Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-08
Penn HARD AT
| WORK TO BUILD
UP TRACK TEAM
Dad and Blue Has but Two
Ioiut Winners Left in
College
MEREDITH IS THE HOPE
NJ EDWARD R. BUSHNELL

.,,s,reh the University of Pennsyl
huoeat authorities are not optimistic
VaILe Vnn ,,oir chances to win the intercollegi-
oVer .ssa,,nionship 80 next spring, they have
a,s..dy beEun work to insure getting sec
~ a. Cornell, the probable winner. The
s,sacans retain so many OF last year
nst ,,inners that a general collapse Is
pony po -, could beat them. The Quakers
an uS ios, three of their five point winners
hs,s % scored Of last year, but they viii
VIZ ~ content with anything less than
second place. IT ,......,t,,.,,o., g.
4 - cnrnell a fight, the Quaker authori-
~, are planning 70 get out the biggest
lad In the history of the university.
Thp high-water marx was reacneu Two
&c ago. when 301 men tried for the
- last year Cornell had a squad
NsiaI reached 400 and this the Quakers
ar, ,o equal If possible. With enough
~ candidates, Doctor Orton. the coach,
.S,nts he can find enough men to at least
are as many points as the Quakers have
=jost through graduation
~ The only two point winners lett over
,..r, last year are Captain Ted Meredith
{ "a 1oe Lockwood Meredith scored 10
roints by winning the 4lO and $50 yard
L s,,ns and Lockwood Tailed two by getting
.,c,rth pIace in the 220-yard dash. 1t Is not
trmanlv possible for Meredith to get more
.,han he did last year, but just as he estab-
lishsd a record by winning the two events
IN A single afternoon, the Quakers look
.sor him TO repeat next spring. His task
rIl be fully as difficult as 1t was last
H.nrlng. because he will have virtually the
@,sme field to beat. In the quarter mile
IN will have to fight against Wilcox, of
harvard and Captain Moore, of Prince
|Eton In the half he will have Bingham,
<of Harvard, to contend with.
4 To beat these men will probably be a
bigger Job than 1t was last year, because
sNerediths opponents will be more
mature. No one knows II better
<than Meredith, and he will make II n
fpoInt to be in the best shape of his
5csreer since this Is his last year of inter-
~coleglate competition. Moore, the Prince
tton leader, will be particularly dangerous.
Hast year he was running the distance
&in ~ seconds when he pulled a tendon. He
has entirely recovered now, and intends
10 specialize in this event
The point winners the Quakers have lost
are Bob Ferguson, winner of the high
hurdles: Patterson, who was fifth in the
.f0yard dash. and Murphy, who was third
lin the hammer throw.
Last years freshman class contributes
-four high-class men. The most promising
ils Newsletter, who tied for first in the
.pole vault at the relays last spring with a
Heap OF IL feet 10 inches. Newsletter looks
like the best pole vaulter ever developed
.at Pennsylvania. He was operated on for
appendicitis last spring, but he has since
recovered and has been doing light work
'al fall, From last years class comes
,TOmmy Lennon. who has beaten % sec
'onds for the 220-yard dash and 80 seconds
for the quarter mile. He is small but wiry
and can run both events, Much. too, Is
expected of Crane in the high jump, be-
cause he had done 602. A fourth man of
promise is Bertollet. a broad jumper.
with record of % feet.
From the men who nearly scored last
|year there are half a dozen or more.
|any one of whom may break into the
pont-winning ranks. They include Mike
Dorizas, who was fourth in the shot-put
two years ago, but lost out last year be-
cause OF strained tendon. Dorizas in
tends to make shot-putting his major
sport this winter and not devote so
much time to wrestling, in which he is
the Intercollegiate heavyweight cham
pion, In proper condition Dorizas ought |
10 be serious contender for the cham
plonship in this event. Another shot |
putter of some promise is Witherow. This |
man put the leaden ball 40 feet on his |
hrst day out this week and ought to |
improve rapidly this winter.