ROMAN CANAL, UTILIZATION OF A.The network of canals in Southern France serves a double purpose, that of supplying drinking water for the inhabitants of cities and that of irrigation in the dry regions. In the summer months drought is often caused by the hot winds from the Mediterranean, and water is brought from a distance in the interior to the towns on the coast. Frejus, in the southeast corner of France, is an ancient town, once an important naval station, now separated from the sea by a sandy field a mile wide. The town was at one time a Roman colony, and in the reign. of Vespasian (69-79 A. D.) an aqueduct was built, conveying to the town the pure waters of the little Siagne River, some twenty miles away. This Roman aqueduct is the most remarkable of ancient works of this kind now extant in France. It had a total length of more than sixty kilometers, winding around hills and through valleys. The ruins of the ancient aqueduct were in such condition that the stones could be used in constructing the present canal of Frejus. The most picturesque part of the ruins are the arches of masonry in the valleys, which recall the imposing aqueducts of the Roman campagna. Unlike most remains of the Roman epoch, this aqueduct was not built of massive blocks of rock, but of small stones. The work was executed in a short time by an army of laborers. Later repairs were necessary, and it is easy to distinguish these from the primitive construction. The men who are constructing the present canal have turned to account some of the material of this old aqueduct. It derives its waters from waters from the springs of Jourdan and Neisson, and supplies 375 liters (82,500 gallons) of water a second. A part of the work was done about thirty years ago, the concession expiring in 1874. It consisted of a principal canal, with branches irrigating the lands on each side. The ancient Roman aqueduct was utilized in constructing this principal branch, between the spring of Neisson and the village of Callian. In 1891 a second concession was made, permitting the extension of the work so as to irrigate the communes of Fayence, Frejus, and Saint Raphael. The water comes from the Jourdan spring and is conveyed in masonry of the old Roman aqueduct for about three miles. The enterprise has involved an expense of 1,100,000 francs ($220,000). C Review of The Month. BY FRED A. HAYNER, Sporting Editor "The Chicago Daily News." NOLLEGE.-TRACK ATHLETICS.-Arthur F. Duffy's 100-yard dash of 9 3-5 seconds, breaking the world's mark of 94-5, previously held by J. Owen, Jr., was the sensational performance of the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association meet held on Berkeley Oval, May 31, 1902. At the Western Conference college meet, held on Marshall Field on the same day, six existing western marks were broken. INTERCOLLEGIATE AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. The world's record of Owen's for the hundred yards, made Oct. 11, 1890, in Washington, D. C., stood for twelve years. It was equaled by such men as B. J. Wefers, Sept. 21, 1895; by the same man again on May 30, 1896; J. H. Maybury, at Chicago, June 5, 1897; B. J. Wefers, Aug. 28, 1897; J. H. Rush, Chicago, June 18, 1898; I. H. Hempton, Australia, 1899, and by Duffy, Oct. 5, 1901, in Louisville. It is said that one watch caught Duffy on May 31st in 9 2-5, and the other watches were 9 3-5. There was a faint breeze blowing with the runner. Experts declare this had no effect on the runner's speed, and in no way could have aided in lowering the time. New Intercollegiate marks to go by the START OF THE ONE-MILE RACE IN WHICH G. R. KEACHIE OF WISCONSIN LOWERED THE WESTERN COLLEGIATE RECORD TO 4:313. THE CONFERENCE COLLEGE MEET. The (x) shows Keachie's position. CAPT. FRED MOLONEY WINNING HIS HEAT IN THE 120-YARD HURDLES IN :16 FLAT. board in this meet were the hammer throw, shot put, pole vault, and 100-yard dash. Beck of Yale increased the shot put from 44 feet 3 inches to 44 feet 81⁄2 inches. In the pole vault, Horton of Princeton broke the existing mark of 11 feet 5, held by Clapp of Yale, and increased it to II feet 7. Dewitt of Princeton threw the hammer 164 feet 10 inches. The summaries of the final day's meet on May 31st follow: One hundred yards dash, semi-finals.