Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-17
Great Prospect
for Records in
Relay Games
Pennsylvania Program Gives Prom
ise Of Bringing Out All the
Cracks.

PHILADELPHIA. April i6.-With the
University OF Pennsylvania relay games but
few weeks off the followers OF track ath-
letics are sizing up the past records OF
college athletes who will compete. Some
reports filter In to the officers Of the games
concerning the practice records of the
teams which have been entered.
Coach Harry Gin OF the University OF
Illinois has sent word that he desired to
enter not only the mile championship. but
that he would also have a two-mile team.
The Illinois track team won the champion
ship OF the conference colleges last year.
In R0hrer and Freeland Illinois has two
very good men, and with these as a nucleus
GIL can be counted on to make a good
showing in the two-miie event Last year
Illinois was third in the one-mile relay
championship. but later this same team
beat Chicago. the champions. at the relays
The, two-mile race should be very inter-
esting. with Illinois. Yale Princeton. Penn
syivania and Missouri entered yale,
Princeton and Pennsylvania have good
teams. and the western pair win have to
travel very fast to win. Yale practically
won the indoor two-mile championship,
doing minutes SC seconds an average Of
minute 80 seconds for the half-mile. Yale
won this event last year, so the blue is apt
to be the favorits for the event, There are
195 teams in the class events. while with
six entries In the one-mile championship
five in the two-mile. five in the four-niile
six in each OF the high and preparatory
school championship races and Two Ia the
freshman event. the total number OF teams
is raised to pa
According to reports from the various
college campuses. the varsity track teams
are rounding into form and several ath-
letes are making good early season records.
Tilley OF Dartmouth is throwing the ham
mer over l60 feet in practice. He viii give
Talbot, formerly OF Cornell but now at
State college. a hard rub in this event
Cooney OF Yale is also said to be making
a very good showing in the weights
rowar OF Michigan recently beat AIS on
Mlohigan's indoor track This has so en-
couraged the Wolverines that they are now
confident that they win win back the
four-mile college relay championship that
they have lost to Pennsylvania last year.
But Cornell and Pennsylvania wiz have
something to say about this, as each has a
very good team
Pennsylvania should figure more promin-
emily than ever before in this years re-
lays. Murphy has a team in each OF the
championships and in the freshmen relay,
and each team has a ssod fighting chance
for victory. What more could the Penn
2 sylyania students want? Leave IL to Mike
/ Hess cleared II feet inches the otheI
day in the pole vault He looks to bs
be the best OF the men this yenr at Penn
sylvania. though Parker and BlakeIcy ara
both vaultingNin good form.
Holdman Of Dartmouth viii be here fol
the vault He did II feet 5 inches on Non.
day In a trial. and Harry Hilman, Dart.
mouths new coach, expects him to beai
L feet oa the thirtioth on Franklin field
4 The preparatory schools take more inter
est in the Pennsylvania game than IN any
other meet Of tha season. II gives IN,
youngsters chance to compete under IN,
! eyes Of some q the best athletes in tn.
/ colleges.