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PENN. WINS. The Events of the Intercollegiate Re- ported in Detail. oe The University of Pennsylvania won the Twenty-second annual Intercolle- giate Track and Field Meet at Berke- eley Oval on Saturday, beating out Yale, her closest rival, by nearly 10 points. The meet was notable for the fact that new records were established in three of the field events, and that Wefers was beaten in the 220 yard run. Winsor of Pennsylvania added two in- inches to his record jump of 6 feet 1 inch made last year; Johnston of Yale surpassed by seven-eights of an inch the pole vault record of 11 feet 23-4 inches, held jointly by Hoyt of Harvard and Bucholz of Pennsylvania; and Woodruff of Pennsylvania threw the hammer 71-2 inches further than the best in the intercollegiate throw, made by Hickok in 1895. The times in the track events were all affected by the stiff wind which blew directly up the home stretch and added fractions of a, second to times in the high hurdles, 440-yard and 229-yard runs, which might otherwise have endangered in- tercollegiate records for the distance. A feature of the games was the strong showing made by Princeton, which college, for the first time in years, was a prominent factor in the Intercollegiate and came within a frac- tion of a point of tying Harvard for third place. The victory of Pennsylvania was due to the presence of star atheletes on her team, rather than to any pronounced superiority in the all-around develop- ment of the team itself. Yale lost ex- pected points in the shot and hammer events, particularly, and in the mile walk, in which all four of her repre- sentatives were disqualified in succes- sion by the judges of walking, Mr. Dimse. Mr. C. H. Sherrill, Yale ’89, protested the event on the grounds that the judge had not warned the Yale men sufficiently. The matter was re- ferred to the Executive Committee of the Association for future considera-~- tion. Below is given a summary of the different events of Saturday, the pre- liminaries having been disposed of on Friday. The bicycle races, which form a part of tht Intercollegiate, will not occur until Saturday next, but the eight points which hinge on this event are not sufficient to permit by any possi- bility a reversal of the verdict in the other events. ONE HUNDRED YARDS RUN. Semi-final round. First heat won by B. J. Wefers, ’98, Georgetown; R. D. Hoff- man, ’99, Pennsylvania, second; F. W. Jarvis, Princeton, 1900, third. Time, 103-5 seconds. Second heat won by C. D. Wnhit- temore, 99, Syracuse; T. R. Fisher, ’98, Yale, second; L. W. Redpath, ’98, Har- vard, third. Time, 103-5 seconds. Final heat won by Wefers, George- town; Fisher, Yale, second, Whittemore, Syracuse, third. Time, 10 2-5 seconds, In- tercoliegiate record for the distance, 9 4-5 seconds, made by Wefers last year. Wefers, Hotfman and Jarvis, the three sprinters who, from their show- ing in the preliminaries, were thought to be the most likely winners, met in the first heat and finished in the order named about two feet apart. Byers, of Yale, who had qualified in the pre- liminaries, was also in this heat but could get not better than fourth place. In the second heat Whittemore of Sy- racuse, who has a record of 10 seconds, and Fisher of Yale, ran what was al- most a dead heat, the former winning by a few inches. Redpath of Harvard was third. In the finals Wefers won by four feet from Fisher, who reversed the order of the previous heat by beat- ing out Whittemore for second place by a narrow margin. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY YARDS HURDLES. Semi-final round. First heat won by EH. C. Perkins, ’98, Yale; F. T. Van Buren, 98, Yale, second; J. M. McKibben, ‘99, Pennsylvania, third. Time, 16 8-5 seconds. Second heat won by J. H. Thompson, ’97, Yale; F. B. Fox, L. S., Harvard, second; P. Van Ingen, ’97, Yale, third. Final heat won by Perkins, Yale, Fox, Harvard, second; Van Buren, _ Yale, third. Time, 16 seconds. Intercollegiate record, 154-5 seconds, held jointly by Williams, Yale, and Chase, Dartmouth. Perkins and Van Buren ran like a teana in the first heat, until the last three hurdles, when the former drew away from his team-mate. In the second heat Thompson and Van Ingen got off to-gether ahead of the others but Fox of Harvard came up swiftly and beat Van Ingen out for second place at he tape, Thompson getting first. The final was a beautiful race, all four of the survivors from the pre- liminary trials getting over the first hurdles in line. Perkins then began to leave his opponents with Fox in hot pursuit. The Yale man jumped a lit- tle too high over the ninth hurdle and YALE- ALU MeN. Fox drew even, but Perkins made @ beautiful finish and won by over a foot. Van Buren finished ahead of Thompson for third place. QUARTER MILE. Final] heat won by T. E. ‘94, Boston University; F. P. Garvan, ‘9, Yale, second; R. D. Hoffman, ’99, Penn- Sylvania, third. Time, 502-5 seconds. In- tercollegiate record, 