The sun., 1910-02-01
STRONG IN FIELD EVENTS.
YaIe's Track Team VIII he Most Effective
In These. Probably.


The Yale track team has lost many OF its
good men Of last year and did not get in
much material from the class of 1912. Yale
scored IS 7-lO points in the intercolle giate .
games being second to Harvard, after win
ming from Harvard in the dual games.
55 lis to AZ as, last season. OF the team.
vern Howe. who won both hurdles; &. \.
Campbell, the pole vault cham piOn and X. A
Splitter. fourth in the half mile, in the inter
cole legiates. have been lost. leaving the
winners Of 97-lO points still in college
Those who took thirty-nve of Yale's points
in tho games with Harvard have beer
graduated.
Yale was disa ppointed in the outcome o.
the intercollegiate championships. because
OF having the only good sprinter who was
eligible break down in the week before ths
meet. and because the hammer throw die
not result as had been expected. Those who
followed TIE preliminary work tgurei thai
Yale woGlc score in the spirits and would
throw point winners. If these things had
come about. the Blue could have beeI
closer to Harvard. II not "a winner.
The streogth of the Blue will be gain il
the field events as II was last year. In the
high Jump. W. Canheld. one OF the nv
still y In college. lie IL backed up by
Merrill and Dickinson. The broad lumI
has JohnnS Fitzpatrick, who was second las
others in this event. Coy and Kilpatricl
are in line in the shot-put and they shOul,
be able TO get some points for Yale in it thi
time
The hammer men are the same as las
time. Carroll Cooney. Ham Andrus, Dutcl
Ss xay on oussy seaT SsSs
year. but Goe6ei's third place Was ali Ysf'
PPomiaens H IN the svsS sSe Tabe SRS5d %So ws
nrst, and horr, who was second. are out O.
it now. so that the Yale men. i they wOrL
will be the last try for them.
- The pole vault isn't as conspicuously al
Yale As u has been on some other occasions
but the Blue is strong with Frank NelsoI
and Bob Gardner. Nelson is captain OF tn
team and was tied with Barr Of Harvar'
for second place in the intercollegiates II
1909 Gardner led his class track team las
year as freshman and il also nationa
cham pion at golf.
distance runners TO say that the field event
ties, What with the kiriassOn brother
Mason. Miles. Marsh. Dunn and Southgaic
the team may not be so badly on.
Haskell was seventh in the cross-connlr, r,
| rnce last fall and is an improved runner
This is his last year. He probably will az
count for something in he Two mile run
although these are hard DAYS for men Mh'
! figure slower than OBS for the race. sou h
gate was good as freshmen on the trIci
ana he may do better on cinderS ih9n Ia
| did in last autumn's CrosS-cOuntry run.
haynor Is another who did GuirlY we
\ in the CrOss-country rCcc and appear
bound to be a formidable man with NOR.
training. Douglass and Wood are tNC
besides those already ment oIied in the dis
lance squad. The cross-cOuntry team al
Yale did well with only miPor assistance
| from Johnny Mack the trainer. and with
steady coaChing these men ought to be
better in the spring.
Last year VI. ID KiriasSOT was 4 good
second to splitter in fairly fast hat mills
in the Harvard Ns'e games. lie had more
speed than Splitter. but hadn't the time 10
devote to track athletics. l.. :. kiri lsSofi
a brother OF VI. D.. is a faster quarter miller
than half miller and he with Seymour. Boyd
and Parons make up the squad for hat race
In the hurdles Yale is not well on. The
loss of Howe il a hard one to bear He was
as dependgble . performer as ever Yale
had. King. who Is the best of those now at
hand. got a couple Of thirds against Prince
ton last year. Chisholm. Merrill. La.>Sing
and Plat are others.
Whether any hrst rater will come out OF
the sprinting squad is hard TO say, Bush.
nell il promising man and Seymour and
Baird have had experience. Farrar, Boyd
and Riley are other dash men. There are
SO many good sprinters this year In other
colleges that these men will have hard
task TO make much of an impression in the
!. CA, 4. A. A. short distance races, what
ever they may do In the dual meets.