Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-25
CHAMPIONS IN
THREE EVENTS
IN PENN MEET
100 Yards, 12O High Hur-
dies and High Jump Have
Record Holders Entered
CRONE, OF PENN, Is HURT
BY TED MEREDITH
Captain Penn Track Teat.

OF the special events which will be
staged at the relays on Saturday after
noon there are three which promise to
stand out above the rest as far as cali
bre of the men competing are concerned.
These events are the 100 yards 100 yards
high hurdles and the high jump. Each
of these events will have champion try
ing his best to retain his title.
In the 100 yards, Smith, of Michigan,
intercollegiate champion in the 100 and
222 yards DASH looks like the probable
winner. Last year this event was won
by Howard Drew. the Southern Califor-
MIA University sprinter, but Drew will
not be running on Saturday, Several
other good men will run in this race and
although Smith seems to he the best on
paper, he will, however. have to show
some good running to beat such men as
Techner and Foley. of Harvard Tread
way, of Yale. and Bartch, of Cornell.
Pennsylvania will not have any men
who are likely to place in this event,
Lockwood, our best sprinter. will run on
the mile relay providing he is over his
attack of ptomaine poison by that time.
Simpson in 120
l think there is little doubt as to who
will win tho 12O-yard high hurdles Simp-
son, of Missouri, stands out above all his
competitors in this event Simpson is In
d GLASS; WIN hTaeHZleln, SIllllUSOll' NtlltS
and Murray. the five best hurdlers ever
known. Simpson has been credited with
doing 15 1-5 several times and his coach
claims he has shown 8 fiat in trials.
In this race several other good men
will compete. Cornell has Starr, who
placed second in last years intercolle-
giates; Penn State will have Brown and
Hammitt. while Ames. of Illinois, who
made Simpson break the 50-yard hurdle
record, will be on hand, and Coach Gill,
of Illinois. claims he has improved great
ly since last year. when he was third in
the Western intercollegiates
= Simpson, besides being Western inter
collegiate champion. was second to Muir
ray in the nations. at San Francisco.
The high jump will have two cham
pions in it: Richards. of Cornell, and
Olympic winner, and Oler, Yales captain
and intercollegiate winner last year. These
two men have been jumping against one
another for the last four years in all the
big meets, and while Richards has shown
the greatest height he has not been as
consistent as Oler, SO, therefore, they have
split the honors about evenly. Richards
won in the relays last year with a leap Of
s feet inches with Oler second: but in
last years intercollegiate meet the tables
were turned and Oler won, with Richards
second. This makes ii the more inter-
esting this yeSf, for they are both going
in great shape and are expected to do a
good height.
Johnstone, of Harvard, who was third
last year; Butler, of Dubuque. and Fisher,
of Chicago, the Western champions, will
also be in this event.
Crane Is Out
Pennsylvania's chances in this event
were shattered yesterday. when Crane.
our best jumper, with record OF feet
29s inches, sprained his ankle in practice,
Crane has been going very good this year
and we were counting on him to do a
mans work this year In the high and
broad jumps and hurdles.
This is our second serious accident so
far this season. Loclwoods being the first,
and we are crippled lot by them. 1t
seems that our track teams have had a
monopoly on pulled tendons, tonsillitis and
other troubles during the last three years
The rest of the men seem in great shape,
and barring other accidents we will be
ready on Saturday to give good account
of ourselves