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YALE ALUMNI WHHEEKLY
proper recognition for the men who
represent Yale on intercollegiate teams,
but there is evident gradual improve-
ment in this line and it is soon to be
hoped that Yale debaters will enjoy a
prestige equal with that of representa-
tives in the other and older branches
of college work.
The Yale Debaters.
The five debaters who contended for
Yale in the Harvard and Princeton con-
tests this year were: with Harvard—
Ashley Day Leavitt, 1900; Mason
Trowbridge, 1902, and Ferdinand
Quincy Blanchard, 1901 T. S.; with
Princeton—Franklin Atkins Lord, Yale
’98, and 1901 L.S.; Mason Trowbridge,
1902, and C. W. Merriam, 1902 2S.
The alternate for the Harvard debate
was Philip Cory Walcott and William
Sloane Coffin for the Princeton debate.
Ashley Day Leavitt, 1900, of Mel-
rose, Mass., is twenty-two years of age.
He prepared at the Cambridge Latin
School, Cambridge, Mass., and has been
prominent in debating ever since he
came to College. He was Chairman of
the Junior Wigwam, President of the
Yale Union and one of the framers of
the present University Debating Asso-
ciation. He was a member of the team
which defeated Princeton in the Fall of
1898, and won the Thacher Debating
Prize for the best speech at the trials
for that debate. He also won the
Thacher Prize this year.
Ferdinand Quincy Blanchard, 1901 T.
S., of the Theological School, is twenty-
four years of age. He prepared for Col-
lege at the Newton High School, New-
ton, Mass., and entered Amherst Col-
lege with the Class of 1808. While
there he was identified with the college
debating, and was also Manager of the
Amherst Track Team. He was the
Class Poet and one of the Hardy prize
speakers at the Commencement Day
exercises. On entering the Divinity
School at Yale he took an active part
in the Leonard Bacon Club, the debat-
ing society of the School, and repre-
sented it in the trials for the Yale-Har-
vard debate last year.
Philip Cory Walcott, 1900, alternate
for the Harvard debate, came to Yale
from Rutherford, N. J., and during his
college course has done a great deal of
platform work, being a member of the
Vale Team which defeated Princeton in
1898. He is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa and President of the Yale Debat-
ing Union.
Franklin Atkins Lord, who is twenty-
three years of age, entered Yale from
Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated
in 1898. In college he was Chairman of
the Yale Literary Magazine, but took no
active part in debating. On entering
the Law School, however, he gave con-
siderable time to speaking and won a
place on the team that met Harvard
a year ago. His home is in Moor-
head, Minn.
Mason Trowbridge, 1902, comes from
Chicago, where he prepared at the
North Division High School of that
city. In his two years in Yale he has
come to the front as a speaker. He was
Fence Orator of his Class in Freshman
year and was one of the six from which
the Harvard team was finally chosen last
year. He is twenty years old.
Charles Walcott Merriam, a first year
student in the Theological School, is a
graduate of Amherst College in 18098.
Before coming to Yale he studied for a
time at the Hartford Seminary. In
Amherst he was prominent in debating,
taking part in the Hardy debate at Com-
mencement. His home is in Springfield,
Mass.
William Sloane Coffin, 1900,.of New
York, the Princeton alternate, who is
a brother of Henry S. Coffin, Yale ’97,
entered Yale from Cutler School, and
in Freshman year was Recording Secre-
tatyeotiue Yale Yo Mi CA Later-he
was Chairman of the City Missions
Committee, which superintended the
building of Yale Hall, the Yale Y. M.
C. A. building and has been closely iden-
tified with the religious life of the Col-
lege throughout his course. In Junior
year he won the TenEyck prize speak-
ing and is at present President of Phi
Beta Kappa.
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Se
. Aa W. Butts, 1902S., of New York
City, was elected a deacon of the Fresh-
man class in the Scientific School to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of
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GAMES WITH CALIFORNIA.
Yale Wins Them by Five Points—
Smith’s Fast Malf.
