El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-04
GREAT TRACK
MEET EXPECTED.
Eleven Events Are to Be
Contested in Big Inter
collegiate Meeting.

New, York, March 4.-Great track
work is expected in Madison Square
Garden this evening. The second an
nual indoor team championship meet
ing of the intercollegiate Association
of Amateur Athletes Of America has
attracted S4S entrants, representing $50
teams. Performances will be closely
watched for forecasts of what may hap
pen in the outdoor championships at
Harvard May 26 and p.
The list of events is increased to II,
the running broad jump and "A lap re-
lay team race being the new contests.
An absentee in this years carnival
is Dartmouth college, which made
good showing in the initial meet. NO
reason could be ascertalneu LOT ths
Hanover boys non-appearance. Cor
nell. Columbia, Penn State, Pennsyl-
vania, Massachusetts Institute OF Iech-
noIogy Princeton and Michigan nave
representatives entered in almost every
event Yale Harvard, Brown ana New
York universities have distributed ther
athletes in several of the races
Struggles in Field Events.
Team racing makes up the great poIton
Of the program, but the four ield events
arc expected to furnish better struggles a
dash and a hurdle race, botn az ING
yard distance, are also 10 De ueClueu. -,
nell had no opponents IN the ~ PSutIl..
shot nut contest last year, but In lts ilehl
to defend its honOrs Columpla' Alchisal ;
Pennsylvania and Princeton will be on hahd
The two-Iap relay race, which brings to-
gether the pick Of the .sprinters OF ny
various colleges. shows the biggest enu$
II teams. Michigan viii start a Iorn,ua ~,
combination headed by Harold L. smith INC
outdoor champion. at the 100 ana ~ y aIu
distances. This contest is certain TO hrlh6
ont some close racing. Colleges have also
found favor with the three and SIX sap
races. as is emphasized by a large number
Most Of Winners Return.
F. X. Foss, winner Of the polo vault la3l
year with a height Of IL feet inches, Is
again on hand, as are most Of the members
that composed the winning team last year
Alma W. Richards, another Ithaca athlett'
holder OF the national all-around champion
ship and winner Of the running hlgh JUMP
last year. Will again be on hanu 70 hl.-tyh
his skill with Wesley NJ Oler' IT. OF u ~
who was defeated after a memorable tlehL
During the contest the pair Of shoes BENG
worn by Richards split in half, and ne MAJ
TO make the best OF this handicap whlIo
a new pair was being procured They soon
arrived, and after a bitter tussle richards
succeeded in defeating the Yale student
Colleges and Events.
The colleges represented in the various
events follow;
Two lap relay race (four man teams;
distance, four-ffths Of mile)-Amherst'
Brown Columbia, Cornell, Harvard. Micni-
gan Massachusetts Institute OF Technology
New York University, Penn. state, Pennsyl-
vania and Princeton
distance one and one-fifth mile)-Colum-
bia. Cornell. Harvard, Michigan. Massachu-
sets Institute Of Technology, Pennsylvania
and Princeton.
lance two and two-fifths miles)-Brown,
Columbia Cornell, Harvard, Michigan,
Massachusetts Institute OF Technology,
Penn. state. Pennsylvania, Princeton. syria
weive-iap relay race (four-man teams;
distance four and four-fifths miles)-Colum-