The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
MEETS LIKELY TO BE RUN
TO PLEASE SPECTATORS
Score Board Idea Finds Supporters, One of Whom Has
Used It, and. Another Who Will Try 1t Next
Year-Overton Proves His Greatness.

are oiten kept IN the dapk as 10 the men
running on the different teams.
Only one other matter remains TO he
adjusted to make II a pleasure TO
chronicle the do.ngs at this important
indoor meet. That In 10 place the news
paper men where they can sec the
onNish OF the races and nave "A chance
20 tell with some accuracy what happens
~<,en the msn breast the tape. Strange
70 say theO are two ends 20 Madison
Square Garden and the genius who
conceived the idea OF placing the news
paper men AT one end promptly picked
out the Fourth avenue end. which Is the
furthest point from the finishes. AZ a
result the scrih.s have to guess ~ the
distances by which the v!ctors win.
They did his 80 badly in the seventy
yard run NJ the Mi,lrose a. A that be-
fore The announcement OF the resul's
was made three men sitting close to-
g-ther In the press stand insisted that
three separate men had won the event
II Is NOT too much to ask that the news
papers which by advance stories create
an interest In the games AT least have a
chance to tell happens when the
meet takes place.
In planning for the next games Mr..
Z Berry calls attention to the suggestions
received that some manner OF scoring
be adopted to show which college has
done the best work at the meet. In other
words. the outside sportsinen would Tx"
10 see the friendly gathering develop
into u regular indoor championship
There IL littl. doubt that in time the
Indoor meet will h" recognized as a
cha inpionsh.p. Just as the outdoor meet
has become recognized In this way. al
though starting originally As the plain
intercollegiate games. TIL. til. Of such
a meet matters little. fur Whatever II IL
STYLED the spirit remains the same.
Harvard * going 20 try 10 make y bet
ter showing than Yale, and Cornell is
going 80 outs,rip the other colleges II
possible. official sanction was not
necessary for the experts to determine
that the honors in the first and second
meets were ,arri,-i off by the boys
trained by jack Moaklry. and II any OF
the other colleges do better than the
lthacans next year the fact VIII Ia
h-raid,-i whether such a cours" ~ sane
tioned 10y the intercollegiate body or not.
The lads AR. In to win and Will receive
tn. due need of praise If they ito.
John " Dvrrton's race In the Jasper
~thr-e-uuart.rs At IN. Manhattan College
games opened tn" eyes of III. critics. and
many are wondering now Just how good
, runner the Yale man h. ov.rton has
not been IN the limelight so much az
many others Of the college world. hut
tho time mas 'bTuf Wiel lhlS Io'V
Young man should be rated At his rea'
worth. II looks as II his signal defeat
-, Caldwell has caused Dverton To bound
from tn. class ~ good runnsrs 10 take
{. place among the great ones OF TRACK
ana field history,
There is nothing spectacular about HI
performances of the Yale man, hut the
fact remains that he wins all hiS races
A.. no matter whether the distance ~ shor'
,, ia,., Il,s tlrst claim IN fan VA
the victory over the cornell long dis
tame. craks In the intercollegiate cross
country championship run last fall. ~
some that vas considered more or less ct
"A fuk-. and when Overton came q
New York and defeated the best Ions
distance men in IN. mile and a half race
at m. Mil.rose games there We're client,
OF EXPERTS ready to show that ~" ,lef"a'
a. prvanney and Others ~ thit r~'
w.ts due 10 bad Judgment nr o." part u
tine defeated ones rather man - The
of IN, winner That 'lci wh'
.utirrl, ,iisIr.lled ~ the Jasper 'h'cc
quarter mile. as b"yauncy was On" o
~. uuvlay.d men who werr hope''ss',
o~utClass'l by OvertoN,
ri. question remain AZ 10 Just VIVA
this Young man ran do Vnt'l ha sh"wc'
his heels 10 caldwell II was my idea tina
he hal made a mistake ~ w!'hdraw'ni
from IN. two mile vh~amp,onsh'p ~ ~
A \. l. games 10 compet" against Snci
"A spr-ly man as caldwell in the l,o0O
His easy victory on Wednesday W.
sufficient TO demonstrate that he has
right to compete IN any company ~ an!
distance % hnlf a mile or over II
winning the thrre-uuaricr race bvrrtoi
ran faster than amy other a'N'.t. VA
urromuli s,,rl IN. distance I'm New Norl,
and h. dli that with apparent cas" am
mo one to push HIM AZ The finish tiN
ishing strongly tor thrcr-uiar'"ls 81
mile in ga a. suggests wonderful
tposSihilitiss for the mile, a distance tina
h, has not seriously cssay"l as Yet !
Il. ,oss'hlc that II ovsr'on is pointed 10
that event at tn" intercollegiate "ham
u'ouships he may eclipse the world
record male hv Norman Tah"r uudc
r what were PRACTICAL, paced conditions
y bvcr,or's style ig IDEAL fn, 'rnvellin,
"A route. lie runs lower to the rrOuu,
= than ans a. the latter day d'stanr
: runners. and moves alone without tn
{ s'.chtrst effort. Andy walsh, the hes
= indoor miller OF the early 90s, was on
of the snrcta'ors al the Manhattan Col
= l,..r games. aud Il" wis "nthusja'ti" "y.
e the urriormanCe of The Yale man. Walls
= h,mscif knew the secret OF ground an
: effort saved by running close Ia tn
u ground. and the style Of the Yale era"
= resemblci that of this old timer NOR
o than that OF any other good maA.