Track Forecaster Gives Harvard Seven Point Margin in Yale Meet

The following article was written especially for the Crimson by S. deJ. Osborne '26, former manager of University track and football and at present editor of the H. A. A. News.

Doping a Harvard-Yale track meet is the hardest job imaginable. Again this year Yale goes into the meet decidedly the favorite, presumably because of its superiority in the hurdles, and jumps and because of its better balance in many of the other events, however, every one is entitled to his opinion; I believe Harvard will win on Saturday.

The 100-yd., dash is all Miller and the 205-pound Harvard sprinter ought to lead Paulsen of Yale, and either Burns or Lundell of Harvard to the tape; the time to be around 9 4-5 seconds.

The 220 will be the closest race of the day, and again Paulsen and Miller will fight it out for first place and I am going to commit an act of heresy by predicting that Paulsen will nose out Miller, and Lundell will be third. In the Quarter Mile I can't see anybody but Ross of Yale with Malick and Peet of Harvard second and third, the time 49 3-5 seconds.

Haggerty Slated For Double Win

After last week's splendid showing Captain Haggerty should have no trouble in the 880 and he should be able to pull O'Neil of Harvard with him to finish-ahead of Hogan of Yale. O'Neil has never run as well as he is doing at present and I don't believe Hogan can beat him. The time ought to be 1 minute 56 seconds. Captain Haggerty should score his second first place in the Mile and following him will be Wildes of Harvard who ran a 4' 28" mile against Dartmouth last week. Macauley Smith of Yale should take third. If the day is not too windy it would not be suprising to see a mill under 4 minutes, 20 seconds. In the Two Miles Reid of Harvard is in a class by himself. Second and third should be a good fight between Briggs of Yale, Smith of Yale, and King and Flaksman of Harvard. The dope, however, points to the two Elis in second and third places. The High Hurdles we will have to concede to Yale's four timber toppers, Sheldon, Edwards. Campbell or Game. In the Low Hurdles, a radical prediction will be amade, Sherman of Yale should win, out I'am placing Tupper of Harvard second ahead of Edwards. Tupper never ran a Low Hurdles race before the Interclass Meet two weeks ago, and his showing against Dartmouth's hurdlers last week gives one enough confidence to place him second.

Yale Has Edge In Jumps

Again this year Yale goes into the Field events with a heavy preponderance especially in the Pole Vault and High Jump. The Pole Vault ought to be won by Sabin Carr, Yale's world record pole vaulter. Sturdy of Yale has done close to 13 ft. and should be second. The third place will be divided among Pond of Yale and Clark and Burbank of Harvard. The High Jump will be won by Larsen of Yale with Deacon of Yale and Hollis of Harvard tying for second place. Locke of Harvard should win the Shot Put and the Discus with Pratt second in the Shot and third in the Discus. Brandenburg of Yale, if he keeps his present form will place second in the Discus, while Stone of Yale and Guarnaccia of Harvard should fight it out for the other place in the Shot. The Broad Jump sees three Sophomores fighting it out again as they did last year in the Harvard Yale, Freshman Meet. French of Harvard should win with Brandenburg of Yale second, and White of Harvard third. In the Javelin, Yale has two good men, Dean and Davison against Harvard's Moore and Pratt. The dope points to Dean first, Moore second, and Davison third. Finally the Hammer Throw; Shapiro of Harvard ought to be an easy winner with Lindner of Harvard and Crile of Yale fighting it out for second place. Lindner ought to win.

This dope gives the meet to Harvard 71 2-3 to 64 1-3, Harvard has a chance to pick up some more points by having Paulsen licked in the 220 and by having Moore or, Pratt place higher in the Javelin. The Pole Vault is another uncertain event and it would not surprise me to see Clark or Burbank tie for first or second place. With these breaks the score could read Harvard 79 2-3 and Yale 55 1-3. On the other hand if Yale manages to get Hogan ahead of O'Neil in the 880, Smith ahead of Wildes in the Mile, if Brandenburg beats French in the Broad Jump and if Crile-beats-Lindner in the Hammer Throw, or if Tupper fails to place in the Low Hurdles the meet will go to Yale, but we won't think of that.

Score by events:

H  Y  Time100,  6  3  9 4-5220  4  5  21 1-5440  4  5  49 3-5880  8  1  1.56Mile  8  1  4.242 Miles  5  4  9.35High Hurdles  0  9  15 4-5Low Hurdles  3  6  25 3-5Ht. or Dist.Shot  8  1  45.6Discus  6  3  133.6Javelin  3  6  187.Hammer  8  1  142.5Pole Vault  2-3  8  1-3 13Broad Jump  6  3  23.2High Jump  2  7  5.1171 2-3  64 1-