Columbia University - Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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' r White BUS LOCKWOOD IN ACTION Harvard distance star, passed both him and Loucks of Syracuse, in the last sixty yards, While the latter managed to repeat his earlier victory by beating Schmid out for second place. Palmer Wright, although setting a new Columbia record in the high jump, was held to a tie for fifth place because of the excep- tional quality of the opposing Held. The only other competitors from Morn- ingside Were Deck, Jaeger, Potter and Brick. White COLUMBIA TAKES FIRST THREE PLACES IN HALF-MILE Q24-21

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. I I White DECK WINS THE SPRINTS exciting event was the two-mile run, in which Loucks, of Syracuse, the national two-mile champion, overcame an early lead of Bill Schmid and beat the Columbia man to the tape. Cecil Cooke, another national champion, wearing the Orange colors, easily won his event when he led the field in the quarter- mile. Campbell, Theobald and Potter won for Columbia in their specialties, while Lockwood, Millison and Way tied for Hrst in the pole vault. Also among those to increase our score were Roche, Jaeger, Thirwall, Brick, Krissel, Bowden and Archambeau. These winners had the honor of setting the first records for the new Baker Field track. In the last dual meet of the year, on May 15th, Brown was encountered. and the Columbia athletes had little trouble in securing victory. In fact, a large number of the men who had been able to take only seconds and thirds previously in the season found the opportunity to register their first real triumphs, some of the regulars remaining on the bench. A downpour of rain which transformed the track into a sea of mud had much to do with the rela- tively slow time results in all of the events. Twelve of the fourteen events were in favor of the Blue and White. Wright won the high jump and low hurdles but came in second to Needham of Brown, in the high hurdles. Deck took the 100-yard dash, while Edelstein turned in his nrst victory of the season in the 220. Hamilton did the same when he broke the tape ahead of the other two competitors in the half mile. Theobald won the mile run, Potter the broad jump, Kracht the javelin throw, Krissel the shot-put, and Lockwood the pole vault. Others who won second or third places included Archambeau, Spitzer, Thirwall, Reiger, Way and Millison. Only eight men were sent to Cambridge to compete in the Intercollegiates, and of these only three managed to place for the finals. Captain Campbell, considered a sure factor for first honors in the half-mile event, because of his sensational showing all season,Vwas unfortunately ill and was unable to enter the meet. The three point winners for Columbia were Johnny Theobald, Bill Schmid and Palmer Wright. Theobald ran a splendid race in the mile event and seemed a certain winner until near the finish, where he was overtaken by Schobeda of the University of California, who w.on by a few inches. Schmid also lost out in the final stretch of the two-mile race. Tibbetts, the 52411

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Varsity Cross-Country Season f' HEN Bill Schmid and Johnny Theobald graduated, Coach Carl Merner again took up his task of building up a good team from 1: rxgffw only fair material. Captain Ed Roche and Art Farmer were vet- erans but it came as a pleasant surprise when the team in its first meet, displaying unexpected balance and strength, led N. Y. U., C. C. N. Y., and Rutgers to the tape. On October 30, however, they fell before last year's intercollegiate champions, Syracuse, who won by the perfect score of 15 to 40. Ed Roche, the first Columbia runner, after leading for the first mile, was forced to content himself with sixth place. Yale was given more opposition, but their team also was too powerful, and, although Roche and Farmer placed third and fourth, respectively, triumphed 34 to 2l. lt was Yale's first victory since Coach Carl Merner came to the Heights. On November 13, Pennsylvania, another powerful team, visited Columbia and succeeded in carrying off the victory, 35-20. Russel Payne of Penn, and former national steeple chase champion, easily carried off first place. The next Monday at the Intercollegiate, Penn State led by Bill Cox. Olympic star, won the title, although closely pressed by Syracuse and Yale. Columbia finished in eleventh place. The bright spot of the meet for the Blue and White was the performance turned in by Joe Hagen, Frosh runner, when he placed third, in a blanket finish, in the Freshman three-mile race. In fact. the whole Frosh team showed more than usual promise. - ln considering the record of the Varsity for the last season the high calibre of the opposition as well as the loss of Schmid and Theobald, must be taken into account. Smith of Yale and Loucks of Syracuse placed second and third in the intercollegiates while there is no doubt that Pennsylvania had one of the strong teams of the country in the past year. However, all through the season the team, though lacking such individual stars as Cox and Loucks, showed strength and gave promise that with the new Prosh material, the 1927 Cross-Country team, led by Captain-elect Johnny Wasson, will be a good one. IZ43 1