Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-29

Tescher and Foley, In particular, look
very good in the 100 and 22O yards dashes,
while Wilcox and Bingham should get at
least eight points In the $40 and $50 yards
runs Then. n some one can upset Cor
nels milers and southworth come
through In the two miles, IL Is easy to see
nearly 30 points In sight for Harvard, ana
such total Ia sure TO be enough TO win
tho meet.
INJURIES BLOW TO PENN.
It Is seldom that any team experiences
so much misfortune as attended Pennsyl-
vania yesterday. First of all. Captain
Lippincott pulled a tendon in his left leg
in his first heat of the t00-yard dash,
which put him out of the meet 1t was
thought at first that II was the same
tendon he pulled year ago, but 1t was In
the other leg. Ferguson, usually the most
reliable Of low hurdlers, failed to get his
stride right in his first heat and took
tumble, which lost him an entire hurdle.
But he recovered himself and ate up the
distance with an amazing sprint. He only
finished third, and this compelled him to
run another heat to qualify for the seni-
finals. The fall and the exertion were
too much for him, and he was smut out
OF this event. though he IL still In the
high hurdles. where he has another
chance to win first place.
Pennsylvanla's only hope now Is Tor
Patterson and Lockwood to come through
strong in the 100 and 220-yard dashes.
Should these two men get ten points
here, with what Meredith can get in the
quarter and half-mile runs, Ferguson in
the high hurdles Kaufman In the low
hurdles and Murphy in the hammer
throw, they would be dangerous. But
after the way the whole team performed
yesterday, this is asking too much oil
them.
Only one intercollegiate record was
broken Yesterday That was the hammer
throw, In which Bailey, of Maine, threw
il 165 feet q inch, bettering the mark OF
1874 feet 10 inches made by John DeWitt'
OF Princeton. in 1902. That Bailey can
better even this mark is certain. and IL
will not ne a surprise IL he approaches
the world record this afternoon.
MERBDITHs TWO RIVALS.
Outside of the fight for the team cham
pionshlp the crowds which 90 to Franklin
Field this afternoon will watch the out
| come Of the fight in the quarter and halt-
| mile runs between Ted Meredith OF tho
| University of Pennsylvania, and Wilcox
and Bingham, of Harvard. 1t Will be one
| man against two. with the possible eX-
| ception of Meredith, Wilcox is PROB
| ably the fastest quarter-miler in the
| country, just as Bingham Is conceded TO
| be the fastest half-miler. Meredith wants
| to do what no man has ever DONE win the
| quarter and half-mila runs in single
afternoon He meets his strongest ad-
yersary in the quarter-mile run and
| fresh antagonist picks him up In the half-
| mile. The quarter-mile comes trst ana
| the consensus of opinion is that Meredlth
| will win it and establish new World
| record IL necessary. Fortunately, Mere
| dith has drawn second from the pole Tor
| the lnal today, with WillSie, of Yale, on
the pole Meredith does not fear Wilkie
| but he does have wholesome respect Tor
| Wilcox.
If Meredith were able to start fresh for
| the half mile he could surely beat Bing-
ham. The Crimson runner can do l:55'
| and IL Meredith is run out in the quarter
mile it is possible that this will be too fast
| for him in n race so minutes after the
| quarter. If Meredith does win both races
| he will have shown himself to be super
man in athletics.
NEW RECORDS EXPECTED.
In the several other events new rec
ords are looked for In the high jump
either A. w. Richards. of Cornell, the
| olympic champion. or Oler, of Yale, are
| thought to have Mofflt's feet 3h inch
record at their mercy. Harry Worthng-
ton, of Dartmouth, has chance to beat
! A. c. Kraenzlein's mark In the broad
jump. Worthington was near the 2l-foot
mark Yesterday, and he was not forced to
extend himself. Whether or not n rec
ord is made in the two miles will depend
| upon the pace. 1t Is certain that the
Cornell men will go out TO make II hot
from the start in order to kill off the tre-
mendous sprint with which Overton, of
Yale, is equipped
There is likely to be some change in the
relative positions of the men in several
of the field events. For example, Russell
Beatty, of Columbia, intercollegiate shot
put champion, is likely to move up into
second place, while both Spears, of Dart
mouth, and Allen. of Maine. have good
chance to shut out Richards, of Cornell.
| in this event In the pole vault, Foss, OF
Cornell, who qualified with the handicap
OF a sprained wrist, is not likely to come
through In the finals at least, not to get
better than a fifth place.