The Washington herald., 1915-12-19

seconds. also deserves mention. First
place In the low hurdles ID given to Fer
guson in spite Of the fact that he did
not win the I. C. A. A. A. A. champion
ship. Undoubtedly he would have won
It had he not fallen in his heat In his
other performances he made the best
time OF the year. "Bin' Meanix. of the
Boston A A. and Harvard, was the best
quarter-mile hurdler in the country and
was nt beaten during the season.
Consistency in performance again de-
termines first place in the running high
jump. which is given to A. w. Richards.
Of Cornell It is true that Richards was
beaten at San Francisco by HORNE, the
former Leland Stanford star. and by
Wesley Oler. Of Yale. in the I. C. A. A.
A. A. games. But Richards beat oler in
two out of three important meets, estab-
fishing an average Of feet 41-s inches
for each performance. In the indoor
games of the I. C. "a. A. A. A. Richards
did feet inches. equaling the collegiate
and bettering the intercollegiate record
At the Pennsylvania relay carnival he did
6 feet inches. while In the intercollegiate
championships he did feet s1-2 inches,
though beaten by oler. Of Yale, who
cleared feet 41-2 inches. Not only did
Richs rds make the best jump of the year,
but il all his performances were aver
aged he would stand high above his COM
petitors
ThA S,,~. fkAA
America has seen since the days Of
Kraenzlein was H. T. worthinston. Of
Dartmouth. He was the Eastern I. C.
A. A. A. A. champion with q feet 91-4
inches. and ne was the A. A. U. cham
pion at q feet 10 inches. What made
Worthington SO wonderful was that he
could jump all day without fouling. In
the I. c. A. A. A. A. meet he did not foul
once in his twelve jumps. and five Of
them we're better than . feet
Pat Ryan. who holds the world record
for the hammer throw. was easily the
best Of the year. though Lee Talbot. the
former Cornell star. and Bailey. Of the
University of Maine, were not far behind
him.
A new champion appears In the shot.
put in the person Of A. Mucks. of the
University Of wisconsin. Mucks was the
winner of the Western college meet. and
repeated in the Central A. A. U. and the
National A. A. U. championships. At
San Francisco he heaved the leaden ball
IS feet II "a inches, and thus becomes the
fourth best shot-putter America has seen.
Although not breaking the world record.
Mucks was likewise the best discus.
thrower Of the year. @. Bronder must
be ranked FIRST In the javelin throw.
though Phillips, Of the University of
Idaho. and Nourse. Of Princeton. were
Ahearn. Of the Illinois A. c.. was easily
the best hop. step and jump men. though
this is an event almost entirely restricted
to A. A. U. competition.
Lee Talbot, one of the best all
around weight men the country has
produced. surprised the athletic world
by beating Pat Ryan in the nfty-six-
pound weight. Ryan's friends still
contend that he was the real winner
of the event, but officials ruled other
wise.
The best pole vaulter of the year IL
not SO easily picked. Three men stand
out prominently. They are F. K.
Foss. of Cornell; 8. Bellah. of the Multi
nomah A. c.. Portland. Ore. and New
stetter. Of the University OF Pennsyl-
vania. At the Pennsylvania Relay
Carnival last spring Foss and New
stetter tied at IL feet 10 inches at the
end of the longest afternoon Of vault
ing these games have ever produced.
Likewise it was the best collection Of
high-class vaulters brought together
during the year. Newsletter was .
freshman and his work was remark I
able. Foss was a sophomore and on
his last vault badly strained his wrist
This kept him out Of competition un-
til the l. C. A. A. A. A. games, when
virtually without any training he tied
for first at IL feet Bellah won the
A. A. U. championship with IL feet .
inches.
The All-College team is different
from that of the All-American team
in several events. In the 100 yards
dash the best of the collegians was
Ward, of Chicago. who several times
did better than even time. H. l.
Smith. Of Michigan, and E. A. Teseh-
ner. of Harvard. were both fairly con-
sistent even time men. Smith was the
best of the go yards runners. Mere
dith. of course, leads the quarter and
half-mile runners. But in the mile.
Meyers. Of Depauw. who won the
western intercollegiates in 4.l9 LIS,
deserves to rank above Mackenzie, of
Princeton. who won that event in the
East in 4.22 As. Potter again leads
the two milers
:. In the high and low hurdles the
best men are again Kelly and Fergu-
son. The 40 yards hurdles IL not
college event, although the present A.
A. U. and world champion in this
event is Meanix, a Harvard student
Richards and worthington rank first
in the high and broad jumps for rea-
sons previously given. So do Foss In
the pole vault and Mucks In the shot
put. In the shot Whitney. Of Dart
mouth. and Beatty, Of Columbia, did
not compete at San Francisco. In con-
6ition they would have pushed Mucka