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sidered fair, but Carroll utterly failed in
the high jump, owing, it is claimed, to
the sticky condition of the runway, and
Capt. Creegan very unwisely started in
the two-mile run after having won the
mile event. This spoiled his chance for
a place in the half. Coleman, who was
thought to have a good chance in the
pole vault, could not keep up to Capt.
Johnson of Yale and had to be satisfied
with second place.
YALE SURPRISED PEOPLE.
Yale, who was not considered to be
better than fourth, and possibly fifth, sur-
prised everyone in the trials on Friday
afternoon, and on Saturday very nearly
beat out Princeton for second. As it
was, when the starters in the finals for
the two-twenty, the last event on the
program, were called to the scratch, the
excitement was greater than at any other
time during the two days, for on Jarvis
of Princeton and Boardman of Yale
rested the responsibility of second place.
Smith of Yale, who was expected to
win the half, had just failed, getting but
third place and allowing Perry to take
five points for Princeton, in the slow
time of 2 min. 3% sec. This left the
standing between Princeton and Yale,
20 and 17% respectively. If Boardman
could take first place and Jarvis not
better than third Yale would win the
coveted honor. Mulligan of Georgetown
and Cloudman of Bowdoin, who was
looked on as a possibility, were the
other starters. Boardman had already
run a killing quarter, while Jarvis was
practicably fresh. Mulligan and Cloud-
man proved to be not in the running
and Jarvis, on even terms with Board-
man from the 175 to the 200-yard mark,
then shot away from him and won
handily by about two yards.
SUCCESSFUL GAMES.
Taken as a whole, the games are
considered the most successful ever held
by the Association, and the competitors
the best and of the highest order that
ever competed in the intercollegiates.
The condition of the track seemed almost
prohibitive of record breaking and mak-
ing, but in spite of this, Grant of
Pennsylvania made new figures in the
two-mile run and Kraenzlein equalled his
own intercollegiate record over the high
hurdles. Cregan of Princeton was only
one second behind the record in the mile-
run which was made by Orton in 1895,
and has stood ever since. In the short
sprint Kraenzlein showed his versatility
by romping in at the finish in 10%, a
fast performance for the day. - Plaw, the |
young California giant, added almost five
feet to the hammer throwing record in
the preliminaries on Friday afternoon.
On Saturday he was unable to better
this, fouling continually.
BOARDMAN’S QUARTER.
Boardman, in spite of losing the two- .
twenty, shared with Kraenzlein the
first honors of the day, by his great per-
formance in the quarter, when he beat
Long, the holder of the Intercollegiate
record, in almost record-breaking time.
Only the most sanguine of Boardman’s
admirers had picked him to win and
when, a little while before it was time
to start the quarter, a heavy shower
fell, making the already heavy track
almost a bog, even they lost heart.
When the runners came out of the
chute, Long was at the pole and in the
lead with Boardman back in the ruck.
In the stretch in front of the grand
stand. Boardman freed himself and
pulled into second place, Long still lead-
ing. When they passed the Club House
Boardman was three yards behind, and
as they rounded the last turn it looked
to be Long’s race. Sixty yards from
the tape Boardman began his effort.
Up went his arms and faster went his
legs. The gap began to close. At thirty
vards they were almost even, with
Boardman still gaining. Fifteen yeards
more and Boardman shot by his great
rival, who, practically killed, now stag-
gered and allowed himself to be beaten,
for second place, by Lee of Syracuse,
who had come up with a rush at the
finish. Clerk of Harvard was fourth.
When the time, 4934 seconds, was an-
nounced, a great shout went up, for
Long’s own intercollegiate record, made
on a dry and favorable day, was only
a fifth of a second faster. It was truly
a wonderful race, and when it is con-
sidered that a smart rain was falling and
‘that the runners picked up great bunches
‘of mud with every step, it is pleasing to
ing so.
think what the time might have been
had the track been dry and the weather
warm. It is also worthy of record, that
it is the first and only time that Yale
ever won the quarter at the Intercol-
legiate.
