Arizona republican., 1921-05-29
WESTERN ATHLETES WIN COLLEGIATE TRACK MEET AT CAMBRIDGE BEATING HARVARD BY HALF POINT
University of California Track Stars Invade Eastern Collegiate Meet Taking First Place In 45th Annual Games of Inter- Collegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Westerners Win Praise
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. May 2S-By one-half a point a small band of Uni- versity of California athletes won collegiate track classic today. The Pacific coast stars defeated Harvard 2T1s to 27 in the struggle for first place honors at the 54th annual games of the Intercollegiate Associa- tion of Amateur Athletes of America. Far western and mid-Western col leges have many times attempted to wrest from their eastern rivals an I. C. A. A. A. championship, but not until today has success crowned their efforts. Tonight Cambridge was ringing with praise for Califor- nia- The victory came at the finish of an afternoon Of exceptional com petition.
 When the final event was started Harvard was leading California by 27 to 241s. To win the title, R. K. Hutchinson. lone California entrant, had to finish third or better in the 220-yard dash
 A bitter fight was on from the start.
 On past performances Hutchinson could hardly expect to defeat either Allen Woodring of Syracuse or Al LeConey of LaFayette. It was a question whether he could lead Da- vison of Cornell. Maxam of Pennsyl- vania. and Monie of Syracuse.
 Interest among the 11.000 specta- tors. who included California root CTS, was intense The finaiists got away to perfect start woodring, the Olympic champion, took the lead: LeConey was at his heels. For sixty yards the others were grouped. Near the halfway mark. however, Hutch inson began to pull away. At 50 yards from the finish he seemed to falter. But with a great spurt he picked up his speed again.
 With Californians in the audience shouting at the top of their lungs. Hutchinson actually gained on the leaders. At the tape he led Davi- son. fourth man, by almost 20 feet 1 Immediately the western contingent spilled over the stadium ramparts and when the official announcement made California's triumph certain there was an imprompfu celebration
 Seldom in the history of the meet has so close finish been seen. The initial championship was staged in 1876 and the classic has continr( : with but one break. that of 1917. tils, to the war.
 While Hutchfnson's placing in the final race gave first place to his team, the work of the other Cafifor- nians had sent up the point total
 Harvard men gave unstinted praise to the visitors. saving that the vic tory was well earned in view of the | fact that California had but 14 esT- trants against a field of hundreds. Harvard adherents found satisfaction 1 in the unexpected strength and show ing of their team which, under the coaching of Bill Bingham. former Crimson athletic star. developed sur prising scoring power and upset ex- pectations of several of the other contesting teams It was the first year since 1909. when Harvard won. that a team other than Cornell or Pennsylvania had gained first hon. ors
 Dartmouth finished third with 20 points. one and a half points ahead of Pennsylvania, 1920 champion. Ie- land Stanford. Jr. with but four ath- letes. finished fifth with Is points. It was the scoring of the second Cali fornia contingent that gave the vic tors a chance for first place. Cornell and Princeton tied for sixth place with 13 points each. and Masse- chusetts Institute of Technology and i Pennsylvania State were tied at 10 points Yale with sIz points led La Fayette by half point Syracuse came next with 8, Georgetown col lected points, and others to score were Rutgers 4, Holy Cross 3, Co., i lumbia l F, and Bowdoin l.