Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
ROBERTSON TO
BE ASSISTANT
COACH AT PENN
Irish-American to Help Or
ton With Quaker Ath-
letes This Year
ONE-MILE TRACK TRIALS
By TED MEREDITH

All rumors regarding Lawson ROBERT
sons connections with track affairs at the
University of Pennsylvania consummated
this morning, when the Athletic Associa-
tion announced definitely that the Irish
American coach will come to Franklin
Field about the 1st of next month to as
sist George Orton, the present coach, in
handling our unusually big squad
For several months 1t has been per-
sistently reported about the campus that
Robertson was to take hold of affairs at
Penn I am in position to deny all this.
His capacity will be chief assistant to
George Orton until the close of the present
term. OF course. this is subject to the
approval of the Faculty Committee, but
l do not think that they will cause any
hitch.
: This move on the part of the A. A. is
the result Of big body of men taking an
interest in track this spring. Their num-
bers have been almost unprecedented.
Naturally the job of overseeing their prac-
ticeB is too big for one man. So we de-
cided on Robertson.
OF course, he is to be with us as as
sistant only until the term closes in June.
In fact, the A. A. specified this in submit
ting his name to the Faculty Committee,
Late In June there will be another meet
ing of the association, and what further
action will be taken is hard to predict.
The trials for the relay team that will
held this morning. Kaufman, Lennon.
Dorsey and Pope ran in order from the
pole to the outside. Joe Lockwood, who
is In the hospital with ptomalne poisoning
could not start, and Coach Orton thought
he would keep me out, too, although
am not i'll.
Lennon was the first home He defeated
Dorsey by several yards after the two
ran abreast for all but the last 40 yards.
AS a result, this pair, with Lockwood and
myself, will compose the team. Kaufman
and Pope finished in order, but could not
overcome the great sprint Of Lennon. The
winning time was 81 seconds.
Joe Lockwood was taken sick yesterday
while at practice. The doctors in the
students ward say his touch of poisoning
is slight and that he will be around again
before many days Lockwood said that
this is the first time he has ever had any
trouble of this kind We took him to
the hospital because he can receive better
attention there than at the training house.
With the Easter vacation here, the
track men have lots of time to get in their
training and are taking advantage of the
warm mid-days for their workouts This
practice will be kept up until next Thurs
day. when the vacation ends. Scotty, our
ground tender has the track in fine shape
and says all 1t needs is a few more warm
days, when it will be fast for the relays.
In spite of today being a holiday and
the gym being closed, the track room was
opened and the varsity men got an oppor-
tunity to workout. Tomorrow Franklin
Field will be a very busy spot on account
of another preliminary meet for the second
string men in the morning and baseball
game In the afternoon.
Mathews is showing up very well in the
hammer this season and is doing great
work considering the earliness of the sea-
son. Last year Matty took up the ham
mer for the first time and made rapid
three turns. This year he has been cut
down to two turns and finds little trouble
in staying in the ring At present he is
throwing 140 feet consistently, and gives
promise of Improvement Just as soon as he
can get up little more speed.
Most of the men have stayed over for
the vacation. Only one of the varsity
squad has gone home, Jimmy Peeso, but
.he will return early besides working while
away. Peeso has not hit his old-time
form. About a week ago he looked like
himself again, but since then he has gone
back.
/. This is true to the working-out of con-
dition; you always find a couple of good
days early In the year, then take a slump
for about week, so we are not discour-
aged with Peeso's work.
OF our squad of distance men, De Korn
seems to be the one to show the most i'm
provement SO far. Our hurdlers are not
going as fast as we would like, but they
are promising bunch and will be on hand
for the dual meets If not for the relays.
Things in general are going in fine
shape on Franklin Field and our early
work seems to be most promising.