The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-20
WILL
. BATTLE STANFORD
ONTRACKAPR|t1 "A
State University Men Believe
They Have Good Chance To
Win This Years Meet

.
The University Of : California and
Stanford track teams win meet in their
annual struggle on the California track
at Berkeley, April A. This meet Is
always one Of the best dual meets on
the mainland, both in the matter Of
records and in the closeness Of the con
test. !"
For the last four seasons Stanford
has been victorious, but always by mar.
row margins. In 1915 she won over
her old rivnl by two points and in 1919
by two.ffths of one point, 6l1-5 to
80 As. This years meet promises to
be another close one. George Swain,
one of the California two .milers, writes
tc a friend in HONOLULU "'rhis looks
like our best chance in several years to
get even with the red shirts, but it is
close this year, as usual, and we shall
have to work to win.'
Stanford Loses Many Men
Stanford-has lost many men from her
team of last year. Fred Murray and
Norton, her two record hurdlers, were
graduated last year, as were Skin Will
son, the attenuated miller, whose record
of 4:l9 speaks for itself. Lynn and
Beal, quarter-milers, and Otto Lach
mund, sprinter and high jumper, also
are gore. a. gt'
Stanford will miss Murray espe.
cially, as he was one Of those versatile
athletes who could win points with
ease in four or five events. The loss
win be made up partially by Meredith
House, last year 8 freshman phenom,
which this year is eligible for varsity
The low hurdle race is
Houses main event. In all his races
last year his worst time was 242-5 and
his hest was % 4-5. .sa
California g greatest losses are Ted
Preble. one Of the few hurdlers who
ever beat Fog Murray; Maker, jumper
and hurdler, and Davis, miller. The
losses of the Blue and Gold, however.
are not nearly SO heavy as those of the
Cardinal. n ..E u.
Fight In the Spirits E.@. '@,a-
The sprints and middle distances will
be where the fight will be. wads.
worth, Bowen and johnson, Of Cali
fornia, seem to have slight adyan.
tage over Stanfords sprinters, and
Dievendorf and Schntll, Of Stanford,
have a like margin over California 3
middle distance men; but in either case
the dope very easily may be upset.
The distances without doubt will 90
to Stanford and the weights to Cali
fornia. The Blue and Gold always
wins the hammer. This year she
already has three men heaving the six
teen-pound ball 100 feet and several
other men close behind them. Harry
Liversedge put the shot forty.six feet
last year, and should be winner in
that event, although Gaughey, of Stan
ford, always is a dangerous contender.
Capt. Lutte Nichols, Of California,
can high jump six feet four inches, and
should win that event, as well as the
pcle.ytult. The broad jump remains
uncertain.
Relay Much In Doubt ...
The relay, the last event of the meet
and usually the best, is uncertain, with
the odds slightly in favor of Cali
fOrnia. But il is all in doubt. Every
year dark horses appear on both teams
and old men perform feats that no one
dreamed them capable of. 1t was
only few years ago that Rector and
Hill, of California, high-jumped six
feet one inch and got only a tie for
fourth by it, and that Fred Allen who
was fifth in the broad jump at the
Olympic games at Stockholm failed to
place in the dualsmeet. "'.