Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
PENN RELAYS GOOD
Bid Fair to Eclipse Those of
Former Years.
PLANNING FOR FOOT BALL
Big Schools Fixing Schedules and
Hard at Work in Spring
Practice.
By Edward B. Bushnell.

From present Indications the University
Of Pennsylvania seventeenth annual re.
lay carnival to be held on Franklin Field
April %, will outrank anything the
Quakers have ever done in the promo
ton of track and field athletics. This Is
due not SO much to the part Pennsyl-
vania is to play as to what the other
colleges are likely to do in the three
championship relays at one, two and four
miles. Such are the assurances Of the
various big universities that each Of these
three events is quite sure to be filled with
entries which will seriously threaten the
existing records.
Last year Pennsylvania made a record
for herself by winning all three events.
the first time the Quake-s ever accom-
plished this The only other university
ever to do this was Yale, and the Ellis
accomplished it but once. In 1910 Penn
sylvania had three unusually well round
ed teams. Each, in fact. was not far
from a record breaker OF the four the
one-mile quartet was the best, for it tri-
umphed over eight other teams
|. Events OF the last week supply evil
dence that Pennsylvania can hold the
four-mile championship only after a
struggle. The feat of Cornell In beating
Pennsylvania's star four-mile quartet al
Buffalo by 160' yards and setting a new
world record means that any team which
.sting marks to do It, Even Cornell men
were not expecting their team to beat
the speedy Quaker quartet, and all were
surprised at the creation of new world
figures for the event: The Ithacans ran
age Of 4.26 for the mile. The record dis
places that of 17.5S made by the Irish
American A. G; at New York in 1906
a consideration OF the time for each
four wonderful men for this distance.
The time for each of the runners was
4.9 "a, 4.2S 1-3. 4.o5 and 4.22 The fast
est miles are credited to T. s. Berna and
]. P. Jones. respectively. who ran the
last two relays. Just how fast the Cor
the undoubted merit Of the Pennsylvania
men whom they beat. The Quaker, team
was composed Of Wolfe. PAUL, Levering
and Bodley, quartet Of men easily
capable OF averaging 40 for each mile
The work of this Cornell team not only
makes the 1thacans the favorites for the
four-naile relay at the Pennsylvania car
nival. but 1t likewise means that Cornell
is likely to loom up In dangerous fash
ion at the intercollegiate championships
III May Either Berna or Jones is sure
to win the two-nlile event, and without
doubt Coach Moakley will train the
faster of the two for the one-mile race
in the hope of beating PAUL. Of Pennsyl-
vania. just as Taylor Of Cornell did a
year ago.
The biggest entry list for the relays
will be in the one-mile event. and teams
have already been promised from Cornell,
Princeton, Harvard, Dartmouth, Chicago.
Michigan and Illinois. Among the east
Princeton look TO be the strongest at this
writing. The Quakers will be weaker than
last year. since they have lost .RansdeII.
who was the star of the team. This year,
however. they will have the services OF
Mercer. a good quarter miller, so that the
team will still be a fast one. The team
that looks most dangerous at this stage
is Princeton. for in Black and Sawyer the
Tigers have two first-class men. and
Trainer Fitzpatrick has some others who
are sure to develop we'll. 1t is too early
to make much Of a prediction regarding
the strength Of the two-Inile teams, but
the indications right now are that the
list of entries for this event will he great
err than usual.
AS usual. the relays will give the COL
lege world the first indication as to the
new material for the 1910 Intercollegiate.
The special track and field events will
bring together the best men in the east
and practically all the point winners for
eastern colleges. These special events
will be: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES dash, 12O-yard
hurdles. high jump. broad jump. hammer.
throw, shotput, discus throw and pole
vault. In the sprint the principal COM
petitors will be Foster Of Harvard. Minds
OF Pennsylvania, Craig of Michigan and
Ramsdell Of Pennsylvania, who will com
pete unattached. In the hurdle, Chisholm
Of Yale, Dwight Of Princeton and Edwards
of Pennsylvania will be the stars. This
will be the first appearance Of Edwards
against the eastern cracks and as he has
mark of fifteen seconds for this event
on the Pacific coast his work will be
watched with much interest. He will not
be eligible to compete for the Quakers
this spring in any OF their intercollegiate
meets.
In the weight events A. Fl. Tilley, the
Dartmouth hammer thrower, Is sure to
attract considerable attention. Tilley
competed at the RELAYS last year as fresh
man, taking third place. He is about the
only man in the country who can throw
the hammer with four turns He has
record OF 15S feet. At the rate Capt
John Fitzpatrick Of Yale is improving In
the Shotput he is sure to make Horrer
OF Michigan hustle to beat him out. Kill
patrick has repeatedly done forty-1ve
feet indoors this winter and expects to
better forty-six feet later.
In the pole vault Nelson Of Yale, the
intercollegiate record holder, will be
missed. but Gardner of Tale and Bah
cock of Columbia will make this contest
an interesting. one. In the other field