The Washington herald., 1915-05-30
Cornell Team First
In 1nter-Collegiates
lthacans Garry Of Honors.
Yale and Harvard Finish
with 28. Points Each.
TWO RECORDS BROKEN

Philadelphia. May ca-Corneil With
Sl-2 points. easily won the fortieth an
nual intercollegiate track and field meet
at Franklin Field this afternoon. Yale.
! with Is points. was second.
The others finished: Harvard. q: PENN
| sylvania, Il; Princeton. n: Dartmouth, IA:
Michigan, a. Columbia. 10: Maine, D.:
Penn State. 6: Johns Hopkins. L.: Bow
dom. !: Massachusetts, Tech. l.
Two intercollegiate records we're broken
and third equaled.
William NJ. Oler. OF Yale. sprans a sur.
prise when he defeated A. W. Richards.
the Olympic high jumper. in this event
Both men cleared the bar at fest 3 So
inches, breaking the old record Of feet
sl-4 inches. made by Thomas Monatt. Cd
Pennsylvania. in 1897. The bar was raised
to feet 4 IL inches. and Oler cleared Il ON,
his second try. Richards failed on three
attempts. !.
The other record broken during the
meet was also one Of long standing. J..
r. Dewitt of Princeton. threw the hom-
mer rS4 feet 10 inches at the inter-
collegiate meet in New York City IN
1902 II. p. Bailey, the Maine giant, yes,
terday threw the ball 1s5 feet ~
inches. Today he equaled his own mark.
Ted Meredith. Pennsylvania wonderful
athlete. today edualed the quarter-mile
record made by C. D. Reidpath, of SYRIA
cuse in Philadelphia. June !. 1872 His
time was IS seconds fat.
The feature of the meet was the run
ming of Meredith, who succeeded not only
in eQua!ing the intercollegiate record in
the quarter-mile event, but also in win
ming the half-mile from such men as
Speiden. of Cornell; Bingham, Of Har-
ward, and SAYS of Princeton.
His time for this race was l minute
81 % seconds. only l second slower than
the intercollegiate record held by D. S.
Caldwell of Cornell. In neither race did
Meredith appear to fully let himself out.
winning by over five yards in each event.
Summaries:
Shot pu,-won by L. A. Whitney. Dartmouth.
4. feet q. inches; second. X. L. Beatty Columbia.
IS feet 81. inches; third f. c. McCutchen. cornell,
u feet = inches; fourth. c. W. Spears. Dartmouth.
~ fe-t q. inches; fifth. W. II. Alien. Maine. "a
feet 81 inches.
Ioeyard dash: Anal heat-won BY H. L. Smith,
Michigan: second. e A. Teaschner. Harvard: third.
II. Fl. Ingersoil Cornell fourth. n. I. Treadway.
Yale: fifth. ]. L. Foley. Harvard Time. 10
seconds
Two mile rrn-won BY H. F. Potter. Cornell:
second. J. W. OTerton. Yale: third. J. 3. Ho6mirs.
Cornell: fourth. II. Holden. Yale; fifth. F. L.
Cook. Time. minutes 2 Is seconds
I00yard dash first. semi-fnal heat-Won By =
o. Teschner Harvard; second. Fl. L. Smith. Michi-
gan third II. I. Treadway. Yale; fourth, ". q.
Bartsch, Cornell: hfth. J. G. Patterson. PennsSf-
vania Time. Obs seconda
One mile rIn-won by ]. ID. Mackenzie. Primer
TN: ~coud l.. v. windnasle. Cornell: third. n. l..
Carroll Michigan: fourth. s. K. Atha. Princeton:
Fifth H. z. Irish Cornell. Time. minutes . -
s-~nnds
The prints the end Of the two-mils run:
Cornell %; Yale I3 Pennsylysnia. y; Princeton.
3; Harvard, =; Michigan. =; Dartmouth. 9; Maine.
S: Columbia ~ Penn State. ): Bowdoin. I.
Toward dash: secoud semi-insl heat-won by
II H. Ingersoll. Cornell: second. r. T. OBnen.
Nichi-an; third J. l.. Foley. Harvard; fourth.
r II Cornell Yale: 9Th. J. z. lockwood. Penn
syIvania Time 10 Is seconds
ls,ya-d high hurdles; frst s-mi-hna1 heat-Won
bv l. g. Grlsh Cornell; second. A L. Lukens.
Co-,eu: third T. r Hamnitt Penn State. Tine.
1855 seconds. Second hest-Won by r. b.
Ferguson. Pennsyivanis: second. F. H. starr.
Cornell: third. c. B. Corbin, Michigan Tine.
Is IS seconds.