New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
Harvard Takes Issue with
Blue on Eligibility of
Bill ROOS.
WILCOX TURNS OFF
RECORD QUARTER
Races Wilkie Off His Feet and
Equal intercollegiate
Mark.

New Haven. Conn, May 10. Yale
defeated Harvard in the dual track
and field meet hore TO-DAY by score
Of IS 70 - points. out the result Of the
meet may be upset ny Harvard pro-
test on the eligibility Of ". F. Roos,
the Yale shotputter In the event of
the Harvard protest being sustained
the Crimson will win the meet by a
margin Of two points and the score
will be % to ii.
Sensational performances marked
the meet, which was held under the
most favorable conditions ". F. vii
cox. Of Harvard, raced Val Wilke. OF
Yale. off his feet in the quarter,
equalliug the intercollegiate record of
as seconds. Wesley Oler. Of Yale,
cleared % feet II inches in the broad
Jump. and a few minutes later won
tn, high jump with leap Of feet
inch.
Bill Roos. whose eligibility was pro-
tested. won first place i'm the shotput.
Last night there was a conference OF
the Yale and Harvard representatives.
and Harvard then signfied an inten-
tion Of protesting Yale's position was
ward was at liberty to protest at any
time during the meet.s After Roos won
the shotput. Harvard sent in Withing-
ton as an extra man. and he took
fourth place If RoOs is declared in
eligible Harvard will make clean
sweep Of the event
After the meet formal protest was
made by Harvard Roos went to Co
L., hafara ha ontarad Nala and
competed in at least two meets. once
against Syracuse and once against the
Navy. Harvard contends that the four
wear rule within which Roos comes
applies TO this meet, while Yale's po-
sition is that it does not. The ques-
ton will probably be decided by a
commission appointed in 1905 TO settle
such disputes.
Brickley and Hardwick took second
and third places and Worthington
fourth in the shot put. The last named
was allowed try because of the pos
slbility that Roos might be declared in
eligible.
The censation Of the meet was the
work of Wilcox. of Harvard. in the
t4O-vard dash. He won in AZ seconds
breaking the dual meet record anc
equalling the intercollegiate record
Val Wilkie ran magnificent race
against him, but in the final sprint the
Crimson runner. with superb reserve
power. drew away for victory, with
Biddle. of Harvard. third.
Wesley Oler. the Olympic champion
saved the meet for Yale by winning tho
high jump and the broad jump. He
made his winning leap in the broaC
: Jump on his first try. Johnny Over
ton set a new Yale record in the two
mile run. which ne made in 3 minutes
80 1-5 seconds. Southworth, OF Har
ward. ran him 2 close race.
Treadway and Teschner had a glori-
Gus battle in the 100-yard dash, the
men finishing just even in 10 second:
fat. Treadway got away the faster
! hut Teschner caught him in the frs'
few yards, and they stayed even to the
finish.
Yale scored heavily in the hammer
throw. Loughridge and Talbot, the
football stars, gave Yale first and third
places in this event.
Captain Shedden, Of Yale. was forced
10 yield first place in the l2O-yarc
hurdles to Rice. of Harvard, but in
the 22G-yard hurdles the Yale captain
came back for needed victory. Yale
was nearly shut out in the 8SO-yarc
run. Bingham and Capper, of Harvard
/ taking the first two places. Barker, OF
+ Yale. pressed Capper closely. but coulo
not quite catch him at the finish. The
meet opened auspiciOusly for Yale
/ when Poucher took the mile run, The
first event.
lOO-yard dash-Desf heat between II. T Tread
way. vac aud l. 4 Teschncr. Harvard J.
toG ,i Hi"95I i Mr. h, % " wtlco. Harvard
' VI Wilhe Yale second A. Bldde. Harvard
SSo-yafI ru,,-won by W. J. Bingham. H.r
yard: + ". Capp.r. Harvard. second A. o. Bark
On; an mil. rin1W9s b 3. v ReuesH rd Ta;
Harvard i ffri Tine. ~.
IT T se' run-won By j W. over:On, Yale;
s1qIhv0Tin H Jar. Second H Holden f"'
'' I9o.yard T'f hurdies-won BY P. NJ Rice Hazard
W VI shedden, Yale. second; NJ p Robinson
h: aqo.yard hurdles"Won BY " NJ shedi.n. YI.
II 81 J. smith. Hazard second c. A "illsa'
e aso.y yip daih Inv by II / rresdwen. Yale
z. TcsshneE;; H-[ C,H, second; R Tower har
Pole yault-Won Gy VI L. Greeley Harvard
height. l. feet. other places tie between J. h
/ lamp. l. G Richards and G G Haydocks. o
/ o Preston. N Yale at II 'eet inches
/ Hammer throw-won hy + LouGh6rdse. Yal'
. distance lf3 feet inches : Stugis. hsr
] and second distance lil Zee. l0i. inches y ;
Talbot. Yale third distance. l5s feet inches
Broad Jump Won by W VI Oler. Yale. q Zee
n inches n T. Matthews. Yale. seond. - Zee
: 81 inches: r Hampton. Yale. third - Zee
Shot pur-won b. W r Roos Yale. distance
a. Zee, ii, inches C. = Brickley Harvard. sec
/ end, distance % feet IL. inches II r. Hard
vick Harvard. Third 20 feet "a inches. As pro
test 4, pending over eligibility OF Roos note va
made that r Is Worthington. Harvard. "a
fourth with 40 feet 3 inches, a., 49,. =.
Hgh ump-Won by W l.. oler. height Zee
| lnch. ~ tombstone Harvard second. height
feet: J. D. Camp Harvard. third. height.
feet inches