Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-23
PENIS GREAT
RELAY RACE
Athletes ofAll Big Colleges Of
Country Will Contest At
Philadelphia
RECORDS WILL GO
Work III Gymnasium During
Past Winter Assures Start
ling Results Today

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The eyes of the athletic world are
turned toward Philadelphia today.
Upon Franklin field this afternoon
the pick and flower Of college athletes
will strive with every effort to win
glory and fame and the plaudits of
the multitude. The occasion is the
ninth annual relay carnival Of the uni
yersity OF Pennsylvania. In past years
this athletic meet has been second
only to the intercollegiate champion
ship games. and this year it far SUR
passes this annual event in the num-
Der and representative character Of
the entries. Never before, in fact,
in the history OF college athletics in
America has an event Of greater i'm
portance been held one in which a
keener pitch of ENTHUSIASM has been
aroused.
Practically every college champion
Of the east and west is entered in n
or other of the events on the program.
Thus, for the first time, a real line
on the respective merits of the east
ern and western athletes may be OBJ
tanned. The winner in these events
will practically show himself the
American college champion, and he
will have every claim to such a title.
While the principal features Of the
program consist Of relay races for
grammar, high school and college
teams, the individual contests have
not been neglected. For the college
relay runners there are one, two and
four-mile races, in which teams Of
for men each + to compete. The
races are for the intercollegiate cham
pionships at these distances. The
principal features for the individual
contests are the 10O-yard dash, 10
yard hurdle race, the pole vault and
hahlnut tuTOWs
SO many records have been broken
in all of the big relay races this win
ter that today's meeting undoubtedly
will see the smashing OF many long
standing marks. The record which
is in the most danger is the two-mile
mark of s minutes 4 AS seconds, held
BY PENIS 1902 quartet. Yale's team
has run the distance in 1859 indoors,
and should be able to beat this on an
outdoor track. Chief interest in the
Yale quartet centers In the running
of Parsons, the Yale Freshman, who
broke the worlds indoor record twice
in succession this winter.
In the four-mile event the race is
sure to be a thrilling one between the
Michigan-C Cornell quartets. In the
special events the interest Is just as
keen as in the relays. The shot-put
brings together the wonderful Fresh
man, Ross Of Michigan, who has put
the shot 4S feet . inches; Lemoyne
of Harvard, who has a record OF 46
feet, 10 IL inches; Dewitt Of Prince
ton and Glass OF Yale, both Of whom
have done better than As feet. In the
100-yard event much is expected Of
Torrey Of Yale who as a Freshman
has run the 50.yard dash in 5 rs sec.
onds, eQualling the worlds record.
McLanahan, the Yale champion pole
vaulter, is also looked upon as a pos
sible record.breaker.
It It natural that the geratest inter-
est should center In the 1O0.yard dash,
In which will be seen the greatest
bunch Of sprinters that ever met in
one race. Besides Torrey OF Yale, the
entries include the worlds champion,
Duffy, OF Georgetown; Shick or Har-
ward; Hahn Of Michigan; Blair Of Chi.
cago; Rice Of Chicago; Dear or Penn
s%ylvania. and three or four other fly
ers.
In this and other events on the pro-
gram will be seen the greatest athletes
Of Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Pennsyl.
yania. University Of Chicago. Univer-
sity OF Michigan, Purdue. Syracuse
University. Amherst, University Of II
linois, Cornell University Of Wiscon-
sin, Georgetown, and a number Of 9TH
er big colleges.
Capt. L. a. Fuller spent Sunday In