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intercollegiate put, which surprised those 

 unfamiliar with his practice. 



Yale, for two weeks before, had been com- 

 plaining steadily of the falling off of one 

 after another of her men, and the consequent 

 lessening of her chances. If to any one 

 thing can be ascribed her defeat the failure 

 of Harris to qualify in the hammer throw 

 did the trick. It was expected at New Haven 

 that he would defeat Van Duyne, and he cer- 



Boyd's defeat by Porter, Schoenfus and Rol- 

 lins, and Dear's injury and failure to secure a 

 place in the hundred, deprived Pennsylvania 

 not only of all chances to win, but placed her 

 below Harvard, who had a remarkably weak 

 team. 



The strength of the smaller colleges was a 

 complete surprise to everyone. Van Duyne 

 was expected to possibly win the hammer- 

 throw, and Castleman to give Amsler a hard 



DRAY OF YALE BREAKING THE POLE VAULT RECORD AT II FEET IO-Hj INCHES 



tainly has, in practice, done better work. 

 The complete reversal of form shown by Al- 

 cott and Hill and Porter and White, com- 

 pleted the rout. 



Pennsylvania, who was expected to con- 

 test supremacy with Yale and Cornell, dis- 

 appointed her following by her failure. Like 

 other teams which depend on a few stars, 

 small things cause a complete break-down. 

 Amsler's defeat in the low hurdles by Caste- 

 man in slower time than the Quakers can go, 

 Moffett's failure to get even a place in the 

 high jump, which he was capable of winning, 



run in both hurdles, but aside from this the 

 small colleges were not figured on. Reed in 

 the hundred, Squires and Baker in the half 

 mile, Wliite in the mile, Brown in the hur- 

 dles, Weber and Hubbard in the broad jump 

 and Rollins in the shot put were figured low 

 in the estimation of most of the knowing 

 ones. 



The performances were much below the 

 standard expected to be attained in every 

 event, even in the two races where records 

 were broken. Parsons, who broke the half 

 mile mark, was looked to for better than 



