Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-04
N. c. A. A. REFUSES
TO ENFORCE ITS
TRACK RULINGS
Failure to Follow Code Of
Measurements Has Cheat. :
ed the Record Book
PENN = HARVARD Rur
By EDWARD p p,rs,,,.

The National Collegiate A,hi.,, y
clation emphasized one Of AZ Asso.
Weaknesses of Its organizatjon striking
Ir,aIi ~ uecilned to order its rras,. week
field committee to insist tbat ,sck and
VI Ine association measure tbeir noers
~ 10 g., 20 lnches from the pole ,rn.nalng
or lS inches in accordance ,,jtu instead
! olympic A. A. U. and III MI me new
rules. The N C. A. A. jg gnn,ttoliegiate nnt
/ gests II merely suR.
rank Castleman, the old CoI,o,.
lete and former intercollepiotea'e ath-
Tmainplon. is chairman OF tho r., hurdle
rIeu committee. In making bi ana
0astiernan said that his committee eport
~undp.e ~ TO compel or induce son,o Was
members to measure their trooi.s vi lts
cordance with. the new rules VTs TVS IN ac-'
ciation considered means 10 bri..a asso-
'enout' but finally decided to lot ~ .nli
for another year. ''' IL pass
The result OF this faiIuro % -.
lnVahdate for the intercollegiate WIZ
A. .. books all distance records LII, ai,u q.
tracks measured is inches from tha ue On
INDIVIDUAL colleges may put such recOps. ppe.
vi tneIT own books, but they cannot +.
accepted oy any OF the national bodies "
records made under such condI,,o,.
are not fair In any sense. In n NIL s'
there is n difference of nearly 70 ,n.sI run
tracks measured 10 and IS inches fror, n' ,,n ~
poIe' And man who is able to bug the
pole' as some runners do, will save as.s
moro than this. The association ~.
ever, should not permit its nAnmbornV
continue cheating the record books rbo.s
may be some rules which It Is not adv,,'
@ ao.o 10 INSIST upon enforcing, but this IA
not one OF them. OF course, some of m.
small colleges may find 1t imposslbe so ~
reconstruct their tracks in accordance
with the new rules, but II would no oas
enough TO change the starting and finish.
ing posts so that the full distance will bs
run. "'' W
Harvard and Pennsylvania relay rim.
ners have started work for n one.nnIi.
race at hartford. Conn, on February q
Wnich should he the feature event of the
indoor season. Last year the victorian.
career of the Harvard quartet was
checked by the Quaker stars on this same
track, The PENNSYLVANIA men repeated
their triumph in the big relay carnival ON
Franklin Field, when they made new
worlds record
rms year Harvard has three members
OF that famous quartet Pennsylvanla
has lost Don Lippincott and is not likely
TO be quite as strong. The Harvard team
year ago consisted of Wilcox, bingham
Pennypacker and Cappcr Campers plaee
VIII probably he taken by Mcanx the
worlds champion i4O-yard hurdler, who
has done the quarter N 80 flat Both VIII.
cox and Bingham should be faster than
ever.
Meredith, Lockwood and Kaufman will
he the nucleus of the PENNSYLVANIA team.
They are not likely to have lost any OF
their speed. The fourth man will prob.
ably be Lennon or Dorsey Both are good
for close to 90 seconds outdoors Lennon
is perhaps the better man indoors A
year ago LippincOtt had just recovered
from pulled tendon and Coach Orton re-
fused to let him do more than swing
through his relay. Under the circum.
stances either Lennon or Dorsey should
contribute a little more speed to the team
than Lippincott did.