Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24

NOTHSil, dartmouth. OTQndH
Franklin and Marshall Harvard, Haver
| ford. Georgetown. Johns Hopkins. Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology. Mich
gan. New York University. Pennsylvani;
State College. University of Pennsylvania
Princeton Rutgers, swarthmore. SYRIA
cuse, Union. Wesleyan. Williams. Yale.
Last year Penn won the meet witt
"a points to Harvards Pip This is tn
lowest number of points by which an.
meet has been decided. The highest i
held by Penn. 81 points in 1899. Harvar,
has won thirteen of these championship
four; Columbia, three. and Princeton one
Harvard has won 6O6 14-15 points; Yale
614 $3.50; Penn, 4SS1a; Cornell. 293L.
Princeton. 1853 Columbia, 1872 1-12: Mich
isan. 1:::33 %; Syracuse. l051a. None of tn,
others has won more than a total of 10
points.
The present intercollegiate records ar,
as follows:
100 yards 94-5 seconds. made BY
Wefers of Georgetown. Craig of Mich
gan and Patterson of Penn.
30 yards. y 1-5 seconds, made by
Wefers of Georgetown. Craig of Michi
gan and Lippincott of Penn.
40 yards. As seconds. made by Reidpatf
of Syracuse.
Half mile, minute 53 AS seconds, made
by Jones of Cornell.
Mile. minutes IA 20 seconds. made by
Jones of Cornell
Two miles. 9 minutes "a p seconds
made by Wilmington OF Harvard.
12O-yard hurdle. intercollegiate record
10 10 seconds. Shaw of Dartmouth.
2SO-yard hurdle, % 3-o seconds, made
by kraenzlein of Penn and Wendell OF
Wesleyan.
Broad jump, "a feet Al. inches, made bv
J. kraenzlein of Penn.
High jump, & feet 81 inches. made BY
Moff1tt of Penn
Hammer throw, 1854 feet 10 inches. made
by Dewitt of Princeton.
Columbia
Pole vault. Is feet 1 inch. Gardner, Yale
Even If You happen to be sitting next
10 an enthusiast in track and field games,
II is more than likely that if YOU asked
MN what the diameter of the steel wire,
winch forms the handle of the hammer
must be. he might be unable to tell you
POSSIBLY he might even have difficulty in
teil1ng You the width of the joist from
which the Jumpers take their spring At
any rate, in going to the intercollegiate
II Will enhance the pleasure of any spec
tator 10 be posted on a number of points
of this nature.
The hammer. which was originally, of
course, weight on a wooden handle, is
now a little sphere into which is fasten-
ed wire handle, the diameter Of the
an inch 1t usually has a loop grip, but
that loop grip must be Of rigid construc-
ton. The length of the complete i'm
plement. head and wire, shall not be
more than four feet, and it's weight not
less than sixteen pounds. The circle
heave is seven feet in diameter, bound
ed by a metal or wooden ring, sunk al
most flush with the ground.
The shot is little sphere with a COW
ering of any material. The combined
weight of the shot and its cover, if a
cover is used. must be sixteen pounds.
Here again circle, seven feet in diane
ter, with metal or wooden ring mark
ing it, governs the position OF the man s
feet in making his put, but this ring is
divided into two halves by line drawn
through the center. In the middle OF
this circumference of the front half is
placed stop board, four feet long and
four inches high, firmly fastened to the
ground. The feet Of the competitor may
rest against but not on top Of this
board. 1t is a foul if part of the person
of the competitor touches the top of the
stop board, the circle or the ground out
side.
7 The measurement of track is taken
eighteen inches from the inner edge OF
the track, except in straightaway tracks
where the distance is measured in q
straight line from the starting mark, to
the finishing line. No competitor may
cross in front of another to the lnneI
edge of the track in races that take In a
turn unless he is least six feet in ad.
vance of his nearest competitor. ano
after turning the last corner into the
straight course to the finishing line, ano
sraight course to the finishing line, ano
not cross either to the outside or INSIDE
in front of any of his opponents.
The hurdles in the 12O-yard race are tel
in number, and each is 3 feet = inches
far, ri
the first hurdle fifteen yards from thu
starting line and the last hurdle fifteel
wards from the finishing line. In the low
hurdles go yards the hurdles are = feet
inches high, placed twenty yards apart
with the first hurdle twenty yards from
the start and the last hurdle twenty yard
from the finish.
The running broad jump requires
joist eight inches wide sunk flush will
the earth and the outer edge OF this jois
is called the scratch" and the measure
ment is taken from this outer edge a
right angles to the nearest break in tn
ground made by any part Of the person o
the competitor. 1t is foul If any par
of the competitors foot is over tn
scratch line in taking OF.
In the pole vault the poles must hav
no assisting devices, but may be woun'
| or wrapped in order to get firm grasp
and may have one spike at the lower end
| The vaulter may not. during his vault
raise the hand which was uppermos
when he left the ground, to a highe
point on the pole. or raise the lower ham
| to any point on the pole by the othe
hand The poles are unlimited as to siz
and weight. and competitor may be al
| lowed to dig hole where he plants hi
| pole, provided that hole Is not more thai
| one foot in diameter.
The country at large sometimes forget
| in studying over eastern records hoy
| wonderfully the quality of athletics ha
| improved out on the Pacific coast. Thi
column has already called attention I
| the thorough demonstration of this fac
| in the star athletes appearing consistent
| from California. But the extent of GU
| line out there on the coast does not en-
at the northern boundary of California
| Last year Coach Connibear sent cre'
| from the University of Washington cas-
| to Poughkeepsie, and that crew after it
| long trip and under the adverse cond
tons that go with distance from HON
finished only a length behind the winnin
Syracuse shell and half a length benin
| Courtneys Cornell crew. The Guestio
| Immediately arises, supposing that syria
! cuse and Cornell had been obliged I
go out and row at Oakland against thi
University of Washington crew. whethe
| they would have finished as close
Washington as Washington did to ther
on the Hudson. 1t is worth while to con
! slider also what the following men woul
have done here in the east in track att
letics with their record last spring:
| John Baker of the Oregon AGRICULTURAL
who ran the I0o-yard dash in @4-5 sec
onds.
/ Clyde of Washington. covered the mil
| in minutes 20 seconds.
| Windnagel, made the half in ! minut