New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-01
CORNELL STOCK RISES
ON EVE OF BIG GAMES.
IthaCanS Qualify Two Men Un-
expeCtedly and Will Press
the QuakerS Hard.
HARVARD IN THE RUNNING
Beatty Skaters Shot Put Record,
but Yale Prevents Fast
Time in Races on
the Track.


tryouts for the intercollegiate track and
field championship which were held on
Franklin Field this Afternoon il is apparent
that Cornell and Pennsylvania will fight
IL out for the honors in the final contests
which arc to be decided tomorrow. Har-
ward too is we'll in the running. but the
surprising performances of one or two of
the athletes from Ithaca who were not
looked on 10 count in the finals has boosted
COnel's chances. Pennsylvania showed
Disappointing form in the sprints and failed
10 qualify a single entry.
Although the one and two mile runs are
10 be contested without the necessity for
trial heats. Pennsylvania has already quail
fled the greatest number of athletes for the
finals thirteen of the Quakers earning the
right 10 take part in to-days competitions
Harvard qualified nine. and much 10 the
surprise of every one Columbia and Yale
qualified eight apiece. Cornell worked sew
en- into the finals, three Of them, however
in the half mile, while Dartmouth and
Michigan also got seven men through
apiece. Six Prncetonians qualified. and the
others TO earn places in this afternoon
races were: Syracuse, FIVE: Brown and
Wesleyan. two each: Amherst, Bowdoin.
N. ]. T., Penn State and Rutgers. one each.
OF the forty-four men picked by The
Tribune TO score in the eleven events in
which trials were held this afternoon.
thirty-two qualified. In the 10o-yard dash
three qualified; 22O-yard dash, two: quarter
mile. three; half-mile. three: high hurdles.
three: low hurdles. three; high jump three;
broad jump two shot-put. four; hammer
nd 10
roaring gale from the northwest pre-
vented fast time in the running events, but
there were several good performances in
the field contests. Russell Beatty, of Co
lumba the collegiate shot-put record
holder lived up TO his reputation and shat
tered the intercollegiate record of 4e feet
~ inches made by j. J. Eorner, of Mich
igan, last year. He hurled the iron ball a.
feet "a Of an inch At that Beatty was not
even half trying. as a slightly strained ten
don in his left leg bothered him.
Roy Mercer surprised himself i'm the broad
jump when on his first and only trial he
cleared g feet 1912 inches. This performance
should win the event easily for the Quaker
football captain. because the next best
jump was by Digs, of Male. who was near
IL foot short of MERGERS leap. Babcock,
the Columbia star pole vaulter. took things
easy in the broad jump dropping out after
he had cleared % feet 1la inches, which in
sured him a place in the finals MERGERS
long Jump was the best that has been done
in the intercollegiate championships in
many seasons, although A. D. Gutterson,
the Vermont champion, has bettered that
mark several times within the year.
One of the most remarkable performances
Of the day WAS in the pole vault. in which
FIVE men qualified, all tied at the phenomenal
height Of y feet Az inches. If Babcock, OF
Columbia had not sent the figures up TO IL
feet S2s inches last spring the vaulting OF
this afternoon would have broken the record.
Babcock, Wagner and Gardner, of Yale;
Wright, of Dartmouth. and Fritz. Of Cor
nell. were the ones to clear the bar at the
qualifying height.
Cornell showed its strongest hand in the
trial heats for the half-mile run. 7.
Jones, of course, had no difficulty in win
ming his heat, but II was hardly expected
that n. \. Putnam and II. II. Snyder would
also win their heats. In the matter or
drawing. the Comedians were fortunate
for. as il happened they were not compelled
10 run against each other in the trial
rounds. and thus put possible point winners
out Of competition. Jones ran the slowest
half If the afternoon turning the two laps
in 1925. as against a Nat 1857 for both
Snyder and Putnam. Hayes, of Princeton
was second 10 Jones, but did not push 'he
Comedian very hard. Levering was right
on Hayes's heels at the finish.
Mercer failed TO qualify in the hundreo
~
much TO the surprise Of the Quakers, VINO
were looking TO him to win with ease. he
had been timed under ten seconds within
a week. and his failure was disappoint-
ment Both Thomas and Harlano' OF
Princeton, won their heats In the snort
dash, the former beating Jacobs, OF Column
bia, at the tape. and the latter Burns OF
Brown Bond of Michigan, unheard OF ana
unsung. upset the calculations OF the fore
casters by winning the third heat, beating
Olsen, of Dartmouth, and De Gozzaldi, or
Harvard Marshall another Pennsylvania
star was shut out in his heat.
Reidpath, of Syracuse, lived up 10 ex-
pectations. and carried off the fastest quar-
ter of the day, winning in O49 As. Cozzens,
of Cornell. nosed out Close. OF Princeton,
in this heat, five yards behind the winner.
Haff Of Michigan, who scored year ago,
and Barron, OF Harvard, also won their
heats Rack, of Michigan, and Farrar, OF
Yale, were second and third. respectively,
10 the Harvard man, who led all the way.
Sawyer. the Princeton captain, was shut
out in his heat Foster. Of Pennsylvania,
and Rooney Of Harvard, scored In the
heat with Half.
Wendell of Wesleyan. captured the fast
est heat in the high hurdles he topped
the timbers in OILS 40. beating Edwards,
The Pennsylvania star, easily with Graham.
Of Columbia. third. Grfith, OF Pennsyl-
vanls, took heat in the hurdles In Ol6
fat putting out Champlin, OF Syracuse, at
the tape
Wendell again showed his speed in the
low hurdles. winning in 0;24 40. This mark
was eoualled only by Haydock. of Penn
sylyania, who was fourth In the event
year ago Three Of the men TO qualify In
the low hurdles were Quakers. and three
Pennsylvanians were placed in the high
hurdles.
Those who qualified in the trial heats to-
day follow:
TRACK EVENTS.
!oo-yard dash (four heats first three IN each
qualify for COMMUNICATING heat won by M.
T. Robertson Syracuse; ID. n. Miles. Amherst
second. r. T. RudeN. Yale, third. Iime'
0.l0 %. Second heat won by J. +. Havland.
Princeton; T. Buns, Brown, second; dead heat
between II. Il. seward, Michigan, and y {;
Cornet, COfg.esl. third. Time, O:lO 30 Third
beat won IS ). j.. Bond, Michigan; G. o. Olsen.
Dartmouth second; r. S. DE Gozzaldl Harvard
Il. Thomas, Princeton; IL. II. Jacobs, Columbia
second; J. a. Piner, Pennsylvania state, thlrd