INTERCOLLEGIATES A PUZZLE

Never before in the history of intercollegiate track meets have the experts been at such a loss to pick the winners. The reason for this is plain when it is considered that any one of four colleges has an excellent chance, while two others may prove the "dark horses." These six colleges, are California, Harvard, Cornell, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Yale, with the championship likely to fall to one of the latter four.

One thing is certain, however, that with fair weather, the competition Friday and Saturday should be the most spectacular in years, and should lead to the making of several new records, for almost every college is represented by a few individual stars. But with the new scoring system, the first-place man is worth only one point more than the man who finishes second, so that it is not the team with a few individual stars that should win, but the team uniformly strong in every event. Herein lies Yale's chances for victory. Besides stars like Brown, Poucher, Potter, and Oler, Yale has a lost of men who can score thirds, fourths and fifths, and should score heavily in practically every event but the dashes. It is this quality of all-round strength that makes the New Haven aggregation a favorite.

Strong Fight for Cup.

The University of Pennsylvania, with four legs of the cup to its credit, which is also Cornell's record, will fight to gain permanent possession of the trophy. Penn's strength lies in the track events. Lippincott and Patterson will be the point winners in the dashes, while Meredith, Madeira and McCurdy loom up as the favorites in the half, mile, and two mile runs respectively. Cornell, on the other hand, has no men sure of first places, and is depending on her so called second-string men to bring a victory. Michigan looms up as another possible contender. Bond has made exceedingly fast time in both dashes, and should come close to winning these events. Jansen in the half and Murphy in the quarter should add points. Kohler is Michigan's mainstay in the field events, being strong with the hammer and shot.

Harvard Has Fair Chance.

Indications are that Harvard will finish high up in the standing with an outside chance for a victory. No points can be expected in the dashes, unless Barron elects to run them. Barron should win the quarter and both Bingham and Rock should take points in this event. Capper and Boyd will undoubtedly tally in the half and two mile runs, with Boyd having a good chance to win the latter. More points may be looked for in the hurdles, from the form Jackson has been showing lately. Johnstone, Camp and Sturgis should all score for Harvard, Johnstone in both the high and broad jumps, and Camp and Sturgis in the pole vault and hammer throw respectively. From this brief forecast it becomes at once evident that the winner of no event is certain at this point, that several records should be broken, and that to choose the ultimate victor is indeed a difficult task.