Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-25
FIELD DAY.

PHILADELPHIA April 23-The
eyes of the athletic worid 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
eLd fame and the plaudets OF the mul.
tltude. 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 II far surpasses
this annual event In The number and
representative character OF the en-
tries. Never before, in tact, in the
history of college athletics in America
has an event of greater Importance
been held or one ia which a keener
pltch OF enthusiasm has been aroused.
Practically every college champion
Cl the east and west is entered in one
or other OF the events on the program.
Thus. Tor the lirst time. real line
on the respective merits OF the east
ern aud western a.l!aetes may be OBJ
talned. The winner In these events
will practically show himself the
American college champion. and he
win have every claim to such 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 one are, two and
four-mlle races. In which teams of
four men each are to compete The
races are for the intercollegiate cham
plonshlps at these distances The
principal features for the Individual
contests are the l00-yard dash. l2O-
yard hurdle race, the pole vault and
hammer throw.
SO many records have been broken
in all of the big relay races this win
ter that today's meeting undoubtedly
VIII see the smashing of many long
standing marks. The record which is
in the most danger is the two-mIle
mark Of minutes. AS seconds held
by Penn's 1902 quartet. Yale's team
has run the distance in 1853 indoors.
and should be able to bent 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 thrilling one between the
Michigan and Cornell quartots. In the
special events the interest is Just az
keen as in the relays. The shot-put
brings together the wonderful fresh.
man. Ross. OF Michigan. who has put
the shot 4S feet. 9 inches; Lemoyne.
of Harvard. who has record of 46
feel. l01s inches: Dewitt OF Prince
ton. and Glass OF Yale, both of whom
have done better than 45 feet In the
l00-yard event much is expected Of
Torrey Of Yale, who as a freshman
has run the 50-yard dash in l5 2-5 sec
| onds, equalling the worlds record.
Mr.. Lenahan, the Yale champion pole
laulter. is also looked upon as a pos
sible record-breaker.
II rs natural that the greatest in
terest should center in the l0Oyard
dash, in which viii be seen the great
est bunch Of sprinters that ever met
In one race. Besides Torrey Of Yale.
the entries include the worlds cham,
plon, Duffey. of Georgetown; shlck of
Harvard, Hahn of Michigan; Blair OF
| Chicago Rice of Chicago; Dear Of
Pennsylvania, and three or four other
| flyers.
In this and other events on the pro.
gram will be seen the greatest ath-
letes OF Princeton. Harvard. Yale.
Pennsylvania, University OF Chicago.
University of Michigan. Purdue. Syra-
cuse University. Amherst. University
of Illinois. Cornell University of Wis
cousin, Georgetown. and a number OF
other big colleges,