Stanford Invitational Track Meet (1906-1914)


Stanford Invitational Track Meet (1906-1914)

Stanford Invitational Track Meet (1906-1914) In the years before the California Interscholastic Federation was formed in 1914 to provide statewide track and field competition for high schools, the Stanford Invitational Meet was the state’s outstanding annual prep event. The meet first was held in 1906. In the early years, most of the competitors were from Northern California, but as the Invitational’s reputation grew, more and more Central and Southern California schools were represented. By 1911, the competition began to show the quality that would carry over into the CIF state meet five years later.


1906 Stanford T&F (3-24) 
100 - ----- Gillen (Pacific Grove) 11.1 
220 - ----- Keating (Harvard) 23 4/5 
440 - Gilpin Kerr (San Jose) 56.3 
880 - Kenyon Lee (Harvard) 2:05 1/5 
Mile - Kenyon Lee (Harvard) 4:39.0 
120 HH - H. Boyd (San Jose) 18.0 
220 LH - ----- Fickert (Belmont School) 28 2/5 
BJ - Gabriel Le Veau (San Jose) 20-1 1/4 
HJ - Albert Munn (Oakland) 5-10 
PV - Albert Munn (Oakland) 11-2 3/4 (U. S. record) 
SP - Albert Munn (Oakland) 47-5 3/4 
Hammer - G. Tomasini (Palo Alto) 170-6 
Relay - Lick 3:26 2/5 (Pacific Coast record) 
Top Teams - Oakland, 21; Harvard (Los Angeles), 18; San Jose, 15; 
Lowell (San Francisco), 10 1/2; Palo Alto, 7;
Belmont School, 6; Lick (San Francisco), 6; Santa Rosa, 6 

1907 Stanford T&F (3-23) 
100 - ----- Nusbaumer (Hoitt’s Academy) 10 4/5 
220 - Ed Macauley (Alameda) 25.0 
440 - Ed Macauley (Alameda) 54 1/5 
880 - Kenyon Lee (Harvard) 2:06 1/5 
Mile - Mason Hartwell (Oakland) 4:53.8 
120 HH - ----- Robertson (Los Angeles) 17 2/5 
220 LH - ----- Bristol (Los Angeles) 28 2/5 
BJ - Ralph Hupp (Lick) 20-8 
HJ - ----- Hill (Belmont School) 5-7 
PV - (tie) Albert Munn (Oakland) & Elbert Vail (Oakland) 10-11 
SP - Albert Munn (Oakland) 45-10 1/2 
Hammer - (tie) Albert Munn (Oakland) & James Wooley (Santa Rosa) 133-0 
Relay - Los Angeles 3:36.0 
Top Teams - Oakland, 24; Harvard (Los Angeles), second place 

1908 Stanford T&F (5-2) 
100 - ----- Thorpe (Harvard) 10 3/5 
220 - ----- Thorpe (Harvard) 23.0 
440 - Leo Meyer (Lowell) 52 1/5 
880 - ----- Roble (Harvard) 2:04 1/5 
Mile - ----- Vallely (Harvard) 4:42.0 
120 HH - George Ruddick (Ukiah) 16 2/5 
220 LH - George Ruddick (Ukiah) 27.0 
BJ - Leland Rathbone (Berkeley) 22-6 
HJ - Eddie Beeson (Healdsburg) 5-10 
PV - ----- Dickson (Santa Rosa) 11-3 1/2 
SP - Tom Wheaton (Fresno) 46-1 3/4 
Disc - Roy Pyle (Pasadena) 110-9 
Hammer - Floyd Rice (Chico) 160-5 
Relay - Harvard 3:22.0 
Top Teams - Harvard School (Los Angeles), 20; Ukiah, 13; Santa Rosa, 11 1/2; 
Oakland, 8 1/2; Healdsburg, 8; Los
Angeles, 7; Fresno, 6; Chico, 6; Berkeley, 6 

1909 Stanford T&F (5-1) 
100 - Bob Hollis (Cogswell) 10 1/5 
220 - Ed Macauley (Alameda) 23.0 
440 - Ed Macauley (Alameda) 50 3/5 
880 - Ormond Smith (Berkeley) 2:05 4/5 
Mile - ----- Burns (Hill Military) 4:39 4/5 
120 HH - ----- Heath (Harvard) 16.0 
220 LH - Ed Beeson (Healdsburg) 26 2/5 
BJ - Roy Crites (Watsonville) 21-5 1/2 
HJ - Walter Argabrite (Ventura) 5-10 3/8 
PV - (tie) Fred Young (Healdsburg) & ----- Gibson (Ventura) 10-7 1/4 
SP - Hugh High (Modesto) 45-10 1/2 
Disc - Homer Coolidge (Healdsburg) 107-7 
Hammer - Homer Coolidge (Healdsburg) 167-3 
Relay - Lowell 3:25 2/5 
Top Teams - Healdsburg, 20; Alameda, 16; Watsonville, 11; Berkeley, 9 1/2; 
Cogswell (San Francisco), 9; Harvard
(Los Angeles), 7; Modesto 6 1/2; San Jose, 6; Ventura, 6; Hill Military (Oregon), 6 

