New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-01
wonderfuI Cornell Runner Clips
rulI Second OFF Record
He Established Two
Years Ago.
TITLE TO PENNSYLVANIA
ouakers Get Enough Points to
Beat Out Harvard, While
Ithacans Are Unable to
Score Better than
Fourth Place.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

,ba one-mie run at the intercollegiate
Games in the Harvard stadium this after
noon and finished his career on the col
lege cinder path in blaze of glory
Jones ran the classic mile in 4 minutes
u2-5 seconds, a full second better than he
did two years ago, when he first broke
Tommy Connects long standing mark.
furthermore, Jones ran within two sec
onds Of the worlds professional record.
made by ". G. George. Of England. more
than thirty years ago.
The marvellous running Of the Cornell
captain was the feature Of the champin-
ship meeting. but in his record breaking
Performance IN the mile he outdid himself
and was defeated in the half-mile run by
G Z Brown, of Yale. His defeat In this
race put an end to whatever hope Cornell
had Of winning the championship cup for
an time, and the title went to Pennsyl-
yania
The Quakers rolled up a total OF q
points and We're hard pressed at the end
BY Harvard. which scored 2ll2 points. The
disqualification of Jackson, the Crimson's
star hurdler, in the low timbers, probably
prevented Harvard from adding three
points 10 its score and incidentally win
ming the championship.
Michigan, with 10 points. nosed out Cor
nell for third place. The best the Ithacans
could do was TO score 17l4 points, while
dartmouth was fifth. with AZ. and Yale
sixth. with 10i.. The others trailed behind
the leaders.
Jones not only beat Norman Taber in
the mile run, the event which attracted
more than 1900 persons TO the stadium
but broke the tape eight yards ahead OF
the Brown man. Jones in the last quar-
Ter Of a mile ran Taber almost off his
feet. Taking the lead at the sound OF the
gun and steadily drawing away over the
last 40 yards Of the race, Jones's last
quarter was a wonder, the time being l
minute / As seconds Taber's performance
also was startling, for he ran the fastest
nile of his life, being caught By the
watches in 4 minutes 10 rs SECONDS.
Jones's new record is q full second fast-
or than the one he established at these
same intercollegiates two years ago. IN
the half-mile Jones, after his grueLlIhs
race In the mile. was unable 10 repeat
He gave Brown, OF Yale, great race
but coming round the last turn the Ne"
Haven runner galloped away from Jones
and 100 yards from the tape was . yalu'
ahead Then Jones began TO come put
he was not within eight or nine yards o.
Brown when the finish line was reached.
Pennsylvania won the meet by virtue
Of It's ability 10 capture first places ~
the thirteen winners the Red ana blue
had four. Patterson won the lc0-yard
dash, and in doing so equalled the record
Of s4-5 seconds set by Bernie Weters IN
1896. and which only Ralph Cra!g' oI
Michigan. ever has equalled since. In the
2s-yard dash Lippincott, who was beaten
by Patterson in the century, came thrOusIl
Ike y Whirlwird. his time being 4 10
seconds this also equalling a record JOINT
y held by Wefcrs and Craig. Roy Mer-
ser came through beautifully in the hnais
,f the broad lump, winning II with leap
N % feet 37s inches. while in the t"o-
nile run McCurdy. OF the Pennsylvania
team. won rather a slow race, but one n
which he outgeneralled completely Spci-
len. Of Cornell Moakley's runner not
having the stamina to make a nara hiilsl
and dropping back TO be passed by smith,
d Michigan. and also by Boyd Of har-
ward
Besides the record in the spirits an
other was euualled this afternoon, TINS
being in the low hurdles. Wendell, OF
Wesleyan. not only won. but his time n
the final heat was % 30, no other inter-
collegiate hurdler having made sucn
Performance over the low timbers since
Kraenzlein. Of Pennsylvania, established
the mark. fifteen years ago, when the
games were held in New York. Pennsyi-
yanla scored only six places to-day get
ting besides its four hrsts third and TWO
iourths. The third place came In the
0yard dash. in which Lippincott was
beaten by Keller. of Cornell, as well as
By his own team mate, Patterson, whlle
besides Madciras fourth In the mile rat
,erson romped home in last place IN the
1Iyard dash
Harvard made an Unexpectedly good
moving It's total Of 2lia points beng
only ~ points behind the winning total
Of the Quakers Harvard won only one
INST place, the hammer by Gable whose
throw Of l56 feet made in the trials yes
'erday. stood as the best performance or
'he meeting Harvard got nine places IN
AL however, including Camps tie with
beeson, Of California, in the high jump.
Inc Crimson suffered a great disappoint-
hent In Jackson, who. In the semi-hnals
oi the low hurdles, was disqualified for
knocking down three flights Of trnoers.
ne vas 50 good that the Harvard men
sOunted on him 10 win second place, and
vac ne done so Harvard's total would
ave been 2il2 points. instead of 2llz, and
harvard would have had the champion
snip
wendell won both hurdle races, out
adSsing both fields completely. lie was
s only man 10 win two first places. and
Sieyan was the only college TO get more
Ian one first place, except Pennsylvania.
1'o"n' Of Yale. ran beautifully In the
-" mile, his time being 55 1-5, which
80 not as fast as he has done. but fast
V'sh to show his superiority over his
competitors
nan OF Michigan, showed his form In
s'o' which he won handily. beating
1shs' OF Cornell. by two long yards In
-, iast time OF As 20 seconds. which was
a." I'D TO the remarkable standard OF
The meeting.
sss re was only one real upset In the