New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-18
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Yale and Harvard to Clash on
Track and Field To-day.
ODDS FAVOR THE CRIMSON
Comparison, However, Indicates
That Blue Forces May
Upset the Figures.

! Yale is looking for one Of the closest dual
meets ever held with Harvard when the
two track teams clash in the Stadium at
Cambridge to-day. After Unexpectedly tie
ing Princeton last Saturday and showing
more elements OF undeveloped strength than
Mock, the trainer. suspected. the team is
| now hopeful of a victory over Harvard.
on paper Harvard appears to have slight
margin. but to close observers the work
! Of the Yale athletes this week indicates
| that they will make a good fight.
! Figuring en- the performances shown by
the Crimson against Dartmouth and by
Yale against Princeton. Harvard should
lead at the end Of the meet by three points.
| This. however, is concedng the high hur-
dies to Cummings, of Harvard, over Lar
kin. Of Yale. although both men ran the
distance in 16 is seconds on Saturday.
Cummings has had more experience than
/ T.arkin. however, Is stronger runner and,
1 by reason Of his work in years past, is en-
/ titled to precedence. On the other hand.
, Larkin has been improving steadily. under
| the direction of George Chisholm, last
! years Intercollegiate champion and 1t
would be no surprise to see him win.
! Barlow. Of Yale. should capture the CEN
/ tUry. as she was close TO Harand, Of
Princeton. and Thomas. in a fifth of n sec
ond faster time than run at Cambridge.
/ Tie logs of Stewart and Thatcher in the
/ sprints is keenly felt al Yale. as one or
! the other was practically sure OF FIRST
place in the dashes. Rudell should place
in the century. AS points will be @ividcd
at Cambridge five. two and one, there Is a
/ premium winning first places. In the
! furlong Barlow should win. as he is strong
or at this distance. Rudell II he runs up
| to past performances may be second.
/ Yale il not expecting to score in the
chenille run. II Norris starts he may win
n point or two, but all three places are
! conceded TO the Crimson. Even IL Farrar
won the 40 in 80 % seconds aginst Prince
| ton. the same time Barron, Of Harvard
rlade against Dartmouth. the Crimson run
uer is preferred. Moreover. Harvard has
two other good men in Ranney and O'Brien
/ Norris should win the Ss0-yard run for
Yale. He can do better than OF. Baker,
Il Yale. and Smith and Hulin, of Harvard,
are the Contenders.
| In the two-mile run Yale does not look
for anything better than third place, al
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wore a shoe. He can do no better than
! Q So. which Is not fast enough to head of
: either wilmington or Boyd. 81 Harvard.
/ Yale Is looking for two places in the low
hurdles. with Platt and Howe. Both are
good for close to % seconds, which is A
| fun second faster than Jackson. Of Har-
yard. did against Dartmouth.
Tho field events should he fairly evenly
/ divided Yale is almost sure Of three places
I'm tho pole vault. with Wagner good for
/ = feet inches or better, and both Gard
nor and Byers are capable Of clearing IL
feet. In tho high jump Dickinson. Of Yale.
and Moffett Of Harvard. have both done .
feet 10 l-2 inches. They are quite likely
to tie for first place with Douglas. OF Yale,
close third
Yale should get a first and third in the
! troad jump Diggs Is showing consistent
form Of over % feet which should win, and
F, Cooke. OF Yale. will force Allen. OF Har-
ward to the limit Leslie and Batchelder'
Of Harvard. are both good for nearly ~
feet I'm the shot put. while HARRISON OF
! Yale, has not yet eQualcd ~ feet
Gable. of Harvard should easily win the
. hammer az he has mark OF SO feet. but
Yale looks for the unexpected 10 happen
/ although Plcketts best mark Is 40 feet.
\ distribution Of the points by Yale man
last night made these totals: Harvard
531-c and Yale 30 -
Fred Thompson. Of Princeton. twice all
around track and field champion OF the
United states, says i'm Los Angeles that he
viii not be a candidate for the Olympic
team. as ne finds II impossible to leave this
country.
| The new home Of the Cincinnati Reds
Will be hardly half big enough this after
room To accommodate the crowd which Will
turn out for the double attraction OF dedi-
eating the park and seeing the Giants take
isSue with Hank O'Day's men, who are
lighting for the lead in the National League
race and hanging on like a hungry dog to
a bone. The five-game series between the
two teams may solve n pertient question
which has been puzzling the fans
George HORNE, the remarkable stanford
University high jumper, Is credited with
clearing feet 5l-i inches in trial a
few days ago This was a fraction better
/ than the worlds mark of feet 6 is Inches
which he established on March 90.
Connie Mack, manager Of the Philadel-
| phla Athletics. announced last night that
he had released Harry krauss. of his
pitching staff to the Toledo club or the
/ American ASsocia ton
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