The Washington herald., 1911-05-28
POINT WINNERS.

Cambridge. Mass. May G.-Cofnelrs
versatile and gifted athletic team this
afternoon won first place in the inter-
collegiate track and field championships.
Yale was second, one-half point ahead
Of Michigan. Pennsylvania expected by
a majority of the experts to win the meet,
was a disappointment. finishing fourth.
In the mile run the wonderful Jones, of
Cornell, clipped off the distance in Ais 2-5,
lowering the worlds amateur record of
AIS 3-5 made by Tommy Cohneff in 1895.
In the two-mile run Berna, from the
same great school OF distance runners
as Jones, made a new American record
OF 9:25 is. In the half-mle run Jones
did 1:54 3-5, beating the former intercol-
legiate record of 1:56 made by Parsons, of
Yale. six years ago.
In the shot put Horner, of Michigan.
stood lightly on his huge legs and hurled
the weight first 46 feet 5 3-4 inches, then
IS feet lis inches. both performances
breaking the intercollegiate marks. In
the pole vault Babcock, of Columbia, an
athlete who is at his best in the stress
OF competition, not only climbed to a
higher heisht than Bobby Gardner, of
Yale but went Il feet S 3-S inches. By
so doing he set up new intercollegiate
and collegiate records. The intercolle-
giate figures were L feet 3-S inches, by
Nelson. of Yale, and the collegiate 12
feet ) IL inches by Dray, of Yale.
Babcock cleared the new height on the
first trial. Gardner on his third attempt
to equal Babcock's performance. sailed
over with plenty of space between his
body and the bar, but struck ii and
knocked IL loose with his arm on the
descent. The bar was elevated to l.
feet IL inches, so that Babcock could try
for a new worlds record, but ne could
not negotiate this altitudinous height.
Here are the records equaled:
The invinclble flyer from the West,
Craig, of Michigan, ran the 1C0-yard dash
in 9 IS seconds. and tore off the 220 fiat
in q 1-5 seconds. Both of these times
equaled the intercollegiate and collegiate
records. In the 440-yard run. Young, of
Amherst, spare and long-striding youth,
ran the distance in IS 3-5 seconds. tying
the intercollegiate record made by Taylor,
of Pennsylvania, in 1907.
Dual winners were Craig, of Michigan;
Jones. of Cornell, and Chisholm, of Yale.
The Eli timber topper won both hurdles
in fine style. Stibolt, of Cornell, made
him step the best he knew to land the
100, but in the 300 he outclassed his field,
and romped away with the prize with
impressive ease. He never fiicked a hur-
die.
Michigan Gets Third Place.
The Michiganders with ten men battled
their way to third place and put the
highly regarded string of Pennsylvanian-
ians in the shade. Cornells victories in
the distance runs were one factor in the
unexpected relapse of the Quakers, and
Roy Mercer. Murphy's prize entry in
the broad jump. also came as a cropper.
Holden, of Yale, came to the front
gallantly for Eli in this contest. and off
set the failure of Gardner to win first
place In the pole vault. Holden better
ed his qualifying jump of yesterday,
whereas Mercer could do no better than
he did yesterday. Holden improved his
leap by 1O1z inches, and worked his way
from third to first.
The finals of the 120 high hurdles was
grueling tussle between Chisholm and
Stibolt, the Yale man having more in
reserve and pulling away as they ap-
preached the last hurdle. He beat
Stibolt by a foot.
There were eighteen starters in the one
mile run, and the crowd was on edge
with expectancy as the herd of fast
steppers waited for the gun. They came
in a compact bunch around the first turn
Curtls. OF fTlnCetOn, leaOlng, with Paul,
second. and Jones, back. but in a good
position. They began to string out in the
second lap. but with the leaders punched
Paul was showing the way, and Jones
had moved up to second place. AS they
went into the third lap Hanavan. of
Michigan, came up with the first flight,
and he. Jones. and Paul were the first
three. with Lawless. of Harvard. a close
fourth. Jones took the lead in the third
lap, with Paul second, and Hanavan GO
ing strongly in third place. The running
in the last lap was all done by four men,
Jones, Hanavan, Paul, and Lawless
Jones put on steam In the fourth lap
and opened up a gap. He was as strong
as a horse apparently. and dashed
through the last turn with increasing
speed. He went at the tape like a bull
dog. and won by fifteen yards.
The redoubtable Chisholm was ten feet
to the fore in winning the final of the
20 lower hurdles. and his victory never
was In doubt from the start.
Craig Equals Record.
Craig breezed home In the go fiat final,
taking the lead half way down. His mar
gin Of victory was two yards. and It was
in the final that he made the record
equaiins figures Of q Is
The prettiest race in the 20 was the
second semi-nnal. In which Minds. Cooke.