The sun., 1916-12-07
COLOSSAL STADIUM
PLANNED BY PENN
Project to BE Launched at
Meeting Of Association
Next Tuesday.
WANT TOY SEAT 100000
NJ GEORGE =. UNDERWOOD.

ny GEOHGE NJ VNDERW WOOD.
A towering stadium. thrusting Itself
cut Of Woodlands R,vine. Philadelphia.
Nike the Yale Bowl looms out Of Derby
Downs. New Haven-or rather perh IDS
like the Circus Maximus used to tower
out OF the Wallis Murcla. Rome. for an
even greater structure Than the amphi-
theatre at Yale Is planned-is the fond
dream of the University Of Pcnnsyi-
vania faculty. student body and alumni.
The dream Is soon likely to become q
reality.
Next Tuesday at the annua meeting
Of the athletic association In Houston
Hall PENIS project for the erection Of
stadium to seat 100. 200 persons will
be launched. 1t was so decided at the
meeting OF the board Of directors asst
Tuesday evening.
At a meeting OF the board of direc-
tors three suggestions for providing bet
ter accommodations were considered.
Recorder Ni,zscIe's plan for the con-
s~sruction Of a grea; bowl In Woodlands
Ravine seemed the most feasible. though
Il Is possible that ground near the Com
m0TClfl AIuscuiu may Dc utCIusu uDOn
as the best place for she erection of the
Droposed stadium.
Geyeliu Sponsors scheme.
n. Laussat Geyelln. president Of the
Penn Athletic Association and foremost
spirit In the construction OF all the
athletic grounds At Penn. the Nrst. the
old field now occupied by the dormi,ories
alonG Woodland avenue. II more lltely
Franklin Field. voiced the opinion of
Penn men when after the recent Penn
Cornell game he said:
Franklin Field falls far short OF the
sniversity's needs. Al present there IL
no denying the inadeQuscy. II s,ares
you In the face every time you look at
the held. Penn must and shall. have a
modern stadium worthy Of the ins,itu-
don"
II q structure seating 100. 900 persons
h erected the new Penn stadium will
have the creates. seating capacity of
any amusement place since the Circus
Msximus. which Pllny tells US seated
100000. Other authorities raised the
capacity to as high as 1856 900. though
such report Is considered greatly exag,
serated. q
To collect Tho funds for the erection
Of the proposed stadium a separate cor-
pOTdtlOH Diy Will ne rOrmeI. Neul-
bers Of the alumni will guarantee funds
and will receive the usual rate Of in
terest on The money they invest out OF
the proceeds Of the lease OF the stadium.
According to such a plan all funds over
and above the interest rate wouid revert
to the athletic association for the
furtherance Of athletics. Next Tuesday
a>commi,tee OF nifty prominent Phila.
delphians will be appointed to push the
project.
Cross-cosutry Entries. l
Five clubo-the Millrose A. A.. New
York A. G.. Mohawk A. c.. Yonkers Y.
VI. &. A. and Morningside A.. C.-have
entered fun teams for the annual senior
national cross country championships,
which will be contested over the Van
Cortlsndt Park course on Saturday.
Forty-nine individual entries have been
received.
W. Fo;el, ]. B%ertrando. d. Walsh and
N. Huysman of tine Irish American A.
c. are entered. but only can compete as
individuals, the Winged Fistites being
shy a ffti ma to complete the team.
The struggle for premier laurcls prob
ably viii! be fought out among Hannee
kolehma men,. unattached Villar Kyro-
men Of the Millrose A. A.. Johnny Over |
ton OF Yale, George Holden of the Yon- !
kers Y. II. c. a. and Tom Barden. un-
attached. Among the individual entries
not previously mentioned are Eddie
Mayo Of the Brooklyn A. A.. the present
Sunior metropolitan cross country cham
pion, and Julius Katz OF the Pennant
A. e, The team entries follow:
M!ilrose A. An. Giannakopulos. v. /
kyronen. G. Pores. NJ. Devanney. y. Nulty. !
j soukup. ". Johanning and J. scarlsta. ,
Mohawk A. arthur Roth. John Do
Ian. =. Travclnna. II. Jameson. !. Brooks. |
J. c Malone. e. =. MAYOR and J. Medium
sss. I
Morningsido A. CT Heydet, l.. Met |
ser, V. Noteretsss. 8, Keeicy. Ed Lohinan. !
" Kennedy. II. Parkinson and Ed We
New York A. C--J. Bell. A. Robertson. !
2 Meso-ley:. q. Becker a. Rostaing. f.
Dorsan, II. Holden and II. Honahsn.
fonkers Y. NJ. G., A.-GeorGe Holden. n. |
~sprinEsteen. W. Smith. II. McLuskoy. l..
Htmpson, {. Richards. II. Russell and II.