New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-26
RELAY CARNIVAL DRAWS
College Athletes Gather from
Ali Corners of Country.
RECORDS LIKELY TO FALL
Stars of Track and Field to
Strive for Honors in Phila-
delphia To- day.

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country VIII meet to-day on Franklin
! Field. Philadelphia. for the annual relay
carnival on the University Of Pennsyl-
vania. With the exception OF Cornell.
| practically every university, college and
school Of prominence this side Of the
Mississippi will be represented, and the
contests Will in several events he for ma
tional championships.
In addition to the regular relay races
eight special events are on the programme,
| including 1Oo-yard dash high hurdles
! broad jump. pole vault discus throw. high
! jump. hammer throw and shot put. in
which the best of the college athletes past
and present will compete.
| Although the relay championships and
class relay races will attract the bulk of
! the attention. the special events will be
so high class that they will vie i'm inter
est. intercollegiate champions. both OF
the East and the West. college record
| holders. Olympic champions. Olympic rec
ord holders and scores Of stars Will com
pete in the various events.
| Just a glance at the best will give
some idea of what = treat is in store for
the lovers Of athletics in this and other
cities thousands of whom will see the
games
The hurdle race has attracted the entry
Of Wendell the intercollegiate champion.
and Nicholson. the Western intercollegiate
champion. Both have records OF Is 1-5 sec
. onds Case. Of Illinois. was with these
men in the final al the Olympic games.
| Cronley. Of Virginia. Potter. Of Yale :
! Cummings. Of Harvard and Griffith, OF
! PENNSYLVANIA. are other flyers I'm this race.
Led by Thomas. 81 Princeton. the inter
J COLLEGIATE champion. the l00-yard dash
| should be a hummer Robertson, of SYRIA
cuse. and Olsen Of Dartmouth, both Of
, whom scored in the intercollegiates. viii
again try conclusions with Thomas. while
many expect that both Marshall. Of Penn
sylvania. and Patterson. Of the same uni
versity. will beat them all. Patterson
WAS credited with o - seconds last sat
urday.
The nigh jump has remarkable entry
! Richards. the Olympic champion. is. or
course. the star His jumping will be
watched with the greatest interest lie
will have 10 extend himself. as Burdick,
the Olympic champion Monatt. of Har-
ward Johnstone. 81 Harvard; Oler' Of
Yale. Sargent Of Michigan: Nicholson. Of
Missouri. Enright. OF Dartmouth and
others nave all done . feet 1 inch or bet
ter. and some one Of them is sure 10 he
at the top Of his form FOR = great per
fornance.
In the weight events most Of the best
men in the college world are entered. IN
Guiding Beatty. Of Columbia. the intcrcol-
leriate champion and record holder.
Koehler Of Michigan: Thatcher OF Mis-
souri,. whitney. Of Dartmouth, and Bart
lett. Of Brown.
Marc Wright. Of Dartmouth. holder OF
tho worlds record Of ~ feet o. inches
and Wagner Of Yale are the favorites
FOR the pole vault but they VIII not lack
Tor competition.
CANAAN Roy Mercer. Of the Pennsyl-
vauja team. was 10 with tonsolits yester-
dav. and in an probability VIII not oe
able to start iu the relay races. TINS i
a sad blow for the Quakers. coming ON
TON or the loss Of Ted Meredith from the
freshman team by a faculty ruling.
uipoi. is the favorite for the one-nhe
relay. Dartmouth for the two-mile ana
PENNSYLVANIA for the four-mile race. me
main contcnders FOR the mile with III
nois promises To be Pennsylvania. Mlch-
can and Columbia. with Dartmouth I'M
caro- and Notre Dame As the dark holse
Illinois is rightly the faNorite. as 'he
four men. Hunter. Henderson, Corus ana
Saunders. have all done tfty seconds OF
better FOR the quarter mile
Dartmouth has fast team In the TWO
mile race. led by Granger and LOAN
Harry Hillman thinks the latter VIII de-
velop into the greatest half-miier ot the
wear in the college world.