New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
Vale Second to lthacanS
n Games Where Three
Records Fall.
TED MEREDITH STAR
OF BIG COLLEGE MEET
c,.,ford and California Teams
tic for Third, Despite
3.500-Mile Trip.

CHAMPIONSHIP li N''' ''''' go
~. this afternoon for the third con-
,,cy,iyc year. with one Of the most
,ysolv balanced athletic combinations
,sa, Trainer Jack Moakley has uncov-
cred IN many seasons.
The Ithaca university piled up a TO-
al Of a. points to Yale's %. while the
NO Pacific Coast universities. Stan
ford and California. tied for third
,isce. with - points each, after cross
.pr tho continent TO give an exhibition
NJ the type Of collegiate performer de-
yoloped In the balmy atmosphere OF
The ability Of the 1.-THE lmbed
vouresters from the other side OF the
sortiDcrt is attested by the fact that.
with small squads, they outranhed
Pennsylvania. which scored Is points;
yarmouth. with "a: Michigan, with
"a. Harvard with H., and Princeton
With no. Bowdoin had >. Syracuse D.
Pennsylvania state and Massachu-
.stts Institute Of Technology ].
Keen Struggles.
The victory of the Cornell team was
ssr more impressive than year ago
rb.r the Red and White athletes won
h.. score ono-half point greater, Tor
he field Of entrants to-day was the
e,es, that has ever gathered TO com
,o,e for l. G.. s. A. A. a. titles. 80
.ssr was the struggle for points that
tao intercollegiate records and one
worlds record were supplanted during
,,e hattie Of speed upon the fast har-
ward track. n
Csptain Ted Meredith, Of the Penn
sylvsria team. was the individual nero.
The famous Olympic, national ana m
.e-collociatc champion closed MS track
career as a collegian BY winning the
t40.vsrd dash in ~ % seconds, when
is new worlds record around turn.
The previous best time, made by
.ve,av Long. al Travers Island, y. e,
Sonterber %. 1900. was 81 4-5 seconds
Inc speed of the Quaker fier IS SHOW
l.y the fact that he was but two-nitnss
~ second behind Longs record OF ~
.ocoods fat for the same distance on
straightawav course. 80,
Just about an hour later Meredith
,ane back and finished first IN the nail
mile run. winning from sterling
rroup of SOO-ysrd men IN the remarka-
bic time Of ! minute 50 seconds. wnlch
was two-ffths OF a second faster than
the intercollegiate record made by >. >
caldwell. OF Cornell, on the same track
TWO years ago. -.
noropolv in the record-breakng per
formances of the day, for captain r. ,
Murray. Of Stamford. fairly new over
Tho high hurdles, winning the l2O-yaro
event i'm Is seconds fiat, thus clipping
ore.ffth Of a second from the former
record. made by A. b. Shaw, or Dars'
mouth. in 1908.
Cheers for Murray.
The Stanford star made the same
time in his trial heat yesterday ou'
Tho time was not allowed on account
Of the stiff wind at his back. When the
record was accorded TO him by the ON
Gals to-day Murray was cheered ioi
fnllv minute. and the Cornell contln'
cent in the stands gave him the nine
"rabs" of the Ithaca University WIN
his name tackled on at the end
Cornell came within fraction OF an
inch Of getting into the record break
ing class itself. for 7. X. Foss, after
winning the pole vault with l. ieet
inches. had the judges set the bar az
IS feet - inches. and on ms tnlru
trial cleared the bar, only 20 knock IL
81 with his elbow as he dropped 10 the
ground
The victory of Foss in the pole vault
Welded one Of the three first places
won by the Cornell athletes during the
afternoon. but the Red and White ath-
letes did not need to capture frsts 10
take team honors, for Coach MoaNey's
men we're much in evidence IN almost
every one of the thirteen contests, ana
The way the Ithaca contestants collect
cd the points with seconds thirds
fourths and even ffths was the secret
Of their ultimate success.
IN this respect the Cornell team OF
1916 did even better than that OF last
season. for the Ithaca athletes won
places IN all but two Of the days con-
tests
Moakley's entrants were entirely
eliminated In the 220-yard hurdles and
The broad jump, but in all other events
they counted somewhere among the
first five 10 finish. The real class Of
the Ithaca runners was demonstrated
M the two-mile run. when the first four
places and the resultant fourteen points
we're collected by the distance men
with the broad red band across their
white running shirts.
Turning Point.
Tins feat was really the turning point
Of the meet, for up TO that stage Of the
contest the other competing institutions
were within striking distance Of the
Noakley men. Halfacre. of the Massa-
,nusetts Institute Of Technology, set
me pace In this race for the first mile,
and then the Cornell group began TO
move up 20 the front.
honmire, last years winner. and
Potter were shoulder to shoulder at the
mile and a half mark. Here Potter
went into the lead, with Hotfmire sec
ond. Frey passed the fast firing Half
acre on the backstretch. and the Cor
lei cheering section set up a great
yen wnen Corwith by game squirt just
uosed Putnam. of Yale, out of fourth
Place few yards from the tape.
Nndnagle added his name 20 those
OF foSs and Potter as Cornell winners
h the mile run. Here again Cornell
vgene close 20 gaining d record, for
'lldnagle ran hcady race. taking the
,saa nom Overton. Of Yale. after the
.sl'ef had set the pace for three-quar-
NIs Of The distance
Nndnagle won by some fifteen yards
~ minutes 10 seconds, within three
tI'hs Of second Of the record. made
~ D. T. Jones two years ago. Wind
.Agle's squirt carried Carroll. of Michi-
tah' into second place. while Overton
y game effort held third position at
Inc finish
Meredlth's great quarter and half
mile races were due 70 the pace he
vas forced 20 set from the very start
~ order to hold the lead he had APP
psrently set his heart on gaining. In
ne shorter event he quickly over
lSulcd Wilcox, Of Harvard. after