Evening star., 1911-06-04
WAS GREAT MEET
IntercoIIegiates Best Set of
Games Ever Held.
JONES' GREAT RUNNING
Cornell Man Shows Himself to Be
Greatest Distance Runner
of All Time.
By Edward r. Bushnell.

1t is not extravagant praise to describe
the thirty-sixth annual intercollegiate
track and field championships. held last
week at Cambridge. as the most wonder
full set OF games ever held in this country.
They not only eclipsed all former l. c.
~ A. A A. meetings, but in briiliance
OF performance they exceeded the mark
set by the international games OF 1885,
which it was then thought would not be
surpassed in the present generation. All
the factors necessary for the production
e new records-perfect weather, athletes
OF a high grade. the keenest sort Of
rivalry and q track lightning fast-were
provided. When all these things are con-
sidered, 1t IS not TO be wondered at that
five Intercollegiate records-one a world
mark that had stood since 1s95-were
smashed and three more equaled.
Cornel,s victory was well earned. and
the other colleges which had hopes of
winning were willing to forget their dis
appointment in praise of the victorious
1tnacans. Tho wearers of the Red and
White probably surprised Coach Moakley
himself. SO splendidly did they acquit
themselves. Previous to the meet and
even on the morning of the finals Penn
sylvania was a strong favorite for the
championship. but the Quakers fell down
in important events. while nearly all
one or two others. not counted upon for
points. came TO the front and scored for
good measure.
Without doubt the most brilliant lumf-
nary of the whole meet was John Paul
Jones OF Cornell, the winner of the mile
and half-mile runs. Jones feat of win
ming the mile and half-mile runs in a
single afternoon has been equaled by
two other men. but neither made the time
he did. In 1890 John Cregan of Prince
ton turned the trick. though without
breaking either record. while in 1907
Guy Haskins of Pennsylvania did it,
creating an intercollegiate record in the
mile a fourth man, who could have
performed the trick had he so desired,
was W. Z. PAUL Of Pennsylvania, who in
1919 ran the mile in All 4-5. and later
allowed his teammate. Beck to take the
half mile in 1:56 On that occasion
PAUL could have run the distance in close
to 1:55.
Jones claim to fame rests principally
upon his breaking of Conneff's long
standing record in the mile. In 1895 Con-
neff ran the distance in Ala So. FOR
sixteen years assaults have been made
on that record. PAUL came closest to
it in 1863 with his All 40 mile, and
competent critics were unanimous in the
opinion that had he been pressed and
paced, as Jones was last week. the little
Quaker could have equaled Conneff's
mark What makes Jones' performance
the more wonderful is the fact that he
proved he could run any kind Of q race.
L.,
with considerable truth. that Jones'
chances to make a new record depended
upon the pace PAUL would set for him.
The two men are different types of
rnliers. Paul, for instance. is a man
who depends upon a uniformly fast pace
all the way In 1909 he ran his quar-
ters in SO. 2.03. 311 and AT 4-5 re-
spectively. He is obliged to run his race
this way, for he lacks the ability to
sprint the last quarter. sPaulls object
in this years race was to set so hot
a pace for the first three-Quarters that
Jones, II he tried to follow him, would
have no sprint left for the last quarter.
AS matter OF fact, PAUL misjudged
his pace. He ran the first quarter in
firty-nine seconds. but the half was run
in only EOS. fully five seconds behind
the schedule he had set. Similarly the
three-quarter mark was reached in 315.
All this time Jones had been right on
Paulfs heels, and he felt so good on
the third quarter that he was setting
last quarter
A Wonderful Quarter.
Jones showed his phenomenal ability
by running the last quarter mile in
sixty seconds, his time for the second
half being faster than for the first half
This fact shows that Jones was not ex-
tended to make the time he did. The
only way to demonstrate what Jones can
do is to get hiTn in a handicap mile. with
the other runners strung well out in
advance II Jones were obliged to run
his best every foot of the way there is
no doubt that he could beat the pro-
fessionai record of w. G. George. which
Is i.12 3-4 In connection with the hon
ors which are literally bestowed upon
Jones 1t should not be forgotten that
this race saw two other remarkable
nlilers in Paul. OF Pennsylvania and
Hannivan OF Michigan. PAUL is well
- Ja<s.
nivan is a newcomer, and. with a little
more experience. he is likely to make
even Jones hustle Hannivan had done
no running until few months ago. and
To run second to Jones in this manner
stamps him as q marvel, overshadowed
only by Jones.
7 5. Berna of Cornell was the Ithacans'
other first place winner. His victory in
the two-miie run lowered the American
record to 9.25 Is, and he could have re-
duced il TO close to 9-20 had he been
forced to extend himself earlier in the
race. The new record OF j. J. Horner in
the shotput was expected. because Horner
had repeatedly done better than AZ feet
in practice.
The only conditions which marred the
meet surrounded the quarter mile run,
though here everything was as fair to
one runner as another. The Harvard
track IS Very narrow and the quarter
mile stretch is too narrow to permit more
than four men to run abreast. Conse-
position on striking the home stretch,
his chances for getting through from be-
hind are very poor. BY allowing nine
men to start in the final the situation was
a hard one. There was desperate race
TO the first turn a the end of the 900
yard stretch and the man on the pole
had the best chance TO get here first. The
man who reached il first was Young the
& Amherst sprinter- Sawyer of Princeton
was right AT his heels and these two men
swung into the back stretch in good posi-
tioulwith Gamble and Haff spread out al
their sides. Macarthur of Cornell and
Hough of Pennsylvania, came along fast
but both Were wide and Jostled al
the turns so that neither could get i'm
front for the final sprint. sYoung's feat
OF equaling the mark OF IS 4-5 seconds set
by Taylor of Pennsylvania four wears
ago was a tremendous surprise, as was
the placing of the other three men
especially the Michigan pair
The difficulties which beset Macarthur
anS Hcugh reminded of the 1909 race
on this same track. That year Blumer