1910 Stanford T&F (4-23) 
100 - G. D. Woods (Berkeley) 10 1/5 
220 - ----- Rogers (Lick) 22 2/5 (State record) 
440 - James Todd (Oakland) 51 4/5 
880 - ----- McClure (Los Angeles) 2:03.0 
Mile - ----- Huggins (Hood River, Ore.) 4:39 1/5 
120 HH - ----- Ward (Los Angeles Polytechnic) 16 1/5 
220 LH - Deming Maclise (Oakland) 23 3/5 
BJ - Darrell Bogardus (Berkeley) 20-8 1/4 
HJ - ----- Ward (Los Angeles Poly) 6-1 
PV - Fred Young (Healdsburg) 11-7 5/8 
SP- Floyd Rice (Chico) 49-8 1/2 
Disc - Maurice Hurley (Mendocino) 99-9 
Hammer - Floyd Rice (Chico) 180-7 (State record) 
Relay - San Jose 3:21 4/5 
Top Teams - Chico, 17; Oakland, 16; San Jose, 12; Berkeley, 11; 
Los Angeles Poly, 10, Lick (San Francisco), 7;
Alameda, 6 

1911 Stanford T&F (4-8) 
100 - Bradley Stevens (Woodland) 10 3/5 
220 - ----- Rogers (Lick) 22 2/5 (ties State record) 
440 - ----- McClure (Los Angeles) 51 3/5 
880 - ----- Boone (San Bernardino) 2:02 2/5 (State record) 
Mile - Horace Hersen (Oakland) 4:40.6 
120 HH - Fred Kelly (Orange) 16.0 
220 LH - Fred Kelly (Orange) 26 3/5 
BJ - ----- Dawson (Los Angeles) 21-6 
HJ - ----- Ward (USC Prep) 6-0 1/2 
PV - ----- Eldridge (Healdsburg) 11-2 
SP - ----- Clement (USC Prep) 48-8 
Disc - ----- Sheldon (Los Angeles) 109-5 
Hammer - Herbert Vilas (Berkeley) 148-2 
Relay - Los Angeles 3:25 2/5 
Top Teams - Los Angeles, 18; Orange, 13; USC Prep, 10; San Bernardino, 8; 
Woodland, 8; Berkeley, 6; Citrus
(Azusa), 6; Lick (San Francisco), 5; Healdsburg, 5; Modesto, 5 

1912 Stanford T&F (4-14) 
100 - Stonewall Jackson (Citrus) 10 1/5 
220 - ----- Wadsworth (Sutter) 22 4/5 
440 - Stonewall Jackson (Citrus) 51 1/5 
880 - ----- Annin (Occidental Academy) 2:03 3/5 
Mile - ----- Annin (Occidental Academy) 4:40 2/5 
120 HH - Herb Whitted (Citrus) 15 3/5 (U. S. record 15 2/5 in trials) 
220 LH - Herb Whitted (Citrus) 25 1/5 
BJ - ----- Kerrick (Riverside) 21-0 1/2 
HJ - Luther Nichols (Pomona) 6-0 
PV - Luther Nichols (Pomona) 11-6 
SP - Roy High (Modesto) 49-10 1/2 
Disc - ----- Ernst (Paso Robles) 118-10 
Hammer - Ashley Hendrick (Citrus) 160-4 
Relay - Citrus (NR) 
Top Teams - Citrus (Azusa), 28; Palo Alto, 14; Occidental Academy, 13; 
Pomona, 10; Riverside, 8; Modesto, 7;
Berkeley, 6; Ukiah, 6; Sutter 6 


1913 Stanford T&F (4-12) 
100 - George Parks (Stockton) 10 3/5 
220 - George Parker (Stockton) 23 1/5 
440 - George Parker (Stockton) 52.0 
880 - Clarence Beebe (Anaheim) 2:01 3/5 
Mile - Clarence Beebe (Anaheim) 4:38 2/5 
120 HH - Carroll Grunsky (Stockton) 16 3/5 
220 LH - Carroll Grunsky (Stockton) 27.0 
BJ - Harry Wallace (Palo Alto) 22-10 
HJ - Luther Nichols (Pomona) 5-10 1/4 
PV - John Munger (Santa Paula) 11-8 
SP - Reginald Caughey (Ukiah) 50-0 
Disc - Roy Bagnard (Pasadena) 122-3 
Hammer - Frank Walter (Exeter) 166-2 
Relay - Berkeley 3:23 3/5 
Top Teams - Stockton, 25; Palo Alto, 13; Anaheim, 13; Pomona, 11; 
Santa Paula, 6; Los Angeles, 6; Marysville, 6;
Exeter, 5; Ukiah, 5; Pasadena, 5 

1914 Stanford T&F (4-11) 
100 - Ken Johnson (Palo Alto) 10.2 
220 - Ken Johnson (Palo Alto) 22.2 
440 - Karl Goeppert (Lowell) 52.2 
880 - Leslie Allenby (Ukiah) 2:01 3/5 
Mile - Samuel B. Berry (Redlands) 4:26 2/4 (U. S. record) 
120 HH - Verl Murray (Orange) 15 4/5 
220 LH - Jud House (Riverside Poly) 25 1/5 
BJ - Ernest Plavan (Santa Ana) 22-0 
HJ - Paul Anderson (Santa Ana) 6-0 
PV - Lincoln Hall (Santa Paula) 11-6 1/2 
SP - Roy Bagnard (Pasadena) 49-3 
Disc - Roy Bagnard (Pasadena) 118-3 
Jav - Harry Liversedge (San Francisco Polytechnic) 184-9 1/2 (U. S. record) 
Hammer - Frank Walter (Exeter) 150-2 1/2 
Relay - Long Beach 3:22 4/5 
Top Teams - Palo Alto; 16; Pasadena, 11; Redlands, 11; Santa Ana, 10; 
Riverside Poly, 8; Hollywood, 7; Exeter, 5;
Long Beach, 5; Lowell (San Francisco), 5; Orange, 5; Santa Paula, 5; Ukiah, 5