Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
ALL THE UP-TO-DATE SPORTS AND ATHLETICS
COMING TRACK EVENTS
CREATE INTENSE INTEREST

tends a shift to be made by Trainer
Murphy among the Quaker sprinters.
With Cartmell and Whitman in the
100 and 220 yards Murphy believes that
he can win first and second in these
events as he did in 1906
He also believes, and with good rea-
son, that Taylor. the holder of the
intercollegiate record can win the
quarter mile without difficulty. This
would insure Pennsylvania twenty-one
points In three events, just two points
less than the team record scored a
year ago.
How to increase this number of
points in the short distances, including
the half mile, is the problem worrying
the Quaker coach. Fortunately the
two sprinters, Cartmell and whitman,
are equally fast at the quarter mile,
while Taylor is as good at the half
as at the quarter.
Cartmell, the trainer thinks, is a
natural 440-yard man, and if he de-
velops properly he ought to win the
220 and quarter. This would leave
Whitman, 10-second man. for the 100,
and If he would win this and then get
second in the 220, as he did a year ago,
this would give Penn is points from
these two men, as opposed to 16 last
year.
IuakerS Have GOOD Chance
This would leave Taylor free for the
half mile and a place in the quarter
Should Taylor beat Parsons of Yale
in the half, as Trainer Murphy thinks
he can do, and then score O third in
the quarter Penn's total in the four
short runs would be 25, and Bonesack
and Haydock in the quarter mile
might even increase this.
Then If Haskins repeats his victory
in the mile and Jones and Root do
something in the two miles, not to
mention Mccullough in the hurdles,
and Folwell in the weights, the Qual1-
ers ought to win the meet.
The wonderful time made on Michi-
gan's indoor track by Coe in the mile
and Ramey in the haI, these being
4:24 2-5 and 1857 35, are not "a terrify-
ing to some of the eastern trainers as
expected.
In fact, one celebrated eastern coach
explained these times by the statement
that the Michigan track is ten seconds
faster than an outdoor path, because
it has a very thick layer of rubber to
give the runner the proper rebound.
1t is fact that all athletes, from
outside institutions as we'll as Michi-
gan, have been able to make wonder
full time on the Ann Arbor track; so
the Wolverines may not be able to live
up to the regulations they are making
on the indoor track when called upon
to duplicate them at Cambridge.
Great Interest Manifested
According to the present outlook Yale
will be stronger than Harvard. 1t is
true that the Ellis have been trying to
rival Cornell in hard luck stories, but
although they have lost several men
within the last few weeks, there was
not a possible point winner among
them. Yale will be very strong in the
| field events, probably more so than any
other competitor.
The Ellis weakness will be in the
| sprints and the long-distance runs.
Harvard will be well cared for in the
| sprints and fairly well off in the dis
tance runs and the field events, but
there are no stars on the team outside
of Stephenson in the shotput and Grant
in the pole vault
The wonderful interest which is be-
ing taken in track athletics this year
is shown by the unusually large num-
Der of dual meets which have been ar
ranged preceding the intercollegiates
In this respect the minor colleges ap-
pear to have been tusier than the
larger universities, because with hardly
an exception their schedules are the
longer.
The season opened with the Universi-
ty of Pennsylvania's thirteenth annual
| relay carnival at Philadelphia yester-
day. 1t will end five weeks later with
the intercollegiate championships at
Cambridge, May 81 and June 1.