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About Yale Alumni Magazine | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1899)
at a PENN, WINS AGAIN. Yale in Third Place in Intercollegi- ates—Records Broken. The twenty-fourth annual meet of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association was held at Manhattan Field, New York City, on Saturday afternoon, May 27. In accordance with the custom of the past few years all trial heats in the runs up to the mile run had been held on Friday afternoon, as had the qualifying rounds in the field events. - University of Pennsylvania easily took first place, largely through the fine per- formance of four of her athletes, A. C. . Kraenzlein, 1900; J. W. B. Tewksbury, 99; J. C. McCracken, 1901, and Alex. Grant, 1900, these men between them scoring forty-three of their University’s fifty-seven points. As first place in the meet had been conceeded to University of Pennsyl- vania the chief interest lay in the battle for second place between Harvard and Yale. When the final summing up of the points scored by the teams of these two Universities had been made, it was found that Harvard had won from Yale by 28 points to 22% points. One of the surprises of the meet was the fine show- ing made by the team from Syracuse University. They failed by but one point of tieing Princeton for fourth place, and ‘had their crack sprinter Whittemore been in his true form, it is safe to say that they would have beaten them out. As it was the points stood Ir to 10 in favor of Princeton. The remaining 14% points of the meet were distributed as follows: Columbia 5; Cornell 5; Williams 3; Georgetown I; Haverford ¥%. Track athletics have never been popular in New York, and it was there- fore a surprise that as many as 5,000 people should be present to witness the sports. However, it was not a col- lege crowd. Pennsylvania supporters were the only ones making any pre- tence to cheering, though an occasional cheer from the track house was given for Yale, Harvard and Princeton. GOOD WEATHER BUT BAD TRACK. The weather on both Friday and Sat- urday was ideal for athletics, but the accommodations for both spectators and contestants were miserable. Sel- dom if ever, has an athletic event of | any importance been held on a field as little fitted for it. The track was in wretched condition—full of holes and soft places—that made very fast time next to impossible. However, the in- tercollegiate record for the quarter mile run of 49% seconds, made by G. B. Shattuck, Amherst in 1891, was low- ered to 492% seconds by M. W. Long, Columbia, and A. C. Kraenzlein, Penn- sylvania, clipped a fifth of a second off his record of 1534 seconds for the 120 yards hurdle, made last year. In the field events, despite the take offs, which were execrable, two intercol- legiate records were broken. In the pole vault R. G. Clapp, ’99S., cleared the ‘bar with ease at 11 feet 2 inches, where the other three point winners failed. He then had the bar raised to 11 feet s inches, half an inch higher than the intercollegiate record, which he and W. W. Hoyt, Harvard, established last THE COLLEGE DIAMOND — Will be encircled the next three weeks on every Saturday and Wednes- day by the youth and beauty of America. Most of these people and their elders will wear Knox HATS. TATE ALUMNI WEEKLY year. On his third effort Clapp cleared the bar with quite a little margin. He then placed the bar at 11 feet 11% inches, and made an attempt to break his own world’s record of 11 feet 10% inches, but was unable to do so, his failure being attributable to the poor condition of the run and take off. The feature of the games was the world’s record broad jump of A. C. Kraenzlein, Pennsylvania. On his sec- ond try Friday, he jumped 24 feet 4% inches, and immediately followed this by a jump of 24 feet 9% inches, but fell back. The first mentioned jump breaks the world’s record by an inch. For Yale, aside from Clapp, in the pole vault, Captain T. R. Fisher, ’99 S., did the best work. Though