Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21
WITH COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOingS in the Field of Sport in Both Fast
and West,
BIG MEET STILL THE SOURCE OF TALK
PennsyIvania's Track Athletes who
Have Made other Colleges Worry
over Championship POssIbiIi-
ties-Basket Balls Best Men.

The University of Pennsylvania track
athletes have been making such dead
set at the championships this year that
there is active interest to know upon Just
what men Mike Murphy Is depending 10
carry away the honors. Looking over the
men who are mentioned prominently as
championships. it appears that the Penn
sylvania track team will be made up of a
few star performers. The victory Of the
red and blue, IL 1t ocmes to pass, will be
credited to perhaps ten men. The Quakers
will not come in for many places on the
strength of large track team. The quality
of the few competitors is high, however.
II is in the sprint races that the Quakers
will be the strongest N. ]. Cartmell, the
Louisville lad, who has been a member Of
the team and a figure in the championships
for several seasons has recovered entirely
from an injury to his foot and he is ex-
pected to do some great running. II was
first suggested that he and ]. d. Whitman,
who scored heavily last year in the 100
and 20 yard runs, would be the main
workers in the short dashes. However, ac-
cording 10 present calculation, II Captain
whitman shows himself At and able to win
the 1OO-yard run Cartmell will be set back
to the furlong and the quarter mile Be-
up the 2O-yard run. and at the same time
Cartmell will be able to help out j. r.
Taylor the negro runner. in the quarter
mile.
Hopes for the Quarter and Half
There is a very strong impression at
Pennsylvania that Cartmell can win the
quarter mile. In fact, the Kentucky boy
can come pretty close to 49, seconds for
trainers greatly disappointed. Besides
Cartmell there is a lad named Bonsack,
who could II ft score points for Pennsyl-
vanis in the quarter mile too Bonsack has
run the distance in 1915 seconds. but he
does not train very carefully. II ne can he
kept strictly to his work. he can at least be
runner up to Cartmell or Taylor. With
NJ. T. Haydock. another very capable
quarter miller. the Quakers have apparently
an embarrassment Of riches in this com
petition. Haydoek is the fourth man Of the
relay team, and while perhaps not in the
aCrtmell- Bonsack-Taylor class, rates around
50 second surely.
The advantage of having so many good
quarter milers to take part in the cham
pionships is apparent Fer one thing. by
this arrangement Taylor can be started in
the half mile run. In Philadelphia they are
very sure that he can beat Eli Parsons Of
Yale, and Parsons Is looked upon as prob
ably the only man TO be feared. They do
not think much Of the chances OF Ramey OF
Michigan IN the half mile despite his great
indoor running. Il is likely that Taylor
will be the only class Pennsylvania entry
IN the half mile run, but from every APP
pearance he should be able TO give a very
good accounting in that race He is ex-
pected 10 be very close 20 record time in
the half mile.
MIers and TwO-MiIsrs.
In the mile run Pennsylvania has Guy
Haskins. the champion OF 1906, and Car
rothers, who Is the fourth man on the four
mile team. HaslSins campaigned as a mem
Der OF the New York Athletic club track
team last summer. but apparently aid not
work very hard for the meets. He is likely
to be IN better nix for the championships
this year. They have hopes at Pennsyl-
vania that he will repeat his work OF last
season HaslIlns probably can run about
4 minutes IS seconds for a mile II in good
condition. At least that Is the eKpecta-
ton az Pennsylvania. Carrothers prob
ably cannot do under 4 minutes 30 seconds.
He may earn place In the race He has de-
veloped fast and is likely 20 surprise even
his own contingent
Lloyd Jones and s. w. Root are the two
milers OF the team. Jones has bean i'm
proving steadily as a runner ever since his
freshman year His best performances was
his most recent one when he won the inter-
COLLEGIATE oross-country race. Jones 10 one
Of the men who run on nerve. and that
kind is very hard 10 beat He has devel-
oped physically great deal in the last year
and his great determination makes him a
man very much to be reckoned with In