New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-27
YANKEES CLIMB A BIT TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Cream of College Athletes to Run
in Relay Carnival.
PENNSYLVANIA TO BE HOST
First Amateur Race Meeting OF
the Season at Cedarhurst
This Afternoon.

the Season at Cedarhurst
This Afternoon.
One Of the most remarkable sets Of a,h.
letic games in the history Of the sport VII,
command attention this afternoon AZ
Franklin Field, Philadelphia, in the yearly
relay carnival OF the University Of Penn.
sylvania Athletes from most OF the lead.
Ing universities and colleges East and
West will be on hand. TO say nothing 81
hundreds Of schoolboys. Even Canada will
be represented. When 1t is considered that
more than fifteen hundred runners Jump
ers, hurdlers and weight men will swarm
over the track and field some idea may hs
gained Of the undertaking and the sport n
be furnished.
There are no fewer than forty-seyen
events on the programme, OF which thirty.
nine are relay races. as follows: Seven for
grammar schools, eight for high schools
seven for preparatory schools and acad.
emies, seven for colleges and ten for schoo,
and college championships. Eight special
events also are on the card, including a
hurdle race. a lGO-yard dash a pole vault
and tho various weights and jumps
The carnival this year will have added
Importance because 1t with furnish a lin.
on some Of the college men for the Olympic
games in Sweden next July. With the Ct.
ception Of John Paul Jones and Tel gerna.
the Cornell f1iers, most OF the undergrad.
yates who have a chance OF making the
team will be seen in action.
In the 1co-yard dash the best known men
will be from the West. Wassen, OF Notrs
Dame, and Wilson, OF Coe College, thu
Western champion in the dashes, will b.
watched with interest, as both are anxious
to go to Sweden. Cortis, OF Illinois, IA
another Western man who has shown re-
markabe speed, as he did 10 seconds for
the century and q As seconds for the fur.
long last Saturday in the dual meet with
Missouri University. There are several
others who are said to be fliers, and the
race will show just how good they are
These include Seward, Of Michigan; Mar.
shall, of Pennsylvania, and Jacobs, Of c..
lumba.
Members Of the Olympic tryout comm.
tee will watch the sprint with specs,
eagerness, because, barring Craig, inter.
collegiate champion, there are few men In
the college world who appear 10 DO abso.
lutely first class.
Among the hurdlers who will compete to-
day sde Nicholson, Of Missouri; Case, Of
Illinois; Thorpe. of Carlisle, and Ed.
wards. Of Pennsylvania All four are like.
ly to find a. place on the Olympic team Is
all are capable of doing under Is seconds
over the high hurdles at l20 yards.
The wonderful HORNE, OF California, and
Lawrence, the former Harvard man, are
not entered In the high jump, but no fewer
than ten men are named who have cleared
six feet or better. including Burdick, Of
Pennsylvania; Enright. OF Dartaiyun
Moffett, formerly OF Pennsylvania; Fell.
ing, of New York University. and Thorpe,
OF Carlisle. The pole vault also is sure 10
prove attractive with such men entered
Babcock, of Columbia, the intercollegiate
champion and record holder; Gardner Of
Yale: Cole, OF Chicago, who tied for the
Western championship last year. snd
Fiske, Of Princeton, who has been clearing
over twelve feet consistently In practice.
Gutterson of Vermont. who made the
longest broad jump in the United States
last year. OF % feet 5ss inches, is the
favorite for that event.
Chief interest in the relay races will c.r-
ire I'm the college championships at one,
two and four miles. The institutions rep
resented in these races. with their posi-
lions from the pole, follow:
mil no ~, (solt
cuse University; 8, Massachusetts institute
OF Technology: 4. McGill University. Can
ada: 5, Pennsylvania University; s. Illinois
University; Z. Michigan; 8, Columbia Uni
versity; 9. Ohio Wesleyan University. and
10. Chicago University.
Two miles-l. Princeton University, I,
Pennsylvania University: 3, Minnesota Uni.
versity. and 4, Indiana University
Four miles,, Princeton University ..
Michigan University; 3. Dartmouth Uni.
versity. and 4, Pennsylvania.
The first amateur race meeting Of the
season will be run Off by the Rockswsy
Hunting Club at Cedsrhurst this after.
noon. and the programme is rich In prom.
Use. Under favorable conditions big crowd
is sure 10 be present. as society AM the
hunting set are much interested in meet
inss Of this kind and the Rockaway Hunt
ing Club is noted for its entertainment and
hospitality.
Much interest is being expressed in the
handicap for galloways, for which seven
horses have been entered. as follows: Cu-
vert, 1853; The Thief tiS: Petts Chevauy.
145: Undertook, 143: Emily G., I42;
Jimmie, 40. and Royal, 40.
The stewards for the meeting are FL l.
er Harper, Henry U. Ball, A. Butler Dun
can and Antelo Devereux.
In addition to the regular trains "spe-
cial' will leave the Pennsylvania station a.
1910 o'clock. returning after the last race
Members of tho New York Cotton Ex-
change yesterday forwarded to Julian W
Curtiss. treasurer OF the American Oynn.
tribution to the fund being raised to de-
fray the expenses Of q representative team
to the Olympic games at Stockholm. Mr.
Curtiss also reported having received 4
check for $40 from DR.. r. TAFT Mckenzie,
Of the University Of Pennsylvania.
Richard +. Coombes, in a letter to james
Z. Sullivan. refers to the costumes worn
by our athletes in America. and Enclosed
clipping showing q man In running trunks.
and asks II that is the kind of costume that
is allowed In this country.
He stated that the men must wear one
quarter sleeves and running trunks to the
knees at tho olympic games. and the rule
will be enforced.
After winning three pennants in the od
Eastern League without a southpaw on his
twirlng stan, John Camel. manager OF the