The Washington times., 1916-06-12

Eastern supremacy in track and
field athletics Is fast waning. Some
indication OF the beginning OF the de-
cline was In evidence a year ago at
the National A. A. y. championships
on the Coast. and II further proof Is
needed to show that the West Is fast
winning its riGhtful place on the Gin
der path and athletic Aeld. one has to
turn only to the records made In the
intercollegiate games In the Harvard
stadium and those which resulted ut
the Western intercollegiate Conference
meet at Evanston.
Where In the past the East has
shown itself superior in event after
event right through the program the
records OF this years games indicate
tests were. the performances OF the
Eastern champions better than the
Western And this number Is reduced
TO %as v @o when sn,b the amd which
dersleeve. of California, Is eliminated
from the Eastern victories.
In three events the East and West
West overtopped the best the East
could do. Most striking of all perhaps
Is the fact that the wonderful rec
ord or Il 2-5 seconds for the quarter
as the greatest middle distance runner
of all time was equaled in the Western
meet by Binga DESMOND. Of the UniV
versity OF Chicago. Furthermore. Scott,
Mechanical College. raced home in the
half-mile run in l minute IS 10 seconds.
within one-ffth Of a second of the new
intercollegiate record which Meredith
set In the games at Harvard.
In the sprints the Eastern and West
ern champions are at a stand-off for the
records were the same In both meets
Harold Smith, OF Michigan, virtually a
Westerner. although running In the
Eastern meet. won the lCo-yard dash in
~ seconds. exactly the same as the
time made by Clarence smith, OF Wis
eonsin. In winning the century In the
Smith won in u S-5 seconds. and BILLY
Moore. OF Princeton, won the Eastern
title In the same time
Ted Meredith. of Pennsylvania. and
DESMOND, OF Chicago. on paper at any
for both did AZ rs seconds, although the
fact that Meredith had run several hard
heats In the quarter and half mile runs
on the day before the championship
indicating his superiority over the
Chicago man.
Meredith's title In the half mile run
Is secure, because his time of l minute
90 SttOHuS, only One-nTth or n
second better than the time made by
Scott of Mississippi. was marked up
only an hour after he had won the quar-
ter mile race.
Windnagle OF Cornell, winner of the
one-mile run In 4 minutes 10 seconds at
the Harvard games, has every right to
claim the national intercollegiate title,
because his performance was s l-5 sec
onds faster than that Of Mike Mason Of
Illinois. winner OF the mile in the con-
ference meet.
Mason. however. also won the two
mile run In the West. so that 1t is an
would be able to defeat the Western
man In a one-mile contest for which
both had trained with thought OF no
other race in mind.
was . minutes % as u" Seconds t%Sm as conn p&n
pared with Q minutes 80 as seconds
made by Potter of Cornell in winning
the Eastern Championship. Mason is
runners the West has ever produced.
beat Norman Taber in the national
one-mi,e championship race last sum
r ,merc mason is as versatile IN his
greater speed at all distances.
simpson,, of Missouri, stands head
anu dDONt all Others In the
hurdles. The big Missourian con-
hrmed his series OF world record
breaking performances in the high
hurdles by racing to a victory In
"a 3-5 seconds, and his record Of 20 Al
seconds in the low hurdle, has been
unequaled in the East.
In thefield events the East surpa ssed
the West In the broad lump. the high
jump and the pole vault. while the
hammer throw, won by Gildersleeve. of
California, goes to the honor OF the
West. with the shot nut. which Arlie
Mucks, the Wisconsin giant. scored
Worthington, OF Dartmouth. the East
ern champion. cleared one foot less
three-uuarters OF an inch. more than
did Pogue. of Illinois. while Wesley
Oler, OF Yale. did almost two irsNes
better than the Vests best In the high
iumn,
LiversedEe. OF California. outranked
the Eastern shot puttera. and his mark