The New York herald., 1921-05-29
How Colleges Fared in
Fight for Championship
BY DANIEL.


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. May 2S-From
out of the Golden West, from far off
California. came small group of
Titans of track and field into the
Harvard Stadium this afternoon to
startle America. From the land of the
pioneers came an argosy in quest of
the national intercollegiate champion
ship, and success crowned it's efforts.
For to California went the team honors
in the forty-fifth annual games of the
intercollegiate Association of ANA
teur Athletes of America
1t was no easy triumph which this
squad of California stars achieved
They had to outscore a sensa tional
band of performers representing Har-
ward, who held a lead right into the
final event. the 220 yard dash, and
California triumphed by only half a
point.
The Crimson reached that contest
with 81 points, and had no standard
bearer therein who might add point
or two. California trailed at that stage
with 241s points, but there still was
sbpe. If r. X. Hutchinson could get
sven third place 1t would be Califor-
MAS title.
Away they went on the furlong jour
ney, and Harvard hearts skipped a boat
or two while harvard pulses beat in
trepidation. A Harvard victory was In
the balance. Into the last twenty yards
the sprinters came laundering and still
Harvard's triumph seemed safe. But
California was not to be denied. Know
ing full well what depended on his show
ing, Hutchinson let himself out to the
last notch. He passed one man after an
other dashed for all he was worth. and
dashed the Crimson hope in the ground
as he flashed by the judges in third
place behind Allan Woodring of syria
cuse and A. L. Leconey of Lafayette.
Harvard Presses Hard.
California had won the meet. The
West had taken the intercollegiate title
for the first time in the history OF the
r. G. A. A. A. 1t was California - -
points and Harvard 27 while small
band of California alumni made the old
stadium ring with a cheer that was
Cherokee in its staccato. challenging
drous success. but that triumph was not
one whit more creditable than the start
ling achievement OF Harvards team.
This band of Crimson athletes had been
conceded no chance to take the title. Cali
fornia, on the other hand, had come East
with a much heralded team and had
marched into the stadium with a threat
20 do what no other California or other
Western college had been able to per-
form in the intercollegiate classic. All
credit to California, then. but there is
glory enough there for the Harvard men.
who were beaten by half q point In the
closest fight In the history OF the title.
In third place, seven points behind
Harvard. came Dartmouth. another un-
expectedly fne showing. But IL was
meet In which sixteen colleges scored.
PENNSYLVANIA. whose fine showing In the
trials Yesterday made II the favorte,
suffered eclipse and was placed fourth
with 1si5 points. Stanford got Is, and
then came Princeton and Cornell with
l3 each. Truly Il was a poor year for
the proud leaders of other years. Last
Nav Penn won, with Princeton close
behind Cornell had won many cham
pionshp. but everything was topsy turvy
this time as a California team upset the
East. a California team OF six scorers.
Previous to to-day the best the West
had done was second In 1907, when
Michigan scored 20 against Penn's win
ming 49, California's best previous
showing came In 1916. when L was
third. behind Cornell and Yale. The
closest fight for the title in other years
was that Of 1908, when Yale was the
victor over Harvard by II \ 10 IL.
Tho six athletes who were responsible
for Californias victory were VI. r. Null
ler with 6h points: r. X. Hutchinson.
who scored points IN two events q. Q.
Hendrixson. who also got points A q.
Norris with 4 points r.. b Sprott, who
got 4, and g. NJ. Dorr. who got O.
TITLE for Uendrixson.
Only ono of the Caiifornlans took
title. all TO himself II was Hendrix
son, who won the 40 yard run. Mulcr
lied with Dick Iandon OF Yale for frat
place In the high jump. while Norris
shared a triple tic with Harwood of
Harvard and Brown OF Yale III the fight
for the pole vault championships. vi
addition to finishing third in tho fnr-
long. Hutchinson was fourth IN The 100
ward dash. Dorr scored his taree points
in the two mile run. IN which he just
managed TO stagger home and save the
iCalifornla triumph. Sprotts scoring was
accomplished In the half mile.
Most of tho credit for the great fight
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