Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-27
VENTS OF MINOR
SPRINTS AND DISTANCE EVENTS
WILL DETERMINE LNTERCOLLE TIES
Cornell and Penn the FaUorites in Meet Here Tooyro, oud
SGturdoy-QnGkerS, However, Pin Hone on
Too Fe0 Contests-Upsets Enpected

The pick of Americas college track ant
sejd athletes are here today, trained tc
,bs minute for the 10th intercollegiate,
track and field championships which will
he held on Franklin Field tomorrow anC
saturday. From the hour the Cornell team
passed through the city this morning er
mute to Atlantic City until late thi.
ovenlng teams have been coming in from
ali over the East,
What team will win? This is the uues
tion that is being earnestly debated by
sehoolboys college students, gray.
headed alumni, club men and the men
on the street. The interest is un-
precedented.
The consensus of opinion is that the
HSht will be duel between Cornell and
Pennsylvania, just as it has been nearly
every year since 1905, when the tthacans
won their first championship. Cornell,
because Of last years prestige and the
splendid work the team has been doing
All spring is the favorite, but II will not
require much of an upset in the distance
runs or sprints to bring Penn through
on top There Is even a chance for Har-
ward or Yale to capture the big meet,
Penn n close second.
The determining factors in the team
championship are the sprints and the
distance runs. Penn is supposedly strong
IN the 1O0 go, 440 and $50 yard runs, with
Cornell all powerful In the mile and
two mile events. If Penn falls down in
the sprints as last year. the Quakers are
sure to lose the championship. while IL
they come through strong in the 100 and
s.r1 AT. aV,1 TD..s..
and harvard distance stars cut into Cor
nell's points here, the Red and Blue would
probably sweep the field. Between the
two possibilities Cornell has the better
chance to live UP to her reputation.
In the sprints Penn is depending upon
four men to make good. They are Cap
tain d. r. Lippncott, j. C. Patterson. +
f, Lockwood and Frank Kaufman.
Should these four men come UP to their
best records they would not leave many
points for outsiders, but to date not one
of them has made good. Lippincott and
Patterson are the Quakers' hopes in the
100 yards. While both have done 4-5 sec
ends In previous years. neither has beaten
10 1-5 seconds this year Both have been
beaten by 1ngersoll of Cornell. who in
turn has beaten Teschner, of Harvard
Likewise both Patterson and Ingersoll
have been beaten by Smith, of Michigan.
Thus II they have not found their speed
tne QuuheTS Will De lucky to get more
than third or fourth in the century
dash. Kaufman and Lockwood will run
In the sprints, but both are uncertain
quantities
Prospects are little better for the Red
and Blue in the 220-yard dash. Here Lip
plncott, Patterson and Lockwood have
done consistent work and there is a good
chance that all of them may score. In
gersoll of CornellT Is not a 220-yard
runner but allowance must be made for
Smith, of Michigan Teschner and Foley
OF Harvard, and Treadway, of Yale. on
form either Smith or Ingersoll should be
favorites for the 100 yards and Lippin-
eott Lockwood and Treadway, of Yale,
for the 220 yards.
In the quarter mile Ted Meredith, of
Penn, Is the favorlte, as he should be.
He is at his best here, although he is
also the world record half-miler. But
every one believes the intercollegiate and
possibly the world record will be smashed
when he and Wilcox, of Harvard, and
Wllkie. of Yale. come together. Already
this year Wilcox has, equaled the inter
collegiate record of As seconds while
Meredith and Wilkie have each done
q 20 seconds. Meredith has not been
pushed and he can probably beat Longs
world record of A 40 seconds IL neces-
sary. Whether Meredith can also win
the half-mile run Is debatable. He tried
It last year, but after winning the quarter
could get only a third in the half. No