Show BIG COLLEGE TEAMS ARE SHY ON BOX MEN Yale Harvard and Princeton Will Have Chance to Settle Supremacy Question BY WALTER WALTE It CAMP I INTEREST in college baseball circles is increasing with a rush as tho the first week in n May comes Tile The definite means of determining superiority between between be be- tween the nines of Yale Harvard and Princeton by a n. series of three games each is is the thc best move that has been made in the interests of baseball at these institutions in n man many years for it gives each nine something concrete to work for instead of finishing seasons in an nn unsatisfactory chaos chaos' of scores Up to the first of May Maj it looked as ns if these three nines would go into this championship championship championship cham cham- series with a n sh shortage of pitchers but since that time some more available lc t talent tent ent l has as come ome fo to th the front ro t with ith considerable le promise Yale has been almost entirely dependent depend ent ont upon W Way but the game that young youn P showed against Georgetown Geors was as of the gr greatest encouragement to th the tho Blue adherents for tor ho show showed cd good control control excellent nt headwork and aud an easy easy delivery that should make him a line Inc Ine change pitcher to spoil spell Wa Way work work- for Harvard against Amherst erst was of like calibre caUbre and gives the tho Crimson another reliable box man man Finally llY Deyo who is by all odds odd the hardest of Princeton's pitchers for tor opposing batsmen batsmen bats bats- men to to tot t face ce after atter all did a a. L good thing thins for tor Princeton's prospects when after a a. ahome ahome home r run of off him by Spielman n Penns Penn's pitcher he gave save way to Link for this youth showed possibilities that should bo be helpful to the tho Oran Orange e and Black later In the season Everything eon eon- considered con con- ed Va Way of Yale Is up to date dato the pitcher that has come through h with the best showing and as far as fielding Is concerned the Yale aggregation is the fastest of the thc lot But Harvard has the best of th the batting end and are developing developing develop develop- ing In harder hitting than cither Princeton either Princeton or Yale TN IN lnla game Yale showed the I most promise of the season In this line her n men men en hitting hard one one or two of the hits hlis notably those of L Le Gore and Way would have been good for home runs on the harder fields later Inthe Inthe in inthe the season season Comparing the tho Yale nine as asIt asIt asIt It stands today with th that t of last season it ha has far greater possibilities and should the batt batting ng develop elop fl as it ought to will have a a. decided lead Bush at first Is an Improvement over anything Yale Y le could offer otter on that bag last Jast year car carand and Milburn and andLe Le Gore at second and short are real l star stars Finally Reilly at third although not yet batting up to his form torm of oC two years ears a ago o. o Is fielding in capital fashion faE In the outfield Easton Easton ton Middlebrook and Harris are as good goodas as can be found In the tho college ranks So it loaves leaves matters for Yale up to the Dating ln end Here the complexion chan changes es for tor until this last week they have shown no such stick work as that performed by tho Harvard Hanard sluggers Nor is Princeton particularly strong In Inthis Inthis inthis this department and their fielding not noto notto fo to o sharp as that of the New Haven Ha con con- To offset offset- this Deyo on on the boX bov up to the Penn game sanle has been hard I Ito to hit and Yale was totally unable to find him In their final game of last I season Up at Cambridge Mahan and Harto are both slug sluggers ers and one or two others are aie likely to get et extra bases If It they find th the pitcher Their fielding Is not airtight ht but It is good and all th the men seem confident and anxious to tog g get t at the opp opposing pitcher which Is In Itself a good sign Outside of ot thir trian triangular ular league the Army nine Is showing the thc wa way to championship championship cham cham- form in fact tact to remarkable prominence This column has already spoken of or the work of ot Neyland their their- pitcher but this is not by any m means ns the entire strength of the cadet nine for In and Hobbs the they have a pair of ot sluggers who are likely to make trouble tori any pitcher Columbia has also teen been coming along fast in the hitting hit hit- ting line and with Smith In the bo box looks promising eyes of ot the college athletic rHE 1 I world are arenow are now concentrated In earnest upon the Intercollegiate late Athletic association championships to tobe tobe tobe be held the end of this month I This is tho the fortieth annual championship championship champion champlon- ship mooting and If it It should develop as exciting contests as did the thirty thirty- I ninth It will wm be worth orth going a long distance distance distance dis dis- tance to see Last year ear Cornell won with a score of ot I 43 points the tho nearest competitor bein being the University of Pennsylvania with 31 31 while Michigan was third with 29 and Dartmouth took fourth place with 23 points Last year was the first of ot the new I system of or scoring the tho one which will prevail this year ear 5 points for first place 1 t points for tor second place 3 points for tor third place 2 points for fourth place 1 point for