New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

t.-s start he won both races with
Never before had mortal man
-;ru,es what Meredith did to-day &
ne achievement is equalled.
p, 70 60. back 20 the team honor'.
c,-rer'. 45is points were almost double
-. ,,o-e Of the Harvard team, which
e.,.bt8 second with PC. The Crimson,
49, which so much was expected, failed
e., live up 20 the promise indicated IN
..s prelim.raries yesterday, and did not
even ryn close second 20 the superior
Cornell team.
In fact Harvard was fortunate 70
anil through in second place, because
ysie messed hard all through the al
,srroon and Welded 10 the CRIMSON
,r'y when the last event was run.
ys'e's score was 25.
Princeton surprised even itself by
srt;-uc IT'S way 20 deadlock WITH
PENNSYLVANIA for fourth place. al q
so.r,s all. Dartmouth and Michigan
led for sixth place with II points;
Columbia was eighth with 10 points;
Maine nir.h with 9; Penn state tenth
with s; Hopkins eleventh with 4, and
Povdo,n and VI. I. T. tied for twelfth
With pom. each.
Two Records Fall.
Tuo records we're broken. Wesley
Ole-. Of Yale. Jumped 6 feet z inches
IN heating Alma Richards, Of Cornell
In the high Jump, and thereby swept
,vav Tommy Motifs old mark Of 6
fesf Il, inches. The other mark 20 20
BIZ the boards was John De Wits nam.
mer throw record. which Bailey. OF
Maine. smashed on Friday with a throw
Of l65 feet 81 inch. That throw STOOD
through to-day's competition. and won
the event for Bailey.
One Of the most unusual incidents
o. the meet was the fact that only one
Camel man was able TO win his event.
that was Potter. in the two-mlle run.
Speiden, one mile champion a year ago
md UoFmire. who won the two-ml!e
utle at Cambridge. both failed the tn
sears Speiden was <ved TO run IN the
half. and did not defend ms tue III
ne mile.
Besides Meredith, Smith, Of Michi-
gsn. who Won both sprlnts. was the
UTlN OftHF MOAD4t W 4l4lAtAs @A+''+t-
aids Of Cornell. who competed IN three
events. failed 20 register a single VIC
tory. and WIS the victim OF attempting
10 do too much. Richards was SECOND
70 Oler. o. Yale, in the high jump ana
took third place in the broad Jump lie
vas eliminated from the shot-put
Teschner. the young Harvard sprint
or. made Of the Crlmson's points,
getting second place IN both spIlnts.
NcCutcheor did as well as Richards ior
Cornell, getting second place IN lhe
hsmmer-throw and third IN the sho'-
Do, for = points Treadway, OF are
scored In both spirits, but ms totai
points were only ..
Neredth's two great races we're the
sensation Of the meet, and the QUAKER
flyer Was borne from the held shouioe
high after his triumph in the half-mlle'
his second o. the day, while the ten
thousand spectators cheered hysterl-
eslly.
A light rain early in the day and a
Threatening SKY served 70 keep tne AT
tendance down. but crowd twice as
great in number could hardly have
gwen Meredith q greater ovation.
when " Is remembered that the track
was slightly heavy, and the day, al
though cool. was soUeW hat oppressive
Meredith performances stand out even
more strikingly.
Quarter" an Exciting Race.
Ten men faced the barrier IN the
qusrier-mile run, but there were Only
three in the race when the last hity
Yards were beng run, with Meredlth
showing the way
From the crack + the gun and
through the first hundred yards there
was little 10 choose m the field. But
a, the lo0-yard point Meredith burst
INTO the lead and before the others
knew whs; rad happened the QUAKER
hsd 5-yard advantage.
IL wts then that V ilcox, Of Harvarc'
and Val WlNe. Of Yale, awoke to me
Nius,ion. Both set sail after the
speeding Meredith. but the Quaker,
huggng the pole and striding with
every muscle working in perfect CO.
ordina'ou. fairly winged his way
''ound tho turn into the stretch.
u was here that Wilkie and W ilcoH
made their greatest effort. and "hen
ihe trlo reached the head Of the stretch
Meredith wa leading by only TWO
Yards, with the other two running
abreast Meredith was not loath TO icy
ne challenge 20 unaccepted, and JuSI
released trife more Of that seemingly
Unlimited reservoir Of energy lnch
y inch. then foot by foot. he increased
hs lead again. finishing with burst OF
speed that was irresistible.
Wilkie falterod i'm the mad struggle
and Wilcox slipped into second place.
about four yards behind Meredi'n
Richardson, Of Princeton. yards behind
ne leaders, got fourth place, and Riley
o. Dartmouth. Was NTH.
More remarkable even was Meredith 5
victory IN the half, for he fairy
.hstched victory out Of seeming te-
itst. Bill Bingham Of Harvard. faxed
70 come through because OF q little TOO
much work, and one OF Meredith
greatest obstacles was removed. but
,hst does not mean that Meredith
o,o not have 20 face a wonderful field,
which numbered IN addition TO Bing-
ram. Speiden Of Cornell. Hayes and
cooley. OF Princeton; Baker, of Yale,
sho Cspper, OF Harvard.
=, Speiden was the man who gave
Aereoith the greatest amount OF
trouble, and he was ably assisted by
ms tesmmste. Beckwith. Coming into
we stretch Speiden led. but Meredith
elo the impossible again and sprinted
away 70 victory.
Leads, Drops Back, Then Wins.
A. in the quarter Meredith took the