Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-23
GREAT
RELAY RACES
This Afternoon Many College Ath-
IeteS Will Ba tile fO~
HOnOrS

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 23.-The
eyes Of the athletic world are turned
toward Philadelphia today. Upon
Franklnd 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 null
titude. The occasion is the ninth an
nual relay carnival OF the University
of Pennsylvania. In past years this
athletic meet has been second only to
the intercollegiate championship games
and this year 1t far surpasses this
annual event in the number and repre-
sentative character of the entries.
Never before, in fact, in the history Of
college athletics in America has an
event Of greater Importance been held
in which a keener pitch Of enthusiasm
has been aroused.
Practically every college champion of
the east and west is entered in one or
other OF the events on the program.
Thus. for the first time, a real line on
the respective merits Of the eastern
and western athletes may be obtained.
The winner in these events will prac-
tically show himself the American COL
lege 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 four men
each are to compete. The races are for
the intercollegiate championships at
these distances. The principal features
for the individual contests are the 100
yard dash. 12o-yard hurdle race the
, pole vault and hammer throw.
So many records have been broken in
, all Of the, big relay races this winter
that today's meeting undoubtedly will
! see the smashing Of many long stand
ing marks. The record which Is in the
most danger is the two-mile mark Of 8
minutes 44-5 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 ira ok
! Chief interest in the Yale quartet cent
ers in the running of Parsons the Yale
, freshman, who broke the worlds indoor
record twice in succession this winter
In the foyr-mile event the race is
sure, to be a thrilling one between the
| Michigan and Cornell quartets In the
special events the interest is just as
keep as in the relays. The shot-put
brings together the wonderful fresh
man, Ross, of Michigan. who has put
the shot As feet 9 inches: Lemoyne. of
Harvard who has a record of 46 feet,
loh inches: Dewitt, of Princeton. and
Glass, OF Yale. both of whom have done
better than As feet In the 1OO-yard
event much is expected of Torrey. of
Yale who as freshman has run the
50-yard dash in 5 2-5 seconds equal
ling the worlds record MeLanahan,
the Yale champion pole vaulter, is also
looked upon as possible record
breaker
1t is natural that the greatest inter-
est should center in the 1oO-yard dash.
in which will be seen the greatest
""h|H VI $pIihteTS tnat ever met IN one
race. Pesides Torrey of Yale. the en-
tries include the worlds champion.
pnTy. "f Georgetown: ShicS. Of Harv-
ard: Haha. Of Michigan: Blair. of Chi
cago: Rice, OF Chicago: Dear. Of Penn
sSiVania, and three or fonr other flyers.
IN TINS and other events on the pro-
gram VIII be seen the greatest athletes
OF princeton, Harvard Yale, Pennsyl-
wanna. University OF Chicago. Univer-
sity 81 Michigan, Purdue, Syracuse uni
Versity. Amherst. University Of Illinois.
cornell University OF Wisconsin.
'eorsetown' and number Of other big
colleges.