The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-25
biggest OF THIS YEAR
sEVENTY-FOUR COLLEGES TO COM
PETE IN THE INTERCOL-
LEGIATE EVENTS
PRINCETON WILL BE IN 1T
Acceptance by That Team Has
Aroused Great Intcrest-Indi-
ViduaI Events Open to All
College Athletes.

PHILADELPHIA, March A.-The sixth
annual intercollegiate and interscholastic
relay races, which are to take place I'M
der the auspices of the University of
Pennsylvania, are still several weeks off,
but already the promise Of the manage
ment that they will be the most important
athletic event of the year is assured.
Twenty-seven colleges and forty-seven
schools have entered the lists, yet the
entries are not closed, and it is expected
that ten more colleges and eighteen more
schools will be entered. 1t is expected
that all of the leading educational in
stitutions in the country will be repre-
scented.
The acceptance of Princeton is arousing
great interest, and the work of its team
will be watched most eagerly. Princeton
has not competed against Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia since "a. Since then they
have met several times in other cities, but
Pennsylvania has generally had the best
of the argument. Orange and black is
straining every nerve to win the one
mile championship; not only because that
is the banner event of the meeting, but
because in that race Princeton will meet
Pennsylvania, and will have a fair chance
to turn the tables on her strong opponent
The presence Of Princeton at these games
foreshadows its return to athletic rela-
tons with the red and blue in all kinds
of sport
Were Princeton and Pennsylvania the
only entries in the one-mile championship
a Misunderstanding race would be assured,
but Cornell and Georgetown have entered
teams. Yale may still be able to ar
range her schedule so as to compete,
while Chicago and Michigan will surely
be on hand to uphold the supremacy of
the West, SO that the race is sure to be
the biggest event Of the day.
On referring to the accompanying list
of entries it will be noticed that in class
races natural rivals have been placed
in competition with one another, and
that thus IN almost every event there
will be a race within a race. For in
stance, in the Haverford, Swarthmore,
c. c. N. Y, New York university and
Rutgers class the first two will be re-
garded as special rivals, while the New
York colleges will also be watched by
their friends from a similar point of view.
BY thus placing rivals against each other
grand races are assured, and perhaps the
race for fourth or fifth place may be
even more stubbornly contested than that
Tor place. IniS Is one secret OF the
great interest in these races.
The school events are closing very
quickly, and already there are as many
entries as there were last year. AS A :
teen more at least will enter, the man
agement have difficulty in making room
for the numerous teams 1t will, how
ever, result In all the better racing as
in every event six teams will be found.
Many new schools have been admitted.
A glance over the list of schools will
show that they will give even better ra ce5
than in former years. In any case, they
would be sure to do so, as interscholastlc
athletes have improved wonderfully dur
ing the past five years.
The management have kept pace with
the growing Importance of these games
by throwing open the individual events
to all college athletes The 100-ya-d event
is being looked forward to with much
interest. 1t will bring together the best
sprinters in America. Jarvis, of Prince
ton; Duffy, of Georgetown, champion Of
America Tewkesbury, the intercollegiate
champion, and KraenzleiR and McClain,
of Pennsylvania, will meet in this event,
which should prove a record breaker.
In putting the shot and throwing the
hammer McCracken and Hare will meet
the best men from the other colleges. In
the discus event we may look for new
record Sheldon, of the N. Y. A. c., the
holder of the discus record, has be5n in
vited, but he will have to do considera-
bly, better than his former exploit, as
McCracken has been breaking the Shell
don record every day in practice. Kraenz-
lein may also take part In this event, as
he has shown grand form at it, and Shout
develop into a star. He has thrown 1t 12i
feet.
In the high jump Carroll, Of Princeton,