Evening star., 1911-05-28
CORNELL IS FIRST
Takes Intercollegiate Meet BY
a 6-Point Margin.
JONES LOWERS RECORD
Ithaca Distance Man Breaks Mark
for Mile That Has Stood
Sixteen Years.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, May 27.-The feet
and enduring runners Of Cornell did their
part today for their universitys athletic
supremacy when they captured the inter
collegiate track and feld championships
In the Harvard Stadium for the fourth
time IN eleven years. The meeting was
made historic by the breaking Of hve In
tercollegiate records and tho equaling ol
three others. Ono Of the new marks-that
for the mile run-made by J. p. Jones OF
Cornell. stands for the worlds amateur
record. His time. 4.15 2-5. Is one-fifth OF
. second better than the record OF Tom.
my Conne1. that has stood for sixteen
years.
Other events IN which former efforts
two-m mile. the shot-put and pole vault.
while those equaled were the two dashes
and the quarter-mile.
There was a grand fight for honors be-
tween Cornell. Yale. Michigan and Penn
sylvania, but the first two colleges left
22o.yard dash. the final event. with Cor
nell leading by three points. In this
event Ford Of Cornell finished second to
Craig. the Michigan sprinter. while
Thatcher OF Yale was shut out.
nell. 3o3s: Yale. 24h: Michigan, a: Penn
sylvania. 1S 2-3; Dartmouth. 8: Prince
ton. 8: Harvard. 6: Amherst and Column
bia. each: NJ. I. T.. 1-8: Williams.
3; Rutgers and Pennsylvania State. 2
Records began to fall with tho shot
put. in which Joseph Horner. jr.. Of
Michigan tossed the 16-lb spellet 46
feet ~ inches. beating the record Of
IS feet ~ inches. Then came the mile
run. In which Jones allowed PAUL Of
n hn1 80 ~ -
: minutes II As seconds. to make the
pace for three-quarters Of the dis
tance- In the last lap Jones. closely
followed by Hanavan OF Michigan.
dashed ahead and finished fresh,
twenty yards to the good. setting new
In the two-mile Berna Of Cornell
led from start to finish. although press
at times by Haimbaugh OF Michigan,
Wilmington OF Harvard and Wolfe Of
pennsylvania. On the last lap he was
pushed to hard finish by Newton of
Williams The stadium was thrilled
by the announcement of q new time
or minutes 25 1-6 seconds, compared
with that of 9.27 3-6 two years ago
In the half-mile there was another
grand effort by Jones. who did not
make the pace until the last lap. when
he broke the tape in 1 minute 81 As
seconds, beating the old record of
minute Sc seconds
Meanwhile Babcock OF Columbia and
Gardner Of Yale were having q vault
ing duel After both had surpassed
Nelson's previous record effort of Il
feet ~ inches, tho bar was pushed up
to IL feet 8A inches. a height which
Babcock cleared and which Gardner
could not accomplish.
10oyard dash, nnal-F1rst. Craie Of Michigan:
Princeton; fourth. Thomas Of Princstcn. Time.
90 4-5.
..s s,sSs e. Cs: Ssn ss' 2, Yale
Rutgers: no fourth place. lime, DIS Is.
2alysrd dash: nna!soFirT, t,i9 Of Michi.
Princeton; fourth. Ross Of Michigan Time. :.
44oysrd d.sh-F3..t. Young q Amherst; sec.
Michigan; fourth. Han OF Michigan. Time.
s. sso-Serd run-First. Jones Of Cornell; second.
Putnam Of Cornell; third, Jacques Of Harvard;
fourth. Bodey Of Pennsyivania. Time. 1.54 As.
Mile run"First. Jones of Cornell; second. Han
svan s OF Miehigan; third. PAUL. Of Pennsylvania;
new worlds amateur record.
:, Two omiie , rnn.First. Berna Of Cornell: second.
Newton Of ssd of Meh
2so-ysrd hurdles. anals-First: CHISHOLM of
vanis. Time. GA ss. - '- u ren"''''
Pennsylvania State: fourth. La Fiamme OF Penn.
svlyania. Distance. % feet 3M inches.
Hammer throw-First, Tiley Of Dartmouth:
second. Madden OF Dartmouth: third, Childs OF
Yale: fourth. Murphy Of Pennsylvania. Distance.
las feet 11L inches.
Running high jump-Dalrymple Of NJ l. T.
Burdick and Farrer OF Pennsylvania tied at 6
feet: fourth. Enright Of Dartmouth.
Pole vault-First. Babcock Of Columbia: sec-
ond. Gardner of Yale: Byers OF Yale and a. Au-
fremont Of Cornell tied third place.
Shotput-Flrst. Homer Of Michigan: second,
Fitzpatrick Of Yale: third, Kanseler Of Cornell:
fourth, Bartlett Of Brown. Distance, 10 feet
~ inches. New record.