49144 seconds, made by G. B. Shattuck of Amherst, 1891. Burke cut out ahead at the first turn and never left the result in doubt thereafter. He was closely followed by Hoffman of Pennsylvania, Garvan Of Yale keeping in third position. At the second turn Garvan began his spurt, passed Hoffman and ran a well judged race to the tape, which he reached S1x yards behind Burke and about 18 inches ahead of Hoffman who had been gain- ing at the finish. Burke, ONE MILE WALK. Won by G. W. Orton, P. G., Pennsyi- vania; J. EF. Cregan, ’99, Princeton, sec- ond; D. Grant, M. Harvard, _ third. Time, 4 minutes and 25 seconds. Inter- collegiate record, 4 minutes, 23 2-5 seconds, made by Orton in 1895. Fifteen men were entered in event. the first quarter, but dropped out soon after and Poynter of Yale led the field to the half way mark which was reached in 2 minutes 11°4-5 seconds. Here there was a general closing up, Cregan being ahead at the _ three- quarter mark, with Wright of Brown, who was making his spurt, second, and Orton third. Then began a beautiful struggle between Cregan and Orton for first place. Cregan led all the way to the back turn and neck and neck they entered the home-stretch and spurted for the tape. For fifty yards they ran as if yoked to-gether, but Orton had the most strength left and _ breasted the tape a winner by five yards. Grant this of Harvard finished ten yards behind. Cregan. Speer of Yale, who defeated Grant in the Yale-Harvard games, could not get better than fifth place, although he tried hard to score. ONE MILE WALK. Won by W. B. Fetterman, 98, Pennsyl- vania;*»J. D. Phillips, ’97, Harvard, sec. ond; EK. C. Zeller, 99, Cornell, third. Time, 6 minutes, - 55 4-5 seconds. Intercollegiate record, 6 minutes, 52 4-5 seconds, made by Borcheling of Princeton. Fetterman started off in the with Butler and Darrach of Yale were ruled off by the judge in the first quarter. Butler of Yale kept close to Fetterman for two laps, when he was disqualified by the judge who declared his style un- fair. This left Hitchcock as the only Yale representative on the track, and in response to the cheers of the Yale spectators he advanced from sixth to fourth place. He was steadily over- hauling the man in front of him on the back stretch of the last lap when, ap- parently without being warned, he was ordered from the track by the judge, Mr. Dimse of the Pastime A, C. Mr. C. H. Sherrill in behalf of Yale filed a protest but it is not likely that the Executive Committee will take any ac- tion in the matter, as the decision in regard to what constitutes fair walk- ing must in the nature of the case rest entirely with the association’s officials. lead, TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY YARDS HURDLES. Semi-final round. First heat won by E. C. Perkins, ’'99, Yale; M. V. Bastian, 98, Pennsylvania, second; L. Warren, S. Harvard, third. Time, 25 3-5 seconds. Second heat won by W. G. Morse, ’99, Fiarvard; L. E. Jones, ’99 Princeton, sec- ond: P. Van Ingen, ’97, Yale,third. Time, 263-5 seconds. Final heat won by Per- kins, Yale; Morse, Harvard, second; Pennsylvania, third. Time, 25 4-5 seconds. Intercollegiate secord, 243-5 seconds, held by Bremer of Harvard. Perkins beat Bastian out by a small margin in the first heat, and Jones of Princeton ‘made a good fight against Morse of Harvard in the second trial. All three places qualified for the finals in the first heat while only first and second places in the second heat ad- mitted to the final event. This left Per- kins the only Yale man in the finals, He kept up his phenomenally consist- ent form and won, from Morse of Har-— vard over the last hurdle by a yard, and only the wind prevented the time from being a record. It was a beautiful race. Bastian finished a good third ahead of Jones. TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY YARDS RUN. Semi-final round. First heat won by B. J. Wefers, °98 Georgetown; J. W. Tewks- bury, ’99 Pennsylvania, second; T, R. Fisher, 98 8., Yale, third. Time, 23 sec- onds. Second heat wen by J. H. Colfelt, 1900, Princeton; J. W. Ehrich, Columbia, second; R. D. Hoffman, ’99 Pennsylvania, third. Time, 223-5 seconds. Final heat won by Colfelt, Princeton, Wefers, Georgetown, second; Tewksbury. Pennsylvania, third. Time, 22 3-5 seconds. Intercollegiate record, 211-5 seconds; made by Wefers last year. Lewis of Yale set the pace in of Yale second. Adams Ve ae ee Wefers and Colfelt both won their heats easily, but every one looked to See the former secure first place in the final. Colfelt however, ran a magnifi- cent race, led the Georgetown fiyer and Intercollegiate record holder from the start and crossed the tape a win- her by a yard. Fisher of Yale failed to get a place. HALF MILE, Final heat won by E. Hollister, ’97 Harvard; L. J. Lane, ’99, Pennsyl- Vania, second; A Grant, 1900; Pennsyl- vania, third. Time one minute, 58 2-5 seconds. Intercollegiate record, one minute 58 4-5 seconds, made by Hollis- ter last year. Hollister