FIELD EVENTS.
2.30.--Putting 16-pound shot, trials.
2.30.--Pole-vault, trials.
2.30.--Running high jump, trials.
3.30.--Throwing 16-pound hammer, trials.
3.30.--Running broad jump, trials.
Forecast of Events.
The competitors in most of the events this year are unusually matched and some extremely close finishes are expected. It is hard to pick any particular events as features, inasmuch as all will undoubtedly be of the highest class, but the quarter and the mile perhaps will hold the closest attention of the spectators. While few records are likely to go, many will be closely approached. A number of last year's point winners will compete, but their chances of scoring again can hardly be based on their performances a year ago, because many new stars have been developed.
The 100-yard dash will not concern Harvard to a great extent. First in this and the furlong will probably go to Craig of Michigan. Minds of Pennsylvania, Cooke of Princeton, Ford of Cornell, and Reilly of Yale will probably fight it out for the other places in the shorter distance. Ross of Michigan is an unknown quantity and may score. In the 220 dash Ford, Cooke, Bleistein of Yale, and Bennett of Cornell will look after the second, third and fourth places.
Captain MacArthur of Cornell has made the best time of the year in the 440-yard dash. H. W. Kelley '11, on the other hand, has run consistently around 50 seconds this spring and has not been pushed. Considering the slight advantage Kelley will have because it is his own track, he seems a probable winner over MacArthur. All of last year's point winners will again compete in this event, Reidpath of Syracuse, MacArthur, Sawyer of Princeton, and Young of Amherst. Lester of Williams, Gamble of Michigan, Hough and Smith of Pennsylvania, and Fogg of Syracuse, are also fast men.
First place in the half-mile depends on whether Paull of Pennsylvania runs this race or the mile. If Paull runs only this event he should win it, or otherwise first place will go to Putnam of Cornell. B. M. Preble '12, and H. Jacques, Jr., '11, will have to contend with McKinney of Princeton and Hall and Reck of Michigan for the other points.
Jones of Cornell seems the probable winner in the mile and may break the intercollegiate record of 4 minutes, 17 4-5