Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-01
AND CORNELL
LEAD THE QUAL|F|ERS
Beatty Puts Shot to New
Record in the Collegiate
Games.

PHILADELPHIA. June Without try
ing his best, Lawrence Beatty of Column
bia University smashed the intercolle-
giate shotput record in the trials of the
intercollegiate championships at Franklin
Field yesterday afternoon. With little ex-
ertion. he added nearly four inches to
the old record in his first put. and before
he had finished he had added to his mark
until his best put measured AZ feet u
inch This is exactly 5 inches better than
the old mark. made by Joe Horner of the
University of Michigan last year.
After the trials Bernie Wefers, the CO.
lumbia coach. said that, with keen compe-
ton and good weather conditions. Beatty
will add several inches to this mark in
the finals today.
Charley Reidpath. the great runner of
Syracuse University. carried off the hon.
ors on the track. He won his heat in the
quarter-mile race without extending him.
self in the fast time of 40 4-5 seconds. Elk
perts who saw him run declared him the
sure winner of the final, and some OF
them predicted that he would beat As 40
the record held by ]. B. Taylor of Penn
sylvania and D. B. Young of Amherst.
The weather conditions were ideal A
big crowd saw the trials, and the COM
petitions in all the contests were keen
many colleges doomed up as possible win
ners OF the title. AT least half dozen
colleges have chance Of winning the
meet. with Cornell and Pennsylvania best
favored.
Pennsylvania qualified the larger num-
Der of men, but Cornell will rely on her
star performers in the distance runs and
the vault to earn enough points to beat
their rivals. Jones is expected TO cap
ture the half and mile runs. Berne the
N-.k- ,o1n =
nam and Cozzens to pick up odd points in
the quarter and half.
While experts figure the fight will be
between Cornell and Penn. they agree
that with either of them falling down in
any event Michigan, Harvard, Dartmouth,
Columbia Princeton and Syracuse might
upset calculations and carry of the ban
ner.
~Michigan's team is pretty we'll balanced.
Seven of them qualified Harry Hillman
and qualified eight. Eight Columbia ath-
letes also qualified.
The pole vault was the most spectacu-
lar contest of the day. In it twelve men
cleared the bar at more than twelve feet.
Four men vaulted II feet 4, one at II feet
. inches and seven men at l. feet Never
in the history of athletics have so many
men cleared such heights in one competi-
ton. 1t is the consensus of opinion here
that when the contest is finished a new
WOrl0'S record Will nave Deen eStdDlSneO.
1t Is expected that the winner will be
compelled to clear thirteen feet in order to
win the championship.
Those who qualified and will fight it out
in the final are Babcock of Columbia,
Wagner and Gardner of Yale. Fritz Of
Cornell and Wright of Dartmouth.
Mercer. the all-around champion of
Pennsylvania, In his first and only trial
cleared % feet 10t inches in the running
broad jump. 1t was the best of the day.
and as this jump will stand it looks as
though 1t will win the contest for him.
He also won his heat in the 22O-yard
dash, but he will meet worthy opponents
in the final today
The Olympic selection committee was
on the ground and observed the perform
ances and conditions of all the men, The
members were Of the opinion that a score
Of the colleg1ans will be sent to Stock
holm