Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07
.QUAKERS IN LEAD
University of Pennsylvania
Had a Successful Season.
ADVANTAGE IN FOOT BALL
Won Intercollegiate Championships.
Strong Crew for This
Year.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 6.-Look-
ing over the records OF college athletes
during the past year. ii is evident that
no college in the country had a more
successful season than did the University
of Pennsylvania. All year the prominence
OF the Red and Blue was pronounced, but
at the end they came with a rush and
outstripped all rivals by their perform
ances in track, base ball and crew. win
ming the undisputed college champion
ship Of the country in the first two named
and being second only to Cornell on the
water. In fact, there were few weak
spots in the Red and Blues athletic year,
but, unfortunG tely, foot ball, the most
prominent of all college sports, was one
Of these few. Pennsylvania was beaten
once on the gridiron, by Michigan, and
was tied by Lafayette and State College.
putting Il down to something Ike sixth
position among the colleges Judging
from the present outlook, Pennsylvania
should have even more success during the
year that is to come, for 1t loses very
| few OF its star performers in the leading
branches of sport.
:, Any outlook in foot ball this fall must
| be largely problematical, however, owing
| TO the radical changes that have been
| effected in the rules. The coach who first
grasps the possibilities afforded under the
| new conditions will outclass the one who
| Is content to trail along. In this connec-
| ton Pennsylvania should have an ad
| vantage, for in Cad Williams, their repre-
| Head Coach Andy" Smith they have
| two men who in the past have shown
| that they are foot ball Strategists OF the
highest order. Under the guidance of DR.
| Williams the Pennsylvania 1908 foot ball
| team probably attained a higher state CT
/ proficiency in open foot ball than did
any other team in the period following
| the reforms of 1905.
| tlyatb to- tod III
poor track material yet he wound up by
winning the intercollegiate champion
| ships. No other coach in the country
could have won with the material Murphy
had. 1t was merely the repetition of an
| oft-told tale in his case. Next year he
may possibly lose PAUL and Ramsdell
but both of them will probably be back
If so, then he will have on hand all his
point winners of the past year except
Parker, who took one-half point in the
pole vault. Then, too, Murphy will get
new strength just where he was weak
this season.
Simpson, from the freshman team. gives
promise of being point winner In the
shot and hammer, while Murphy did very
well the past season in the latter event
| In the sprints he will have, in addition 10
Minds and Ramsdell, who won points this
year. Brown from the freshman team and
Hough. who was running fast as
| either of the two point winners until ono
week before the Intercollegiate when no
| there will be Scott and Haydock. both OF
| whom were out of the running with in
Jur1es last year, as well as Hall, Harri:
and Grifffths, from the freshman team
| In the pole vault and broad jump he wi
have Roy Mercer, the old George Soho
star. In the high jump Burdick, tn
years winner; Farrier, who tied for THU
and Lane, who was barely shut out.
the distance runs there will be Wo,
PAUL and Boyle, all OF whom scored r
past year, as well as Bodley, Foster
Church, who were little behind them. l.
together Mike" Murphy will hayeae
best material he has had to work with
a long time, and when Mike" hashe
material he never fails to win.
On the water 1t looks as though nm
sylvania might win back some Dry.
Starting with three veterans as a nuers,
Ellis Ward turned out a crew thiyear
which pressed the great Cornell ett to
the very finish. It was undoubted one
of the best crews that Pennsylvani has
ever had. Cornell had previously Rten
Harvard easily, while the latter beaYale
at New London. thus making Pennlva-
MIA entitled to second place in the riklllg
of the college crews for the year 10 or
this crew Ward will have back 70 next
year all but Walton, Reath. thtlittle
stroke to whom much of the cret Tor
the showing was given, should be songer
and better with another year of gTvtn.
Pennsylvania athletic triumph were
not confined to the major sports. Harry
Wendell won the intercollegiate enclng
J championship, an almost unprecedented
feat, since the greater experienc'of the
West Point and Annapolis cadetialmost
invariably gives this title to one them
Little Kelley won the all-arout gym
nastic championship, while Shryh more
than distinguished himself in summing
Then, too. Alec Thayer and Wallaa Joni-
|. son completely cleaned up the 1tercol-
legiate tennis tournament, the lapr win
ming the single and the two tog6er the
doubles Altogether II was protbly the
most successful year from an athletic
viewpoint that Pennsylvania has ser had.