fifth place It ml might ht also be noted that Corn Cornell ll would have ha won decisively under the old method which did not give anything for fifth place Two new records were established Caldwell of ot Cornell coverIng covering cover- cover Ing InS the mile half In 1 minute 53 5 2 seconds reducing the old record held by Jones Jemes of Cornell b by 5 2 second of at Cornell Corne also lowered the record of ot the mlle 2 run which had been held b by Withington ton of Harvard at 9 minutes 24 I 5 2 seconds to 9 minutes 23 2315 5 4 seconds The mile half race in which the above record was made was the most exciting contest ever held In these meets and It Is no wonder that the record was broken Meredith the wonderful Pe Penn n a q quarter U arter- arter m II e. e was much fancied for this race raceS but the adherents ad ad- of Brown of Yale did dd not see how he could be bo defeated and while Caldwell Caidwell of Cornell Corne did not carry carn so much confidence In tho the east his own friends knew that he was aan dangerous erous The finish v Was ns a heart Indeed Brown of Yule Yale and Caldwell Caidwell of Cornell coming awa away tor for the tape having havin killed off tho the rest of ot the field too took stride for tor stride but the Cornell man was tho the stronger and won von ou out breaking break brck k kInS' kInS lag InS the record 0 far tar as as' the indications go the records records records rec rec- S SO are getting now so ac Sl low It a superhuman feat teat to break an any of oC th then thern yn The yard so BO far tar this has not been productive product of year anything any any- thin thing that will upset the American and worlds world's records of 9 5 3 made b by Kelly In 1906 and b by Drew of the tho University cf of Southern California In 1914 The intercollegiate In In- In late record stands at nt 9 5 4 as made b by of at Georgetown In 1896 It will b be remembered however howe Duer Duffy covered cred the distance In 9 3 3 but that record wa was afterwards erased not because because be be- cause caus the young oun roan man failed tailed to run in that time but on account of ot charges of ot professionalism No one ono is likely to break the yard figure figuro where the intercollegiate record stands at 21 1 5 made mad by the same time that he made the 9 5 4 for the namely In 1896 This dash lash was won last last ast year by Seward of ot Michigan in 22 seconds flat and the was won by Bond of or Michigan Mich Mich- igan ISan in 10 seconds second flat When It comes comos to the tho quarter mile there Is a chance but a a. ver very remote one of ot record made In 1912 at Philadelphia 48 seconds being r reached as the th class for tor this distance is high and Meredith will I some day lay under good conditions got get down there Last year this oung man won the thc final at at- atthe the intercollegiate late In 48 5 2 seconds No one Is likely to break Caldwell's record of 1535 5 2 5 In the mile half although the field Is a good goodone goodone I one and it seems less probable p that anyone will beat Jones s a record of 4 I minutes 12 5 2 seconds for tor the mile Last year ear Speiden of Cornell won with 4 minutes 22 2 2 5 1 seconds Hoffmire last year ear won the mile mUe a as stated and this young oun man who broke the record in this event runs a again aln for Cornell and it is possible will cut this record still further It will be remembered that Berna another nother Cornell distance runner runner set up a n. collegiate record with this distance in In 1912 of 4 minutes 17 4 5 seconds v HE hurdle record Is held by T THE Shaw of Dartmouth IG 15 5 1 seconds and Dartmouth who took the distance last year In 15 5 3 seconds Is running and running well It Is not likely that he will reach Shaws Shaw's record That remarkable ablo former runner runnel of Pennsylvania anla who before the outbreak of ot the war was educating one ono of or our foreign competitors holds I the record for forthe the tho hurdle at 23 5 3 seconds This IB is also held b by Wendel of or Wesleyan Veslean No one Is likely to dis dis- this figure Last year ea car the event was won bv Fer Ferguson of Penn In 25 1 C 1 seconds While it is 15 doubtful If the r record c rd will be disturbed In the broad jump there thero Is Is' Isa a chance and nearl nearly a I certainty certainly that the intercollegiate record record rec rec- ord for the high Jump will oo go go for It stan stands s at nt 6 feet 3 21 2 inches made by Moffitt rec I of- of itt fitt of Penn In 1907 There are two i imen I men Inca now who are arc likely to break It It in I Richards of lof Cornell and Oler of Yale and the former unless con conditions arc are er very unfavorable unfavorable will put the bar up to 6 G feet 5 inches if not higher In the pole polo vault Gardner of ot Yale holds th the record of 13 feet 1 Inch and and and- with Ith the exception of Camp of Harvard Har I and One one or 01 two others of Cornell there there- therel I is a a. question whether this r record cord will I I even en be he rt reached ached l While therefore only onh n few of or the 11 I records are arc in danger cr the general class i 11 i 1 of the men entered for fol this y year al' al Is remarkable re- re I 1 and the contest should l prove 11 i a most Interesting one especially In in view low of f the fact tact that between Indoor meets and dual meets a and d tho the relay I races a n considerable opportunity has i l t been offered to note the class of tho the performers II I Copyright 1915 by O Otis OLis ls F r Wood I |