Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-04-30
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
At PHILADELPHIA

phiad1pdE-Ia Apiu 25--Ihc
eyes OF me athletic world are turned
toward Philadelphia today. Upon
Franklin llold this Afternoon the
pick and hover OF college athletes
Win strive with every Cnort TO Win
glory and fame and the piaudits OF
me multitude Tho occasion ia the
uIuta annual relay carnival OF the
University of pc hsyIyauin. ln past
years this athletic meet has been soc.
cad only 90 the intercollegiate cham.
pouship games. and this year &c Tar
surpassCH ibis annual event in tho
number and representative character
uI the ontuaa Never before, DO fact
u fH, haB uf college athletics iu
America haH ou event OF greater im.
prUtanCg boon heidi uo iu which q
agyuor pitch of enthusiasm has been
aroused
Practically tDry college champion
of che osst aud wet ls entered ln
one or other of tho events on the
program IHus, for The nrst time. a
real line uu thg respective merits OF
iU, eastern and western athletes may
u. obtained rho winner ia these
events VIII practically show himself
fHu Amer 8n college champion, and
ho 1851 nave every claim 90 such a
tItlg
Will, the principal features OF The
/ program consist OF relay races Tor
grammar nigh school and college
teams the individual contests have
not been neglected For the college
relay runners there are one, two and
l0urmu, races. ln which teams OF
four men each are 10 compete. ThJ
races are tor toe intercollegiate cham
pioushlps at these distances. The
principal features ior the individual
contests are the lOU.yard dash. 40
| yard hurdle race. the pole vault anC
hammer throw.
SO many records have been broker
lu an of the dig relay races this win
ter tnat todays meeting undoubtedly
| will Sc, the BmasllnE OF many long
standing MARKS. The record which
be- 100 the most danger is the two
mile mark OF s minutes 60 seconds
/ held Hy penn'a 1909 quartet Yalol
team bias run the lriance ia 1863 IN
doors ana should be able 90 Jca
this con- the outdoor track chief IN
tor,st Iu the Vale quartet centorg %
.he running OF Parsons the Yah
| Freedman. who orokn the worlds ga
/ door record twice 900 succession thi
/ winter
lu me fourmlo event the race q
euro % Del thrilling one between On
/ Michigan and Cornell quarlots an ON
/ special events tho interest ls Just "a
4 keen gs ln the relays The sh0tpu
I br0ner together Sc wonderful Frodt
man Rose, OF Michigan, who mas pa
[ the shot as feot p inches. Lomoyn,
. of harvard. who has a record of q
7 loyt ~ ~ inches, Dewitt, OF Prince
ton. and Glass, OF Yale, both OF whor
have done better than 45 feet. IN th
luOyurd event much is expected q
/ Toucy OF Yaie, who as a Froshma
has run the 5Oyard dash ga o 20 Bo,
onds. oqUauing the worlds record N,
Lanahon. the Yale champion POI
uultDr. JOS also looked upon as "a pc,
sibIo TDC0rd-brouker
d ls natural that the greatcat Ia
terost should center 10 ,Io lOOyar
dash. in which wiz be- seen the groaI
est bunch OF sprInters mat ever me
in one race. Besides Torroy. OF Yal,
inc entries include the worlds chan
pon Duty. OF Georgetown; shlck. q
Harvard. Hahn, OF Michigan. Blair q
Chicago, Rice. OF chicago; Dear, =
I Pennsylvania, and three or four oiho
flyers
lu fbH aud other events on "a
program win DO seen the creates
athletics Of prlncot Harvard. lu,
. Pennsylvania, University OF Chicag,
University OF Michigan. Purdue. syrr
cuso University, Amherst, univorsit
. U Illinois. Cornell, University OF VIII
oousin, Georgetown and O number q
other bg colleges.
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