The Washington times., 1913-06-01
THINK JONES MIGHT
HAVE DONE BETTER
Cornell Captain in Establishing
American Record Could Have
Made Worlds Mark.
L0AFED IN THE FIRST PART
Four Men Take Annual IntercoI-
Iegiates for U. Of P. With
Twenty-four Points.
LoAFED IN THE FIRST PART

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 1.-Specu-
lation is rife today. not upon the fact
that Penn's athletes came through for
another win Of the annual intercollegi-
ate field and track games in the Har-
ward Stadium yesterday. the smallest
score yet recorded. but upon the rec
ord-breal1ing performance Of John Paul
Jones. the Cornell miller. as to whether
been pushed In the first and second
minutes IA Is seconds.
That Jones loafed in the first part
of the race and showed In the last half
that he did not intend to allow Tabor.
Of Brown, to duplicate his performance
Of last year. and get dead heat out Of
Il. 10 admitted today. Others maintain
that Jones ran to form in failing to cut
out q hotter pace at the start, and that
had he been forced to extend himself
by Tabor or Madeira in the first and
second quarters, Tommy Conneff's rec
ord would be q thing Of the past.
1t was Jones last race for Cornell. and
his last appearance. according to re-
ports. on the cinder path. That he
mile and place himself At the front
rank os all collegiate milers in his last
appearance In q fitting finish to the
greatest OF careers.
Jones Race the Climax.
Other races In the annual struggle
were put in the background. for while
Petterson's win in the century equaled
the record, as did that Of Lippincott, Of
Penn. In the 20. and WendelIs per-
formance In the 22o-yard hurdles, Jones'
race was the climax of the days sport.
Great finishes were observed In practi-
cally all Of the events. and while many
. star counted upon to win finished In
the ruck. there were upsets enough to
cause plenty Of excitement up to the
dnal event.
Pennsylvania. due to the efforts Of
Patterson, Lppincott, Mercer. and Nc.
Curdy. won the meet for the Red and
Blue with "a points. these four men
contributing al the scores for Mike
Nurphy's track team. Four nfsts, two
Of which eQualed the collegiate record:
Mercers broad jump: McCurdys win IN
the two-mile. and places by Patterson
IN the 20 and Iippincott In the 100 doing
the work.
Harvard ran second with M. while
Michigan was third with 10. The other
colleges finished as follows:
Cornell, fourth. 171: Dartmouth. NTH.
14Ik; Yale. sixth, 10Iz; Wesleyan. 10; CALI
fornio, 10: Princeton, 6; Columbia, &;
Brown, 3; Pennsylvania State, ], and |
Syracuse. !.
Crimson Was Strong.
The Crimson showed unexpected |
strength, while Michigan's big men got /
into the running in the weights and two
mile run Dartmouth. with a well bal
anced team, was able only to land fifth,
Marc Wnght's failure to win the pole I
vault surprising the dopesters.
The California athletes. Beeson, Allen,
and Shattuck managed to get in ten |
points. while Wendelrs dual win, the
only one Of the day. put Wesleyan on
even terms for nth place with the
Western men.
Jones more than made up for his de-
feat in the half by romping home In the |
record mile. while Tabor, the Brown |
crack, expected to give Jones q stiffer,
battle. failed at the test.