Evening journal., 1914-12-05
ASK CITY Athletes
TO field Carnival
U. of P. Relay Races Will
Be Held April 1924
Next Year
HIGH MAY SEND
UP RELAY TEAM

The University of Pennsylvania Ath-
letic Association has extended an in
vitation to the Wilmington High
School and Wilmington Friends
School to send contestants to the
twenty-first annual relay race carni-
val, which will be held at Franklin
field, Philadelphia. April 20 and "a,
1915. It is probable that the high
school will be represented by relay
team in the event that sufficient en-
thusiasm can be worked up at the in
stitution and capable corps of run
ners developed.
The local high school has been rep
resented at several of these athletic
contests in past years and has been
quite successful The attention OF the
athletes of the school is now center
ed on basketball, but when spring APP
proaches an effort will be made by
Coach Speer to round out capable
team to compete with other high
school athletes.
Heretofore the University of Penn
sylvania meet has been a one-day af-
fair. Last year 1900 athletes, repre-
senting more than 300 colleges. high
schools and other institutions, COM
peted in So events. more than five
hours being required to run off the
various events An even greater list
of competitors is assured for the car
nival next April, so 1t was decided to
spread the program over two days.
Definite details of the events to be
held on each of these days will be an
nounced next month"; Though the
management has been forced into hav-
ing the meet on Friday and Saturday
they are pleased as It will give them
an opportunity to hold a meeting on
a scale such as might be expected in
a country where college track and
field sports are so we'll organized.
The idea of the management fol
many years has been to use this meeting
as far as possible in the line of develop
ing material for the Olympic games
which take place every four years. A tive
days meet will permit them TO do thii
more fully than in the past. So, in adj
dition to running OIL most of the Phila
delphia grammar school races, and SOM
of the college and school relay race
for institutions near to Philadelphia OF
Friday, pentathlon for college mel
win be given on that day. The event
will correspond to those in the Olympi
Pcntathlon, namely a running broa
Jump. throwing the javelin held in tn
middle, throwing the discus, 200 metre
fat and 800 meters fiat. This penta
thlon will be judged by the rules tina
prevail in the Olympics, and it is hope'
that some all-around athletes will be de
vclopeCf in the colleges through making
this an annual event at the relay races
Contests in two other Olympic event
viii be held, also, running hop, stel
and Jump, and a 56-pound weight TO
distance A new college relay rae
championship of America will be insti
tuted and held on Friday. This rac'
viii be a medley race with one man Z
run a quarter mile, the next half mill
the third three quarters of mile an
the last man a mile.
On Saturday The college relay race
and the interscholastic and intercolleg
late relay championships will be givel
as in the past. The long -establishel
special events will also be held on Sat
urday as usual. these consisting of tn
two track events 1.-THE 100 yards dasl
and the l20 yards hurdlel, and the ham
mer. shot, discus, pole vault, high an
broad jumps.