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

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California vs. Pomona THE FIRST MEET of the season against outside competition was with Pomona College on March 14. California won by a score of 803 2 to 50 . The Southern athletes furnished the Blue and Gold strong competition on the track but in the field events the Varsity annexed 46 out of a possible 54 point-. Captain Nichols was the individual star, taking first place in each of his favorite events high jump, broad jump and pole vault. In the field events the Blue and Gold athletes merely had an after- noon of practice. The Southern men seemed to have no entries in the weights and jumps. Although a heavy rain the day before had softened the track, good times were made in almost every event. Adkinson of Pomona broke the Southern California record in the half mile by running it in 1:56, with Blanchard close at his heels. Moody and the Pomona sprinter, King, furnished keen competition in the 440-yard dash and relay, the California man winning both events by inches. California vs. University of Southern California THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, March 17, the Varsity defeated the University of Southern California, 86 2 to 44 . California scored 43 points on the track and 43H m the field, as compared with U. S. C. ' s 34 on the track and lO i in the field. Nichols, Richardson, Grunsky and Jackson were the heaviest point winners for the Blue and Gold. Xichol ' s 12 feet 1 inch in the pole vault was the best performance of the day. Moody lead a fast field of quarter-nailers and Grunsky scored a double win in the hurdles. Sullivan won the mile and Lloyd the two-mile with little competition. Wadsworth and Gildersleeve, w r ho was sick, did not make the trip south. Intercollegiate Track Meets and California Captains Captain California Stanford Year Captain California Stanford 18M 1900 1903 1905 H Henrv 91 90 67 56 62J4 88 74 84 85 78H 53 72% 35 36 45 56 49H 38 43 33 32 43J4 63% 69 49% 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 Ollie Snedigar . . . . No meet. 57 63% 56 55% 87 -: 60% 55J 60 53 55 65 58% 66 66% 34% 41% 61% 66| 62 69 67 . rth I-;. Wilcox K V Koch F Stanton L. T. Merwin E J Brown R. Cowles 11 Johns W. G. Donald J L) Hoffman G Kretsinger W P Drum H H Wood E. M I Walsh E R Crabbe E. Stanton T. Preble - M r.M.i.-v L. A. Nichols R O Hackley W. A. Edwards elected captain but left the university before next track season. G. D. Wood elected captain but left the university before the next track season. - won: California, 13; Stanford, 10; tie meets, 1. two hundred and fifty-three

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Favored by good weather the greater part of the time and plenty of competition the spring track season of 1917 was all that Coach Walter Christie could ask. A squad of more than one hundred Varsity and Freshmen signed up at the annual spring track rally held on February 13, although work had been in progress since January 24, the first week of the semester, which opened January 15. To limber the muscles of the athletes and get ready for the season ' s grind, Coach Christie inaugurated a series of Saturday hikes through the Berkeley hills. Eight and ten miles were covered each week-end for the first three weeks. During the week days the squad worked out on the track, Coach Christie correcting faults and developing the correct track form. The crunching of spikes into the cinders and the crack of the starter ' s pistol announced the opening of the season of competition on February 17, with the annual Novice Meet. Few Varsity stars were entered, but uniformly good times and good distances were made. The annual interclass held on March 3, brought out strong competition, and was won by the Seniors, with 59 points. The Juniors took second with 57 and the Sophomores third with 56%. The Freshmen did not enter a team, as the 1920 class had had a meet with Lowell High School in the morning. Nichols of the Senior class was the individual star, captur- ing first place in the broad jump, high jump and pole vault. Clark ' s mark of :10-2 in the hundred, Sullivan ' s 4:42-3 in the mile, Johnson ' s :22-3 in the 220-yard dash and Nichol ' s 22 feet 8 inches in the broad jump, Liversedge ' s 46 feet 4 inches in the shot put and Richardson ' s 162 feet in the hammer throw were the best. C. E. Sullivan captained the Seniors, J. P. Jackson the Juniors and J. K. Moody the Sophs. The Varsity handicap meet was held on March 10. A cold wind and a wet track hindered the competition, but despite these drawbacks several good times were made. Blanchard won the 880-yard dash in 1 :57-2 and Purnell won the 220-yard dash in :22-3. The last meet without outside competition was the Intercollege meet on March 24, which was won by Letters and Science with a score of 57 points. Agriculture followed with 51, and then came: Pre-Legal 24, Engineering colleges 9, and Chemistry 9. Sullivan of Agriculture won the mile in 4:40, Goeppert of Letters and Science, won the 440-yard dash in :51-2, Liversedge put the shot 46 feet 6 inches and Richardson threw the hammer 160 feet 3 inches. Nichols was the heaviest point winner, annex- ing the high jump, broad jump and pole vault. Liversedge captained Agriculture; Gibbons, Commerce; Ross, Pre-Legal; and Raisner, Let- ters and Science. two hundred and fifty-two

