The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-27
'BAKER ANXIOUS TO
RACE ON NEW TRACK
He Says He'll Establish n
Half Mile Record at Sleeps
head Bay.
BERRY IN ~PENTATHLON

Homer Baker. who has Just returned
70 form after a Ions period In which he
suffered from n bad leg, is a~nxiously
awaiting the military tournament at the
Sheepshesd hay Speedway in the week
Of May 20. The great half miller has an
idea that by the time the military events
are decided he will De In condition TO
show greater speed than ever hefore.
The races Of half a mile and under VIII
hc run on the stra!gntaway track and
baker says he will establish a record for
the half mile under these conditions.
There IL no such thing as a half mile
record straightawsy at present. and even
II made II Is not likely to be seriously
considered BY the authorities. e IS
doubtful II a man Will be able to run
that distance straichtaway faster than
on "A circular track. The ordinary run
iier will miss the quarter mile lap wnicli
acts as an aid in determining when 10
put on his finishing squirt. 1t will re-
puirc a runner OF rare judgment TO over
come this. and So fai Baker hts not
shown that he possesses more than the
average idea of pace
Early arrivals AZ Philadelphia viii not
ave a chance to stretch their legs this
afternoon on Franklin Field IN anticlpa-
ti"n ~ the relay races tomorrow and
saturday Scotty. the ground keeper,
has declared the track closed 20 that It
will he in condition Tor possible record
breaking efforts In the two day meet.
Pennsylvania Il hopeful of scoring in the
events tomorrow. ~ Berry Is considered
the probable victor in the Pentathlon.
which is really the all around champion
ship OF the colleges. The Quaker college
also expects TO send the winning team
To- the mark for the sprint medley race
kaufman and Lennon will run the first
two relays AZ 220 yards and Coach Orton
has decided to run Scuddsr instead o.
Dorsey In the third relay At a quarter of
a mile. Dorsey will bc ga we'd for Satur
daN az one OF the team for the more I'M
portant mile championship. Meredith
VIII run the last relay IN the sprint med
.,y. and as the distance is half a mile
the Penn crack Is depended on to pick W
any distance the Quakers may have lost
III the early relays.
+ Pennsylvania also hopes 20 do well
IN IN. special events scheduled for to-
morrow Matthews is throwing the ham
ner better than he did last year. while
Ivory and Euchholz are In good form
Tor the hop. step and jump To-mor-
rows meet promises to be much NOR.
important thar tn. hrst day a year ago
' - NV ~ 'NdA w VI :
day consisted Of p~reliminaries. bu, tina
idea - dispelled now and the pubs,
knows that good competition tu a finish
may be looked for ON the opening day.
\ meeting ~ the \ 4 L. wrestling
committee Will b. held on Monday &c
pass on he entries for tn. cha NIPPON.
ships TO be held ~ Newark on NAV f,
and >. The entries of all the Metropoll.
tan Association champions have been re,
c"i'ed aud among the out of town mel
VINO Will coinpete at the above cham.
pi"nships arr Max Cans. Morris \. e
: h'raCu, III. l0S pounds John Meter
springfield, Mass. los pounds St.war'
y Rr mixes, Allentown. Pa. Y NJ. g. 4
lis pounds Valentine V Nosen. CHI.
cage. Ill. ~ pounds Carroll Atkinson
Lawrence College. Appleton. Wis. II.
pounds, Charles ". burner. Allentown
IA. Y. NJ. &. A., IA pounds Clirorc
l." Mcintyre. New Haven. Conn, II,
pounds clifford n. Thomas. i.ehigl
University. Pa, li5 pounds : Schwartz
New Haven, Conn, heavyweight