The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-28
ATHLETICS AT OLD PENN.
Trainer Murphy Enthusiastic Over
the Prospects of His Track Teams.


PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-"The track
team of the University of Pennsylvania
will be stronger this year than ever be-
fore"
So said Trainer Mike" Murphy today
when asked about Pennsylvania's prospect
| on track and field. There are more men
out he continued. land there is larger
amount of good material among the new
men than in previous years. This is no
doubt due very largely TO the fact that the
| Paris trip of the track team has been
guaranteed by the Atlantic Association.
think Pennsylvania will do quite as well in
the intercollegiate championships as last
year"
Regarding Pennsylvania chances for
strong relay teams. the great trainer said:
I'VE will have much better teams than last
April, especially in the fous-mlle. With
Grant, Bushnell. Stuart. Baltic. Bowen.
Climenson, and Standin to pick from, We
should get a fast team. In the two-mile
event we will not be very much stronger.
But we have some good runners in Roth,
Ciimenson. Earnshaw. Standin. and Smith.
ers. For the one mile team there will be
the greatest trouble in getting out = fast
| team. The loss OF Tewksbury will cut a
big figure in the speed of the team.
However. there are large number of
quarter milers out now and several OF
them give promise OF being fast. We still
have Cooke and Drumheller from last
year, and they are both in good form.
Then there are the new men. Leary, Metz
Ma \ - I'll
ney, Hanson. Fleming, and Mallon. They
are all moving nicely in training, but. OF
course. none of them can fill Tewksbury's
shoes However. the four best OF them
will make a pretty fast team.
Il won't make any predictions as TO
what any one of the teams will DO. but
hope we will meet all the teams that wer.
here las. year in addition TO Harvard and
Princeton"
The Athletic Association managers e1-
pect the relay meet OF 1900 TO eclipse its
predecessors in number and quality Of
teams represented This will be the best
meet We have ever had" said President
Geyelin today. There will be several new
and fast college teams in the champion
ships and we expect more school teams
than at any other meet. Relay racing orig
mated by Pennsylvania has become SO ger
orally popular among the schools and col
leges that we expect to have teams this
year from sections that have not heretofore
been represented. There will be over 100
teams entered, with more than 500 run
ners."
The Pennsylvania relay team which IS to
run Harvard at the Boston Athletic Asso-
citation games next Saturday will include
Leary Cooke. Drumheller, and Metzgar
Billiard OF Chicago, will run in the fifty
GOD q. gl,r anI pn1 rt ~, h.
two-mlie A. A. u. indoor championship.
There has been considerable agitation
of the Henley and Paris crew question
among the undergraduates this week. The
students are endeavoring to induce the
rowing committee 10 send a crew. regard
less Of the consequences Of the intercolle-
giate regatta. The students appointed a
committee TO confer with the rowing au-
thorities, but the conference was void Of
results. II is the policy of the rowing
committee and Coach Ward 10 bend every
energy toward developing winning crew
for Poughkeepsie. II would be impossible
TO send the same crew TO both races, as
they are but week apart. The rowing
committee considers the intercollegiate
race the more important, and will not
send a crew TO Englond If the Paris re-
gatta occurs the latter part of July, Penn
sylvanla may he represented. but at pres
ent the committee does not regard the
idea favorably. The crew squad has in
creased 10 more than 100 men, and Ward
is much pleased at the work OF his
charges. II weather conditions are favor
able the men viii go on the river in about
two weeks.
The football team began work this week |
for next season. They are under the per-
sonal direction Of Woodruff who will have
entire charge OF the squad next fall. The |
men do light gymnasium work, and take |
short cross-countIy runs three times
week.
Coach Arthur Irwin Is rapidly getting |
the baseball men In good form. He is pay |
ing particular attention 10 batting. us |
Pennsylvania has been weak in that de- |
partment for several years. The regular |
schedule will begin April ! and close June |
Is. PENNSYLVANIA men are pleased at the |
prospect of continued relations with Chi |
cago in baseball and football.