Steele, O.H.-S., had trained to run his first quarter of the half-mile
in 60 sec., counting on these tactics to slaughter the rest. But the
bunch fastened on, and at the end of the second lap Shaw of Lowell
showed unexpected endurance and crept ahead. He and Steele then ran
within a yard of one another to the tape, which Shaw breasted first in 2
m. 12-4/5 sec. There was a big field for the mile run, and a remarkably
tight one. At the end of the third lap Haseltine hit up the pace, but
Cutler of Lowell was good for it, and rushed in a winner. Dawson was
unfortunate in the hurdles. Some one has taught him a bad trick in
practice--to run around an obstacle after knocking the previous one or
losing his stride--and he suffered for it. He knocked the top bar off
the eighth hurdle, played his trick of dodging the ninth, took the
tenth, and beat Cheek to the tape. Of course he was disqualified, but as
an O.H.-S. man won, his error was of less consequence than it might have
been. It is always better to work in practice just as the rules require
that you work in competition. Then you have an advantage over the other
man.
In the high jump Grant, P. H.-S., proved a surprise. His form is
wretched, but he has springs in his feet. He tied with Hoffmann for
first place, and lost the honor on the toss. Cheek could have done
better in the shot after he won it, in going for a record, but forbore
on account of his other events. The hammer throw was somewhat
complicated by the failure of the judges to mark accurately Lynch's
sixth and last throw. The least they could give him was the 102 ft. 9
in., but to make the thing square all three were allowed a seventh
throw. Smith and Johnson did not improve their marks, but Lynch threw
109 ft. In doing so, however, he fouled by overstepping an inch, and the
event went to Smith of Hoitt's.
In the relay race the Berkeley team led all the way, and won in 3 min.
31 sec., which is within 10 seconds of the Pacific Coast record, made by
U. of C. in 1894. Drum did the best work for O.H.-S., but his mates were
not in condition, and the event was lost to them.
Every school that competed at the meeting scored. This fact is
especially creditable for Polytechnic H.-S., St. Matthew's, and Hoitt's,
all being new members of the A.A.L., and not so seasoned in athletics as
some of the other schools. Their teams give good promise, and if they
keep on as they have begun, Oakland and Berkeley will have to look
sharp!
The Princeton Interscholastic tennis tournament was not held last
Saturday, as had been announced. The date was considered too early in
the season, none of the school players having yet had sufficient time to
get into tournament form. The date now proposed is May 23d.
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