Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

handicap games on April 70. but the first
real intercollegiate contest of Importance
will be the University Of Pennsylvania
tenth annual relay carnival to be held on
Franklin Field April %. This meet will
differ from all others In that 1t will be In
ternational in character. Not only win all
the big college teams of the east be repre-
scented. but the north, south and west VIII
send their best athletes to strive for ath-
letfc honors The international flavor will
be furnished by the entry of teams from
Montreal and Toronto. Canada. The real
feature of the meet, however, Will be the
fight between the east and west The re-
lays are the only opportunity the western
athletes have to measure their ability with
the "effete east" and this year they pro-
pose to make the best of the occasion.
Teams will be sent from the Universities of
Michigan. Wisconsin. Chicago, Purdue and
Iowa. as well as from several of the minor
colleges of the west. The south will be
represented by Georgetown, George Wash
ington University. North Carolina. Virginia
and West Virginia. From the north and
east will come teams from Harvard, Yale.
Princeton, Columbia, Cornell and Syracuse.
Because of the rapidity with which the
entries have multiplied within the last week
the management has been obliged to issue
a notice that no more entries will be ac-
cepted after April 3. All told there will
be no less than i.20O athletes and 800 schools
In competition. a number which over
shadows even the intercollegiate champion
ships.
Chief interest Is centered In the three big
intercollegiate relay races at one mile, two
miles and four miles, which carry with
them the championship of America. In the
one mile the real contest will be afforded
by Pennsylvania, Yale and Harvard,
though teams are entered from several
other colleges. The Quakers have an ex-
ceptionally strong team in Taylor, the in
tercolleg1ate Quarter-mile champion with
record of 40 Is seconds; Hyman. Greene
~ n az
team. whose members will probably be
Burnap, Johnson Gates and Sheffield. Har
ward at present holds the intercollegiate
record of 321 3-5 for the distance, and with
Dives, the international quarter-mile cham
pion; Schick, Dormer and Young, expects
to be strong competitor for first honors.
OF all the records, that for the two miles
Is In the greatest danger. In 1902 the Uni
verSlty of ParQuette set the mark at
S.04 As, but Yale has twice lowered this
mark for an indoor track, and on the
night of March % set it at lbs 20, an
average of 159 3-5 for each half mile. The
Ellis ought to have no trouble in equaling.
and perhaps lettering, this mark on an
outdoor track. The four-mile race prom
ises to be a struggle between Yale and
Michigan, both of which institutions have
some excellent mile runners. The special
events will all be well filed. These events
will be the 100-yard dash, 120-yard hurdle,
jump and pole vault. OF all the special
events, chief interest will center in Ae
shot put, in which Ralph Rose, the former
Michigan star, will fight it out with w.
w. Coe jr., of Somerville Mass. Both of
these men have been beating Roses world
record of 4S feet inches, and it would
not be surprising Of the new mark would
be close to so feet.
All Of the eastern colleges are making
extensive preparations for the intercol-
legiate championships which are to be held
on Franklin Field, Philadelphia. May 26
and 81 OF all the colleges which scored
last year Yale starts the sea son with the
best prospects. The Ellis open the season
with point winners who last year scored
II 1-3 points. having lost men who scored
II points. Harvard comes next with men
who scored II points, a loss of 1-3 points.
PENNSYLVANIA Is third with a team worth
n points, loss of 10 points. Princeton
still has men who scored II points; Cor
each; Columbia men who scored 5; SYRIA
cuse, 21-3 and Amherst, Haverford and
New York, each
At this distance it looks to be fight be-
tween Yale and Harvard, and both col
leges are straining every nerve to turn out
a winner Yale is the best-equipped with
new material. though Harvard has 200 men
in active training for the team.
Activity will soon be seen in all OF
the minor sports. Spring campaigns nave
been marked out for golf. cricket. lacrosse.
tennis. and even polo. The success OF the
recent swimming championship held I'M
der the auspices of Pennsylvania has en-
couraged the same institution to plan Tor
a wrestling tournament at Philadelphia
April T. It is the intention OF the colleges
interested to form an intercollegiate assoc
citation and thereby put wrestling on the
firm basis that 1t deserves.