New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
Athletic Honors Evenly Divided
in College Year Just Ended
Penn Furnished Champion Team
in Track Sports.
MINOR TITLES TO CORNELL
Won at Basketball and Wrest-
ling-Princeton on Top
in Water Polo.

for the wonderful quality OF the perrin" III
ances. John Paul Jones, the erea'es'
mile runner that America has ever seem
brought TO an end his college career by
winning the mile championship anu
breaking by a full second the WORM
amateur record held by himself Jones
time was 4 minutes Is 2-5 seconds and IL
Will probably stand for years.
Jones met defeat, however, by less ,'ia''
n yard at the hands Of G.. f.. Brown Oh
Yale. I'm the half-mile run, being peateH
IN 1.551-5 l. f.. Wendell, of wesleyan
won both the high and low hurdles, max
ing close to record time In each ana Do''
Iippincott. OF Pennsylvania, won the iur
long dash in time equalling the RECORD
held by Wefers, OF Georgetown. anu
Craig. OF Michigan.
In the minor sports, Cornelis defeat ny
Harvard In the 'cross-country champlo"'
shin run was the surprise OF the year
Only once before in the fourteen years IN
which the 'cross-country run has been
held had the Ithacans been beaten. Har-
ward won however, with to'al Oh -
points TO Cornells 40 Dartmouth was
third. with 81. and the other scores were
Brown. III; Pennsylvania, l6i; Massacnu-
sets Institute OF Technology, loo; SYRIA
cuse. ia: Princeton. 1893; Yale. 2o'. Johh
Paul Jones won the individual title his
time for the six-mile course being 81 MIN
utes % 10 seconds.
Cornell broke UP Columbias string OF
victories in basketball by winning the
championship OF the intercollegiate league
with a team that was far superior to any
other I'm the league. Wesleyan, altnongh
not a member of the league had very
strong combination. and Is entitled TO
second place in the final rating. Hazard
won practically all OF its hockey games
and had an equal claim to the title, with
a seven that was almost invincible.
The breaking up OF the intercollegiate
League left only Princeton. Cornell ana
Dartmouth 10 fight out for the champion
ship OF the organization, and princeton
won with a clean slate. Yale had last
team. but was beaten by the Crimson
IN the intercollegiate series. and even
"Hobie" Baker could not save Princeton
from defeat at the hands OF the Harvard
seven.
In wrestling Cornell was unbeatable
with a team that came through IN TIE
intercollegiate championship, with a high
total OF points Yale. although not
member Of the league. defeated Column
bla. Princeton and Harvard. and is rated
second 10 the Ithacans. with Princeton
third. Iehigh fourth and Pennsylvania
nth.
Yale won the intercollegiate swimming
championship. defeating every team IN
the league. while Princeton took the non
ors I'm water polo with practically the
same veteran combination that swept
through the previous season with an I'M
broken string Of victories. Harvard was
undefeatcd I'm the soccer series, and HaV-
ar,ord. defeated only by the Crimson. was
second.
Columbia won It's only championship IN
fencing. defeating Cornell and the Navy
in overwhelming fashion In the intercol-
leeiate tournament Yale and Princeton
divided honors in golf and lawn tennis
the Blue capturing the college trophy and
tho Tigers the one In tennis. Pennsyl-
vania. with "A good all-around team. won
the gvmnastic championship, and Har-
ward repeated lin capturing the champion
ship in lacrosse.