Yale came‘out ahead of the Univer-
sity of California by five points in the
dual track meet at Yale Field, Saturday,
May 5, the final score being 8% points
to 3% points. Only first places were
counted, owing to the necessarily small
team that California brought to the East.
Out of the 12 regular events the West-
erners won the 100-yards dash, the haim-
mer-throw and the high-jump, and tied
with Yale for the broad jump. The
weather, while it might have been
worse, was very unfavorable to record
breaking, being cold, with a raw bluster-
ing wind blowing almost in the faces of
the sprinters.
Considering the journey across the
continent, which had ended only three
days before, the California athletes
were in remarkable physical con-
dition, and in every event they
lost, fought Yale to the fast foot. The
only track event won by the Westerners
was the 100-yards dash, and Cadogan
surprised everyone by beating out Cap-
tain Drum, who has a better record for
the distance. Richards and Gleason
were in the event for Yale, but Blount,
the fastest man in the University for
the short distance, was not allowed to
compete, as he is needed for the Har-
vard meet next Saturday, and has had
some trouble this Spring with a strained
tendon. :
The race was between Cadogan and
Richards all the way, and the former
won by a foot or two. Gleason finished
last. Thomas, the Freshman, showed
himself to be a coming man in the high
hurdles, taking the event from Hamlen,
in the sprint to the tape, by less than
a foot.
well back. In the mile run, which was
not looked upon as a Yale event, both
Weston and Speer outran Moser, the
only entry for California, Weston fin-
ishing easily within himself, with a good
‘lead. Boardman won the quarter in one
of the prettiest races of the day. This
distance .is Captain Drum’s specialty,
and it was hinted that he would win,
but with a splendid spurt in the last 80
yards Boardman took the lead away
from him and the race. L. Thomas was
Yale’s second man.
SMITH’S FAST HALF-MILE.
The time made by Smith in the half,
two minutes and three-fifths of a second,
was remarkably fast considering the
strong wind which blew against him
finishing the last lap. Poynter, Yale,
who had set the pace, was unable to
finish and dropped out when his work
was done. Service, California, held on-
to Smith tenaciously, but he could not
go the pace and finished 20 yards behind.
Thomas, the Yale Freshman, led Wool-
sey all the way in the low hurdles and
exhibited a form that makes Yale's
chances look bright in the Harvard dual
meet in this event. Mead of Yale was
a poor third. Boardman closed the
track events by winning in a heady race,
the 220-yards dash, from Cadogan. For
150 yards the Californian led, but
Boardman, who was running easily,
drew past steadily in the last 60 or 70
yards and won by 6 feet. Gleason, Yale,
finished 10 yards behind Cadogan.
In the field events, Yale was not
strong, if the shot-put and pole-vault
be excepted. Beck won the first named
event easily with a put of 41 feet 11
inches, and Captain Johnson took first
in the high vaulting with 11 feet flat.
He cleared that distance with 5 inches to
spare and if hard pressed could probably
have come close to Champion Clapp’s
record of 11 feet 5 inches. Hoffman,
the champion of the Pacific Coast, and
Adriance, Yale’s second man, stopped
at I1 feet, but after the event was
awarded, on the vault-off, Hoffman got
over II feet and took second place.
The competition in the high jump was
very close, Yale’s first man, DuVal
dropping out at 5 feet 10 inches. Hoff-
man and Woolsey tied for first place
at 5 feet 10% inches. In the running
broad jump Yale has been lamentably
weak for some years past and the best
she could offer in her first man, Ells-
Barnard, Yale’s third man, was
worth, was 20 feet 8 inches, which is
often beaten in preparatory school
games. Strangely enough, Broughton
of California could do no better than
that figure, which he made on his first
jump, and had to take half a point on
the event. He won the medal in the
jump off. As was expected, Plaw won
the hammer-throw with a throw of 139
feet 3 inches, which breaks W. O.
