both
annapolis and Princeton three years ago
has decided 70 compete again, so that
Tefers viii have another almost sure
po.nr zvinner II he runs in anything like his
Ci6r5n1e form Jim Mackenzie, the oldrirne
varsity OaTsIDan. Is back II the school OF
architecture and may he induced 70 run
z the high hurdles # Rice does not capt
Ire him for the crew squad
JACOBS. the Southern boy. who was the
frd q ne year Al Columbia last season n
tLe short and long sprints- viii be the best
= erers viii have II the daSheS unless
Ozark horse crops out in the preliminary
practice Jacobs cid exceptionally well last
yezr and in the 22e-yard run al the inter
c0l.egiares was beaten out by Craig, OF
Michigan IN MS heat by inches
From the freshman class T. Mcdonald
TIE former Clinton mile runner, seems 10
be about the best WefeTs VIII get The
so-ro-ores viii furnish the broad jumpers.
WIN X 2. Ward as the best Of the lot, al
though Babcock. II he chooses 70 Jump,
src-lG 90 better than anything Ward has
done 50 far In his freshman year Bah
cock Shcne as a broad jumper placing IN
TIE tn-erc0Ilegiates after cleaning up N
1ls dual meets