Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-27
WEIGHT RECORDS
10 FALL IN PENN
i RELAY CARNIVAL
Real Competition Will Be
for Second and Third
Places
MUcKs BIG FAvoR1TE
BY "TED" sIEREDTTH
Captain Penn Track Team

captain Penn lrack Ieam
The weight events, which have always
been very closely competed at the relays,
will fall off somewhat this year. Not that
the performances will not be up to stand
ard, but that the competition will not be
as great as it has been in the last several
years. The distances in the shot and
discus bid fair to be even better than the
present records but the real competition
will not be for first place, but rather for
second and third
Allie Mucks, the big Wisconsin weight
man, is the cause of this Mucks will
outclass his field by good margin in
the shot and discus. He is the national
champion In both these events and his
performances, when he gained these ma
/tional titles, better the relay records. This
looks like Mucks would set up new marks
in these events
The relay carnival record for the shot
is 4S feet 10h inches, held by Beatty, Of
Columbia. Mucks did 4s feet 11% inches
at the national championships in San
Francisco He also did 1853 feet In the
discus the same day. which betters the
relay mark by 10 feet. He has been doing
great work with the discus, and 1t Is be-
lieved that he might even break the
worlds record of 156 feet held by Dun
can, of New York.
Hammer Throw
In the hammer throw this year the
field Is all green men, none OF whom
has any good distances to his credit
made in competition, so It Is hard to pick
any winner for this event. However,
there has been report from New Haven
that Brown, of Yale Is heaving the ham
mer more than 100 feet. If this is true
we can be assured that Brown will stand
the best chance of winning, as none of
the other entries look that good.
Most of the men are new in the game
-I.. -. N1..sl.W aIE
to develop, little is expected this early
in the season
q Cornell has Mccormick. who threw
139 feet inches last Saturday: Backman,
of Notre Dame. can do 40 feet White,
of Syracuse. did 1877 feet last year at the
relays: Murchie, of Indiana, Is credited
with 40 feet; Morse, of Princeton, did
142 feet last year, and Mathews, of Penn
sylvania, did 100 feet last year.
Mathews Improves
do not know how these men have
improved over last year except in
Mathews case, and that has been a big
Improvement. Matty has thrown the
hammer more than 140 feet consistently
for the past two weeks and has one throw
of $50 feet to his credit He is still
little slow in his training and is liable
to be bit radical in his work. If he
has a good day on Friday he is very
liable to throw more than $50 feet, for
he has 1t in him.
d. The other likely men in the shot besides
Bucks will be Spears, of Dartmouth
Pfayfield of Lafayette; Cross, of Michi-
Xgan'; Richards, of Cornell: Dorizas, of
eYPennsylvania Backman, of Notre Dame,
! and Sin Claire, of Princeton
Spears has the best record of these men,
-ses~ith a7put of Al feet Maxfield and Cross
have both done 46 feet, while the rest
are all around the 44-foot mark.
Discus Entries Few
o.. In the discus there will be few men,
This event has taken hold more in the
West than in the East, so we find most
, of the good men are from the Western
colleges. Mucks, Of Wisconsin, and Back
man. of Notre Dame, are sure to be first
and second. Backman won this event
last year by throw of 1913 feet. Dorizas,
of Pennsylvania. and Richards. of Cor
nell are entered and will be contenders
for third place.
For the first time in their history. the
relays will have two men in the broad
jump with records of more than "a feet,
Harry Worthington, of Dartmouth and
national champion, has leaped "a feet
inches. and Butler, of Dubuque College,
has record of "a feet 215 inches, which
he made In the Western try-outs for the
Panama-Pacific Exposition last summer.
NOTtHiHBtOH rdNOIllc
1t will be a battle between these two
men for first place but think Worthipg-
ton will win. He is consistent jumper
and has been jumping around "a feet for
the last three years. while Butler just
, came into prominence last year.
This event will have several other good
men competing and should prove a won
der Nordell. of Dartmouth, who won the
intercollegiate championship in 1914 with
a jump of 22 feet 10 inches, is still in
college, and will compete; Pogue, of IL
linois, has leaped 23 feet inches. and
Simpson. the hurdler from Missouri. had
a 22 feet 10 inches leap TO his credit when
he won the Missouri Valley Conference.
Cornell has Richards and Culbertson
entered. and both can do 22 feet. while
Madden of Princeton, is touted as a great
broad jumper.
Pennsylvania will enter two men. Berto-
let and Jones, who are capable of doing
more than 22 feet, but they can hardly
be expected to win against such stars as
aforementioned
Tomorrow will start the ball rolling.
and everything is In readiness for 1t. The
teams that will compete tomorrow are
rolling in town slowly, but by tonight the
hotels will be crowded with teams from
East and West