Hickok’s, Yale, record of 135 feet 7%
inches. Plaw’s first throw was 152 feet,
but he stepped out of his ring and the
effort was not allowed. Stillman’s
work was poor, as he could not stay
in the circle at all. He made one throw
of 140 feet, which was not allowed.
Clark of Yale took second with a medi-
ocre throw.
An encouraging feature of the games
was the splendid condition that the run-
ners showed. Every man finished well
within himself and showed no signs of
exhaustion. Weston, in particular, fin-
ished his mile without any apparent ef-
fort, although the pace had been a hot
one, and gave the impression that he
was good for a great deal better. Such
a uniformly good performance of the
sprinters and distance runners with no
driving for this particular meet 1s
worthy of notice. What they did was
done in the regular process of develop-
ment. Trainer Robinson is working to
bring the men to the top of their powers
for the Harvard and_ intercollegiate
meets later on.
The summary follows:
too-yards dash—Won by Anthony
Cadogan, California. Time 1034 sec-
onds. Second, Ira Richards, Jr. Yale
record 10 seconds.
220-yards- dash— Won by Dixon
Boardman, Yale. Time 2236 seconds.
Second, Anthony Cadogan, California.
Yale record, 22 seconds.
44o-yards dash—-Won by Dixon
Boardman, Yale. Time 53% seconds.
Second, W. P. Drum, California. Yale
record, 50% seconds.
Half-mile run—Won by H. P. Smith,
Yale. Time 2 minutes 3% _ seconds.
Second, Roy Service, California. Yale
record, I minute 574 seconds.
One mile run—Won by W. B. Wes-
ton, Yale. Time 4 minutes 46 seconds.
Second, Howard Speer, Yale. Yale rec-
ord, 4 minutes 31% seconds.
120-yards hurdle—Won by J. B.
Thomas, Yale. Time 164% _ seconds.
Second, T. Hamlen, California. Yale
record, 1544 seconds.
220-yards hurdles—Won by J. B.
Thomas, Yale. Time 26% _ seconds.
Second, R. Woolsey, California. Yale
record, 25% seconds. ;
FIELD EVENTS.
Pole vault—Won by B. Johnson,
Yale. Distance, 11 feet. Second, tie
between J. H. Hoffman, California, and
Walter Adriance. Distance, 10 feet 9
inches. Yale record, 11 feet 5 inches.
Putting the shot—Won by F. G. Beck,
Yale. Distance, 41 feet 11 inches. Sec-
ond, A. P. Plaw, California, 39 feet 7
inches. Yale record, 44 feet 114 inches.
Throwing the hammer—Won by A.
P. Plaw, California. Distance, 139 feet
3 inches. Second, J. W. Clark, Yale,
distance, 127 feet 7 inches. Yale record,
135 feet 714 inches.
Running high jump—Tie between J.
H. Hoffman and Ray Woolsey, Califor-
nia, at 5 feet 10% inches. Third, C.
DavVal, Yale, 5. feet. 20. inches: .-Yale
record, 6 feet 244 inches.
Running broad jump—Tie between C.
T. Broughton, Galiiomia, and d....2.
Ellsworth, Yale, at 20 feet 8 inches.
Yale record, 22 feet 814 inches.
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Spring Football Ended.
Captain F. G. Brown, Igo1, of the
Football Team, who has had twenty or
thirty candidates for the team practising
at the Fiéld since April 19, closed up
the work last week. He believes that a
great deal of good has been accom-
plished, although the work was much
less severe than at either Harvard or
Princeton. The candidates were drilled
-in catching and running back punts,
tackling and falling on the ball, just
what is taught them in the first few days
of the Fall training. There were only
a few line-ups during the whole period
of training and play was continued in
them for a very short time, the idea be-
ing to give the new men something to
think about and work out for them-
selves before the Fall practice began.
Captain Brown was assisted in his coach-
ing at various intervals, by Malcolm L.
McBride, 1900; George B. Cutten, ’97,
and H. L. Williams, ’or.