-First heat won by F. R. Moulton, Yale; W. A. Schick, Harvard, second; J. S. Westney, Pennsylvania, third-time, 0:10. Second heat won by A. F. Duffy, Georgetown; 4 Cadogan, California, second; J. F. Haig, Harvard, third-time, 0:09 4-5. This time equals the world's record. One hundred yards run-Final heat won by A. F. Duffy, Georgetown; W. A. Schick, Harvard, second; J. S. Westney, Pennsylvania, third; F. A. Moulton, Yale, fourth-time, 0:09 3-5. The time made was a new amateur and professional record for the world. Twenty yards hurdle, semi-finals-First heat won by J. G. Willis, Harvard; E. S. Wilson, Amherst, second -time, 0:15 4-5. Second heat won by E. J. Clapp, Yale; J. H. Converse, Harvard, second-time, 0:15 3-5. One hundred and twenty yards hurdle race--Final heat won by J. H. Converse, Harvard; E. J. Clapp. Yale, second; J. G. Willis, Harvard, third; E. S. Wilson, Amherst, fourth-time, 0:15 3-5. Four hundred and forty yards run-Final won by FINISH OF A HEAT IN 220-YARD DASH, CONFERENCE COLLEGE MEET. Won by Hahn of Michigan in :223. Merrill ran second, with Stein third in this heat. W. Holland, Georgetown; C. B. Long, Yale, second; E. C. Rust, Harvard, third; M. Lightner, Harvard, fourth-time, 0:49 3-5. One-mile run-Won by R. E. Williams, Princeton; C. B. Marshall, Columbia, second; C. S. Jacobus, Yale, third; R. S. Trott, Cornell, fourth-time, 4:29 1-5. Two-mile run-Won by A. B. Bowen, Pennsylvania; D. W. Franchot, Yale, second; T. M. Foster, Cornell, third; E. Russell, Pennsylvania, fourth-time, 9:57. Pole vault-Won by D. S. Horton, Princeton, 11 feet 3 inches; H. L. Gardner, Syracuse, second, 11 feet; A. W. Coleman, Princeton, third, 10 feet 6 inches; L. A. Gray, Pennsylvania, fourth, 10 feet 6 inches. Running high jump-Won by W. C. Low, Syracuse, 5 feet 11 inches; W. A. Powell, California, second, 5 feet 10 inches; G. W. Curtis, Princeton, third, feet 9 inches; A. Jack, Yale, fourth, 5 feet 9 inches. Putting sixteen-pound shot-Won by F. G. Beck, Yale, 44 feet 81⁄2 inches; J. Tingley, Harvard, second, 43 feet 4 inches: J. R. Dewitt, Princeton, third, 42 feet 1 inch; C. H. Robinson, Harvard, fourth, 42 feet 1 inch. Beck's put made a new intercollegiate record. Two hundred and twenty yards hurdle, semi-finals, first and second to run in final-First heat won by CONFERENCE COLLEGE MEET.-In the west the Conference College meet was held on Marshall Field, the athletic field of the University of Chicago, on May 31, 1902. The colleges entering were Michigan, Chicago, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Purdue, Minnesota, Northwestern, North Dakota, Notre Dame, Beloit, Drake and Knox. The meet was won by Michigan. Points were scored as follows, allowing 5 for a first, 3 for a second and I for third: Michigan, 36; Chicago, 25; Wisconsin, 19; Drake, 10; Illinois, 6; Minnesota, 9; Iowa, 5; Northwestern, 3; Beloit, 8; Notre Dame, 5. FINISH OF THE 440 RUN, CONFERENCE COLLEGE MEET. Won by Merrill, of Beloit, in :50 flat; Foster, Michigan, second; Daniels, Wisconsin, third. E. J. Clapp, Yale; W. A. Powell, California, second time, 0:25. Second heat won by J. W. Willis, Harvard; H. C. Cheek, California, second-time, 0:24 3-5. Final heat won by J. G. Willis, Harvard; E. J. Clapp, Yale, second; H. C. Cheek, California, third; W. A. Powell, California, fourth-time, 0:23 4-5. Two hundred and twenty yards run, semi-finals, first and second to run in final-First heat won by J. S. Haig, Harvard; W. A. Schick, Harvard, second -time, 0:21 3-5. Second heat won by W. T. Lightner, Harvard; W. R. Moulton, Yale, second-time, 0:21 4-5. Final heat won by W. T. Lightner, Harvard; W. A. Schick, Harvard, second: F. R. Moulton, Yale, third; J. L. Haig, Harvard, fourth-time, 0:21 3-5. Half-mile run-Won by H. E. Taylor, Amherst; L. M. Adsit, Princeton, second: E. B. Boynton, Harvard, third; J. R. Kane, Yale, fourth-time, 2:00 3-5. Throwing sixteen-pound hammer-Won by J. R. Dewitt, Princeton. 