beaten out by some yards by Long, in the quarter, lhe rapidly cut down the winner’s lead in the last hundred yards, and defeated Luce, 1900, by about ten yards for sec- ond place. D. Boardman, 1902, though getting second place in 220 yards dash, did not run as well as was expected. He was fully ten yards behind Tewks- bury, who won out in the not excep- tional time of 213% seconds. B. John- son, 1900, and E. C. Waller, ’995S., deserve great credit for their perfor- - mances. The former, despite a strained ankle, took second place in the pole vault while Waller a sick man, managed to divide fourth place in the high jump. Yale’s defeat by Harvard may be at- . tributed to the unexpected showing of Cornell in the pole vault and to the accident to Blount, 1900, in his trial heat in the hundred yards dash. THE SUMMARY. The summary follows: 100 Yards Dash—Final heat: Won by J. W. B. Tewksbury, Pennsylvania; F. W. Jarvis, Princeton, second; T. B. McClain, Pennsylvania, third; F. J. Quinlan, Harvard, fourth. Time, 10 seconds. Yale had no man in the finals of this event, though C. Dupee, 1901, qualified. F. A. Blount, 1900, had been expected to score, but in his trial Friday, when leading by a good margin, he strained - a tendon in his leg and hopped in third. In the final heat it was a nip and tuck race between Tewksbury and Jarvis. The “latter got a> poor. start; but. at seventy-five yards they were even and at the finish Tewksbury forged a few inches ahead. McClain and Quinlan ran a goad race for third place, two or three yards back of the leaders. 120 Yards Hurdle—Final heat: Won by A. C. Kraenzlein, Pennsylvania; L. Z. Fox, Harvard, second; W. F. Lewis, Syracuse, third; W. M. Fincke, Yale, fourth. Time, 1524 seconds. Kraenzlein took matters into his own hands from the start and rapidly in- creased his lead, finally winning in rec- ord time. Fox was some yards back, but led Lewis and Fincke, who ran a close race for third place, by a couple of yards. Fincke was Yale’s only en- try and was beaten out by a scant foot. Mile Run—Won by J Cregan, Princeton; J. Bray, Williams, second; CG Bo Spitver; ‘90, “Yale, thind= HP: Smith, 1900, Yale, fourth. Time, 4 minutes 25% seconds. This was one of the exciting features of the meet. H. Speer, 1900, started by setting a rapid pace, while the four win- ners kept well back in the bunch; at the end of the second lap Cregan and Bray moved up, but not until the last half of the final quarter did they make their spurt. Then Bray broke away closely followed by Cregan and Spitzer and Smith. Bray and Cregan raced to- gether to within twenty yards of the tape, where Cregan drew away and won out. Spitzer was ten yards behind, Smith pushing him for third place. Quarter Mile Run—Final heat: Won by: Mei tWe suone. Columbias.* 1... ak: Fisher, Yale, second; C. F. Luce, Yale, third, J. E. Mulligan, Georgetown, fourth. Time, 49% seconds. The men ran bunched for the first two hundred yards, then Long drew rapidly away on the turn. Coming in- to the straight-away Fisher began cut- ting down his lead of twenty-five yards, until at the tape not more than five yards separated them. Luce passed Mulligan fifty yards from finish and fin- ished a good third. Mulligan fainted dead away and had to be carried to his dressing room. Two Mile Run—Won by Alex. Grant, Pennsylvania; E. A. Mechling, Pennsyl- vania, second; H. W. Foote, Harvard, third; C. Terrance, Cornell, fourth. Time, 10 minutes 326 seconds, Does this ad Pay? It certainly does, if it suggests to gradu- ates of Yale, in whatever part of the country they may be, that they may still use their college furnisher. All his business being with men whose tastes are largely like your own, he is rather apt to have what you want. How can you tell what he has? Send for samples. For instance. Try us just now on ties. We have some you cannot get any- where else. them. You may like some of CHASE & CO., New Haven House Block. This event was on the program for the first time this year. It took the place of