New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-19
HARVARD MAKES A SWEEP
OyerwheImS Yale in Dual Meet
On Cambridge Track.
SCORES n TO 80 POINTS
R. St. Boyd Lowers Two-Mile
Figures Made by H. Jaques-
Negro Athlete a Feature.
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. J

by lfi'SIdpH W ne iiiSN"N'j
Cambridge Mass, May 1S-The Harvard
track team overwhelmed the Yale athletes
I'm their dual games here to-day, winning II
to SO. The one-sded score was mainly due
&c the Crimson's ability TO win first places.
CAPTAIN Withingtons team taking ten OF the
thirteen events While no dual records were
broken on the track, there were some hrst
class performances. but in general the
games were not up to the usual Harvard
0nd Yale standard.
Harvard made a clean sweep OF all the
points in the half-mile and mile runs and
secured first and second places in the low
hurdles. the 220-yard dash and shot put
Vale took everything in the pole vault, as
had been expected, but failed badly in the
whole field event programme Harvard scor-
ing - points to Yale's 16 in these events.
The one record made to-day was In the
two-m mile run. r. ST. Boyd winning over
Marsh, OF Yale, in 8 minutes 40 seconds
which ia better by As seconds than the
mark set I'm the two-mile by II. Jacques, or
Harvard, three years ago.
Theodore Gable Haryard's negro athlete
was the biggest point winner In the meet
L. king frsts in the broad jump and ham,
mer throw. In the former Cable cleared y
feet 10 Ii inches and his winning perform
ance in the hammer was 1874 77-1OO feet
A. ". Moffat, Of Harvard, cleared feet
. inches in the high jump and was an
unexpected winner, while Wagner OF Yale,
had an easy time in the vault The quarter
mile was "A pretty race between Barron or
of yaIp tho Cam
bridge runner winning in 40 3-5 seconds.
The mile run was easily taken by Law
less. OF Harvard. who dropped back at the
finish to allow his teammates to qualify
for their varsity letters. In the two-rnile
Captain wilmington of Harvard was seized
with cramps after the mile, but Boyd came
through with a splendid finish.
The hurdle races were comparatively
slow, but were split up, Lardn, OF Yale
taking the high event and Cummings. or
Harvard the low. The 100 was not
specially well contested race, but the 22o
was a great sprint, with Adams and DE
Gozzoldi finishing ahead Of Barlow VINO
was Yale's hope. The score was one OF the
most one-s sided that has determined Har-
yard-Y Yale dual meet in years.
tOo-yard dash-won by Cornell, fals'
Tower. Harvard secohu' Mose' i''e' '"i'''
Half miie-won by stone Harvard; Bangs.
Yale. second: Carr, Yale third. Time 2:o% 10:
Tower Harvard. second; Blackner. Yale third
Time. 0:2l 3-5.
Harvard. second; Capper. Harvard thru'
22o.yard hurdlcs-won by Potter. Yale;
Martin, Yale. second. shedden' Yale thIru'
i2o-yafd hurdles-won by Potter. Yale:
Smith. Harvard, second; Sheldon. Yale third
One one-ms run-won by Mcclure, Harvard;
Clark. Yale. second; Hambln' Yale third' llne'
Two mile run-won by Plimpton. Yale; VII
Dor Yale. second; Carter. Harvard third Iine
Running broad iump-won BY Matthews, Yale
with Fl feet inches: Whitney. Harvard sec
oni. with Il feet inches: Hardwick. Harvard
Shot p,it-Nor by Brlckley, Harvard. with 30
h,et \ inches, Hardwick. Harvard. second with
80 feet 2ia inches Gibson, Harvard third' win
throwing .n iy'i the hammer by Talbot, Yale.
with i3i feet inches. Tripp. Yale second WIN
i?s feet inches Pennock. Harvard. third with
Running high jump Won by camp, Hs srysIi
with feet lo' inches RIGS we Ys. se ,S,pd
with , feet inches
Poi. vault-'Tie between Camp. Harvard and
between Mettler and Gordon. both OF Yale at IL
feet inches - ~, ,1,
Two mile run-NOn by ~ OF u p"!"' no.
ward. c. u. Marsh, Yale. second. +. W ops
land. Harvard third. Time. s;t5 IA ne" dual
BROAD lump Wen by r. Gable, f.. Harvard
win % feet loi. inches: NJ. X. Digs, yale
second with % feet a. inches; =. @. Austin
Harvard. third. with % feet ,. inch. 4.
Hammer throw Won nv r Gable, jr., mar
, saFa VII" Win 10 81 50 fss Howard Har
ward thlrd, with 1877 feet 1,
900 ward hurdes-Won by j. y. Cunh,ihss
Harvard: \. l.. Jackson. Harvard secoho' r.
: Tlatt Yale. third Time, 90 H., ,r.,
30 YARD dash-Won by W u. ADAMS: h% =
BARLOW, Yale third Time O:.2S vi.
polo vault-won by $. y. wagner. laIr,
with II feet . inches. tie for second pet"e.aa
r A Gardner Yale: y. =. Achilles, faIe' A"'
J. y. Byers. Yale. with II feet inches: uar-
one-mile runWon by II. NJ WaTfe D. Iaw-
Ies. p Harvard third Time, i:2a as. u
Pu,tinx six,een-pound hot-Won by r. -
BatcheIder. Harvard distance, ~ fset
inches; r W. leslie Harvard, second tois'shfGe
:: fee, 6h inches; IL: Ill, Harolsoh' i"'e' '""u
iOO-yard dash--Won by +. Barlow, Yale; X. -
Ysl. tIITd. Time. oiO IS
l40-yard dash-Won BY W A.. Barron IT,
Harvard: Y. J. Farrar Yale, second d. T. Kan
100 yards, hurdles Won by, c. L. Lark'n
Yale; !. - Cummings. Harvard. second a. H.
Jackson, Harvard third. Time. OLE Is.
$50 yard run-Won by +. u. Smith HarvsIu
r NJ Probe Harvard. second; r. G. Hulins,
Harvard. third. Time zoo ~ ,,...,,
Harvard height q feet . Inches; Il. A. Douglass
Yale, second (height u feet "a lnchl; o. $. Dick
,nson. Yale, third (height feet III inche0.
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