COLLEGE ATHLETICS 



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time, 18:25.3-5, was three seconds better than 

 the record. On a good track and day fifteen 

 seconds would have been knocked off the 

 figures made, while the Michigan team, every 

 man able to go in 4.30 or better, showed un- 

 mistakable ability to do under 18 minutes. 



The contest in the two-mile was easy for 

 Yale. The Columbia team, which finished 

 second to the Blue, was handicapped by the 

 fact that the first two men left the later 

 runners a legacy of a good lead to over- 

 come. The result was that the strain proved 

 too much and Yale won by five yards, Colum- 

 bia beating' out Dartmouth by about as much 

 and Penn finishing fourth to the Hanover 

 team. Princeton and Syracuse were in the 

 ruck. 



In the one mile the thrilling incidents fol- 

 lowed each other so fast that the spectators 

 were kept on the qui vive from the begin- 

 ning to the end. Yale took the lead at the 

 start and maintained it throughout the first 

 three relays, ending each in front, but never 

 by a large enough margin to make their ad- 

 vantage appear material. Each was finished 

 with Chicago forcing Yale to the limit in 

 the stretch and just failing to win out. The 

 Penn team ran third by ten yards or more 

 until the third relay, which Taylor, their 

 great colored runner, started. He pulled up 

 slowly until the stretch was reached, when 

 he spurted and crossed the line right on the 

 heels of the two leaders. Hyman, of Penn- 

 sylvania, then sprinted to the front and led 

 to the stretch, where Groman, the Chicago 

 crack, pulled up a foot ahead, and Ewing, 

 of Yale, got almost on even terms. 



They were this close all the way to the 

 tape at the price of a fearful effort and just 

 before they reached the line each one of the 

 three gave out. Groman fainted, falling 



backward, and to this circumstance owes the 

 fact that he was beaten by the other two 

 men, most every one thinking he had won 

 until the decision was announced. Yale and 

 Penn were as near a dead heat as it was 

 possible for two men to run. The relative 

 positions of the three men ten yards from 

 the finish is shown in the accompanying pic- 

 ture, Chicago being in white in the lead, 

 Penn slightly in advance of Yale, both in 

 dark jerseys. At the time there was not a 

 foot between the three men. 



BASE BALL CALIBER INFERIOR. 



The results of the college base ball season 

 thus far have borne out what has been writ- 

 ten on the prospect. There appears to be but 

 two first-class teams in the field. Prince- 

 ton and Harvard far outclass the others and 

 ought to have no difficulty until they meet 

 each other. The Yale team easily ranks third 

 of the other big colleges, Cornell showing 

 fair form at times, Columbia appearing strong 

 against the weaker competitors and Penn- 

 sylvania weak against every one. 



Of the smaller institutions Lafayette and 

 Georgetown appear to have first class teams 

 of about their general caliber. The George- 

 town nine is not the team of years ago and 

 Lafayette is a little better than in recent 

 years. Dartmouth, Trinity and Amherst in 

 the East have shown form at times, while 

 Fordham and Manhattan appear to be the 

 equal of anything barring the two leaders. 



Main interest will center in what Princeton 

 and Harvard do when they meet with the 

 scale so even now that either may win, but 

 with our personal prejudice because of the 

 greater consistency of the Tigers leading us 

 to expect a Nassau victory. 



The rowing situation has developed a wide 

 interest through the defeat of Pennsylvania 



% START OF THE IOO-YAKD DASH, FRANKLIN FIELD 

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