University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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CAPTAIN NICHOLS CAPTAIN-ELECT JACKSON tu ' O hundred and forty-nine

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P. A. A. Meet CALIFORNIA WON THE ANNUAL P. A. A. track and field meet held on California Oval. April ' 2 ' 2. 1916, with a score of 89 points, 28 points ahead Manford. her closest competitor. The Olympic Club finished third with 81 points, the Caledonian Club fourth with 10. Yisitacion Valley fifth with 5. while an unattached entry cap- tured sixth place with three points. ( hie world ' s record was equalled and two new P. A. A. marks set up. Fred Murray, of Stanford tied Fred Kelly ' s and Fonv-t Smithson ' s record of 15 flat for the high hurdles. Skin Wilson of Stanford -ft a new P. A. A. mark in the mile, running it in 4:25 and Frank Maker, of ( ' alifornia, set a new mark in the broad jump, leaping 23 ft. !} inches. Harry Liversedge defeated Caughey of Stanford in the shot with a heave of 45 feet 9} 2 inches. Liver- sedge also captured first in the javelin and econd in the discus throw, for a total of 13 points. Nichols was the heaviest point winner for the Blue and ( iold with 14. He captured first place in the hop. step and jump, and second in the high jump, broad jump and pole vault. Frisbie of California won the vault at 12 feet } 2 inch. Fall Training Season INSPIRED BY THE BU KS.SFUL com- petition against the Eastern athletes, the California track men returned to the campus in the fall of 1916 with fresh inspiration and a determination to COACH WALTER CHRI TU break Stanford ' s winning streak of the four previous seasons. The entire fall training period was taken up by Coach Walter Christie in teaching the men the fundamentals of track competition and the correct running torni. No meets against outside teams were scheduled, but a number of inter-rlas- and intra-college meets were run. Del Rev won the annual interclul) meet and Sigma Phi Epsilon the annual inter-fraternity meet. i ' d. ' O hundred and fifty-one