Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-23

he has lost the services OF Marshall.
his best sprinter. and who until the
Cornell meet was considered for first
place In at least the one-hundred- yard
dash. Although he won his event
against Cornell in the good time OF
10 1-6 seconds he was unable to start
in the two-hundred- and-twenty-yard
dash and has not done any track
work since that time. Trainer Murphy
said he would try to get him in shape
Tor at least one event at the fntercol-
legiates. but would not place any re-
lance in him. To provide for the pos
sibility Of his inability to compete, Mr..
Murphy switched Mercer from the pole
vault and low hurdles to the two
hundred and twenty yard dash.
Mercer won the event in 20 seconds
nat. and in the meet with the Indians
and Carnegie he went from the broad
Jump to the sprint and running in the
teeth OF the wind all the way won
easily in % 1-5 seconds nat Although
Murphy has not committed himself It
Is felt that Mercer can run the fur
long In at least 81 3-5 seconds. Under
the circumstances this seems good
enough to win the event at the inter-
collegiates.
Another thing which is worrying the
college world is the manner in which
Trainer Murphy is keeping Edwards, his
star high hurdler. under cover Edwards
was given q record last year OF is as
seconds at Pennsylvania, and the year
previous won the event In the A. A. L.
championships In the world record time
of Is 1-5 seconds He is reported to have
bad leg and for that reason Trainer
Murphy has been keeping him out of all
games. SO that II is doubtful IL he ID seen
In competition before the intercollegiate
meet ITSELF There is also considerable
doubt as to whether Edwards win confine
himself to the high hurdles or viii try to
repeat over the low sticks.
The most meritorfous work in the VA.
rfous meets to date has been done in the
field events. particularly in the pole vault
and the hammer throw. In the pole vault
there are eight men who have done IL
carnival. Two new stars have been de-
veloped in Wright Of Dartmouth. who In
the Harvard meet cleared the bar at the
winning height of IL feet 6h inches and
goner Of Yale in their dual meet at
height Of IL feet 6 N inches. Babcock Of
Columbia and Fritz Of Cornell tied at II
feet Az inches in the triangular meet
feet { inches against Princeton and Hey.
burn and Mercer Of Pennsyfvan1a have,
done IL feet This means that II VIII re-
quire more than IL feet to qualify In the
preliminaries and that the winner VIII Do
forced to do close to Is feet.
In the hammer throw Cable OF Harvard
has made the best throw OF the year. do
ing 154 feet against Dartmouth. Marden
y,
q foot behind him in the same meet
Three other men-Simpson Of Pennsyl-
vania. Speers and Simons, both OF Prince
ton-have all done better than l42 feet
The hammer throw. however. 10 such an
uncertain event that any one Of these fve
men may win or fail entirely to score.
OF the lot the two Dartmouth representa-
tives have always shown the most con-
sistency.
A reliable report comes from Syracuse
that Reidpath, the star quarter miller
of that university, is running like the
wind. 1t Is said on good authority
that In the dual meet with Columbia
Reidpath was caught by four watches
In al seconds nat. This time was con-
sidered SO remarkable that the timers
refused to make such phenomenal
speed public and announced the time
as IS As seconds, which equaled the
mark. The worlds rec
ord for the distance. and made on Q
straightaway track At that, 10 only
At seconds. and held by Maxey Long.
the greatest quarter miller over de.
veloped. On q circular track the best
time that Long ever made was a as
seconds, SO that II Reidpath really ala
AZ seconds two weeks ago he ought to
even better that time at the tnterooi.
legiates. In commenting on such phe-
time II should be remembered
that the timers in these games are
usually amateurs, who could very road1.
ly make a mistake OF q second or tWAs