New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-29
COLUMBIA SENIORS
WIN TRACK MEET
Freshmen Furnish Surprise
by Finishing Well Up
in Second Place.
TAYLOR WINS TWO
RACES FOR THE CUBS
Harvitt and Macdonald Score
Most Points for the Winners
and Beatty Helps Along.

Consistent scoring gave the Columbia
seniors victory in the interclass track
meet yesterday afternoon on South Field.
They scored Is points. as against IS by
the freshmen, 3li3 by the juniors and 2Sis
by the sophomores.
The showing of the freshmen in their
efforts TO beat the seniors was one Of the
surprises of the meet, and the good mate
rial in the irst-year class augurs we'll for
the Columbia track team.
The cubs won their chief laurels through
the sterling running OF j. l. Taylor who
broke the tape first in two OF the closest
races OF the day. Several of Columbia
best men faced the starter In the half
mile run and small notice was paid TO
Taylor. NJ Gertz. a sophomore. who won
the Van Amringe cross country cup last
year. led 10 the stretch, with F. Whelan.
Of the varsity track team, right at his
heels: bpt at tho turn Taylor doomed up.
and with a great sprint finished first In
stirring blanket finish.
Not content with this victory, Taylor
faced Gertz. s. Janney and others OF the
varsity team in the one-mile race, and
leading all the way, finished In front. with
Janney pushing him hard two yards be
hind.
f. Loescher. another freshman, captured
the running high jump.
A. Harvitt. of the senior class scored
10 points for his team by winning 10th
dashes. f. Macdonald added II points by
taking frsts in the quarter-mile run and
the 220-yard low hurdles. and fourth place
ir the l20-yard high hurdles, which F. l..
Brady. who scored in the intercollegiate
last spring won with ease in OH.
r. /. Beatty, senior and intercol-
legiate shot-put champion. won that event
without trouble with A put Of IS feet
inches.
In the shot-put a serious accident was
narrowly averted. and a. it was J. Web
ster received painful injury. Armsrons'
a sophomore, who won fourth place.
changed the direction. and Webster, get
ting in the way. ducked just in time to
avoid the full brunt OF the ball, but was
nit in the back. He was abe TO leave the
field unassisted.
The summaries follow:
100 yard dash-Won by a Harvitt - T.
Black. II, second. p. ". Eollmen, 'l6. third'
r. l.. Brady 10 fourth. Time. 0l0 4-5.
22O-yard dash-Won by A Harvitt IL 7.
Black. IL second: g. Marble. - third. X
L. Mcintosh. IL. fourth. Time. 0.23 ..
Quarter mile run-Won By +. MseDona,ld
third. Y. F.. Nekarda, ~ fourth. Time
. - 10.
Half-rniie run--Won BY J. L. Taylor. II. NJ.
Certz '1e. second. r. Whelan. II. third: W.
Glimm. 10 fourth Time. 200 35.
One-mile run-Won by J. /. Taylor II: s.
.Ianney. "a second. NJ. Gertz, IL. third, A.
r. swords Law. fourth. Time. 43s 4-5.
Tw0-miie run-Won by g. smith. 10 %
yardsD- J. : Langthorn. II 90 Yards. second
VI Tunis Law 30 Yards. third. J p. Knox
~ 40 varCs) fourth. Tine. l0:102-
coward high hurdes--Won by +. l. Brady,
rs: s p. Graham. 10. second; d. ". Vollmer,
IS third F. Mcdonald. IA. fourth. Time. o:ll.
2oo-yard low hurdles-Won by +. Mcdonald,
~: G. Marble. a. second; d. ". Vollmer. 10
third: F. L. Brady. rs. fourth. Time. o:2S a.
Running high tump--Won by z. Loescher, IL
With feet inches, tie for second between s
Graham. 10, and G.. Bradley, L. with 8 feet
inches: tie for fourth between r. Kornsand,
10 and II. Schultz. II. with feet inches.
Running broad jump-Won by 8. T. Graham
Is with q feet inches; I. Busch. II. second
shot -put-Won by r. /. Beatty. IA. with
put OF IS feet 5 inches; G. L. Olmstead. IS
second with - feet inches; c. Armstrong
L. third with So feet j. Armstrong 10
fourth with IS feet.
Pole vault-Won by ". J. Reed rs; r A.
Reese. IS. second; L. Bradley, u, third; =. y.
Booth IL fourth.
Hammer throV-won by c. r. olmstead 49,
T. l.. Beatty. "a second