New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26

worthy Of second place, with Pitts
burgh third. Then, as was pointed out
by Herbert in these columns some time
since, Princeton should probably be
named fourth, with Syracuse, Dart
mouth. Colgate, Penn State, Washing
ton and jefferson, Rutgers, Brown
Pennsylvania and Yale making up the
rest of the class. Then, in the second
class, come Columbia, which welcomed
football back after lapse of ten years
and Trinity, leading, with Wesleyan
/ Tufts, West Point, Springfield Y. VI
G.. A., Georgetown and Amherst all well
up.
As TO the individual stars Of the year
| Eddie Mahan, the Harvard captain, and
| Charlie Barrett, leader of the Cornell
eleven, were the greatest. Then there
were Oliphant, of the Army; Captain
I Click, of Princeton; Shiverick, of Cor
neil; Talman, of Rutgers; King, OF
Harvard; Miller, of Columbia; Cahall
OF Lehigh; Peck, of Pittsburgh, and a
host of others who forced their way
into the public eye.
Yale's claim TO the rowing champion
ship of the year was as valid any
cen be under the present system OF
conducting intercollegiate boat races
Yale defeated Harvard over four-mile
course on the Thames, but before II
met the Crimson it had defeated Penn
sylvania. Cornell and Princeton in two
mile races.
Then, inasmuch as Cornell beat Le-
land Stanford, champions of the Pacific
Coast, Syracuse, Columbia and Penn
sylvania, in that order. in the four
mile struggle at Poughkeepsie, the seal
Of Yale's greatness was set, because the
Blue either itself defeated or one of
the crews it had beaten defeated every
other college eight.
Yale made a clean sweep in the dual
regatta with Harvard at New London,
winning in addition to the varsity
race the two-mile contest for freshman
Fights and the two-mile race for junior
. 'varsites. At Poughkeepsie Cornell
won the junior varsity race handily,
with Pennsylvania second and Colum-
bia third. Syracuse captured tho race
for freshman Fights on the Hudson
and Cornell was second. Columbia
third and Pennsylvania fourth. As an
anti-climax to the victorious career OF
the Yale varsity eight, Columbia sent
a boatload OF varsity oarsmen to New
Haven on November - and defeated
/
harbor.
Cornell had one of the finest bal
anced track teams that Jack Moakley
] has ever brought forth in the inter
collegiate championships at Philadel-
phia in May, and captured the title
with a score of asa points, figuring
in eleven Of the thirteen events. the
only contests in which they did no;
make a point or more being the 900
ward and 440-yard dashcs. Cornell won
only one first place, that being in the
two mile run, which was captured by
Potter.
Harvard was second in the team
standings, with 26 points, and the other
teams to score were as follows: Yale,
%: Pennsylvania, 81; Princeton, 2l;
Michigan. IA; Dartmouth, IA; Colum-
bia. 10; Maine, 9; Penn State 8; Hop.
kins. IL; Bowdoin, /. and VI. |. T., l.
Ted Meredith was the chief individ-
nal star of the meet. The Quaker fier
eoualled the record in winning the
onarter mile run in As seconds fat.
and ne was within a second Of the rec
ord in winning the half mile run in !
minute 50 2-5 seconds Smith. Of
Michigan. won both sprints.
Bailey, Of Maine, set new record IN
the hammer throw. with a throw Of
l65 feet .. of an inch which erased
from the books the long standing mark
Of John De Witt, the great Princeton
football hero Of decade ago. Wesley
Oler. OF Yale, tumbled Tommy Mof-
fett's high jump record into the dis
card by clearing the bar at 8 feet An
inches.
In baseball. Harvard. West Point,