Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-17
RECORD TO FALL
IN 1-MILE RELAY,
SAYS MEREDITH
Harvard and Penn Are Fa-
vorites, but Chicago Must
Be Reckoned
GREATEST MEET EVER
BY TED MEREDITH

Captain Of the University Of Pennsylvania
Track Team
with the weather warming up as II has
during the last week. Franklin Field has
taken on n new aspect, one which appears
TO be very huslnesslike. due to the fact
that Friday and Saturday April 2S and
90, the classic track and field event OF
this country will be held The Penn relays
will barring poor weather conditions
reach their zenith this year. All prepara-
tons have been made so now all that is
left Is the shaping nf the athletes and the
time to roll around
Never before have so many colleges and
schools entered this big event and, ac-
cordlng to reports from the West and
East, the teams will all be in better shape
this year than ever. This g due to the
great interest which has been taken dur
ing the last season in indoor work, so we
have the men in shape much earlier this
year.
It Is a hard Job to pick out any one
event and call IL the special attraction
for they all give promise to be good. But
II is safe to say that more eyes VIII be
turned to tho college one-mile champion
ship than TO any other one race.
This will be a great event and won't be
decided until the last yard Ia run. Har-
ward seems to be the favorite, having
three men from last years team who
have shown In past performances an aver
axe OF ~ 8eCOlluS VI btNlti. llho tOpo
anything other teams can show, so IL their
other man can do a fair quarter they VIII
either break the record of 3 rs made last
year by our team or make another team
do so to beat them.
Chicago Is Dark Horse
Every one 1 have talked to seems to
think that the race Is between Harvard
and ourselves, with the rest of the en-
trants trailing along. but they haven't
heard or seen what have of this Chicago
team.
On March %. at the Missouri A. c.
games in st. Louis, I saw Chicago run
away from the Illinois one-mlle team In
3:29. This does not sound so fast, but
here were the conditions: The track was
the worst I have even been on and 1t was
12 laps to the mile. At that, the Chicago
team didn't have to try after the hrst
quarter.
On a fair indoor track this would have
been q, good 1925 mile, which Is 2-5 OF
second better than the indoor record held
by the New York A c. Harvard ana
Penn have not had Il chance to show what
they could do on a good indoor track so
I can't compare times, but l will say the
Chicago team will be in the running and
have o great chance to win.
PENIS team which broke the record
last year. will be crippled by the loss OF
heavily. We have Kaufman and Lock-
wood back besides four other men, who
promise to be good quarter-milers. They
are Lennon Dorsey, Scudder and Pope.
If we can get man from this quartet
who will do under so seconds we will be
able to put out team which will he
hard to beat Coach Orton has great
hopes of having that man, and l believe
he will, so we can be counted on to defend
our title in good shape.
Simpson Good Hurdler
Simpson, the Missouri hurdler who Is
credited with Is IS seconds, will be on
hand, and those who are interested in
hurding will see one of the best hurdlers
IT. the country Simpson has perfect FORM
together with speed which stands him
out as probably the best hurdler In college
ranks, with the probable exception of
Murray of California.
Simpson will find little trouble in de-
feating his field at the relays, as Murray
will not be East until the intercollegiates.
AS in previous years, Penn will enter a
team in every college championship event.
but ker strongest teams will be in the one
mile and the short medley relays.
Our two-mile team will be good one,
but Yale and Michigan have such fast
relays this year that I am afraid these
two will monopolize first and second.