Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
FRANK SLOMAN, SENSATIONAL
SPRINTER FROM PACIFIC COAST
NOT TO ENTER PENNSYLVANIA
Middle-Distance Star, Who Gave Meredith
Great Battle, Will Pass Up Red and Blue
for California
By ROBERT w. MAXWELL


TIRANK SLOMAN, the sensational school,
i boy athlete of San Francisco, will not
enter the University of Pennsylvania this
| fall. According to reports from the coast
| and letters written by Sloman to friends
| in the East, he will enter the University Of
| California and help put the home state
| on the map in track athletics.
| Sloman is second only to our own Ted"
| Meredith as n quarter-mile runner. Last
| summer he Travelled the distance in At
seconds on a straightaway, but the wind
| was behind him and the record was not
| allowed to stand. He finished second to
| Meredith in the 440 in the national cham
| pionships, however, and showed that he
can do better than 4S seconds.
| Last spring the Frisco boy promised rep
| resentatives of the University of Pennsyl-
| vania to remain in the East after the ma
| tional championships in Newark next
| month and matriculate at the university.
| Some few weeks ago, however, through
| Howard Drew 1t was learned that Sloman
was wavering and that the native sons
on the coast convinced him that 1t would be
| best to remain at home
Material Getting Away
Sloman now is working in the sporting
department of San Francisco newspaper
and it is said that he will take up journalism
at the University OF California. He is
ambitious to become regular writer. In
|
will try himself out in the 220 and 440-yard
dashes at the San Diego exposition and il
victorious will enter the same events in
Newark.
Penn probably will have some more hard
luck this fall. as IL is said that Brooke
Brewer, the washington, ID. c., sprinter.
will enter Georgetown. Brewers brother
was captain of the track team at George
town in 1912 and this is likely to draw him
away from Pennsylvania.
Of gta ath Lott xufn ha n
hard blow to Lawson Robertson, the new
track coach for the Red and Blue. The
material is not the best in the world, and
Robbie" will have to go some to turn out
team.
Stallings Is in Again
George Stallngs aided and abetted by
Percy Haughton, our most recent baseball
mogul has raised quite a fuss about the
umpiring i'm the National League and a
special meeting will be called by President
Tener 10 discuss the subject. George was
chased for few days after run-in with
Byron and later finished poor second in
an argument with Charley Rgler. Now
he is bowling for revenge.
The protest OF the Braves is huge Joke.
The players are not the most gentlemanly
persons in the world and are quarrelng
among themselves when they are not mix
ing with the arbiters. Internal dssen-
sion is shaking the Braves and unless some
thing Is done at once to stop IL Boston will
have very poor chance TO cop the pennant
this year
Only recently Johnny Evers and Red
Smith staged a lovely fist tight and had
to be separated Evers then said that he
was through with the Braves forever, but
since that time has reconsidered his state
ment and apologized. This only goes To
show the condition OF the Boston club, and
is IL any wonder that they are having trou-
BILE with the umpiresH Some one must be
blamed.
Speaking of Records
Just a minute. men; Jim Starr, the PRO"
at Haddon Country Club, is on the phone.
Jim has some news to impart, Get this:
Just finished IS holes at Cobb's Creek
and made a Pretty decent score. Got by
with rs this morning Pretty good. eh
what2 Joseph n. Davis. OF Haddon c. C..
and C. V. Anderson. OF Cobbs Creek, went
around with me- Here is my score;
- . sss ! Gs;~ Lss
AS par for the course Is II, Starr evl-
IDENTIFY did some excellent work on our mu-
mic pal links. But Sandy McNiblek is not
among US today so We cannot newsy and
comment on JIn's self-confessed record.
Hinkle Is Generous
Matt Hinkle. OF Cleveland. promoter OF
the Kilbane-Chaney battle at Cedar Point.
o., on Labor Day Is so anxious 70 get the
boys together that real money is being