Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
SHIELD TOLD TO
SMASH RECORD,
so HE OBEYED
Mercersburg Miller Ran
Great Race to Break
worlds Scholastic Mark
ettRRAN GAVE ORDERS
nv TED MEREDITH

-. sarIy in April Saturday has been
sm' day on which performances on the
~ sss have been such that they VIII go
hach =, athletic history as records. This
: DOWN s..,,rday proved no exception, and
pas ~ majority, of college men were
while u. , for their intercollegiates, the
fsstn's, fsI',,o,Ss I took their fling and managed to
t'noo,vs o,s new mark up which VIII stand for
pears .....o.st,,rg,s great distance
..tner. took three seconds on tne old miie
gah,nf 4 minutes 26 2-5 seconds without
maln .,,shed in any way. He was sent out
being .aacb Jimmy Curran, to break
W hls ond he ran true to instructions; In
.,ent over them second or two.
i'sr with Curran when he sent Shields
W. W. Tome. and asked him how fast he
eA e.s.rebt the race would be- Curran SAID,
n don't know, out uo Niio" e''''' ''' wy
AN do 4:25.' -.s a,.o,toi,,, Co.,
sno'o snoo either: he has not been eligible
tnls ms, IN the Mercerburg varsity, because
- more than ri years OF age, SO Cur
~ . has not given him any special work
ran nc, ,,,ie running He has been allowed
for .h' nrottv much as he wants all year
20 .ord ~ 10 his work, and used to help get
" ~. rest of the team In shape.
Shields Fast ..,,.
:, shields was given a good months
work at the mile, Curla" '''S
run III ,,crcarsbury team outolassed its OPP
.n,s bv far on Saturday. IL is Boou
psh If schoolboys and had little trouple
y, rvinning Reed ran two very goou races
~. ~ he was not extended in either OIL them.
,Ss cot bad fall at the start up tne Iast
no s.,er In the mile, but this did not seem
y aannt his hopes; he jumped up and took
~ ~. mace nace the remaining part of the mile,
"a won in 4:49 1-5.
hnn hnn.od,s fall brings out fault common to
.,ast runners-that Is. getting out OF
hi,noh too slowly. They start out Oh cro"o
\ pu !, ,nstaad of working past the men by a
.,,t they pass with just enough speed TO
~. ,bs nosition, and nine times out OF ten
81 table to be pushed or tripped py SO
doing.
smalley Fine Hurdler
emalley of Central High, Is great
..hooibov hurdler. He has great form over
~ hurdles. and in spite of his being rather
%srt for the high hurdles, he makes very
~, tin,e This will be handicap to him
sshry he gets into college competition
ran develop into very fast man.
mora in the high than low, but 1 think he
The college men were at It, TOO on Satur, s
s.y dartmouth won the New England
snsstt again. but had more trouble than IN
nasf years Worthington proved his con-
ssIs,sncv as a broad jumper by leaping "a
~, 4 inches In this meet, and makes him.
relf look like sure bet for this event III
the intercollegiates.
rhe only other real good performance re-
corded In this meet was savage, OIL BOW
adm doing "a 2-5 seconds In the low hur-
THe meet between Leland Stanford and
Michigan brought out the real strength OF
hese two teams Stanford will not be as
strong as thought they would.
Murray, Sprinter 81
Murray took a shot at sprlpting In, this
meet. but he could not beat the Michigan
speedsters Smith and O'Brien. This VIII
send Murray In the low hurdles In the
intercollegiates surely now. first thought
dad Moulton might try him in the sprlnts,
but IL he cannot beat O'Brien In the lOO
yssds he would not stand up against
Teschner and the other Eastern sprinters.
The strength of the Californians was
shown in the hurdles, and they will win at
the meet next Saturday. House can do bet
Ter than "a seconds in the low hurdles and
with Murray and Norton. besides Preble,
of California University, the West will take
all the front places in both hurd,es. Ufer,
Michigan's half miller after his Lob 1-b
race on Saturday looks like dangerous
man.
The best performance of the day was
the mile run by Wilson, of Stanford. After
travelling the distance he has and then run
ming 4:1e he looks like the real thing This
race and good rest Will make him look
good for next Saturday at Cambridge,
don't think he can beat Wlndnagle and
oyerton, but he is the best man in the event
outside of this pair.
Arlie Mucks, the big wisconsin weight
man. bettered his mark in the discus and
threw 155 feet on Saturday. Mucks is out
TO set worlds record which will stand for
some time.