Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-26

MIA won over Harvard last year by
one-half point, accommodating total
of 81 10: Stanford totalnd nly Is.
Athletes representing SS colleges,
tt vast majority from the East. are
expected to toe the marx. New in
tcrcollc; tie and, perhaps. new
worlds records, may be established,
the Harvard Stadium oval being con-
siGered one of the fastest cinder
paths in the country. it's only equal
/ being Franklin Field. Philadelphia,
the Universi' of Pennsylvania
CO urse.
Z 4 the western tcar'7 pill be sew
eral men who won intercollegiate
Gle "2pionships last year. "t'"u''r-
" Morris kirksey, of Stanford. who
ran seco only to ChT"ley Paddock
in 1921. Paddock is the worlds
sYrirt champion. This - '~----
ever, Kirksey's legs have J -" both
cring him. Jack Merchant and
Brick" Muller are look d upon by
California as their most nrobab'N
point gathercrs but Captain Fob
TIutchinso'. whose performance in
the 220-yard dash last year. the last
event on the program, won the meet,
is being der cd upon oavily.
Captain Hammer. of "tal cord, who
throws the javclin about EOS feet in
practice is being tounted u~on for
the field events. Eddie sudden, ma
tional A. A. L. sprint chamn'c-. is
Stanfords mainstay for the dashcr.
Despite the excellent balance of
the two Pacific Coast teams, the
r .rlis thc.' have made this yoo~ rnve
rot upset Eastern experts. The
wealth of record breaking n" terial in
the East. displayed at the Pennsyl-
,a-ia r-'-ys and in subs 2quent dual
meets. is relied upon to rcconqucr
TIC intercollegiate chamoin~-';r for
{ siCo {" the continent.
There are numerous stars froH1
Cornell, Harvard, ennsyivania. Tenn
State, Syracuse, Columbia and La
fayctte, number of wro-> have
demonstrated championship calbre
in the earlier meets of the sca~on.
Cornell and Penn as tea MS especial
ly are expected to uphold the tradi-
tons OF the East
In the near 'lf-ccnturv that the
meet has been held H - STANDS
cut as the time-tested champion, al
though of recent years the Crimson
t:ackmen ave swallowed much duc I.
Harvard has won the meet 10 times.
four times more than Yale, Cornell
and Penn, all of whic are tied for
second p &c with nine meets each,
their nearest &C "petitor being CO.
lumbia. The Blue and White has
won thve TIM PriI -'~-, 49, ~,
twice and Michigan and California
once each.
SO closely have the big Eastern
Institutions contested the tournament
among themselves that two-thirC5
of the compel o. S is frozen out of
the records. only nine colleges total
ing more than 100 points each in
the aggregate rurlber of years in
which teams representing them have
appeared. Such Southern teams as
Jchn Ho- ,lins. Washington and JEFF
fcrson and Georgetown have never
competed to advantage.
Yale leads in the greatest number
of points scored, Harvard having at
tanned the largest number of cham
pionships by bolstering it's first
places with an overwhelming lead in
second and third places. Harvard's
total now is Ill and Yale's is ISL.
Cornell, which has been a consistent
winner in recent years. numbers
546. trailing the University of
Pennsylvania, which has accumu-
lated 64S.
Since 1898 Yale has won only three
times and Harvard twice, both insti-
tutions losing their mastery over the
event after more or less alternating
the championship for is years from
1890 Yale last won in 1904 and Har-
wards most recent victory was in
1909. Pennsylvania triumph in 1920
broke Cornell's string of five consec-
utlve championships, excepting 1917,
when the war prevented a meet.
Harvard was the winner for seven
successive years from 1880 to 1886.
The intercollegiate records, record
holders and dates follow:
100-yards run, 9 Ass, B. ]. Wefers
Georgetown, 1896; r. c. Craig. Mich.
igan. 1911: J. Z. Patterson, Pennsyl-
wanna, 1913.
22O-yards run. q 1-5s., B. J. Wefers
Georgetown, 1896; r. c. Craig, Micbi-
gan, 1910; r. c. Craig. MICHIGAN
1911; D. F. Lippincott, PENNSYLVANIA,
1913.
44o-yards run, Al 2-5s., ]. f. Mere.
dith. Pennsylvania. 1916.
SSO-yards run, I'm. 53s., ]. f. Mere
dlth, Pennsylvania, 1916.
One mile run. Am. IA 25s.. T. p
Jones. Cornell, 1913.
Two mile run, ON. % e-5s.. Ivan G
Dresser. Cornell. 1919.
Turning broad jump. "a ft.41-2in
a. Z. kraenzlein, PENNSYLVANIA, 1899
running high jump, #. ~, in
W. NJ. Oler, Yale. 1915.
Putting the shot, 4s IT. 10 "a in
t. l.. Beatty, Columbia, 1912.
Throwing the hammer, 1s5 IT. "A
In. Harold P. Bailey, Maine, 1915.
Pole vault. Is #. in, r. A. Gard.
ner. Yale. 1912.
10 yards hurdles, IA 2-5s.. E 7
thomson, Dartmouth, 1920.
go yards hurdles, % 3-5s A ~
kraenzlein. Pennsylvania, 1893. 7 r.
Wendell, Wesleyan, 1913.