Evening star., 1921-05-29

the struggle for first place honorS
the intercollegiate ASSOCIATION OF
western and mid d-wcstern colleges
from their eastern rivals an /. L A.
til today has success crowned their
ing with praise for California.
The victory came AT the finish Of an
afternoon of exceptional competition.
and had ii been arranged by master
playwright no more dramatic climax
could have been achieved When the
final contest of the thirteen event
program was started Harvard was
leading California 10y - 10 ~
points. In order To win the title X. h
Hutchinson. the lone california en-
;rant. had 10 finish third or better IN
the e20-vard dash. Harvard had n"
survivor in this event, hut Hutchin-
son faced the best OF the eastern col
leSc sprinterS.
Interest Is Intense.
A bitter fight was on from the fash
of the starters gun. on past perform
ance Hutchinson could hardly expect
to defeat either Allen Woodring or
Syracuse or Al Leconey of Lafayette.
two of the fastest furlonE sprinters
whether he could lead Dawson of
Cornell. Maxam of Pennsylvania and
Monte of Syracuse.
Interest among the Il 900 spectators.
VINO lntiuutu ii SiouP Vi
California rooters was intense. Every
spectator in the huge Harvard stadium
had his attention focused on the
starting mark. The fnalists got away
Olympic champion. soon showed his
class by taking the lead. Leconey was
at his heels. For sixty yards the
others were grouped. Near the ma
way mark: however. Hutchinson be
gan to pull away from this secondary
group, and California adherents raised
a cry. 1t stopped short when. nifty
yards from the finish. the Californian
seemed to falter. But with a great
squirt he picked up his speed again.
The shouting was renewed by the
Californians, and Swelled as Hutchin-
son actually gained on the leaders. AZ
the tape he beat Dawson, the fourth
man. by almost twenty feet lmmedi.
ately the western contingent spilled
over the stadium ramparts
Connolly Wins Mile.
The mile run developed a remark
able running performance and sue
cess by James J. Connolly OF George
town. This stocky and bronzed run
ner forging to the front after the
uuarter-mile mark, held the lead
against the efforts of twenty-six rae
| ers. shaking off Irish of Cornell after
! the latter had reached his shoulders
at the half-mile mark. From that
stage. the time for which was min
uteS o I'D StCOuuS, t-OlilioIls "cut ooe
alone. increasing the advantage over
! his field. and finishing strong. forty
yards in front. in minutes IL ID
seconds. The time and the feat were
| notable.
Doe. Not Set Precedent.
Seldom in the long history OF these
| championships has so close a finish
been seen, although it was not un-
precedented. The initial champion
| ship was staged in 1876. and the
classic has continued with but one
break, that of 1917. due to the war.
1t was not until 1908 that half
point marked the difference between
first and second teams. In that year
Yale scored Az points to Harvard's
Al. So for the second time in eighteen
/ years the Crimson today lost a cham
! pionship by half point Last sea-
| son the placing of the contestants in.
the last event. the 220-yard hurdles.
gave Pennsylvania a victory over
Princeton.
No Records Broken.
Although the track. was fast and
conditions were favorable for record
| breaking. not single l. C. A. A. A. A.
| mark was bettered The standard of
| performance. however, was high The
games were run under a cloudy sky
| with an occasional drop of rain and In
a hot, humid atmosphere.
The final point score was: Califor-
MIA - u: Harvard, -: Dartmouth.
| 20: Pennsylvania, 1872: Leland STAN
{ ford, 10: Cornell. IL; Princeton. 10:
| Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy. 10; Penn State. 10: Yale 81:
iown lafIye!'e' q r;ssEs 81 syras"ss ao, s. Georss-
! Columbia. l i2: Bowdoin. /.
! Summary OF Events.
/ l00-yard da>h-Won by NJ. NJ. Kirksey,
Stanford: second. L. +. Coney. Lafayette;
, third: A. W"odring. syracuse: fourth. II. X
| 0.1o
! a2o-yard Won by Allen woodrins syra.
f G"1ei sfh. r. $ Mssam. fas1 renu.yi
Dartmouth second. c. 6. krosness.. Harvard:
". Wv wi:Iians. Lc!ond stnnford % 6fth. 1'f T. +.
Smalley. University Of Pennsylvania. Time.
aao-yard hurdles--won by L. ]. Thomson.
Dartmouth; second. l.. Falk Stanford thi-.i.
W. Wells; :,S sianf'te fourth H Meyer
FesasyIrania Timr GA - 'e'~'''
44o-yard run-won Icy %. o. Hendrixson.
ihrs Maaa
fourth; r., Ray Rutgers; fifth. r. C. Smith.
G. B. Walden. Massasssehusetts Institute OF
a fourth j. F. COOK eesn%ns ee1ne Ss ssnn
1 So 1-5.
Mile run-won by J. J. Connolly. Georre
town: second. L. A. Brown. Pennsylvania:
third. y: F. OConnelI. Harvard; fourth. H.
Lar. ssTisaie5 yetss Time Cornell fifth Crawford.
Twomile ruu-Won ny r. c. Brown,
Cornell: SECOND. J. l.. Romic. Penn state:
thtird: c. NJ, Dorr, California fourth. ". X.
nsnsh0n; sSIns,1 Tim. M !, 40 T.; fifth N. p Bros"
High iumpITie between R. W. 1andon,
Yale, and II. p. Muller. California. at 6 feet -
81 inches; third. L.. T. Brown, Dartmouth
height. feet 21a inches: fourth. tie between
r.. Williams. Stanford: W; H. Lathrop. Cor
Broad jump-Won by r. Q. Gourdfn. Har-
yard distance. 23 feet 10% inehes,: second.
c. &. krocness. Harvard. 90 feet 6ss inches:
third. D. Lourie. Princeton. % feet ~ inches: :
fourth. II. 2. Muller. California. % feet 81
inches.
Shotput-Won by J. A. shelhurn. Dartmouth
distance, IS feet 3l4 tnches) second. c.
hsssy Ieh PTi%cetcn o,5 IS fee. az
tance. a. feet 5k inches): fourth. J. r. Toi-
bert, Harvard tdistance. ~ feet 3h inches>:
fifth, X. e. Jordan, Yale distance, 43 feet IL
inches.
T. tdistance. 1877 feet AZ inehes) second. J.
F. Brown. Harvard distance. 14o feet
ineh): third. T. Speers. Pripceton fdistanee.
141 feet 1 inch) fourth. l.. II. Weld. Dart
mouth (distance. 14o feet 9az inches); dfth, T.
u. Tootel. Bowdoin distance, l40 feet 11s
Pole rault-Tie between A. G. Norris, CALI.
fornia; r. ". Harwood. Harvard, and G. n
Brown, Yale. at ~ feet Fourth. tie hetwern
r NJ. Burt, Columbia. and ]. ". Temple. :
Pennsylvania. at IL feet inches.