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UPSETS AT THE BIG RELAYS. 



If anything were needed to prove the un- 

 certainties of such selections the Pennsyl- 

 vania relays would have done so. There the 

 defeat of Catlin, of Chicago, in the hurdles, 

 of Sheffield in the broad jump, the failure of 

 Shevlin in the hammer and McLanahan in 

 the pole vault to get even 

 a place against inferior r~~- 

 performers should be 

 convincing. 



The excellent work of 

 Dray in the pole vault 

 and of Philips were not- 

 able features. Dray's 

 vault of ii feet Sy 2 

 inches stamps him as ex- 

 ceptional. The ii feet 6 

 inch record of Philips 

 was the best he has done, 

 but not the best he prom- 

 ises. Mount Pleasant, 

 the Carlisle Indian, 

 amazed every one with 

 his 23 feet 1 inch jump 

 in the broad, while 

 Dear's running in the 

 hundred and Amsler's 

 hurdling were excellent. 

 The latter gave splendid 

 promise in his first year, 

 but was off color last 

 year. This spring he has 

 been running finely and 

 bids fair to show better 

 than any Eastern hurdler 

 since Kraenzlein. He 

 beat Catlin, the Chicago 

 crack fairly, leading him 

 by two yards at the last 

 hurdle where the West- 

 erner spiked himself and 

 was out of it. 



Catlin, by the way, was 

 the only Western man 

 who failed to do justice 

 to the promise made for 

 him. Hogenson's ten 

 seconds in the hundred 

 was remarkable on that 

 track. Dunlap's 43 feet 

 in the shot was better 

 than any Eastern man's 

 work. Wilkins and Glo- 

 ver in the pole vault 

 did the 11 feet 3 inches 

 ihey promised. Thomas won by a splendid 

 throw in the hammer and Garrels in the 

 discus made a new world's record. 



The relay runners did all they were ex- 

 pected to do. Michigan's crack quartette 

 made a new record in winning, while Chi- 

 cago's team was fast enough to break exist- 

 ing figures on a good track. That it did not 

 win was due only to the fact that when the 





GARRETS, OF MICHIGAN 



He made a new w 

 discus -at Franklin Fi 



three men who finished within a yard of 

 each other all fell at the tape, Groman was 

 unfortunate enough to fall backward and be 

 so passed by both Ewing, of Yale, and Hy- 

 man, of Pennsylvania. As it was nine out 

 of every ten men on the field placed Chicago 

 first instead of third. 



Yale, Pennsylvania and 

 — — "j Chicago all deserve the 

 highest praise, for their 

 running in this event, 

 while Yale's victory in 

 the two-mile, though no- 

 table in view of the fact 

 that their crack team had 

 been broken up in order 

 to make up a one mile 

 and a four-mile team, 

 was deprived of some 

 of its glory since the 

 crack Cornell team was 

 withdrawn in order to 

 make up a fast four- 

 mile team, and the 

 Princeton team weakened 

 for the same reason. 



THRILLING CONTEST THE 

 RULE. 



There has never been 

 a meet which has been 

 run off with better suc- 

 cess. There were over 

 twelve hundred athletes 

 competing and over two 

 hundred and ten teams. 

 The events were num- 

 bered thirty-five and 

 they were scheduled to 

 take place at intervals 

 varying from five to 

 eight minutes during the 

 afternoon. Every one 

 was given to understand 

 that the events would be 

 run on scheduled time, 

 no matter who was or 

 was not on the mark at 

 the signal. This was 

 religiously observed and 

 only one team was left 

 while the games finished 

 just three minutes before 

 schedule, consuming in all 

 just under four hours. 



The last event, the 

 four-mile, was won by 

 a yard; Yale extending Michigan at the finish 

 in fine style after the Westerners had held 

 the lead all the way. Cornell led the four 

 competitors behind rather easily, Pennsyl- 

 vania surprising many by her showing 

 against Princeton. The work of the Cornell 

 team was somewhat of a disappointment. 

 However, Magoffin, one of the best of the 

 Ithacan team, was not able to start. The 



orld's record in the 

 eld. 





