Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-08
EAST HAS SLIGHT
ADVANTAGE OVER
WESTERN ATHLETES
Collegiate Stars Perform
Better in Six Events-Con-
ference Leads in Four
TIED IN THREE EVENTS

The favorite topic of all "dopesters"
be they baseball, football or track, is a
comparison of the performances of the ath-
letes representing the Eastern and West
ern colleges. The South is not yet reck'
oned with. and the Northern colleges are to
be found mixed in with the East and the
West. The intercollegiate track and field
championships and the big Nine" Confer
ence meeting are the meets which give
the athletic SHARKS food for thought in
comparing the track and field men.
Usually the Eastern athletes have
slight bulge on their Western brothers, and
this year is no eY ,eption 10 the rule'
thought the advantage Is slgher this year
than in many years. The Eastern athletes
performed a shade better in six events
than did the track men from the so-called
wild and woolly; they tied in the matter
of time in three events, which lett the
Westerners with four events to their credit.
In the "Big Nine" meet, the discus. JaVe-
lin and relay events are included, but al
these events are not on the intercollegiate
program, no comparison can be made here
Same Time Registered
The peculiar part of the two meetings
Is that the same time was made in the
100 yards, 220 yards and 44O yard runs
Smith of Michigan, ran 10 seconds IN the
intercollegiates and Smith, OF Wisconsin
(they are nrt related), ran 10 seconds in the
Western Conference. Moore, or Princeton,
ran the 220 in 81 3.6 seconds In the in
tercollegiates, and NJ. Smith. of Wisconsin,
did likewise in the conference meet. RED
Meredith ran the quarter mile In AZ 20
seconds in the intercollegiates and Binga
pIsmond, the negro runner of Chicago, made
exactly the same time. Not in 16 years
did any runner better 4S seconds Tor
quarter mile on a circular track, and then
when the mark was bettered the feat was
accomplished twice In one week.
Meredith ran the half mile in 1853. and
Scott of Mississippi A. and NJ, ran 1:53 1-5
| in Chicago. Scott also won the Southern
| intercollegiate half mile, so that the time Is
| no mistake. The fourth man in the intercol-
| :egiate mile race finished in faster time than
| Mike Mason, winner of the conference mile.
| Mason ran 1920 1-5 seconds. Windnagles s
| time was AIS. Stout, OF Chicago. con-
verted half miller. ran the two miles for Chi
| cago in 929 3-5 seconds. which makes him
| look a bit better than Don Potter, or Cor
| cell, who ran the intercollegiate two miles
m Q :32 2-5 seconds.
West Strong in Hurdles
Roth hurdle events fall TO the Westerners,
as Bob Simpson was running In the meet.
| The Missouri fiier ran over the nigh sticks
| in IA 3-5 seconds and the low ones in 23 4-b
| seconds. Fred Murray's time for both hur-
| dies in the intercollegiates was 10 and
"a 1-5 seconds Foss. OF Cornell, vaulted IL
| feet inches as against ~ feet by Culp OF
Chicago Worthington. or Dartmouth. broad
| jumped "a feet Y inch as against 23 feet
| y inch by Pogue, Of Illinois. Wesley oler
| of Yale, cleared feet az inches In the
high jump, which is y inches better than
| Fisher, OF Chicago, did. Nichols. OF Cali
| fornia, did little better and won the event
| but was disqualified because Of ruling
with regards to the previous winning OF
prize.
Liversedge, OF California, won the shot
| put in both meets, but in the Conferences
| meet he was disqualified for the same rea'
| son as Nichols his teammate, was put oui
for However Mucks. OF Wisconsin, did
| 4S feet 8 inches against the 46 feet ~
| inches that Liversedge did in the East. Gil
| dersleeve, of California. won the hammei
| throw in both meets. tossing 1856 feet incl
at Cambridge and 16S feet inches at Chi
| cago.
Here is the dope chart which shows how
the athletes compared In the different
| events;