Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-02

sturdy Quaker legs. with which SIX
wearers of the Red and Blue gathered
in "a points for the University of
Pennsylvania, won the 3Sth annual
field and track meeting of the Inter
collegiate Association of Amateur
Athletes of America in the Harvard
Stadium, Saturday. The score was
the smallest made by a winner in the
history of the association.
John Paul Jones, Cernell's crack
captain. finished his college cinder
track career by running the fastest
mile ever credited to an amateur. his
new worlds record time being min
utes Is Us seconds. This is just one
second lower than the previous rec
ord which Jones made on the same
track, two years ago.
The association records in the 100
and 2o0-yard dashes, and in the 22e-
yard low hurdles, were equalled. re-
spectively, by J. +. Patterson and d..
F. Lippincott and ]. |. Wendall Of
Wesleyan The latter won both hur-.
die events and was the only double
winner of the day.
Harvard was giving Pennsylvania a
stiff battle for the lead when jack
son, the Crimsons colored timber top
per- knocked down three hurdles in
the 220-yard event and was disqual-
flied Had he secured second place
in the final, Harvard, which had not
been considered factor, would have
won the meet.
Michigan was a close third on
points, while Cornell which had been
expected to press Pennsylvania closely
for the college honors, was fourth
Dartmouth took fifth place. BY a
margin of half a point Yale managed
TO beat out the University of Cali
fornia and " esleyan for sixth place.
Three athletes, Beeson, ALE and
Shattuck. won the 10 points which
the University of California team
carried back to the Pacific coast a.
the first fruits of championship COM
petition in the East in many years.
incidentally, a good proportion of the
net receipts from 5000 spectators,
based on the number of miles they
travelled was turned over to the Yves
terners. Princeton, Columbia, Brown,
Syracuse and Pennsylvania State
College brought up in the rear OF the
standing by points.
Interest conferred in the mile run,
and the anticipations of thousands of
followers of track athletes We're ful-
filed. Many of those who saw Jones
beat out Taber of Brown by 10 yards
in the sprint for the finish believed
that the Cornell captain might have
supplanted the worlds professional
time as well, had he not loated
through the first quarter. In That hrst
round of the stadium path. Legion
of PENNSYLVANIA State set slow pace
of 1 minute. | As seconds. Taber
pushed into the lead at the half mile.
which was covered in minutes. 20
seconds, but shortly after Jones went
to the front and took charge of the
event. He passed the three-quarter
mark in 3 minutes, Is is seconds and
then set, sail for the finish. Taber,
Madeira of Pennsylvania and Harmon
of Dartmouth, chung desperately at his
heels, but at the turn into the home
stretch Jones shook them off, and with
grand burst of speed broke the tape,
the acknowledged king of amateur
milers Taber was an even two sec
onds slower while Harmon covered
the mile in 418 AS and Madeira in
4211-5
None of the five field records were in
danger. although a few were APP
preached.
shattuck of California, with a record
of IT'S feet in the hammer. failed by
many feet to repeat. Captain Beeson
of California did better in the high
jump, while Whitney of Dartmouth
tossed the shot to within nearly a foot
and half of the record distance set,
last year, by Beatty of Columbia. The
latter was close second, today. Capt.
H. s. Wright of Dartmouth. the
worlds greatest pole vaulter was an
other who failed to attain previous
heights and was beaten out by Fiske
of Princeton and tied by Wagner of
Yale.
The winning broad jump of Mercer
of Pennsylvania was a foot behind the
record.
1t was on the cinders that the lead
ing exploits Of the afternoon were per-
formed After the wonderful mile of
Jones. Captain Half. the Michigan gil
ant. ran the quarter within two-fifths
of a second of the record. Then came
Patterson's great sprint in the century
dash to equal association figures of 9
As seconds. The two mile was slow
although it developed spirited fight
Wendell cleared the high hurdles in
Is 2-5 seconds in one of the trial heats
and ran the finals over the low timbers
in even association time of % 3-5 sec
onds.
New record time might have been
hung up had Wendell been pushed in
the last SO yards.
LippIncott sprinted the furlong in
another even association time, and
was was running hard at the finish.
Jones was expected to gather in five
more points for the Ithacans in the half
mile, but Yale uncovered great finisher
In Brown. who dashed by the mile cham
pion on the turn into the home stretch,
and fairly ran Jones off his legs. winning
by yards. Here again the time was good
and within two seconds. of that made by
Jones. last year.
The ideal weather was contributing
factor In the success of the meet, while
the cheering included the unique college
cry of California. heard for the first time
In the East and kept the echoes Of the
stadium constantly awake.