The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-25
QUAKERS HOPE TO
RETAIN THEIR
TRACK TITLE
Pennsylvania Thinks She Has Mort.
gage on Three Intercollegiate
Events and Has Point
Winners in Others.
PAUL and Beck the Men on Whom
Mike Murphy Is Counted as Ger
tain to Win the Firsts.

PHILADELPHIA. May 24.-Out OF
what at the beginning of the season
appeared 10 be an unusually weak
squad the University OF Pennsylvania
track men have been developed into a.
team which now has a fighting chance
10 win out in the intercollegiate cham.
plonship track events. which take
place on Soldiers Field, Cambridge.
on May % and 20
Under Mike Murphy's able training
two men in particular have been de.
veloped into almost certain champion
ship form. Billy" PAUL, who In the
spring handicaps ran the two-mile
race in intercollegiate record break.
ing time. and who had before thar
shown up In even better form In the
mile and half-mile runs, is counted
upon TO win first places in both the
mile and two'mile events 1T Cam
bridge.
Beck. who until the meet with An
rapolis on May Is, had aot appeared
to be OF sufficient caliber TO do better
than score third or fourth in the
championships. by running the half
mile distance in the fast time or
minute sc % seconds. now seems as
sured OF first place in that event
against ali the colleges.
Three Events Sure.
In these three events Pennsylvania
is virtually assured OF champion
ships. although In the shorter dis
tances and field events the results are
greatly In doubt. and an accurate fore
cast OF the coming champions is NJ
most an impossibility.
Pennsylvania best material will
therefore in general have 10 be judged
more from the records made In the
various meets on Franklin Field. In
the l20-yard and 220-yard hurdles Cap
tain Hartranft stands out prominently
against Captain Howe. OF Yale. The
Quaker. although defeated by Howe
in the low hurdles last year. hal
in the semifnals' won out by con
siderable margin.
Both men this year have been do
ing remarkable work. AS have also
Dwight, OF Princeton. and Talcott. OF
Cornell and although the competition
here is mort fierce probably than Ii
most of the other events. Howe seems
20 have the advantage, having run the
race in - seconds. Hartranft. in his
best form, VIII probably net a close
second
In the high hurdles. although Hart
ianft has Of late been exceeding all
his previous records. Howe. Dwight
and Taloott will probably finish In
the order named. though there Is
possibility that the Quaker captain
may get third
Minds No Cartmell.
Minds, who is Pennsylvania ) best
man in the l00-yard dash. can hardly
score better than fourth In both the
100 and 2O0-yard dashes, since he will
be against Foster. of Harvard; Carey.
OF Yale. and Dawborn, OF Princeton,
all OF whom have better records for
the season than the Pennsylvania.
In the quartermile race Psnnsy!-
vania Is deplorably weak and cannot
possibly expect 10 score even
fourth.
Thus allowing Hartranit a third in
the high hurdles. the Quakers cannot
POSSIBLY hope TO score more than -
POINTS in the running events, which
score. however. is very probably
close estimate as to the strength OF
the Red and Blue team in those events.
In the field events there is a decii-
ed slump. and only in the high jump
do Nike Murphy's proteOes have any
great expectations. In this event
Lane shows up head and shoulders
above any OF his teammates, having
done In the handicap games on Frank
lfn Field : feet IL 81 inches
4 lack OF material is greatly In evi.
dence in both the hammer throw and
the shot put principally in the for
ner. although in the latter Pike.
Penns strongest entry. is scarcely ex'
pccted TO score even a fourth. The
pole vault will undoubtedly be a con.
test between Nelson and Campbell. OF
Yale. and Cook. Of Cornell while
Parker and Pickles, OF Pennsylvania,
will stand a good chance for a fourth
against Barr, OF Harvard.