Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-13
MEREDITH AGAIN
STAR PERFORMER
in INDOOR GAMES
Penn Athlete Breaks $780,
yard Record and Runs on
Winning Relays
YALE FOUR SETS MARK

In a meet that abounded with spec
tacular features, Ted Meredith still was
able to shine with more than his usual
| brllllance in the Meadowbrook A. C.'s
seventh annual indoor games at Conven-
| tion Hall on Saturday night His three
performances, first winning the special
660-yard run in the new worlds record
time Of 21 2-5, then running the final
and winning relay for the dual race with
Cornell, and finally without removing his
extra Jersey, running the last relay in
the big intercollegiate relay with Har-
ward, Princeton and Cornell, all proved
that he has lost none of his superhuman
speed and vitality. with careful training
and freedom from accidents there need
be no fear about the Quaker captains
ability to double UP once more in tho
intercollegiate quarter and half, as he did
last year. and win them both
Next to Meredith's Individual work. the
performance that meant most In an inter-
collegiate sense was the smashing victory
of Yale In the two-mile relay with Cor
nell, Michigan, Maine and Pennsylvania.
The Ellis won that race in 1850. which was
not only Middle Atlantic record. but this
was one of the few occasions that any
team had been able to average better
than two minutes a man on an indoor
track. j. W. Overton was the star Of the
Yale team and his individual time was
'bis "Idl nb COulu nave uOne nad ne
been pushed one can only conjecture
Yale men, though, are beginning to realize
that Overton Is better at the half or mile
distances than the two miles, which he
ran last year. Judged from Saturday
nights performance, the Yale team should
Just about win the two-mile relay at
Pennsylvania's relay carnival while over
ton In his present condition should be n
favorite for the mile in the intercollegiate
championships.
Brewer Stars Again
Brooke Brewer Of the St Adams
School, Washington ID. c., proved that he
Is no flash In the pan runner when he
declsively beat Howard Drew, Of Southern
California, and Ray Morse. of Brooklyn,
in the so yards dash, equaling the present
worlds record of 5 2-5 seconds. Not
much attention was paid to Brewers per-
formance in tie first heat when he beat
Drew because It was known that both
would get in the final In the final Brewer
did not get away as quickly as Drew, but
after the first 25 yards he did his best run.
ming. Brewer Is said to be planning to
enter the University of Pennsylvania this
fall and II he does the Quakers will have
a champion sprinter. Brewer is built
much on the same lines as Arthur Duffey
the former worlds champion, but unlike
Duffey he is as good at the 220 yards as at
the shorter distance.
The management missed an opportunity
to stage another thriller by ptting Cor
nell and Pennsylvania to run against each
other in special mile relay before the
big intercollegiate relay, in which Har-
ward and Princeton were entered. It was
in advance that Pennsylvania
would beat Cornell, and that Harvard was
the only team in the same class with the
Quakers. Both the Pennsylvania and Cor
nell teams had the edge taken off their
speed by their dual race. so that they were
in no condition to give Harvard and
Princeton a serious opposition when they
met later in the evening. Had the Penn |
race been omitted, there |
would have been a sensational battle be-
tween Harvard and Pennsylvania. AS it |
was, the Crimson almost made a process |
sion of this race.
Record in Relays
PhladelphIans will naturally be inter-
ested to know what bearing the various |
relays will have on the meeting between
these various teams in Pennsylvania's
outdoor carnival on April 80. Pennsy''
vania and Harvard are bound TO battle
II out for the one.mile relay, with the
likelihood that the winning team will
lower the present worlds record of 3lS
which the Quakers made last year. The
Princeton team. second on Saturday
night, must not be overlooked 1t has
not had the indoor racing experience that
Harvard has, and on an outdoor track
will be an exceedingly dangerous COM
petitor
Yale now looks to have the best two
mile team in the country. The teams
that the Ellis beat at this distance last
night were running out OF their class,
for most of them were milers or cross
country men. Three of the Cornell men,
Windnagle, Irish and Potter were mile
and two-mile men. and II they enter the
relays will probably be strong favorites
for the four-mile event.