New-York tribune., 1922-05-27

! lshed the day with thirteen mon OuaN-
ned. Princeton was third with eleven,
and Stanford University, with only ten
men entered, won fourth honors with
ten men advanced to the semi finals
Pennsylvania was fifth with eight.
The others were; Harvard, I; Yale, 6;
Penn State, 6; Dartmouth, 5; Colgate,
3; Columbia, 8; Georgetown, 5; syria
cuse, 81 Williams, 2; Rutgers. .; Bos-
ton College, 2; Amherst, Bowdoin,
Brown and N. y. T., each. A total of
105 men, representing twenty-one col
leges, survived the tests in thirteen
events, there being no heats in the
one-mile or two-milc races.
One intercollegiate record was shat
tered, one eQualed and two others
established. The laurel leaf for indi-
vidual honors was placed upon the
bronzed brow of Jack Merchant, of the
California Bears.
Betters Mark by Seven Feet
This sturdy Native Son started the
afternoon by throwing the 16-pound
hammer III feet 2 inches, better
ing the old mark made in 1915, by II.
P. Bailey, of Maine, by 7 feet IA
inches. Merchant completely over
next best throw being 1853 feet II
inches, by II. +. Bakes of Princeton.
This Merchant chap was a whole
meet in himself. He qualified for four
events in all. and it appears that he
vii! pile up nearly al even dozen
points for California He was fifth to
qualify in the javel;n, with throw of
1877 feet 919 inches; finished second
best in the shot put, with q heave of
IA feet 10R inches, and qualified in
fourth place in the running, broad
Al lie Coney, the national 60yard in
door sprint champion, who sports the
silks Of Lafayette. starting in the first
heat Of the l00yard dash, led Ed
Sudden. of the Bears, over the tape
by three yards in the amazing time of
$40 seconds, equaling the intercol-
legiate record established in 1895 by
Bernie Wefcrs, of Georgetown. Ralph
Craig, of Michigan, also ran the dis
tance in 4-5 in 1915.
lie Coney, off his mark unusually
fast, went into the lead at fifty yards,
after he ran Sudden dizzy. The others
never figured Allan Woodring, of
Syracuse, the indoor 300yard worlds
record holder and Olympic l00-yard
champion. also qualified, but Woodring
was hard pressed all the way &c win
in 10 Ito seconds
Fred Lovejoy, of Cornell. made the
nearest approach to lie Coney's time,
winning his heat in 9 80 seconds
from J. F. Carter, of Brown. Twelve
men qualified for the Century," among
them being Victor Graeb, of Columbia,
who ran second to Charlie Miller, of
Williams, in O1-10 seconds. Graeb
does not figure to reach the finals, how
ever, for lie Conev, Woodring, Lovejoy
and Kirksey, OF Stanford, will cut down
the field in the semi-fnals tomorrow.
lie Coney should win handily.
Woodring Best in 1920"
The Lafayette star also qualified in
the 22O-yard dash, but at the longer
distance Woodring was the best of the
lot Woodring won rather easily from
Sudden, in the fast time of 81 25 sec
ends, only one-ffth slower than the
record. Lovejoy, Kirkscy and Clarence
Mckim, of Princeton, also won brack-
cts here.
The half-mile heats furnished quite
few thrills. The best winning time
of the day was turned in by Larry
Brown. of Pennsylvania, who engaged
in duel with Larry Shields, of Penn
State. Johnny Holden also of Penn
syvanla, led the field out of the shoot,
place. Holden showed the way for one
lap, when Daily, Of Stanford went into
the lead.
When they straightened out for the
short dash to the tape Brown jumped
to the front, with Shields at his shoul-
der, and the pair raced down the home
stretch necI: and necN. Brown out
gained his rival in the last stride and
won by inches in 1857 25.
In the next heat the crowd had an
opportunity to cheer an oldtlme favor
ite, for Tommy Campbell, the yet
eran Yale star, won his first race since
last July. Tommy laid OF the carly
pace and hooked up with Alien He'll
frich, of penn State, in the lest afty
yards. winning by less than a foot in
l :58 $40.
Koppisch Places in Quarter
The Blue and White Of Columbia
landed down front in the third heat CT
the quarter, when Walter Kopp;sch. the
Metropolitan indoor champion. Won
from Hendrixson, the defending cham
pion, by about yard. This race let's
Hendrixson out as possible repeater.
The time was 0:50 Ito. Jake Driscoll, of
Boston College. won his heat, and Bill
Stevenson, Of Princeton, was the other
victor The latter returned the best
time, defeating Mcdonald, Of Cali
fornia, in so seconds fiat.
New York Univerzitys only place
ment came when Paul Courtois quail
ifed in fifth place in the running bread
jump, but his leap Of % feet / l. inches
will hardly get him a place tomorrow.
Rose, of Penn sylvania. The fsvorite,
made the best jump of the day, when
he sailed through the air FOR distance
Of % feet pig inches.
1t appears that Hal barron, Of Penn
State, and T. s. Whitney. Of Harvard,
will fight it out u the 0-yard high
hurdles, with S. Harrison Thompson, Of
Princeton, furnishing most of the op-
position Whitney defeated Massey, of
Princeton, in Is $40 seconds in the
fastest hurdle race of the day, whi
Barron led Hauers. Of Harvard, to the
finish line in is Clio.
In the 220yard low hurdles fast time
honors were divided between Barron
and Herb Meyer, of Rutgers, each win