BECK’S SHOT-PUT.
Beck in the shot-put brought to Yale
another Intercollegiate record. On Fri-
day he put the shot 44 feet and 3
inches. ‘The old record was 43 feet 8%
inches, made by McCracken of Penn.,
two years ago. Beck’s put is also better
than Hickok’s Yale record of 44 feet
1% inches. Beck had hoped to again
improve his put on Saturday, but the
day was so cold and wet that the best
he could do was an even 44 feet.
In almost exact contrast to Beck’s
steady and consistent work with the shot
was Stillman’s work with the hammer.
All through the Spring work, Stillman
has been breaking records in practice,
doing all the way from 140 feet to 154
feet. On Friday he failed to get into
the finals, when a throw of 128 feet
would have qualified him. Adriance and
Hord, too, failed to do their best in the
pole vault. Both have been over 11 feet,
but Hord was unable to qualify
on Friday at 10 feet 6 inches and
Adriance was obliged to divide fourth
place on Saturday with Kinsey of Cor-
nell at the same height. Smith was a
disappointment also. Captain Johnson
was in his old time form and had no
difficulty in winning the event.
Barring the exceptions noted, Yale’s
showing was much better than most
undergraduates had dared to hope for.
All the men went to their marks in the
pink of condition, and the greatest credit
is due to Mr. Robinson, who made
everything that was possible out of the
material at hand. Harvard’s poor show-
ing was a strprise, as the team had
qualified a large number on Friday, and
were thought to be sure of third place.
Their men ran well, but were unlucky
in being in events, barring the high
jump, which were won by great per-
formances. Every one was pleased at
the good showing made by the sports-
manlike California athletes, who got
sixth place, with a total of eight points.
Syracuse University also stood well with
eleven points, while New York Univer-
sity furnished the only real upset of the
day in the person of Jones, who unex-
pectedly won the high jump.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The field events furnished the only
good sport in the Friday afternoon’s
work, Beck and Plaw breaking the
records in their respective events. Yale
had fourteen men entered and of these
the only ones who failed to qualify for
Saturday were Hord in the pole vault,
Thomas in the hurdles, Stillman in the
hammer, and Poynter and Brennan in
the half. Little was expected of Poynter
and Brennan, but it was thought that
Thomas might get in the low hurdles.
As it was, he was beaten out for a
place by a narrow margin. The men
who qualified had litle difficulty in do-
There were practically no up-
sets in the entries from the other col-
leges, all the men who had previously
been picked as possible point winners
in the finals, qualifying. Kraenzlein
won his events as he pleased, although
giving for him a rather mediocre per-
formance in the broad jump.
IOO-YARDS RUN.
Semi-Final Heats—First heat won by
F. W. Jarvis, Princeton; T. McClain,
University of Pennsylvania, second;
Myer Prinstein, Syracuse, third. Time,
102% seconds. Seeatd heat won by A.
C. Kraenzlein, University of Pennsyl-
vania;: FE. S. Matthewson, Cornell,
second; J. E. Haigh, Harvard, third.
Time, 10% seconds. °
_ Final heat—Won by A. C. Kraenzlein;
BP. W, ‘Jarvis; second; T. B/ McClain,
third; FE. S. Matthewson, fourth.
Time, 10% seconds. ,
At 2.15 P. M. on Saturday, the 100-
yard men were called to the mark.
Yale had no men in the semi-finals. In
the first heat of the semi-finals, Jarvis
was the winner, with McClain of Penn.
second. Kraenzlein took the second
with Matthewson of Syracuse as second
man. In the finals Jarvis had the inside
with Haigh at his left. Jarvis jumped
into the lead at the start and at fifty
yards led Kraenzlein by two feet. But
he was already going at his best and
could not respond, when» Kraenzlein,
lengthening his stride, drew up on him
until at seventy-five yards the pair were
even. From there until fifteen yards
from the tape they were even, when
Kraenzlein went ahead and won by
about a foot. McClain finished third
about four feet behind Jarvis and
Matthewson beat out Prinstein of Syra-
cuse for fourth.
