Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-28
COLLEGE FOOT
RACES TO BE
HELD TODAY
Franklin Field, the Great
Athletic Campus
of the
PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
Lively Scene Between Com
peting College Teams Wit
messed by Thousands.
PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY

Philadelphia, Pa, April 2S.-Frank-
lin Field, the great athletic campus
of the University Of Pennsylvania,
will be the scene of one of the great
est and most interesting human speed
contests ever held in this country. It
the day of the twelfth annual relay
races of the University of Pennsyl-
vania. which has brought fleet footed
athletes from scores of colleges and
minor schools from all parts of the
country to this city. Fully twelve
hundred athletes will take part in the
relay race more than have been en-
tered for the Olympic games. The
first race was started at las this af-
ternoon sharp and there are so many
events on the program that it is
doubtful whether it will be possible TO
finish all of them by o'clock.
1t is estimated that more than one
hundred thousand people are assem-
bled on and around Franklin Field
and on the stands surrounding the
field TOday's races are the real
opening of the athletic year for nearly
all the colleges, universities and
minor schools of the east and west.
The list of athletes entered for the
various events of this afternoon in
cludes representatives of nearly all
the large educational institutions east
of the Mississippi and some from be-
yond
Although every event on the pro
gram will have it's followers, there
are three events which lead all others
in Importance. These are the one
mile, the two-mile and the four-mile
relay races for the intercollegiate
championship of America. These
three events will be run off in the
last hour Cf the afternoon. 1t is in
these races principally that the east
and the west will battle for suprem
acy.
Eastern athletes have been nettled
for years because the western cracks
have defeated them so consistently
especially in the sour-mile race. Fol-
three in succession the University OF
Michigan has carried off the champ
ionship in the four-mile event. Not
once has an eastern team been able
to conquer the athletes from the VOL
VERNE State. Yale has tried it for
three years, and the last two years
reserved her strongest runners for
the express purpose of downing TIE
Michigan men, but all to no avail
This year Michigan has again sent a
fine team of runners and it is con
sidered extremely doubtful whether
the eastern athletes will be able tC
defeat the Wolverines any easier this
year than in former years.
All the big eastern universities have
entered teams for at least two of the
relay events. Harvard will compete
in the One-mile and the two-milt
events; Yale in the two-mile and the
four-mile races; Dartmouth in the
one-mile and two-mile events. Prince
to nand Cornell will compete in the
two and four-mile events, while Syra
cuse, Georgetown, Columbia and a few
other colleges will be represented in
only one race each. For the first
time in the history of the University
of Maine that institution will be rep
resented by relay team in one of the
races.
The eneries for the various field
and gymnastic events are also unus
ually numerous and include some oi
the best men in amateur athletics
Many of the smaller colleges and
minor schools have also sent eXcep
tionally good men for the various con
tests and their performances will be
watched with the greatest interest
Last year, in the Onemile relay race
the runners from Yale, Chicago and
Pennsylvania finished within a foot ot
one another, and there is reason tC
believe that the contest will be just
as close this year. The Pennsylvania
relay carnival affords an opportunity
for the schools and colleges of the
east to meet and settle the question
of supremacy. For some IL is their
only opportunity to engage in an in
ter-collegiate contest.
Among the most noted of the ath
letes sent by minor colleges is Franz
Mount Pleasant, captain of the Car
Isle Indian team. He ran the l0C
yards in 10 seconds, and the 44C
yards in so flat. Last year he sur
prised every one by jumping 23 feet
1 inch, after running a fast quarter
in his relay team