The Washington herald., 1907-06-03
MURPHY GETS CREDIT
Responsible for Victory Of
Penn'S Team in Meet.
FACED MANY DIFFICULTIES
Forced to Make Red and Blue Stars
Run in Two Events Each in Order
10 Capture ChampiGnshfp-Firs
Time the Quai.crs Have Taken
First Honors Since 1900.

First HOnOrs Since 1900.
/ Philadelphia, June 2-Pcnnsylvania' e
victory at the intercollegiate meet Satur-
/ day was the first Of the sort that Penn
/ has won since 1900 Then, with that Ia
nous trio of athletes. Tewksberry, Nc
/ Cracken. and Kraenzlein. and with Mike
Murphy as coach. Pennsylvania carried
/ of first place in lS97-9S-g9 and 1900 Muir
| phy then went 10 Yale. and Tewksberry,
| McCracken, and Kraenzlein all graduated,
and for three years Penn cut no figure I'm
the championships. In the spring OF 1904
the games were held on Franklin Field
for the first time, and that year DIR.
Shell turned out a very Crcdltable team.
Cartmell and Dear won second and third
IN both dashes; Mohit tied for second in
the high jump Boyd took third in the
shot-put. and Morton scored a point in
the half-mile run, while Hammer. who
had been hurdlng and sprinting for sew
eral years. tried broad jumping a few
weeks before the relays and improved so
rapidly that ne carried of second place at
the intercollegiate.
The next year the sports were again
held on Franklin Field Yale had won the
meet in lg02-o3-oi, but now a new rival
loomed up and Cornell surprised the
critics by carrying Off first place mainly
by her strength I'm the distance runs.
CartmeH and Taylor did not compete
that year, but Hyman carried of the quar-
ter for Penn and also took second in the
22o-yard dash, while Amsler won the high
hurdles and took second in the low Boyd
also scored a point IN the shot-put. and
Whitman took fourth in the t20-yard
dash.
Last year Mike Murphy returned 70
Pennsylvania. but Cornell again took
first, with Penn second. Cartmen and
Whitman took first and second I'm the
sprlnts. Hoskins won the mile, and Moflt
scored IN the high jump, but Amsler and
Dear, who had been depended on 10 score
in the hurdles and sprints. were or form
and failed TO score.
Stars Are Injured.
This year Mike Murphy started OF with
n few stars. but not enough good men 10
make a well-balanced team Then when
Taylor was injured just before the RELAYS.
Murphy was IN despair. for with one star
ont Of g. Penn's chances were hopeless.
as there Were no new ones who could be
developed Cartmeu and Whitman also
were ont Of shape and at that time Hos
kins was the only Pennsylvania man who
seemed mp 90 form.
At this time none Mt PENNSYLVANIA
thought seriously Of winning the intercol-
legiates, but Mike Murphy gradually
brought the men around until two weeks
ago they began 10 so right again II was
then seen that CartmeIl was back IN his
old form and that Hoskins was sure OF
the mile, but Whitman was stiu woefully
out uf condition
At this time Beck loomed up as a pos
Sihla point winner lie TlU the mile IN
i.3l and one week later did a half iu Ia
Penn ran into considerable hard luck I'm
the last week. however. Mccullough. who
was considered a probable point winner IN
the high hurdles, strained a ligament and
was hopelessly out 0f it. one d8y later
Greene hurt himself I'm the same way
broad jumping. while Hayd1ck. Penu's
other broad jumper. hurt his ankle. Then
came the announcement that Beck must
go 10 Eaglesmere for a surveying trip
with the sophomore civil engineers and
could not get away for the lnterOollegi-
ates
This threw all the more work on the
few stars. and had anything gone wrong
with Hoekius Cartmell. NofIit. or Taylor
PenuS chances would have been entirely
shattered. Murphy had them trained to
the minute however and the men all did
what was expected Of them.
Whitman has been running the hurdles
in much better form than the o:20. but
he was shut ont in his heat by slipping
at the start
Bonsack. i'm the quarter-mlle. had equal
" hard luck, falling a hundred yards
from the finish while leading the field in
his heat.
Two DisappOIntments.
Jones and Root were expected to pick
mp a couple Of points I'm the two-mne
run, but the Michigan and Cornell dis
tanCe men proved too fast. ana the best
they could do was fifth and sixth
SWANS work in the pole vault and Fol
wells in the hammer-throw caused a
pleasant surprise. Swain has not been go
ing very well this season, his team
mate Pickles. having beaten him re-