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California vs. Olympic Glut IN THE LAST COMPETITION before the Big Meet with Stanford, the Olympic Club was defeated by the Varsity on April 7 by a score of 70 to 47. California took nine first places and the Olympic Club six, all on the track. The best race of the day was between Blanchard of the Varsity and Stout of the Olympic Club. Stout won by inches in the time of 1 :59. Vlught, Olympics, won the two-mile in 9:50 1-5. Jackson cleared 23 feet inches in the broad jump and 6 feet 2 2 inches in the high jump. California vs. Southern California All-Stars THE VARSITY DEFEATED the Southern California All-Stars on March 31 by a score of 78 to 38} o- Fast times and good distances were regis- tered in all events, but the showing of the All-Stars was disappointing. With the exception of the hurdles and sprints and one or two field events they rarely pressed the Blue and Gold entrants. On the field California annexed 35 out of a possible 45 points. The best performance of the day was Grunsky ' s win in the high hurdles over Fred Kelly, former world ' s record holder, in the fast time of :15-1. He also won the low hurdles in :24-4. Sullivan won the mile but was disqualified on a foul. Purnell won the 200-yard dash in 23 flat and came second in the 100-yard dash. Moody romped home in the quarter in :51-2, with Pitts and Kerr second and third. Blanchard won the half in 2 minutes flat. Lamport of the All-Stars won the broad jump with a leap of 22 feet 2 inches. Maurer ' s tie with Nichols in the pole vault was the only first place taken by the visitors. After the meet was over, Captain Nichols cleared 6 feet 3 inches in the high jump, and Liversedge put the shot 46 feet 9 inches, in exhibitions in their events. Varsity vs. Southern All-Stars Event Points Result Winner Second Third C A-S 100-yard 3 5 9 6 1 9 5J 5 4 9 4 9 9 6 4 3 8 zy 2 4 5 5 :10.2 :23 :51.2 2:00 4:43 10:10.1 :15.1 :24.4 22 ' 2 5 ' 8 ' 11 ' 6 ' 45 ' 8 ' 159 ' 10 165 ' 1 ' us ' y 2 ' H. Lamport (A-S) Purnell (C) Moody (C) Blanchard (C) Miller (A-S) , Lloyd (C) Grunsky (C) Grunsky (C) H. Lamport (A-S) Nichols (C) - Nichols (C) - Liversedge (C) Richardson (C) Liversedge (C) Monlux (C) Purnell (C) Kelly (A-S) Pitts (C) George (A-S) Crippen (A-S) Humphreys (C) Kelly (A-S) Gansner (A-S) Nichols (C) Jackson (C) - Maurer (A-S)-tied Richardson (C) Hadley (C) Hirschfelder (C) Richardson (C) Kelly (A-S) Johnson (A-S) Kerr (C) Raisner (C) Hjelte (C) Offield (C) Gansner (A-S), Kiessig(C) Lamport (A-S) Jackson (C) Taylor (C) - tied Watkins (A-S) McCutcheon (C) Gildersleeve (C) McCutcheon (C) Johnson (C) 220-yard 440-yard 880-yard Mile 2-Mile 120-hurdle 220-hurdle High Vault Shot . Hammer Discus Total 78 38 y two hundred and fifty-four