The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-17
COLLEGE TRACK ATHLETICS.
History of Its Development in the Uni
versity Of Penn.

Perhaps the most interesting feature
Of the remarkable triumph OF the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania lay in the ante
cedent history OF that institution IN
athletics Steadily advancing along tne
lines or systematic development, with
able men az the head OF athletic affairs,
Pennsylvania became. q few years ago,
a power 10 be reck0uCd with BOO the root
ball world. Then turning her attention
60 the province OF track athletics, she
began TO build up a team and AN interest
and a determination 90 reach tne eca Or
success in that department also. one
year ago Pennsylvania reached the point
where IL was possible TO secure tne llIat
place. and for the first time that univcr-
sIty was enrolled among The winners OF
the Intercollegiate Athletic Accociation
championship But 90 was left for this
year 70 really demonstrate the value
OF the work that had been PUT behind
this department In developing a VIM
ming team % is necessary to stretch out
and take into the ranks on candidates
many more than the actual point winners.
and 10 Is often the case that man VINO
has been brought up % the pitch or win
ming place has Just begun t1 realize the
benefits Of his work and another year
may bring him lp trem endously. For
these reasons DO was not until this year
that the work Of Mike Murphy and those
behind and with him could 0e fairly esu-
mated. But the results Were oVcrWheiin-
ing. not only I'm points scored but IN
the actual performances made And mere
IL IS not amiss % call attention 10 the
personality OF this most successful train
er He is a man OF middle age one OF
tho most quiet. unassumluB or men, ana
one with whom a stranger might TAX
track athletics for an hour and not real
D. al rtH HING |HTf Interest
ing listener. But this man has the tact
TO handle his pupils 80 that each does the
very best OF which he is capable and stlu
rrDre so that each steadily improves.
There is seldom any retrogradine by Muir
phys pupils, az any rate not SO long as
they remain under his immediate juris-
dicu0n. Many athletes arc not unlike
race horses ana require, or seem 70 re-
ouire. AN SORTS of numoring in order 10
bring ont their speed. I'm this art MUIR
phv is postmaster and DO is rare exc
cepu0n 20 md any performer so lntrac-
table as not % answer % his Judlclous
hand upon the rein.
But in addition 10 the wonderful work
OF this team of athletes ir0m the Dniver-
sity OF Pennsylvania there was another
team which laid claim although not to the
first place 90 most decidedly honorable
mention. That team was the one sent
out by Walter Chwsue. Oi Princeton.
Almost unhoraldcd. and certainly nor SEE
lected as the ones likely TO finish next
90 the aggregation from Philadelphia,
they kept steadily creeping mp, and by
eQualing in every instance and I'm some
cases SURPRISING what had been expected
OF them. they landed I'm second place with
twenty-eight points 10 their credit ln
fact. in the hundred Rush gave IeWks-
bury such q race as made the Pennsyl-
vanian extend himself Co the very utmost
and then barely get in ahead. while Pot-
ter took another very crtditaDie second
for Princeton IN the hammer. Tn Cregan
and Jarvis. as already noted in the ue-
scriptiOn OF the contests. Princeton has
two frst-class men and men who are eN-
ceptionally strong u the finish. Cregan
could have beaten any miller we have
had the way he ls running this season,
and 81 ne were sent for that distance
only and saved for - would very likely
have Topped q second from the inter-
collegiate record instead OF just missing
10 as he did But when we want 90 reflect
upon what We have set 10 accomplish III
middle distance ana distance running,
we hive but % read OFF the performances
of the English amateurs Ike Welsh. wn'
made only this month the mile in All
and fraction. However, this work does
not detract I'm the least from Cregan'
work here: for the nglishmen do not
seem 10 be able 90 duplicate thelr dis
lance records in this climate.
And one Of the sma .r colleges came %
the front with record breaker, and such
a record breaker ar was needed In a
class where the leaders were all well
beyond the former marks ser by inter-
collegiate performer tn Myer Prin-
stein Syracuse has 1 jumper who can
take night beyond any man the world
has vet produced. A. tho inter collegiate
he went within an eighth OF an inch Of
the hest broad juno ever recorded.
namely that OF Rosen grave az sydney.
New south Wales.-W alter Camp In Col
Hers Weekly.