Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
PENN STANDS HIGH
IN ATHLETIC WORLD
Five Red and Blue Track Stars
on AlI-American College
Team.
COLLEGIATE SPORT NEWS

Pennsylvania contributed most OF
:. the athletes for the All-American Col
lege athletic team of 1918, five of the
Quaker College representatives being
placed on the list of fifteen events
The majority of the places were
easy to fill, as most of the athletes
had clearly proven their superiority,
but In four or five cases it was neces-
sary to review and select the most
consistent. The following is the ALI
American College team for 1913:
N. Patterson, Pennsylvania, 100
yard dash; d. F. Lippincott Pennsyl-
vania, 220-yard dash; c. B. Hof. Mich
igan, 440-yard run; Ted Meredith,
/ Pennsylvania, SS0-yard run; ]. P.
Jones, Cornell, mile run; j. l. Wen
J dell, Wesleyan, 120 high hurdles; F..
wv. Kelly, University of Southern
California, 220 low hurdles; A Rich
ards, Cornell. running high jump; e.
r. Mercer, Pennsylvania, running
broad jump; r. l.. Beatty, Columbia.
shot put; ]. K. Gold, University Of
Wisconsin, pole vault; L. A. Whit
ney, Dartmouth, discus; c. Shattuck,
University of California, 16-pound
hammer; w. M. McCurdy, Pennsyl-
: yania, two-mile; B. st. ]. Boyd, ir.,
3 Harvard, cross-country.
He II. Il. Leeds, freshman, was yes
terday elected captain of the Column
oia chess team Leeds's selection es-
tablishes a precedent. He will have
Krol1us, another freshman, and D. e.
/. Erich '16 as a nucleus for a team
I next year. It is believed that the new
captain and Krokus will be selected
/ as members of the quartet which is
scheduled to represent Harvard, Yale,
Princeton and Columbia against
Brown, Pennsylvania and Cornell In
\ q picked team match early in April.
Arthur Mac Aleenan, the intercol-
legiate and A. A. U. champion diver,
will give up the diving game after
this year If he makes a success OF
his candidacy for the Yale baseball
team. Mac Aleenan's father, who is
well-known in Metropolitan athletic
circles, is responsible for the asser-
ton.
Eben Cross, the star swimmer of
Princeton, is churning up and down
: the Tigers tank even faster than be-
fore. Cross holds the intercollegiate
record for the swimming sprints and
Is counted upon as a sure winner in
the winter events. Harry O'Sullivan,
the former New York Athletic Club
amphibian, is also rounding into form
He, will represent Princeton in the
dashes.
University of Pennsylvania athletes
INDUCED yesterday in the first work.
out of the year. After a vacation of
two weeks Coach George Orion visit
ed the gymnasium late yesterday aft
sernoon and found squad of his track
stars DOMINIC running toys prepara-
story to jogging around the track. The
official call for varsity and freshmen
track team candidates will not be
made until Friday afternoon, but the
regulars could not wait until then and
decided to take few jaunts around
the new cinder track which has been
laid out under the south stand Of
Franklin Field.
Rutgers College will probably con-
tinue basketball next year. Owing to
the persistent demand of the student
body the athletic association board OF
managers has granted the permission
TO arrange a short experimental sea-
son. If the team proves self support
ing the New Brunswick College A. A.
will extend it's sanction.