The Washington herald., 1909-05-16
UP TO NIKE MURPHY
Critics DJubt Veterans Abil-
ity to DFslop Winner.
SCARCITY OF TRACK MATERIAL
Few olnaer Pather. Are Left at
old Penn Who Are Deemed Capsule
to stand Pace of Previous Years
in the intercollegiate Champion
ships-May Spring Surprise

What kind of a showing viii Pennsyl-
vania make on the track this year? This
IS the question which supporters Of the
Red and Blue are anxiously asking one
another. CartmeH. Taylor, Jones. Whit
ham. and FolweI. winners OF IS out OF
the 80 points scored by Pennsylvania
last year. have been lost 20 Pennsylvania
by graduation, while Yale. Cornell. ard
Harvard have a goodiy nucleus Of last
years point winners on which 70 build
their teams. From this Il would seem as
Il Pennsylvania was doomed 10 be hope
lessly oufcIsssed, and yet this is FAR from
being the case IN reality Penn. while.
81 course. hardly a contender for first
honors this year. should, nevertheless
make a very creditabie showing. In the
100 and I'D yard dashS- Pennsylvania viii
mise CartmeH ard Whitman sorely, but
IN Hough and Minds. Nike Murphy has
two men from last years freshman team
who should score iB both events. Minds
has been credited with 70 seconds. while
Hough IS almost as fast The latter
spralned his ankle playing baseball this
winter. and this injury nay handicap him
somewhat The fastest men at present in
the quarter are Heintz. Loeb. and OfCon-
nell, OF last years freshman team, all Of
whom can Go around g seconds. bat n
Newell Murphy thinks he has a youngster
who viii beat these men before the sea
son is over Pennsylvania has several
Z good men who car score In the half-mile
mile, OF two-naile. and IL IS impossible 10
say Just YET how Murphy win distribute
them among these events. but L IS here
that Pennsylvania will score most points.
PAUL. the old Eercersburg interscaoiasric
+ Champion. should be able 20 win one Of
these races. he viii probably be used in
/ the mile. where he has a record CT s:27.
I he is also very fast IL the half. but Is
I not strong. enough TO repeat. as Guy Has
kins did two years ago. Beck. Ike PAUL.
is fast II both distances. but is probably
better in the half-H,ile. Beck has run In
/ less than 1,5S IN practice, but has never
been able 10 DO his best IN competition
He is an easy. strong runner. and II he
finds himself tbs year VII make things
hum Kohn VIII probably be used II the
two-nfle He Is hardly fast enough 70
score as yet but is improving all the time.
Brachmsn, Tslle. and Disc are other dis
. lance runners ltHaW ft-1 AANNE NNtt4
Hartranft 5n Hurdles.
In the hurdles PENIS sole hope IS Capt
Haruranft. he would have won the low
hurdles last year had he not tripped
over the first hurdle He has never be-
fore run over the high hurdles. but this
year he Is going TO take these also. IN
the weights Pennsylvania VIII be weak.
Pike has put the shot over g feet and
this would be good enough 70 score, but
he is not e consistent performer Lately
he has beer throwing the hammer, and
on the second day threw = 80 feet Bur
dick and Sommer are also fair with the
hammer, but neither is as yet skiiiful
enough 70 be considered probable point
winner
In the pole vault. with the Yale wonders
gone. Dray and Gilbert. Pennsylvania is
likely to score with Parker, z man who
can 90 close to z feet A few years ago
man with this ability would have been
q sure winner. but the class OF pole vault
| ing has Increased 50 rapidly that It takes
over 2 feet nowadays 10 be sure OF a
place. Pickles and Blakeley are two other
vaulters Of promise. Newberry. who tied
for fourth place in the high jump last
year. ard Lane and Flanagan are al fair
I high Jumpers. but no one OF them Is suf-
fcientIy good 20 make his scoring at al
probable.
Consistens Jumper
In the broad jump Capt Hartranft viii
again be Penn's best performer. He can
leap over - feet and may score Wilson,
/ O'Connen, and Towne are also fair broad
Jumpers. From this review il is appar-
I ent that Pennsylvania does not look Ike
a dangerous contender for the cham
pionship. and. IN fact, will be lucky TO
( get q good place among the also-rans,
but Mike Murphy has never yet coached
! a team which was not a prominent con
tender. and he VIII probably make a good
/ deal better showing this year than any
( one anticipates and may send the cold
4shiYers down the backs Of some OF his
rivals by capturing events on which they
( have been banking as sure II Pennsyl-
vania could only use freshmen the Red
and Blue would give them all a hard run-
+ Texas Ramsdeu in the sprints. Hay
dock in tie hurdles GRAY In TIE haif-mile.
and Farrier il the high jump would add
considerably to the total points
This will be a year OF new CHAMPIONS
/ n the intereoIlegistes. Cartmell, the pres
ent 100 and 90 yard champion; TAYLOR, IN
I the quarter. Jones. in the half. are al
( Pennsylvania champions who viii not
compete. Then there is Trube. OF Cor
neil. in the two-mile. Shaw. Of Dart
mouth. in the hurdles; Kruger. Of
Swarthmore. in the shot put. and Dray.
Of Yale. IN the pole vault. who are also
gore Seldom has there been. such 4
lthorough clearing out Of the stars and
+ consequent opportunity for new men.
plan Motorcycle Meet.
! The National Capital Motorcycle Club
viii hold motorcycle race meet at
+ Benning race track. a one-mile course
1 near The city. on May 81 Dealers. bicycle