The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-02
PENN RELAY MEET
TO BREAK RECORD
Assurances of More Than
1,40O Entries Already Re-
ceived and Still Coming.
MICHlGAN'S HIGH HOPES
Every One Of Its Champion Four-Mile
Team Eligible This Year-Yale
Strong in Two-Milers.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Feb. From
present indications there viii be more
than l.400 athletes participating in the
University OF Pennsylvania thirteenth
annual relay carnival which is 20 be
held IN this city on April =.
This Misunderstanding list will come
from practically every university. col
lege, and preparatory school east Of
the Mississippi river with a scattering
OF men from beyond this point and from
Canada as we'll In point Of numbers
this meet even eclipses the international
championships, and when IL is consid-
cred that the best men from the West
and South compete against the best
from the East one Is not going far
astray in ranking this meet as more inn
portaHt than the intercollegiate in some
respects. The only drawback 10 making
shis claim is the fact thar the meet is
held one month earlier than the inter
coIlegiates ana this precludes the possi-
bility Of the athletes being az their best.
Meeting Of East and West.
The Eastern universities will as usual
send their best teams. These will IN
clude Yale. Cornell. Princeton. Dart
mouth. Syracuse, and probably Harvard.
The West will undoubtedly have more
than its usual large number Of com
peutors. Western men regard this as
their only opportunity Of the year 10
show their equality 10 or superiority
over Tie Eastern athletes and they
naturally wish 10 make the best Of H.
This year the University OF Michigan
viii once more head the Western delega-
tion and the expectation throughout the
West is that the Wolverines four mile
team viii carry Of It's NTH champion
ship In this event. In addition 90 Mich
Igan, the West will be represented by
Chicago. Wisconsin, and Individual ath-
leres from severl of the other Western
schools. Even "a South will be on hand
with IT'S best teams, these coming from
Virginia. Georgetown. North Carolina,
as well as other sT0ng Institutions from
that section
Michigan Looks Good
The feature events will. as usual, be
the one, two, and f0Ur-mile relays for
the intercollegiate championship Of
America. In each OF these races the
fight promises 10 be more exciting than
ever ana several new records are conf
IDENTIFY expected by the experts In the
four-mlIe event the Michigan team,
which made a new worlds record Of Is
minutes 70 seconds Is counted on 10
still lower It's mark this spring because
the Wolverines have every member OF
the team in the university, and Il Is
only a. rural 10 expect them 10 show
greater speed than ever at their next
trial.
There are two Eastern teams which
will put forth every effort 20 lower
the c0lOrs OF Michigan In this event
These are Cornell and Pennsylvania.
Both are particularly strong In distance
runners AT the present time. and L ink
they can turn the trick.
Yale's Two-Milers.
In the two-mile race. Yale. with Par
sons back in condition. thinks she has
a team which can conquer everything in
sight. and lower the present record OF
SOS As held by the University Of Penn
sylvania. Last year Dartmouth won
the event somewhat easily, and as the
New Hampshire cOllegians have all
their veterans back they are certain 70
give Yale a tussle.
The one-mile event looks 10 be GER
tain victory for Pennsylvania. The
Quakers won the race last year in some
WEat easy fashion. This spring they
have every member Of that quartet
available and likewise have the ser
vices of ,raylor. the intercollegiate quar-
ter-mile champion, with a record OF
~ Is. seconds. TAYLOR was ineligible last
year, but IS running again this winter
and in his Old-time form
Special Events.
All of the special events promise TO
be exceptionally well filed. These VIII