Show GOLDEN BEA BEAR BEARIs J Is 15 FAVORITE I IN MEET I California Athletes Bid for Three Thie Successive Championships PI PHILADELPHIA May 26 With With seventeen sturdy athletes placed in Inthe n the tho finals today the University of California Is s a strong strong- favorite to take the track and field championship of the Intercollegiate A A. A A A. A AA A. A A. A t to to the Pacific coast for for- tho the third successive successive suc suc- year The Tho C Californians placed fifteen men In tho field trials I The Golden Bears favorites from the start yesterday in the preliminaries i I aries arles proved even evon more formidable II III than han than expected scoring heavily In n the field events to qualify fifteen men for forthe forthe forthe the deciding deciding- contests Barring an UpSet up upset up- up set let of the most sensational character experts were practically unanimous In predicting a no victory for the coart coUt stars Yale Tale which showed surprising strength by finishing finishing- next to the Californians with sixteen qualifiers and Princeton were vero looked booked upon as the main man hope of the East in the title struggle The Tigers qualified ten men the same number as Pennsylvania Pennsylva Pennsylva- nia but the Orange and Black possessed pos pea several o outstanding stars who were counted upon to score heavily while the Quakers were conceded only I a fighting chance Cornell winner of many of the I championships in former years qualified qu-al- qu Wed eight men and was virtually virtually- out I of the I Twenty four colleges altogether scored in n the qualifying events which Mch brought together close clos to athletes from thirty ono institutions the best bestIn bestin in n the East st as well as as' the lone but powerful entry from the Far WeSt Weal The other qualifiers were distributed as follows Williams Syracuse and Harvard 5 each Lafayette 4 Penn Pennsylvania State 8 3 Pittsburg New York university university sity Johns Hopkins Georgetown Dartmouth Columbia and ana Boston I college 2 each Amherst Bowdoin Colgate Fordham Holy Cross Massa Massachusetts 1 Institute of Technology logy Rutgers Rutgers' 1 each Two intercollegiate championship records were broken and n a third hid threatened all aU in the field events most of ot the track events being devoid of f features as stats stars contented themselves themselves themselves them them- selves with finishing safety inside the tho qualifying list Most noteworthy of or the record- record breaking features was that F. F D. D crack Bowdoin weightman who threw the hammer feet teet 6 inches bettering by moro snore than ten feet teet the former record of feet teet 2 inches made Vlade by Jack Merchant of t California last year toss tOilS also bettered the American collegiate colleg record of feet 10 Inches made by Karl arl Shattuck Shat- Shat Shattuck tuck also alio of or California In 1913 Another championship mark marle to fall S was was in n the tho Javelin when Storrs of Yale tossed the spear feet 1 Inch Inch- The I fo former fonner ner record feet teet 8 inches was made by Geor George e n. n Bronder of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania in n 1922 Comma of Yale peI performed spectacularly spectacularly in the broad brood jump leaping heaping 24 feet 4 inches within a II Inch half of ot th the record set set by A. A C. C of Pennsylvania In n 1900 There were wore few teW upsets In tHa U qualifying qualifying events the most notable being th the failure of Hauers of Harvard to place In n the high hurdles which hewon hewon he hewon won at nt last Jast ast years year's meet McKim Princeton's sprinter also failed to qualify in n the yard dash I The Californians monopolized honors In n most of or the field events and it wae was their strength there which wa was expected to give them victory victory victory vic vic- tory tomorrow The coast team qualifIed qualified quaIl quaIl- fied fled fifteen men In the field trials three each in the tho shot pu put broad Jump Javelin an and an L discus Princeton with strong entries s In the hurdle events and a 11 squad of husky field men figured as a dangerous rival for forthe forthe forthe the Westerners 1 Most ost of Yale's qualifiers were In the shorter horter distance races and while the blue ha had numerous entries in these thes the they were were- not expected to score very heavily I William Neufeld Brick Brck Mueller and Norris were among the most conspicuous J ous otis of the California stars stats and amI were were counted on to do most of the Westerners Westerners' Westerners Westerners' West West- erners' erners scoring tomorrow Neufeld I placed In Sri three events today toda the javelin jave jave- lin Un shot put lut and discus Spectacular races were anticipated I In both dash dalh events the quarter mile I and two-mile two races racE'S tomorrow J. J A A. I Lacon Laconey y of Lafayette Intercollegiate and yard champion showed II that ha ho was In Jn brilliant form torm by nning Mi n Mining ning h his heats heatH in both events handily In Jr the quarter Allan of Syracuse was primed for a J r record record- breaking attempt with of Columbia looming ns as his chi rival The two two-milA feature promised a zi t keen klel duel between Walter alte Higgins of Co- Co Columbia victor In n the international race raca at the Pennsylvania relays and I Elmer Mc l ane of Pennsylvania twomile twomile two two- mile mUe indoor champion two two-I |