for his final put. The padded shot was carefully poised in his right hand, a firm grip was secured and then, with a lightning-like hop and spring, he drove the ball down the half. He secured splendid altitude, and when it dropped beyond his previous mark, Rose exclaimed, 'You've got it, Coe, and I congratulate you.' Coe's final throw was initially measured at 49 feet, 2-1/2 inches, and later revised to 49 feet, 1-7/8 inches. The distance exceeded Rose's world record of 48.6 feet. Coe had previously been denied the record "because of the lack of competent officials," but his record put at Medford was measured and re-measured to ensure that the record would stand. The shot was promptly weighed in the presence of Rose, several officials of the New England A.A.U., and newspaper reporters. The shot weighed exactly 16 pounds, and the Boston Globe reported that there appeared to be "no longer any doubt of the legality of the new record." However, the executive committee of the New England A.A.U. subsequently disallowed the record on the ground that "the shot was not a solid leaden ball" and that "the takeoff was not regulation." Shortly after the Medford meet in 1905, Walter Christie, trainer of the University of California athletes and formerly trainer at Princeton, called Coe an "athletic vagrant." The Oakland Tribune reported: Christie asserts that, out of his own knowledge, the young shot-putter has already been connected with five preparatory schools and four universities, including Oxford, Princeton, Harvard and Yale. Christie says that young Coe is an 'athletic vagrant,' attending one university as long as he can and while his credit holds out, and then jumping to the next college where the 'inducements' suit him. University of Michigan In March 1905, it was announced that Coe would attend the University of Michigan in the fall. Coe's rival, Ralph Rose, had attended the University of Michigan but had been recently been deemed ineligible by the school's athletic authority. Coe did enroll at the University of Michigan in the fall of 1905. In September 1905, The Boston Globe reported that Coe was considering an expansion of his athletic endeavors to include boxing. The paper noted: "He is well built, of good height, and his performances on the athletic field show that he is very strong. For a big fellow, he is fast on his feet, and can hit hard with