New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
SPRING GAMES At YALE
Mack Has Evolved Great Track
Team Out of New Material.
WILKE DEFEATS REVELl
Said to Have Run Fastest Half
Mile Ever Done on Track
Real Time Withheld.
- releeranh 10 ~ Trihnne.

New Haven. May 3.-The Yale track
team held it, annual spring games at
Yale Field this afternoon and proved con-
cusively that Yale IS TO have one OF the
best teams TO represent her I'm years. The
results were a complete surprise to many
as only a few knew OF the real work
Johnny Mack was accomplishing with the
greenest material Yale has had in years.
The work to-day showed that Yale will
be very strong the dual meets. the first
one coming with Princeton next Satur-
day. Too much reliance should not he
placed on the times announced for the
various events. rs the figures were
shaded. The star event Of the day and
one awaited with much interest by the
close followers OF the team was the quar-
ter-mile race which lay between Wilkie
and Revell The two leaders sprnted to-
gether all the way. Wilkie finally win
ming by a foot The announced time was
~ lis seconds. Wikie. however. won his
"Y'' for covering the distance I'm the fast
est time ever done on the Yale track. and
his name will go up in the gymnasium
az a record holder.
The other star track event was the
half-mile. which r. ". Poucher.
stranger on Yale teams, now of II, won.
Poucher is ineligible Tor this years team.
but he IL a coming star. He ran with a
long. strong stride and was never head
ed, winning by ten yards I'm time an
nounced at two minutes fiat. II was also
one OF the fastest times for the half-mile
ever done at Yale
The pole vault showed Yale again
strong I'm her tavorite event. Eight men
cleared the bar at II feet inches. Cap
tain Wagner finally won at u feet 4
inches. with two freshmen, Lynn and
Johnston. tied at - feet for second place.
The summaries follow:
100 yard dash Won by Cornell. Ruhel. sec
ond. Blackmer. third. Ainsworth, fourth. Time
O:1o -
second. Covles third Time. or
40 yard dash--Won by Wikie. Revell, sec
ond: Bayne. third Brigham fourth Time
sso-yard run-won by Poucher scotch. sec
ond. Billings third. Loyeman, fourth. Time
One-mile run Won by Smith. Hatch. second.
Norris. third: CULVER. fourth. Time, 80.
Two-miie run-Won by Lyman. Stafford. sec
ond. clark, third. Time. 1901
-'-9tfl Nutnlt won hN WHICH, Rh'AN'hf
second Roseuer. third. Time O:163-5.
a2O-yard hurdle-Won by Shedden. Martin.
second Dscol third. Rosener fourth. Time.
O.26
High iump-won by Douglas feet; Riggs
and Hartswick lied for second place with
feet inches: Hampton. VI Zee and Aymar
tied for third place with feet o inches.
Broad iump-Won by Cook. 81 foot 10 Inches.
Diggs. II feet Is inches. second. Matthews, 81
feet inches. third. Ainsworth. 20 feet lii3
inches. fourth.
Pole vault-won by Wagner. II feet
inches: Lynn and Johnston tied for second
place with L. feet.
Shot put-Won by RoOs, ~ feet inches;
Baker. 80 feet So inches. second; Glendennng.
rs feet / y inches, third; Bomeislcr, 30 feet
inches fourth
Hammer shrow-Won by Pickett. lao feet q
inches: Caldwell. 100 feet I inch. second
IOughridge. l37 feet inches. third; Talbot.
1873 feet ~ inches fourth.