The Washington herald., 1918-06-04
CORNELL LEADS
ION CINDER PATH.
Ithacans Have Had No
Equal for Past Decade
at intercollegiate.

Philadelphia. June 3-cornell Is
champion on track and field. The
ithacans' victory on Saturday was
their fourth consecutive triumph.
With single exception no college IN
the intercollegiate Association has
won the title In succession more
than four times. Harvard leads
in consecutive victories-seven in
row. from 1850 to 1856 inclusive, during
the first decade of the associations
existence. Pennsylvania and Yale
each has captuged the championship
four times in succession; the, Blue
from 1893 to 1886 inclusive, which Pc
Siod includes the golden era sf all
branches of athletics at the New Ha-
ven institution, and Pennsylvania from
1897 to 1901 inclusive. Thus byeher
victory on Saturday, Cornell EQUALS the
best average record of any member Of
the organization. It is q somewhat
significant fact that from 1880 down to
Saturdays championships period of
thirty-eight years in which competi-
ton was held annually save last
spring-the title has been captured by
one Of four colleges. Harvard, Yale.
Pennsylvania and Cornell have mon
opolized the honors. Princeton, which
made her best showing in years on
Saturday. won the inaugural meet in
1876, and from that day to the present
the Tigers have been valiantly but
vainly fighting for another champion
ship.
By far the most significant fact
conveyed in Cornell's victory on Sat-
urday was the inevitable conclusion
that the 1thacans are the unQues-
TONED leaders in track and field ath-
letics In America, or among the
Eastern colleges. at least. Their rec
ord proves this assertion. As a mat
ter Of fact, Cornell has been superior
to any other institution in the In
tercollegiate Association for the last
thirteen years. In this period the
New Yorkers have carried on the
laurels eight times. or, when IL Is
observed that there was no meet
last year, two-thirds Of the titles
Nothing could prove more conclusive
ly Sthat the Ithacans have wrested
the track and field honors from the
older colleges which for 50 many
years were trustees for the titles than
their record since their first victory
In 1906. The writer distinctly recoI-
iects with what envy and Jealousy
her first conquest was viewed in the
association, but albeit exceedingly
popular. with the general public. At
that time the Ithacans were consid-
cred as upstarts. would have their
day and subside into the obscurity
from which they had sprung. It "a
somewhat remarkable that since Cor
nell rose to leadership in the inter-
collegiates the old-time factors in d.
viding the honors-Harvand and Yale
have become unimportant figures
in the annual meets. The title pass
ed from Yale to Cornell in 1906, and
from that year to the present the
New Haven collegians never have
scored triumph, while Harvard's
share IN such spoils has been limited
to one conquest, in 1909. In this
period-from 1905 to date-Pennsylya-
MIA has been most successful, after
Cornell The Quakers have won four
championships. As the record now
stands. Harvard leads in number of
championships won with thirteen.
Yale is second with nine and Penn
sylvania and Cornell tied with eight
each.