Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
By Edward r. Bushnell.


the interest of the intercollegiate as well
as the amateur athletic world is directed
toward the 1911 championship meet, which
this year promises to be quite as keenly
contested as was that of 1910 The 1910
meet, while it saw the creation OF but
one intercollegiate record. and the equal
ing Of another. was still very unique
meet, in that for the first time on record
II was won with a score of less than
thirty points From present indications it
looks as though this classic event OF
Americas outdoor athletic world will re-
suit in just as close fight.
For nearly a month the coaches and
trainers for all the big crack teams have
had their men at work INDOORS, con-
dl,ioning the veterans and seeking Out
new material among the 1910 freshmen.
Inc outdoor season proper will not start
Until the Pennsylvan relay carnival on
April 70, at Philadelphia. But prior 10
that time two of the big northern uni
NelsitleS, Harvard and pennsylvania, Wiii
take framing trips in the south. Easter
week Harvard Will accept the hospitality
OF the Naval Academy at -Annapons anu
PENNSYLVANIA will be the guests OF the
chi. ersity of Virginia at Charlottesvliie.
These training trips are innovauoas ~, IN
liz d
,usndous interest college men are now
taLlng in the sport.
The only way to get at the reiatNe
strength of the various teams so lar In
advance of the season Is by comparison
of the losses the leaders have sustained
nv graduation or other causes from thslr
1910 point winners, the value OF the men
retained. and the ability of the new men
who have come up from the 1910 Kesh-
men.
tho University of Pennsylvania, whose
team won in 1910 with score OF -''2
noipts and a margin of points over
Yale. is still the favorite for nrst place.
Of their total of 2112 points the QuaheIs
sin retain men who scored ~ polhts.
The Nfichiran team, which scored ID
points. and finished third. runs the Quah-
ers a close second by retaining men WHO
scored II points. The Princeton team,
which scored IL points and nnishe 7
fourth, comes next with l. poin.s' az
vas hard hit. for she has lost IA OF ner
oIM, noints and starts the season Win
men who scored only liz points last
May. no;,+
winner. the total being r Gnryard 'i has
been unusually hard hit. OF the men
who scored thirteen and one-hah points
for the Crimson. graduation has removed
men responsible for all out TWO pun ~. :
The smaller colleges fare in about the
lsual manner All told there were Id
points scored last year. The men iost
REPRESENT a total of ffty-four. ieaVinS do
q combined nucleus for this years meet
men who scored eighty-nine points rms
means that more than half the point
winners will be back to battle for hohois.
II is quite unusual TO have so many point
winners back, for frequently the gradu-
atad stars have taken with them more
than half the points. 1t means that the
new aspirants for athletic nonors VIII
have to work doubly hard to win their
letters
How Pennsylvania Fares.
Until two weeks ago. when famsdei
was declared ineligible. Pennsylvania
looked to have the 1911 championships al
her mercy. Until then Pennsylvania hao
lost but a single point winner. This was
Parker, who tied for fourth in the pole
vault Ramsdeil, however. scored eight
points in 1910 and was conhdently ex
pected to either duplicate or exceed tha
record His loss adds to the burdens oil
Capt. Minds. who in 1909 and G}lo finisnet
third i'm both sprints. Minds is one o.
the most consistent sprinters PennSylva
MIA has had in a number of years, bu
lacks the ruggedness necessary TO
champion. In addition to Minds, Penn
sylvania expects to have the use o.
Hough who broke down the week before
the 1910 meet His best distances arr
the 90 and 40 yards runs. in which III
has done twenty-five seconds and NIT!
seconds repeatedly.
The ouakers are expecting great things
OF PAUL in the half and mile runs Las
year PAUL was a disappointment, due Il
the fact that he failed to get into goot
condition This year without the burden
OF the captaincy to bother him. Traine
Murphy expects him to duplicate hi
records of 1909. Wolfe, who scored thrt
in the two miles last year. is improvin,
and is sure to be a point winner.
Pennsylvania remaining point win
ners were Burdick and Farrier. who wer
first and tied for third respectively in TIN
high jump: Boyle. who finished fourtl
in the haif-mile run and Parker. wh'
tied for fourth in the pole vault. Parke
is the only man lost There Is good rea
son to believe that all of Pennsylvania
point winners will either equal or bette
their 1910 records. But Pennsylvani;
expects to get her greatest help from TIL
new men eligible this year who jus
failed TO score in 1910. Among these ma,
he mentioned Mercer. who still holds tn
fnterscholastic record i'm the pole vaul
at a height of more than twelve feet. ant
who is also a star broad Jumper. quarter
mile runner and low hurdler. The Quak
ers expect him 10 score heavily in a
least two events. Then they have Bod
ley. Foster. Church and lowering.
quartet OF middle distance runners VIII,
qualified last year and some of whom
should score this year. There ais
number OF first-clasS men in the fell
events. where PENNSYLVANIA has Away
been weak heretofore.
Yale's Severe Losses.
The Yale team has lost two frst-plac'
winners in Nelson. the winner and recor,
holder of the pole vault. and Cooney
winner of the hammer throw. The Eli
also miss Andrus and Coy. who finishe,
third In the hammer throw and shotpu
respectively. These four men have re
duced Yale's total by fourteen points
Three men represent the nucleus o
Yale's remaining eleven and one-hal
points They are Chisholm. who won tn,
high hurdles and finished second in tn,
low: Gardner. who tied for second in tn,
pole vault. and Fitzpatrick, who wa
fourth in the shotput. There is no doub
that all of Yale's men will improve this
year. Chisholm should have little OPP
position in the hurdles: Gardner looks
to be about the best pole yaulter in til,
college world, while Fitzpatrick. according
to the form he is showing now. should
make even Horner of Michigan extend
himself to win
Yale's prospects for first-class show
Ing are none too bright. In addition Il
losing the veterans she has. Yale will b.
without tie services OF Baird. the broat
jumper: Haskell and Miles. the distance
runners: NJ d. kirjassof. the half -miler
and King a hurdler. She should ge
some assistance from Garfield, the higl
Jumper. who in some inexplicable manner
failed TO score. last year. The Els are
not very well cared for with first-clas:
Mlu from the freshman team. but Train