$902: S.3
1903 VS. 1902.
Dewey Day Celebration Preceded by
Fence Struggle—The Sequel. ®
Dewey’s victory at Manila Bay, May
1, 1898, has afforded the Yale under-
graduate an excuse for another annual
celebration. The anniversary last year
was made notable by a parade around
the Campus and speeches by Seniors,
impersonating the heroes of the late war.
This year the Freshmen, desiring to
make the thing more realistic, prefaced
a pre-arranged program with a success-
ful attack on the Sophomore fence.
The trouble began shortly after seven
o'clock, when the Freshmen, strength-
ened by a big Sheff. representation, ad-
vanced on the 1902 men in two pha-
lanxes, one rushing across the Campus
from the Commons lot and the other
making its appearance through the Mil-
ler Gateway between Durfee and the
Chapel. A fight followed, which for
friendly antagonism has seldom been
equalled. The two-fold attack was too
much for the Sophomores, handicapped
cas they were by the breaking of the four
middle panels of their fence, and they
were finally forced to the remaining sec-
tion nearest North, where a determined
stand was made until the shouts of
“all over’ from the upper classmen
brought the struggle to a close.
Shortly afterwards the University
Band made its appearance, followed by
a carriage in which were seated “Ad-
miral Dewey”—W. C. Mackey; “Col.
Roosevelt”— W. R. Maloney; “Lieut.
Hobson”—Hobart Moore, and “Oom
Paul”—L. A. Hochstadter, all in regular
outfits. One of Peck & Bishop’s vans,
loaded to the guards, with Seniors, fol-
lowed the official carriage, and the three
lower classes, equipped with red-fire,
constituted the rest of the parade. Af-
ter a tour of the Campus, the band led
the way down Chapel Street, across the
Green, past the President’s house and
into Hillhouse Avenue. The piles oi
timbers from the old frame houses on
College Street, which are being demol-
ished to make room for the new Bi-
centennial buildings, were appropriated
on the way back to the Campus and at-
forded material for a glorious bonfire,
which was soon blazing between North
and Dwight Hall. Then speeches were
called for and “Admiral Dewey” told
of the battle in Manila Bay and the com-
ing victory at the polls; “Hobson”
modestly described the sinking of the
Merrimac; the “Colonel” told how he
had captured San Juan Hill and “Oom
Paul’ spoke of the Battle of “Blooming-
fountain.” More speeches followed and
finally with the dying out of the fire
the crowd dispersed.
THE SEQUEL.
The sequel to the fight at the Fence
came Tuesday morning, when, by order
of the Freshman Faculty, both the prac-
tise for the Freshman Nine and Crew
was stopped, pending an. investigation
by the Faculty. At this writing there
has been no decision reached as to what
punishment shall be served upon the
Class, but it is certain that the Harvard
events will not be interfered with.
Wale Bicycle Team.
Captain E. A. Strong, 1900 S., of the
Yale Bicycle Team, is rapidly bringing
his men into shape for the meet with
Columbia, in New York, May 19. The
original date set for the Columbia races
was May 5, but on account of the de-
lay in finishing the track at Savin Rock
it was necessary to set a later day.
The team is the most promising one that
Yale has ever had, and the _ good
weather and hard roads have given an
unusual opportunity for outdoor riding.
Besides Captain Strong, who is him-
self the fastest man in College, there
are in the squad: M. Moore, 1902; P.
T. Hall, 1901 S.; E. W. Farley, 1901 S.;
O. G. Butts, 1902S.; R. H. Gentry,
F. T. Mason, 1902, and R.
W. Langley, a Freshman. W. J.
Ehrich, 1900 S., the most reliable short
distance man on the squad, has been ob-
liged to stop training for a while be
cause of a strain, but he will be able to
get into the racing. The team of eight
men will be picked next week, and after
the Columbia meet will prepare for the
Intercollegiate event on Memorial Day,
at Philadelphia. George H. Collett,
American amateur bicycle champion, has
been assisting Strong in coaching.