164 feet 10 inches; A. Plaw, California, second, 163 feet 8 inches: R. G. Wright, Princeton, third. 139 feet; W. T. Piper, Harvard, fourth, 160 feet 2 inches. Running broad jump-Wen by A. T. Foster, Amherst, with 21 feet 11 inches: C. S. Fallows. Yale, second, with 21 feet 10 inches: James Grimes, Princeton, third, with 21 feet 10 inches: J. S. Spraker, Yale, fourth, with 21 feet 81⁄2 inches. The complete summaries of this meet follow: One hundred and twenty yard hurdles-First heatBockman, Minnesota, first: F. Saridakis, Wisconsin. second: Freese, Illinois, third-time, 0:16. Second heat-F. G. Moloney, Chicago, first; H. T. Chapman, Drake, second; O'Brien, Minnesota, thirdtime, 0:16. Final heat-F. G. Moloney, Chicago, first: Bockman, Minnesota, second; Saridakis, Wisconsin, third-time, Western 0:15 2-5. Breaks Intercollegiate record of 0:15 4-5 held by Moloney and J. R. Richards of Wisconsin; within one-fifth second of world's record, held by Kroenzlein, Pennsylvania. Moloney first by six feet, Bockman second by seven feet. One hundred yard dash-First heat-A. Hahn, Michi gan, first: S. Senn, Chicago, second; L. A. Beaton, Beloit, third-time, 0:10. Second heat-C. A. Blair. Chicago, first; Nufer, Michigan, second C. C. Pierce, Minnesota, thirdtime. 0:10 2-5. Third heat-F. G. Moloney, first: Ed Merrill, Beloit. second: Rice. Purdue. third-time, 0:10 1-5. Final heat-A. Hahn, Michigan. first: C. A. Blair, Chicago, second: F. G. Moloney, Chicago, third-time. 0:10. Equals Western Intercollegiate record. by a foot and a half, Blair and Moloney finishing Hahn inches apart. Senn was fourth by two yards. Merrill did not finish. Merrill and Blair set back one yard for going off the mark. of One mile run-G. R. Keachie, Wisconsin, first; Perry, Michigan, second; Henry, Illinois, third-time, 4:31 2-5. Breaks Western Intercollegiate record 4:00, held by H. B. Cragin of Lake Forest and B. B. Smith of Chicago, Keachie won by six feet, Perry second by four inches, fainting at the tape, and Henry third by ten feet. Four hundred and forty yard run-E. Merrill, Beloit, first; Nufer, Michigan, second; Tibbetts, Minnesota. third-time, 0:50. Merrill finished first by four feet looking back, Nufer second by six feet, Tibbetts third by width of his body over Poague of Wisconsin and Pettet of Chicago. Discus throw-Charles H. Swift, Iowa, first, distance 118 feet 9 inches; A. Baird, Northwestern, second, distance 114 feet 1% inches; Piace, Chicago, third, distance 112 feet 81⁄2 inches. Swift broke the Western Intercollegiate record of 117 feet 4 inches, held by C. G. Stangle, Wisconsin. Shot put-H. E. Kirby, Notre Dame, first, distance 41 feet 81⁄2 inches; Snow, Michigan, second, distance 41 feet 1 inches; E, Merrill, Beloit, third, distance 40 feet 51⁄2 inches. Kirby broke Western Intercollegiate record of 41 feet 8 inches, held by A. Plaw, California. Two hundred and twenty yards dash-First heatC. A. Blair, Chicago, first; S. C. Poague, Wisconsin, second; Ingham, Illinois, third-time, 0:22 3-5. Second heat-A. Hahn, Michigan, first; Ed Merrill, Beloit, second; S. Senn, Chicago, third-time, 0:22 2-5. Third heat-F. G. Moloney, Chicago, first; Rice, Purdue, second; L. A. Beaton, Beloit, third-time, 0:23. Final heat-F. G. Moloney, Chicago, first; C. A. Blair. Chicago, second; Ed_Merrill, Beloit, thirdtime, 0:22 1-5. Moloney first by one foot over Blair, who took third from Merrill by two feet, with Hahn of Michigan almost touching Merrill. Eight hundred and eighty