The evening world., 1903-05-23
SCHOOLBOY
ATHLETES MEET.
Young Wonders Compete for
Honors at Franklin Field, Phil
adeIphia.
(spcclal to The Evening WHY

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FRANKLIN FIELD, PHILADEL-
PHlA. May 3.-Six hundred and TWEEN
ty-five school-boy athletes, the pick OF
the country. assembled on Franklin
Field this afternoon to compete In the
second annual Middle States Track and
Field Championships, held under the
! auspices OF the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
Without exception II was the largest
' gathering of school-boy athletes ever
held In his country. and from the
quality of the entries in each event
records We're certain to go. In the 100
yard dash alone seven boys were en-
tered who a In previous games COW
cred the distance In even time.
Mercersburg Academy, fresh from Its
victories at Princeton and Yale. was
conceded first place In the number OF
points scored. Philadelphia M New
YORK schools strained every effort to
Land the vents which the upstate
lads were countir- on winning. John
Iaylor. the negro athlete from Brown
Preparatory School, made a special try
Tor I'VE Ao-yard national interscholasic
record OF so us. In several trials he has
negotiated the distance in q fraction
under the present figures.
The mile run promised to be one of the
greatest races of the day. Mag of,n, of
Mercersburg; Jones, OF Episcopal Acad-
envy; Cumberland. of Temple College.
and Parsons, OF Lawrenceville. the four
fastest schoolboy long-distance runners
~ the country, toed the mark. Each of
THESE boys has done 4 minutes and 40
seconds, while Cumberland was expect
ed to do 4.35 II pushed.
ldeal weather at a fast track and a
large and enthusiastic crowd OF RIOTERS
marked the meet as being ono of the
most successful ever held on Franklin
tleld. The large number OF entries In
the held events necessitated two sets be-
Ing contested at the same time. In the
sprints there were sixteen heats
four or the fastest schoolboys In Phil
adelphia were selected to run against
an effort to heat the worlds inter
scholastic record.
The summaries:
cr eaI1, heat won by Lee; Epi.coesi; second,
ham; sheppard. westoS..tsr Nora.i. Second.
Third heat won by whtham. Gsrmsntown
4; Neiasms: second. pulansy. NJ. U. 8. Tims
Fourth heat won by Medowan. t. c.: .eoona
C. Carey. J. !. l. Time, 10 l-5 ssconds.
Fith heat won by AlderdriCe. V. p, s.; sec
onS; Hsydoca, c H; $. Time. 10 is seconds.
second: sheppard. W, J,A. Time. 10 rs sseonds.'
. Yard Hurdles trial hsats-First heat won
5. Time. Is as ssconS.. ': TSis tint, h,ss ssS.i C. n, X;
American tnterscholsstie record.
.. ssSSnd ps Ssn. won p 3 sy H TsSs, ~ 81 MsrS:,:0uFst
HO,Yard Dash Won by Taylor. brown Prep.
ssSSnd; Aall'F R,n.n n;Ssa Prep; tHlfd. whit
100 Yard Dash. Final won by Alderc,se. " p
+ c n% ne: This equals the American
i0-YMS Hurdles. -Final hsa, won by Leavitt.
Msr,sr'o5rsI; 'cTona. LlEse1' C H. 8; third
second. cumSGiand, r G. third. Jones EplseS.
H.i,.MIis Ran-Son BY Parsons. Lawrence
7 ;,o {; Tine Essor I'm s-Ss'' breaking the Inter
s%S g. rss-T Men, BY :ssss5 \ Al distance
2-Yard Hurdles tTiaI heaiS--Firsi Hsst-won
BY Le@siY MsrGsrsSprs' second, Pfeifsr. p. c.
IS ssSG S.i,i M ts.s- By ssS'h' sssss-sqrsi sec
'aao"YsTd Hurdle Cansi sssSINwo1n b. Ls,vlu,
More SSs:''; 5 r $ ''' time. e 5 g.. A': Tsis Slss. :A' e,
iH SsIs SSitew ssSoH ~ is Of 4 second
heisht. 10 Il. I in.
Hgh Junp-won by whncomb Nercsrsburg
second, Dulaney. N. .. g.: third, Dickinson, 7.
C.. height. 8 It. 81 in.
Two Nile Run-won by Cumberland, T. C:
second. MAgofhn. Mercershurg: third, McCirdiy,
L. NJ. II. g.: time, lin. 80 3-5s.
220-Yard D~ash-F1nal heat: Won by MCGOWAN
I. C.: second. MSGuckin. Brown Prep. third,
sheppard. w. ]. A. time. % ass.
Grammar School Relay ChAmpIon shIp-Won
by Newton r. Balbine. Hewitt. johnson and
Goodshall Captain: second. Kengsrton: third.
Walton. tim0. 3m. As.
second, N; Austin, II. s.; thIfd. MeGore. ". A.
distance. 16l Il. Q in.