The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-28
AGAINST
CORNELL S SQUAD.
That's Way 1t Looks in Intercol.
legiate Meet at Harvard.
Jones VS.. Taber.

BOSTON. May Glowing to tho great
strength OF a number of minor COL
ieses and tho unknown strength OF
Yale. Harvard, Michigan and prince
Ton, me coming intercollegiate track
dual contest between the Univers,tv
OF pennsylvania and Cornell These
Two great rivals in track and aoId
eports nave not shown remarkable
form In their dual meets with other
coiieses. but they have the services
lew remarkable athletes as
Foundation for prospective INTERCEPT
legiate champions. 1t Is always tho
great athletic stars that contribute to
make winning combination I'm q
championship meet In this respet,
cornell and Pennsylvania have the SER
wees or Jones and Lippincott as the
great assets for a winning team Cor
nell cannot rely, however, on the ser.
vices of John Paul Jones to win both
the nile and half-mile events aa
pennsylvania can look to Lippincott
as sure winner of two events. tho
two twenty and quarter mile runs.
While the outcome OF the meet doe,
NOT rest wholly on the shoulders OF
either OF these athletes. nevertheless
1t will mean that II either OF these
marvels fail to win double event
then their colleges are out of the moo,
as regards winning the premier honors
FOR the first time In his successful
ana indicated career as a track star
In college ranks the wonderful John
Paul Jones faces one OF the hardest
contests that any living athlete has
had to undertake. Idol of his college.
Poth 10 alumni and undergraduates.
Jones liz looked upon to win the track
and field championship for cornei, I'm
TINS MS last appearance In college
race. Opposing Jones in both the mile
and half mile events Is Norman
Taber, captain OF the Brown Un!ver-
sity team. Taber is seeking a victory
over Jones, and all that goes with such
victory. He VIII start In SATURDAYS
race with the sole Idea OF winning thu
one-mile intercollegiate title. for this
will be his last appearance in the In
tercollegihte ranks.
If pennsylvania. Michigan, yale. Har-
ward or any of the other large col
leses had the services OF Taber they
would In all probability win the meet
IN HI. tw' RACES WIN the Cornell ,,a;,.
tain Taber IA. -st,rned II W. ,e- oaro
ana has Also dssd heat TO his credit
I''h OF these "" marve;s are holdo:.
~ the ona-miie college tltle. running Il
dcac heat IN last years gtanrs Las.
saturday Tabcr did mile in four min
utcs. eighteen and three 9Th seconds
THIS vas done on a very heavy track
and with no competition He after
wards covered the half-mile In 1855
% .oconds. He will be able 10 easily
better these performances next Satur-
day.
Lawson. Robe ',son Elyiat ana many
o;h2- "ell-knowh followers OF tracs
athletics believe TINT Taber will win
IN the other nan, John Ryder, OF
the II. y n, MAr;h and many others
are certain that Jones can defeat Tabcr.
There IS no doubt that whoever is tho
ultimate winner OF the mile race. he
VIII only Mis- by small margin. and
he will he forced TO cover the dir
lance IN clost TO 4:15
In the haif-mie Jones Will again
DC forced to battle Taber and also
another athlete In the person OF Brown.
OF Yale. who has been credited with
dointS i:54 a. seconds for the distance
Jones should. however. be able 10 VIE
this event. as he Is capable OF doing
close TO i:5o for an ss0-yard course
when right
Lippinco;t is the one athlete OF the
great army or trackmen entered that
appears 10 have events at his mercy.
On his past performances and on tho
form he has shown this season ia
should win both the 900 and 440-yard
events. Should Jones ne defeated In
the mile and Lippncott win his two
races then Pennsylvania will In all
probability with the meet For the Red
and Blue has nne all-around team
to back NJ the efforts OF the sprinter
OF Olympic fame.
According TO an announcement made
to- day a., Walter Tufts. Jr. OF the
Harvard Athletic Association. who is
manager Of the coming intercollegiate
track games, 679 athletes have been
entered MS competitors into this clos
ing classic athletic carnival of the col
lege world