I20-YARDS HURDLE.
Semi-final Heats—First heat, won by
A. C. Kraenzlein; W. F. Lewis, Syra-
cuse, second. Time, 16% _ seconds.
Second heat, won by P. Potter, Wil-
liams; W. P. Remington, University of
Pennsylvania, second. Time, 16% sec-
onds.
Final heat—Won by A. C. Kraenzlein ;
P. Potter, second; W. P. Remington,
third: W. F. Lewis, fourth. Time,
152% seconds.
The semi-finals in the high hurdles
were both in the slow time of 16%, won
by Kraenzlein and Potter of Williams,
with Lewis of Syracuse and Remington
of Pennsylvania seconds. Fincke of
Yale, in the first, led the bunch until
the seventh hurdle, when he fell behind.
In the finals, Potter led Kraenzlein over
the second hurdle and was even with
him until the fifth, but then the Pennsyl-
vania captain gradually drew away and
finished easily with three yards to spare,
in record time. Remington was a poor
third, just getting in ahead of Lewis of
Syracuse.
ONE-MILE RUN.
Won by John Cregan, Piipecton-
John Bray, Williams, second; A. O.
Berry, Cornell, third; E. R. Bushnell,
University of Pennsylvania, fourth.
Time, 4 minutes 24% seconds.
Teel and Speer were Yale’s hopes in
the mile. Stewart of Penn. took the
lead with Bushnell of the same place
close behind. - Cregan of Princeton and
the Yale runners were well back in the
bunch. In the second lap the leaders
remained unchanged while Teel and
Smith moved up to fifth and sixth places
respectively and Cregan dropped to the
rear. At the beginning of the third
quarter Stewart dropped out, giving
Bushnell the lead, with Berry of Cornell
~a close second. Cregan moved up to
within about fifteen yards of the leaders,
closely followed by Bray of Williams.
Speer and Teel were weakening, when,
at the beginning of the last lap, Cregan
jumped into the lead. All around the
backstretch Bray hung to him, but on
the last turn he too seemed to weaken
and Cregan swung into the stretch, a
winner by five yards. Berry and Bush-
nell finished in the order named close
behind Bray. Teel and Speer were far
in the rear,
220-YARDS HURDLE,
Semi-final Heats—First heat won by
W. P. Remington, University of
Pennsylvania; J. W. Hallowell, Har-
vard, second. Time, 2534 — seconds.
Second heat won by A. C. Kraenzlein;
J. G. Willis, Harvard, second. Time,
25% seconds,
Final heat—Won by A. C. Kraenzlein ;
J. G. Willis, second; J. W. Hallowell,
third; W. P. Remington, fourth. Time,
25% seconds.
Yale had no entries in the low hurdles
which. Kraenzlein won as easily as he
had his other two races. The interest
in this event was centered in the struggle
for second between Remington of Penn.
and Hallowell and Willis of Harvard.
Both the Harvard men passed Reming-
ton on the last hurdle, Willis beating
Hallowell in a very close finish.
TWO-MILE RUN.
Won by A. Grant, University of
Pennsylvania; .D.. C., -Hall,... Brown,
second; O. W. Richardson, Harvard,
third; B. A. Gallagher, fourth. Time,
9 minutes 5134 seconds.
In this event Foote and Knowles of
Harvard set the pace in the first lap.
Soon, however, Grant of Pennsylvania
opened up a long lead and at the half
was seventy-five yards ahead of Hall
Brown, who was closely followed
by Cregan. Grant continued to hold his
lead and made the first mile in about
4 minutes 44 seconds. At the end of six
laps Cregan stopped, leaving Richard-
son of Harvard in second position with
Gallagher of Cornell and Hall in third
and fourth places. At the bell for the
last lap, Hall set out to overtake Grant,
whose lead had already been consider-
ably lessened. Quickly passing Richard-
son and Gallagher, he went after Grant.
But the latter’s lead was too great and
the effort told on Hall so that Richard-
son moved up closer and at the finish
Hall was about ten yards behind Grant,
with Richardson a close third and Gal-
lagher fighting him for the place.