the walk and seemed to be too severe an event for a meet of this kind. Only half a dozen men finished and among these not a Yale representative, Chittenden being the last man to drop out on the last lap. Grant took the lead from the start and seemed to in- crease it at every stride, finally winning by over thirty yards. The rest of the field was scattered. ae 220 Yards Hurdle—Final heat: Won by A. C. Kraenzlein, Pennsylvania; W. G. Morse,. Harvard, second; J. W. Hal- lowell, Harvard, third; W. P. Reming- ton, Pennsylvania, fourth. Time, 23% seconds. Yale had no representative in this event. by ten yards from Morse, while Hallo- well, five yards behind, led Remington by a like distance. Harvard surely lost a point by Converse falling at the eighth hurdle in the semi-final heat. 220 Yards Dash—Final heat: Won by J. W. B. Tewksbury, Pennsylvania; D. Boardman, 1902, Yale, second; J. F. Quinlan, Harvard, third; R. A. Waite, Syracuse, fourth. Time, 2134 seconds. Tewksbury seemed trained to the hour while with Boardman it was quite the reverse. The winner had the race well in hand from the start and won by ten yards. Boardman, at a hundred and fifty yards, had a good lead for second place. Here Quinlan started to cut this down, but Boardman was able to hold his position by five yards. Waite almost beat Quinlan out at the finish. Half-Mile Run—Final heat: Won by T. E. Burke, Harvard; Alexander Grant, Pennsylvania, second; J. P. Adams, 1900, Yale, third; W. D. Bren- nen, 1900S., Yale, minute 584% seconds. Yale hoped for a victory in this event, but never for a moment was Adams dangerous, although the time was slower than his time in the meet with Harvard two weeks before. Cregan had the pole, Grant next, Adams next, then Burke and Brennan. Burke took the lead immediately and kept it for nearly the first quarter. Then Brennen jumped ahead. At the last turn Burke followed by Adams came to the front. They raced together, but soon Adams dropped back so tired that Grant was able to pass him. Brennan was a close fourth. : feet 2 inches. Kraenzlein won as he pleased fourth. ». Dime, -¥ The summary of the field events fol- lows: Putting 16-Pound Shot—Won by J. C. McCracken, Pennsylvania, with a put of 42 feet % inch; E. T. Glass, Syra- cuse, second, with 41 feet 6% inches; H. J. Brown, Harvard, third, with 4o feet 4%4 inches; W. E. Bottger, Prince- ton, fourth, \vith 40 feet 314 inches. Pole Vault—Won by R. G. Clapp, ’g9, S., Yale, with a vault of 11 feet 5 inches; B. Johnson, 1900, Yale, R. Deming, Cornell, and E. A. Kinzie, Cornell, tied for second place with 11 feet 2 inches. On the vault-off Johnson took second prize, who again vaulted I1 Kinzie and Deming again tied and on vaulting off Kinzie won third medal, also clearing 11 feet 2 inches. Running High Jump—Won by I. K. Baxter, .Pennsylvania, with 6 feet 2 inches; A. N. Rice, Harvard, second, with 6 feet rt inch; Walter Carroll, Princeton, third, with 6 feet; E. C. Wal- ler, ’09 S., Yale, and C. B. Conklin, Haverford, tied for fourth, with 5 feet 11 inches. Waller won the prize on the jump-off. Throwing the 16-Pound Hammer— Won by J. C. McCracken, Pennsyl- vania, with a throw of 144 feet 1 inch; T. T. Hare, Pennsylvania, second, with 142 feet 5%4 inches; W. A. Boal, Har- vard, third, with 132 feet 9 inches; H. J. Brown, ‘Harvard, fourth, with 130 feet 10 inches. Broad Jump—Won by A. C. Kraenz- lein, Pennsylvania, with a jump of 24 feet 414 inches, Meyer Prinstein, Syra- cuse, was second, with 23 feet 2 inches; C. D. Daly, Harvard, was third, with 22 feet 4%4 inches; C. D. Whittemore, Syracuse, was fourth, with 21 feet 7 inches. The points were won as follows, first counting 5, second 3, third 2, and fourth 1: : Total. COLLEGE. st. e2d 3d. 4th. Points. Pennsylvania __ -- 9 3 I a 57 Peat vat oo ae I re 6 2 28 Nr es I 2 4 3% 22), Princeton. 203 I I T I II Syracuse . 22.2... 0 2 I 2 10 Columbia __._ ---- I fe) fe) ° 5 Comes. oo wee =0 I re) 2 5 Willams: fo) I ° ° 3 Georgetown ..-...- re) ° ° I I Haverford... ---- ° ° ° o% ol
