Evening journal., 1916-06-21
hERCERSBURC HAS
/ Three STAR RUNNERS
Shields, Reed and Meredith
Can Beat Two Minutes
for $50
HAVE FASTEST TWO
MILE RELAY SQUAD

In Shields, Reed and Meredith. Mer-
cersburg perhaps has three Of the
fastest middle distance runners OF any
school in America. Shields and Reed
have never been beaten in their spe-
cial events and Meredith. after run
ming his quarter at the Penn relays
in 81 3-5 seconds. finished first in the
half-mile at Princeton, May 20 in a
minute SO As seconds. Al the same
meet Reed ran the mile in four min
utes and twenty-nine seconds, break
ing the old record held by Overton, OF
Hill School. and now OF Yale. by 6 l-5
seconds. On the same day Nhields
broke the Yale Interscholastic mile
record by 3-5 OF a second, running the
distance on a very windy day in four
minutes and thirty seconds.
Shields last season won the mile at
Princeton, Cornell. Pennsylvania and
the dual meet against Penn freshmen
This year he finished first in the Col
umbia and Pennsylvania cross-cOun-
try championships. breaking the rec.
ord for both races. and first in the
Mercersburg dual meets with the In
dians and the Penn freshmen. AZ the
Washington and Lee interscholastics
April 20. he ran the mile i'm four min
utes and twenty-nine seconds and a
week later he won the two-mile
against Harrisburg Technical High
IN nine minutes and 80 l-5 seconds,
breaking the American interscholas-
tic record. his time being nearly thir-
teen seconds faster than any school
boy ever before ran the distance.
On May %. at Tome Institute inter-
Scholastic meet Shields broke the
American interscholastic record FOR
the mile. covering the distance I'm four
minutes % 3-5 seconds. lowering the
mark Of four minutes and 20 2-5 sec
onds made by S. b. Berry OF Redland'
(Cal) High School.
Reed Won the two-mile at Prince
ton. Cornell. Pennsylvania and th'
Penn freshman dual meet last year
his best time for the two miles beinl
ten minutes and fve seconds. Tht
wear ne has improved greatly. H'
won the half-mile at the New Yorl
University meet; ran his relay In
81 AS seconds at the Penn relays
won the Princeton mile in four min.
utes and twenty-nine seconds. or
Nav 20 at the Pennsylvania inter
scholastics. in passing a competitor
he tripped and fell at the end OF the
third lap. thereby losing thirty yards
he scrambled to his feet. hurried after
the other runners and won the race
thereby raising great excitement
among the spectators. He is capable
Of doing a minute ffty-nine seconds
IN the half-mile. and nine minutes anc
forty-nve seconds in the two-mile.
Meredith should be a great runnel
some day Although It hardly can b.
expected OF him TO equal his brothe'
Ted's performances. he should d'
some fine running when he enter
college. He is only 10 and is growin
fast Coach Curran expects him q
get much faster as he grows stronger
LAST year he could do about fifty-thre
and 2-5 or 3-5 seconds for the quarter
This year he has improved rapid
and is now doing about hfty-one sec
onds for the quarter and beating w
minutes for the half-mile.
Mercersburg. perhaps, could pt
the fastest twc-mile relay team on III
field OF any school in America
shields. Reed. Meredith and Hill Hi
ran thirty yards behind Reed in n
mile at Princeton and then fnishe
fourth in the half. being timed in Nv
minutes and two seconds. This team
with good competition. could do
least eight minutes for the two-mll
and close 10 eighteen minutes for IN
four-mile.