The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-28
PENN IS FAVORED
IN COLLEGE MEET
Red and Blue Makes Best
Showing in Trial Heats
of Intercollegiate.

PHILADELPHIA. May Z--The Red
and Blue, significant Of a thousand
triumphs on the field OF valor, wa -es
more bravely over the great stone pile
beyond the SchuylkiH today, for the
sons OF Penn, after a wonderful battle
yesterday. are now favored in the clas-
sic struggias TO re held on Franklin
Field this afternoon.
As the direction Of a zephyr can de-
termine the winner Of a race. so did
a tiny spike send glimmering the hopes
OF Harvard in the contest r &. Eos
ter. the sensation of the intercollegiate
meet last year, and the man upon
whom the Crimson pinned their hopes
Of victory. was injured yesterday. In
the fourth heat Of the 22o-yard trials
the Harvard hero wrencned a muscle in
his left leg when his flying feet struck
spike that held the corded markings
Of the course
While the wearers Of John Harvard s
banners watched their hero limp from
the field, the hopes Of Penn assembled,
no. because her foe was no longer 1T
for the struggle, but because her sons
Were proving their right TO strive for
her honor. Pennsylvania was looked
uIon a 5 a strong contender before the
trials, out was not played as E favorfte.
In the lists. however. her athletes sur
prlSed even the wizard, Mike Murphy,
and when the day was done she was
The most feared OF any OF the teams
entered in the meet
Two Quakers Score.
Beginning with the 100 yards dash.
Texas RaulsGell, pitted against the
great Sherman, OF Dartmouth, and
Baldwin, OF Amherst, showed a burst
Of speed and broke the tape five yards
ahead Of the wearer OF the Hanover
green Following this heat G. W.
Minds, also Of Penn, opposed to Cooke.
Of Princeton, and Keck. Of Michigan,
equaled RansdeI's time Of 10 10 sec
Onds and beat the Tiger entry to the
| tape. Craig, OF Michigan, who also won
a heat in the 100 yards dash and quail
fed for the final struggle today, IS the
only man whom Pennsylvania fears for
the five points in this event.
The sensation Of the day was the bril-
liant achievement Of NJ A Boyle. one
of Mike M'Uphy's dark horses, who won
the first heat Of the one-half mile run
within two seconds OF the intercollegiate
| record. His line OF ! minute and g sec
Onds was Unlocked for and was 3-5 OF
a second faster than that made in the
heat won by Billy Paul, upon whom
Penn depended TO win this event today.
and - OF a second faster than White
| ley, OF Princeton, who also qualified.
Smith. Of Fenn. qualified 10 run in the
| qJarter-mile, or 440-yard run as IL Is
I
will be Reiipath, Of Syracuse. VINO wOI
/ his heat in 30 Is seconds: Palmer, OF
/ HaverfOTd, who won IN the same time
! Block, OF Princeton, who won In 30 =
seconds, Macarthur. Cornell; Young. Am
/ herst; Sawyer, Princeton; Ranney. Har'
ward, and Ross, OF Michigan Penn has
a chance TO score a third IN this event
Far in Lead.
Minds aid RamsdelI outclassed al
others IT, the 22O-yard dash trials, bott
qualifying. with Cook, Of Princeton
! Robson, Of Wesleyan, and Craig, OF
Michigan. all Of whom won frsts IL
their heats. The second men, who also
qualified were Ford, Of Cornell; Bald
win, of Amherst; Jacobs, Of Columbia
and Seymour. Of Yale In tins even
| Billy" Hough, Mike Murphy's bes
| sprinter until he wrehched a sciatit
nerve week ago. quahned 70 run 70
/ day, but at a cost Of further injury II
/ beating Yale runer for second plac'
\ in the heat won by Robson, Of Wesl6 an
! Hough strained his injured leg again
and il is not probable that he can &c
! a Mace today, although he declares h,
| will run. Knowing that he came out o.
the hospital TO aid the Penn men and
as he kept Yale from qualifying another
! runner, the crowd gave Hough grea
ovation as he limped back 10 the train
ing house.
| Der OF men qualified, with fourteen
! Harvard is a close second. with thir
teen: Yale has twelve, and Princeton
1 ten. Cornell, who was touted to bea
| perm svIvaufa for total score, counted
| Cnlv seven athletes when the qualifying
! events were over. But Cornell is eX
pected to sweep the boards in the dis
lance events today when she Will scor'
heavily.