New-York tribune., 1911-02-26
sy INWARD Il. Bushnell

,,.neria-e Association Of Amateur Athletes
-. America m New York yesterday a thing
q, the pagt. interest is directed toward me
championship meet. which promises u'll9
- "a he quite as keenly contested as
was that OF 1910. For the INST 'iine oH
record the meet last year was won with a
score Of less than so points. FROM present
Indicators IT will result in Just a. close
faht this season.
ro. rea,lc A month the coaches and
trainers for a. the biz track teams nave
ran thei- men a, work indoors, condition
Ing the veterans anj seeking out ne" ma
,Arial auone the 1910 freshmen. The out
door season proper VIII not start untiI 'he
PENNSYLVANIA relay carnival on April p at
Philadelphia BYt PRIOR 10 that time two
- the b,e Northern universities. Harvard
ond Pennsylvania, will take training trlPs
ir the South. During Easter week Harvard
will accent the hospitality Of the Naval
Academy ~ Annapolis. and pennsylvania
VII he the guests of the University Of Nir-
e-inia Al Charlottesville. These training
+ri,s are innovations in track athletics, but
tbev indicate the tremendous interest col
lege mel are now taking in the sport.
Tn. orlv way 20 get at the relative
r.
advance of the season is by a comparison
If the losses the leaders have sustained by
graduation or other causes from their 1910
poirt winners. the value Of the men re-
tanned and the ability Of the new men who
have come I'D from the 1910 freshmen.
IL spite or the recent loss of Ramsdell
the University of Pennsylvania, whose
team won in 1910 with a score Of 27l& points
and . margin Of two points over Yale. is
stil the |avorlte fov FIRST place. OF their
total Of 27i- points. the Quakers still retain
neu who scored l9 points The Michigan
team. which scored - points and finished
third. runs the Quakers a close second by
retaining men who scored Il points The
prlaceton team, which scored II points and
finished fourth. comes next with II points.
Yale was hard hit. for she lost fourteen of
her 25l2 points and starts the season with
ren who scored only lli2 points last May.
The Cornell team loses only one point
winner the total being rednced from IL to
points Harvard has been unusually hard
hit OF the men who scored 13iz points for
the Crimson graduation has removed men
responsible for all but points. The small
er colleges fare in about the usual man
ner All told. there were l42 points scored
last year The men lost represent total
Of 81 leaving as combined nucleus
for this years meet men who scored 50
points. This means that more than half
the point winners viii be hack to battle
for hOnors. IL is quite unusual TO have so
many point winners back, Tor frequently
the graduated stars have taken with them
more than half the points. II means that
The new aspirants for athletic honors will
nave 10 work doubly hard to win theiI
letters.
Until TWO weeks ago. when Kamsdell was
declared ineligible. Pennsylvania looked tC
have the 1911 championships at her mercy
Until then Pennsylvania had lost but a
single point winner. This was Parker. who
tied for fourth in the pole vault Rams
cell. however, scored points in 1910. anC
was confidently expected to either duplicate
or exceed that record. Ills loss adds &c
the burdens of Captain Minds who, in $50,
and 1870 finished third in both sprints
Minds s. one Of the most consistent sprint.
ers Pennsylvania has had In number OF
years. but lacks the rugEedness necessary
20 q champion. In addition 10 Minds Penn.
sylvania expects 10 have 1e use of Hough
who broke down the week before the l9lt
meet. His best distances are the go anC
$40 yard runs, in which he has done % sec
onds and 50 seconds repeatedly.
The Quakers are expecting great thing.
Of Paul in the half and mile runs Las
year PAUL was a disappointment. due Z
the fact that he failed 10 get into good con
dition. This year. without the burden o.
the captaincy TO bother him. Trainel
Murphy expects him 20 duplicate his rec
ords of 1909 Wolfe. who scored third in III,
two miles last year, is improving. and il
sure 10 be point winner
The Yale team has lost two first plac,
winners in Nelson, the winner and recorC
holder Of the pole vault, and Cooney, win
ner Of the hammer throw. The Ellis alsc
miss Andrus and Coy. who finished thirC
in hammer throw and shot put respective
ly. These four men have reduced Yale
total BY IA points. Three men represen
the nucleus Of Yales remaining uls points
They are Chisholm, who won the higi
hurdle and finished second in the low
Gardner, who tied for second in the poi
vault, and Fitzpatrick. who was fourth ii
the shot put
Princeton has d first class hurdler ii
Captain Dwight, who is sure 10 make CHS
holm. Of Yale. move all the way. In tn
field events thc IlRcrS are strongest IN IN
hammer throw. Here they have Speer
and Simons, who scored second and fourtl
IN this event in 1910. There are also
number Of first class men from the I9l
freshman class. not 10 mention numbe
Of good ones who nearly scored last year
The point 10 be emphasized is that Prince
ton has at last first class coach and tina
there is healthy interest in the sport a
Tigertown.
Harvard is evidently banking heavily o
the ability OF Captain Foster 70 do some
thing in the sprints. Foster won bot
events IN 1903. and then looked 10 be tn
coming sprinter Of this country. La:
sprfrg he was sick, and later sustained
eevere breakdown. He collapsed again /
the meet itself. and II IS a question whethe
he can ever get back into his old form.
he does ne will be one Of the few who hav
r,cceeded. With Foster In shape IN
crimson will be dangerous all the wa!
without him Harvard is not likely to De
serious contender Harvard's other cand
dates for stellar honors do not measure u
n tne usual standard.