jumped to the front at the crack of the pistol and opened up a gap of fifteen yards, which he main- tained till the end, although he finished in distress. Grant and Lane had a close race for second place, the latter winning by a narrow margin. SIXTEEN POUND HAMMER. Won by W. G. Woodruff, ’$7, Pennsyl- vania, with a throw of 1386 feet, 3 inches; J. C. McCracken, ’99, Pennsylvania, sec- ond, throw, 1388 feet, 3 inches; C.. Chad- Wick, ’97, Yale, third; throw 129 feet, 6 inches. Previous intercollegiate record, oie 74% inches. made by Hickok in in Woodruff failed to excel his record throw in the preliminary trials, but this proved sufficient to give him first place. Chadwick of Yale could not equal his practice throws and was unable to se- cure a higher relative position than he did in the trials. POLE VAULT. Won by B. Johnson, 1900, Yale, with a vault of 11 feet, 354 inches; W. W. Hoyt, M. S., Harvard, second; vault, 11 feet, 1% inches; R. G. Clapp, ’99S., third; vault, 11 feet, % inch. Previous intercol- legiate record, 11 feet, 2% inches, held jointly by Hoyt of Harvard and Bucholz of Pennsylvania. J. L. Hurlburt, Wesleyan and A. C. Tyler, Princeton, tied with Clapp for- third place in the regular competition, but in the vault-off for the medal, Clapp disposed of his rivals. The point how- ever, was divided in three according to the rules of the meet. Johnson’s vault establishes a new intercollegiate record. RUNNING HIGH JUMP. Won by J. D. Windsor, Jr., ’97, Pennsyl- vania, with a jump of 6 feet, 3 inches; second, R. C. Merwin, 99S8., Yale; jump, 6 feet, 1 inch; -third,--le-K. Baxter, . *99, Trinity, third; jump, 6 feet, 1 inch. The five men who qualified in the trials on Friday contested in the finals. There have not been so many star high jumpers for years as there has been this year. While the officials were pre- paring for the mile run the spectators were startled by the announcement that all five of the high jumpers had cleared six feet. Winsor disposed of his opponents at 6 feet 1 inch, but he con- tinued in an attempt to beat the record. He succeeded in surpassing by two inches the record jump made by him- self last year. Merwin, Yale; Morse, Harvard; Carroll, Princeton and Bax- ter, Trinity, tied at 6 feet in the con- tests for the other points. Second and third points were therefore added to- gether and divided up between the four colleges. In jumping off for the prizes Merwin was the first to clear 6 feet 1 inch, thus winning second. prize, while Baxter succeeded in disposing of the other men in the contest for. third medal. hay clusively in Columbias. HARTFORDS, PREPEEPPEPEEEEE EEE ROPER E MEH H HY WHITE neglige and tennis shirts are good things. They not only look well; they look cool; hence are cool. We have a nice stock of them in Madras and Cheviot. In colored shirts you can have your choice from four hundred (400) patterns. In ties the English “Rum- chunda” patterns seem to please, and “Bagdad” Ascots and Rug- bys make the selection of your summer equipment easy and pleasant, We can supply you at any distance from our store. CHASE & CO., New Haven House Block. RUNNING BROAD JUMP. Won by J. P. Remington, Jr., ’97, Penn- sylvania, with a jump of 22 feet, 4% inches; R. Garret, ’97, Princeton, second; jump 21 feet, 8% inches; E. H. Clark, L. S., Harvard, third; jump, 21 feet, 1% inches. Intercollegiate record, 22 feet, 11% inches, made by V. Mapes, Columbia, in 1891. PUTTING SIXTEEN POUND SHOT. Won by R. Garrett, ’97, Princeton, with a put of 41 feet, 10 3-4 inches; R. Sheldon, ’98S., Yale, second; put, 41 feet, 6 3-4_inches; J. C. McCracken, 99, Pennsylvania, third; put, 40 feet, 8 1-4 inches. Intercollegiate record, 42 feei, 11 1-2 inches, made by Hickok in 1895, Following is the recapitulation of the points scored by the different colleges: ists. 2ds. 3ds. _ Totals. Pennsylvania ..... 5 2 5 34 Wale. 0 seek wets ee wees 3 #334 24% 24 1-12 Harvara- 7s. 6 es iss a *43/ 21-3 15% © POCO ION couse ecu 2 2% 1-3 151-122 Georgetown ....... 1 1 0 7 Boston University 1 0 0 5 Comel ati 35 0 0 1 1 SYVTACuUse oy is.swase 0 0 1 1 Sip ich hs pipe. per ep re 0 #S/ 0 34 Thirteen events; 8 points in each..104 “Tie for second high jump. THE CUP. The old intercollegiate cup was first competed for in 1876 and went into the possession of Harvard in 1889, she having won a majority of times dur- the period of 14 years for which it was offered. The new cup was first con- tested for in 1890. It is the gift of the college graduate members of the Berke- leyAthletic Club and will be awarded to the college winning it the majority of times between the years 1890 and 1904. Harvard has won the cup three times, in 1890, 1891 and 1892; Yale four times, in 1898, 1894, 1895 and 1896, while Saturday’s victory was the first that Pennsylvania won in the competition for the trophy. Ax Bie ER —_--_ +> The members of the Sheffield Scienti- _ fic Sckool have decided to present Pro- fessor A. 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