Evening star., 1909-04-18

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BEST Athletes of the Countr,
Will Gather in Quaker City
Next Saturday.
With almost double the number of en-
tries for each Of the three intercollegiate
championship relay races ever recorde,
before, there is every reason to expec
sensational performances at the fifteenth
annual relay carnival to be held mex
Saturday at Franklin Field by the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania Heretofore tn,
Quaker management has been satisfied
II two or three Of the big universities
were represented in each Of the cham
pionship races But this year every uni
versity that has any kind Of a good quar-
tet Of quarter. half or mile runners ha!
entered them for the Quaker carnival
The most surprising feature of the en-
tries Is that eight teams are entered fo
the one-mile championship instead OF
but two, as was the case a year ago
The entries to date are Pennsylvania
Harvard. Chicago. Michigan Agricultural
Wesleyan. This will be the first time
that any other western university but
Chicago has entered for this event The
decision Of the other teams to try fol
the intercollegiate championship is due
to the fact that they believe they have
a chance to win out.
Among the experts it IL believed that
Harvard will carry or this race. Neither
Pennsylvania nor Chicago is as strong
as a year ago. while Harvard, whose team
Is coming for the first time since 1902
is exceptionally strong. The Crimson still
has De Selding. second in the intercoI-
legfate quarter year ago; Merrihew, who
finished fifth In the same race, and Wat
son. another star, as nucleus. The
Crimson quartet figures on doing 3.25
fast enough to win. Chicago has lost
Merriam and Quigley of her 1908 team
The dark horse Is to be the Michigan
Agricultural College. This institution has
three men who are said to have beaten
ffty-one seconds, with a fourth who is
almost as fast.
There are Ave closely matched IONS
which will fight 1t out for the two-mile
championship. They are Princeton. Yale,
Pennsylvania. Columbia and Dartmouth
Yale and Princeton. because Pennsylvania
intends to use her best distance runners
against Michigan in the four-mile race
Coach Copeland thinks that Princeton
will win this race with Whiteley. MCGEE,
Frantz and either Conger or Laird. The
first three men are all good for better
than minutes. SO that the quartet should
be able to get inside the record OF S.O4sh.
The Yale team consists of Splitter, Kir-
jassoff, Weeks and Mann. This quartet
last I,yr% ~
being to Pennsylvania. The Quaker en-
tries in this race, however. will have to
repeat, and as Yale has already beaten
Princeton, the Ellis are the favorites for
the event. Neither Columbia nor Dart
mouth Is expected to figure very strongly
The four-mile event will be a duel be-
tween Pennsylvania and Michigan. The
Wolverines have won this event six years
IN succession. though last year they took
It by default. So consistent have been
their victories that the impression pre-
walls in the east they are invincible. But
in spite OF this. Mike Murphy, the Penn
sylvania trainer. keeps pegging away
each year In an effort to develop team
that can turn the trick. This year he
thinks he will hand Michigan a surprise.
It is known that the Maize and Blue has
lost Coe and Rowe, their two best milers.
while Pennsylvania has rather a better
quartet than usual. Michigan will de-
pend upon Dull. May. Bohnsack and Tow
4.8O. the third. 4.35. while the ability of
the fourth 10 unknown.
The Pennsylvania team will consist of
Beck, PAUL. Levsring and Kohn. The
Levering and Kohn are good for 40 or
better. Heretofore Michigan has usually
won by the evenness Of her runners The
Pennsylvanians think that II they can
give PAUL. the star OF their team, an even
start with Dull on the last relay, the
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defeat. There Is possibility that Cor
nell will enter a team Of her cross-coun-
try runners, but the Ithacans seldom send
relay teams to Franklin Field. and may
not be represented.
More Than 1,4OO Entries.
The same unusual interest in the three
college championship relays has been
manifested in all the class races, with
the result that the entry list is the largest
ever known. All told there will be more
than $50 relay teams not to mention the
hundreds OF athletes entered In the spe-
cial events, SO that the entire entry list
will surpass 400. The management nev-
er has to worry about the attendance any
more. for it will never fall short of 1900,
even In threatening weather.
The entry list for the special events,
which are the 10O-yard dash. 12O-yard
hurdle. high Jump, broad jump. hammer
vault, have filled quite as well as the re-
lay events. In the 1OO-yard dash will be
seen Rector Of Virginia, Minds OF Penn
sylvania and Dawbarn and Gamble OF
Princeton. The broad jump will bring to-
gether Cook of Cornell and Fitzpatrick Of
Yale. the two best men in the college
world. In the hammer throws there will
be an interesting meeting between Talbot
OF Cornell. Cooney of Yale. and Horr OF
Syracuse. These three men will fight 1t
out for the intercollegiate championship
also. Kruger of Swarthmore. the inter-
collegiate champion in the shot. will fea-
knre this event. He will have as oppo-
nents Coe. the former world champion;
Horner of Michigan and Fitzpatrick Of
Yale. The pole vault will bring together
Cook of Cornell and Nelson Of Yale. The
latter did twelve feet in the meet with
Virginia, which is exceedingly remarkable
for this time of year. The hurdles will
bring together Howe Of Yale, Hartranft
OF Pennsylvania and Talcott OF Cornell.
All Of the best high jumpers will conn.,
pete in this event and the remaining spe-
cial event. the discus throw, will bring
out all the weight throwers.
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