Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-14
BIG TIME SATURDAY
F0RH|CH SCHOOL BOYS
Many Entries Received Too Late
Reading Inquiries About the
Annual Trophy

High schools throughout Pennsyl-
Vania are awakening to the fact that
an important track meet is scheduled
for Harrisburg on Saturday. There is
a big rush on the part of many schools
to get in. 1t is too late, however, and
there is no argument which gives them
the right to be considered at this late
day.
DR.. Charles B. Eager, Jr., chairman
of the Harrisburg Athletic Committee,
sent letters to York, Lancaster and
other cities last night with copies OF
entry blanks attached showing that
plenty of time was given all schools to
enter. The schools added to the list
yesterday sent their entries early
enough, but they went astray in the
mails.
With favorable weather "A record at
tendance is looked for. Inquiries have
been received from colleges and
schools within radius of sixty miles
of Harrisburg regarding seating ca
Dacity and stating that large dele
cations were coming to Harrisburg.
To Look Over Promising Material
Shorty" Miller, the Harrisburg star,
is coming from State College and will
bring along a large number of stu
dents. The Penn State alumni mem
bers in Harrisburg are boosting hard
for the meet and will have a large
representation. Carlisle will send u
big crowd, and as the upper end of
Dauphin county will be represented
by athletes from Millersburg, Lykens
and EliZabethVille, students from thoss
towns have sent word that there will
he a large representation of rooterS at
the meet.
Reading Asks Explanation
The Reading high school authorities
have written a letter to the Harris
burg Track Athletic Committee re-
questing an explanation of the ruling
on the awarding of the high school
shield this year. The Reading Times
says:
Reading Puzzled
Reading Highs track supporters
are puzzled over the action of the
Harrisburg Track Athletic Committee
and their present attitude toward the
final disposition of the handsome oak
and bronze shield, the trophy for the
annual Harrisburg meet, to be held
this year on Saturday next.
"A tie already exists and has since
1911. Central Manual, Philadelphia,
and Reading High each have two legs
on the shield. Central Manuals sue
cessor scholastically is the West Phila-
delphia High School. While few con-
testants from that school attended the
meet in 1912, the year after the dis
banding of the Manual school, no one
wore their colors in 1918. Nor will
they this year, for the Middle States
meet is held on Saturday on Franklin
Field and West Philadelphia is in the
running for high honors.
Tech the Winner?
''1t is up to Reading to break tho
tie this year if it is to be broken. but
that does not seem likely in view of
the strength of the Harrisburg Tech
which is looked upon as the logical
winner of the meet
THE decision to select the winner
by the high total of the number OF
points scored is not in accordance with
the understanding among the locals as
to the final award of the trophy. The
conditions announced in 1908. the first
year in which the shield was the tro-
ply, was that the shield should be-
come the permanent property of the
team winning the annual meet the
greatest number of times. not the team
having the largest score"