Evening star., 1914-04-17
SAYS penn TRACK
TEAM IS STRONG
MuI|igan Declares 0rton Is
Confident of Winning in the
intercollegiate Games.
QUAKERS HAVE A FINE
ARRAY OF GOOD RUNNERS
Moakley's Opinion Is That Lippin-
colt Has No Equal as
Quarter Miller.
BY II. c. BYRD.

BY n. C. BYRD.
Jimmy Mullgan, coach of the George
| town track team and formerly a member
of championship relay team. was at the
[ University of Virginia Pennsylvania dual
| meet yesterday. and he returns with a
! tale of interesting facts concerning the
QuakerS' chances in the coming games.
He says that Penn has the best all-round
squad in the country, and that if it does
| not win the Intercollegiate there will be
| one greatly surprised person in George
| Orton. the coach. Mulligan spoke as fol-
| lows concerning the Penn squad:
| 'Pennsylvania has the best track team
! in the United States in my opinion. If
| any other squad beats it out in the inter-
| collegiates l will be greatly surprised.
! Not only does the team have two or three
of the best sprinters in the east but it
| also is strongly represented i'll the mid
| die distances and field events. The work
! of some of the runners is mighty apt to
surprise a lot of the other colleges.
Take for instance the dashes. Penn
has in them Patterson. Lippincott. Mar
shall and Meredith. In the quarter and
half there are Lippincott and Meredith,
and they have no equals. Lippincott being
the greatest quarter-miler in the world
today Jack Moakley of Cornell told me
some time ago that he had never seen
his equal, and | have personally watched
some of the greatest 40 men the game
has known. but none of them has the i'm
ish that has Lippincott. He is simply a
marvel. Penn also has three or four
mighty good men in the mile and two
miles, MADEIRA McCurdy. Bacon and De-
korn being the ones who will be entered
in these events. In the held events the
ouakers have one man who is jumping
81 and another going over 30 the hrst
of whom should be able to a least get
a second A pole vaulter will compete
who is doing over twelve feet and in the
shot-put and hammer throw the school
will be we'll represented.
After giving this glowing account OF
Penns chance in the intercolleeiates.
Mulligan said that Orton told him the
relay games at Penn next week will be
! the greatest ever run off. He says that
Orton has one of the greatest one-mile
teams that ever wore spiked shoes. ana
provided there are no mishaps expects
| it to break the worlds record by doing
the mile in about BIS. Figuring Mere
dth and Lippincott to do better than o.49
each which is fairly certain, and two
! other men to come we'll under 30 seconds,
! it is thought that the record will be
| smashed.
| 1t is said that Orton had figured on
running Meredith in with the tWo-mlie
! team in the relay race for the cham
! pionship at that distance. but that he
I would not do SO because of his desire TO
! better the worlds mark in the one-mlie
| event and to make certain of winning 1t.
f! In connection with this mention of the
intercollegiates. ii might be stated that
Orton gave it as his opinion that the
team which Pennsylvania had in the In
tercollegiates and which won in 1900 and
which later went to Paris would have
won the Intercollegiate last year or this.
He says that no all-round man is in the
~ nf
zlein and that he would take the broad
jump and both hurdles races He also
thinks that Tewksbury would win in
the 100 and go yards dashes. Baxter
did 81 in the high jump at that time, a
mark which would surely win now, and
! McCracken had mighty good marks in
shotput and hammer throw. Orton
saws that these men could be figured to
win at least thirty-five points in the in
! ftercollegiates this year. provided they
could run in the form displayed at that
J time. and twenty-eisht or thirty would
be sufficient to take first place.
! Pennsylvania had no trouble winning
from Virginia yesterday in the dual meet
in Charlottesville: The results of the
! IO0-yard dash-Won by Patterson of Pennsylva-
mia second Meredith Pennsylvania third Mar
sha m Time IL rsns %I9 + virginia.
! ond. Ferguson. Pennsylvania; t....i. McDowan,
Pennsylvania. Time. O.15 4-5.
second Madeira Pannsyivania: third Norris,
mia: second. Kelly, rennsSivanIa: third, Lock
wood. pennsylvania ,s mia. Tine o 5s 80 ;; p.,.
slnia. Time, o.a4 ~.
Il Sso-yari run-Won by Meredith Of Pennsylva
mia: second Barton. Virginia; third Beckett,
virginia. Time. 20* 81.
2mie Won by Dekorn Of Penn,ylyania; ,il lg,n,
second. Lander, Pennsylvania: third, NcCurdy,
PENNSYLVANIA. Time. 1o.42.
I, 800 yard dash-won by Iippnco,t Of Pennsylva
mia: second. Lockwood Pennsylvania: third Den.
n.y. Virginia Time. O.22 10.
shotput by Barker Of Virginia distance, {.
80 feet 81? inches; third Harris. Pennsylvania
Running broad jumn Won by Gooch Of Virginia
distance 90 feet 81 inches' second, Palmer.
Pennsylvania (22 feet ~ inches; third Lahame'
! Hammer throw-won by Murphy of Pennsylva
MIA distance. AZ feet lo1s nches,: second. Bar
vrrDa sfr Hla5 esi fl! m nc nshes 'h''
! High tnmp Won by Jack OF Pennsylvania .
theisi;, $ feet 9l5 inches, second Nicksls 4, Viz.
and Byrne of Virginia Is fee, 81 inches.
Discus throw 'exhhition'.Won hy , Barker q q
Coleman Virginia ,92 feet inches; third, T. q.
| Coleman. Virginia t3l feet inches).
/ Arrangements are being perfected to
have the Potomac Boat Club represented
! more fully in all the eastern regatas
this year than in any recent season
y I II.
club. is making arrangements to pur-
chase several new shells, which will be
available as possible. Crews
! will be entered in three regattas, two
| in Philadelphia and one in Baltimore
The club has grown considerably dur
ing the past year, and an enlargement
| of the building now in use is con-
templated. The membership is more
than eco. fifteen new members having
been admitted at the last meeting
The Business High team lost its game
in Harrisonburg, Va. yesterday to the
! high school nine of that town. The
contest went twelve innings. and was
well played by both aggregations It
is reported that Dom, regular catcher
of BUSINESS, broke one of his fingers
which will necesstate u considerable
lay-of.
Two college games are scheduled to
be played here tomorrow. The Catholic
University nine will meet the team from
Eastern College, while the Maryland
Agricultural College is to have as its
opponent Mount st. Josephs. Unless il
has a lot of players who have not been
representing it in the previous contests
Eastern College will not be able to show
very well against Catholic University
: The Maryland Aggies probably are in
+ for pretty tough time of it against
7, Mount ST. Joseph's. it is reported
/ that the Baltimore team is much strong
81 er than usual 1t defeated SwarthEore
IL to ] which in turn won from NJ. A