yard run-E. Breitkreutz, Wisconsin, first; Foster, Michigan, second; J. Daniels, Wisconsin, third-time, 2:00 2-5. Breitkreutz first by one foot, Foster second by six feet. Two-mile run-Kellogg, Michigan, first; E. McEachron, Wisconsin, second; Ketzel, Illinois, third-time, 10:07. Breaks Western Intercollegiate record 10:09 3-5, held by Kellogg himself. Kellogg first by six feet. McEachron second by ten yards. of Pole vault-H. T. Chapman, Drake, first, height 11 feet 6 inches; Dvorak, Michigan, and Magee, Chicago, tied for second, at 11 feet 6 inches. In the jump-off Dvorak got second with a vault of 11 feet 61⁄2 inches, Magee third with a vault of 11 feet 6 inches. The vaults of 11 feet 6 inches made by both Chapman and Dvorak beat the record of the latter, made in 1900. at 11 feet 6 inches, 220-yard dash Two hundred yards low hurdles First heat-BockMinnesota. first: Nufer. Michigan, second; Freese, Illinois, third-time, 0:26 1-5. man, Western intercollegiate, 0:22, by John V. Crum, University of Iowa, 1895. Second heat-F. G. Moloney. Chicago, first: L. C. Porter, Beloit, second; Radcliffe, Illinois, third-time, 0:27. American amateur regulation track, 0:21 2-5, by Hargrave, Yale, 1901. and eastern intercollegiate, straightaway, 0:21 1-5, by B. J. Wefers, New York, Third heat-Ed Merrill, Beloit, first; H. E. Kirby, Notre Dame, second; R. M. Anderson, Iowa, third time, 0:25 3-5. American amateur 1896. American amateur, curved track, 0:21 4-5, by B. J. Wefers, New York, 1896. 440-yard dash Western intercollegiate, 0:49 4-5, by Ed Merrill, Beloit, 1901. Final heat-Bockman. Minnesota. first: Nufer, Michigan, second: E. Merrill. Beloit, third-time, 0:25 3-5. Rockman first by six feet. Nufer second by eight feet. Merrill third by one and one-half feet over Kirby of Notre Dame, who fell at the tape. Moloney, Chicago, did not start. American amateur, straightaway, 0:47, by Maxey Long, New York, 1900. Hammer throw-C. A. Pell, Drake, first, distance 137 feet 14 inches; F. Long. Wisconsin, second, distance 119 feet 1 inch: Bear. Illinois, third, distance 119 feet. American amateur, curved track, 0:47 4-5, by Maxey Long, New York, 1900. Eastern intercollegiate, 0:49 2-5, by M. W. Long, Columbia. 880-yard run Running broad jump-Hopkins, Chicago, first, distance 22 feet 525 inches: Keator. Illinois, second, distance 22 feet; Hueffer, Wisconsin, third, distance 21 feet 93-5 inches. Running high jump--Snow and Barrett of Michigan tied for first, height 5 feet 9 inches: Quantrell, Chicago, third, height 5 feet 9 inches. Western intercollegiate. 1:59 4-5, by I.. R. Palmer, University of Iowa, 1895. American amateur, 1:53 2-5, by C. H. Kilpatrick, New York, 1895. Eastern intercollegiate, 1:56 4-5, by Hollister, Har vard. Mile run Western intercollegiate, 4:31 2-5, by Keachie, Wisconsin. May 31, 1902. American amateur, 4:15 3-5, by T. P. Conneff, New York, 1895. Eastern intercollegiate, 4:23 2-5, by S. W. Orton, Pennsylvania. Two-mile run Western intercollegiate, 10:07, by N. A. Kellogg, Michigan, May 31, 1902. American amaterr and eastern Intercollegiate, 0:935. by Arthur Duffy of Georgetown New York city), May 31, 192 J. A. Leroy, University of Michigan, 1895. Eastern intercollegiate, 24 feet 4 inches, by A. C. Kraenzlein, Pennsylvania. Shot put Western intercollegiate, 41 feet 8 Notre Dame. May 31, 1902. American amateur, 47 feet. by G. 1893 Eastern intercollegiate, 44 feet 8 Beck. Yale. New York, 1992. Hammer throw R. Gray, Chicago, inches, by Kirby, inches, by F. G. Western intercollegiate. 163 feet, by A. Plaw, University of California. 1900 American amateur, 171 feet 9 inches, by J. Flanagan. New York, 19011 Eastern intercollegiate, 164 feet 10 inches, by J. R DeWitt, Princeton, New York. 1902. Disens throw Western intercollegiate. 118 feet 9 inches. by Swift, Iowa, Mar 31, 1962. American amateur. 120 feet 7 inches, by M. J. Sheridan, New Jersey, 1901. |