ONE-HALF MILE RUN.
Final heat—Won by J. M. Perry,
Princeton; H. E. Hastings, Cornell,
second, f4; P:. Smith, Yale, third; J.
M. Scrafford, Syracuse, fourth. Time,
2 minutes 334 seconds.
Smith of Yale made a great mistake
in this race. Perry of Princeton took
the lead and set a slow first quarter.
Smith unwisely stayed back in the bunch
so that when the last lap began he was
obliged to go to the very outside to get
a chance to get up. As the bunch swung
past the Club House there was a line
of four runners, Perry on the inside and
Smith on the outside. Each of the four
was about a foot ahead of the next man
out. Thus Smith was forced to run
yards more than Perry, the winner. On
the back stretch Perry and Hastings of
Cornell had a pretty fight, but on the
last turn the Princeton man forged
ahead and won with two yards to spare.
Meanwhile Smith and Scrafford of
Syracuse were having a race, by them-
selves, for third place. Smith was a
little the faster and finished about a foot
ahead of Scrafford and eight yards be-
hind Hastings.
220-YARDS DASH.
Semi-final heats—First heat won by D.
Boardman, Yale; J. E. Mulligan,
Georgetown, second. Time, 22% secs.
Second heat won by F. W. Jarvis; H.
H. Cloudman, Bowdoin, second. ‘Time,
22%, seconds.
Final heat—Won by F. W. Jarvis;
D. Boardman, second; J. E. Mulligan,
third; H. H. Cloudman, fourth. ‘Time,
22% seconds.
Boardman and Jarvis in the finals ran
almost even for the half distance, Board-
man slightly leading, with Mulligan of
Georgetown and Cloudman of Bowdoin
crowding them hard. At 150 yards both
leaders drew away, with Boardman still
a little the better. In the last thirty
yards Jarvis grew stronger and broke
the tape a winner by two yards. Mulli-
gan and Cloudman had a close finish for
third, the Georgetown man just getting
im 2. Rehords,- 1000 S., Tan in the
second semi-final heat.
PUTTING THE I6-POUND SHOT.
Won by F. Beck, Yale, with 44 feet
3 inches; J. C. McCracken, University
of Pennsylvania, second, with 42 feet 7
inches; A, Plaw, University of Cali-
fornia, third, with 42 feet 2 inches; R.
Woolsey, University of California,
fourth, with 39 feet 8 inches.
Beck was unable to improve on his
work of Friday, but easily won the
event. McCracken, Plaw and Woolsey
all improved some on the second day,
but were unable to approach Beck’s dis-
tance.
THROWING THE I6-POUND HAMMER.
Won by A. Plaw, University of Cali-
fornia, with 154 feet 4% inches; J. C.
McCracken, University of Pennsylvania,
second, with 143 feet 8 inches; T. T.
Hare, University of Pennsylvania, third,
with 141 feet 6% inches; W. A. Boal,
Harvard, fourth, with 137 feet 5 inches.
_Plaw, like. Beck in the shot-put, did
his best work on Friday, but McCracken
and Hare both bettered theirs, Mc-
Cracken displacing Hare from second
place which he held Friday. Boal added
about nine feet to his best throw of
Friday.
RUNNING BROAD JUMP.
Won by Myer Prinstein, with 23 feet
8 inches; A. C. Kraenzlein, second,
with 22 feet 10% inches; W. P. Rem-
ington, third, with 22 feet; J. H. Shirk,
Harvard, fourth, with 21 feet 5% inches.
Kraenzlein, who did the best jumping
on Friday, hurt his leg in the final heat
of the low hurdles, and, as Pennsylvania
had first place assured, did not jump on
Saturday. Prinstein of Syracuse, the
present holder of the world’s record,
jumped 23 feet 8 inches, bettering his
jump of Friday by a foot, and giving
him first place over Kraenzlein. Rem-
ington of Pennsylvania and Shirk of
Harvard both did their best work in the
