Evening journal., 1916-01-11
COLLEGE Athletes
THREATEN Records
Many Stars Have Gone, But
a Large Number Remain
TO Compete
MEREDITH'S LAST
YEAR IN THE GAME

Wnlle 1910 saw mlefcOlleEldtc
track and field records in the East
pushed further and further beyond
the marks that seemed to measure the
limit of ability a decade ago, it is not
at all beyond the realm of possibility
that the new year will inscribe on the
tablets still greater achievements in
the intercollegiate championship
games which have come to be- more
and more the athletic festival par e&.
cellence in Americas calendar Of
sports.
With nearly one-half OF the point
winners in the 1915 meet, among them
a record breaker, swept off by gradu-
alton, there are still left i'm the col
lege ranks veterans who will rise 10
greater heights than they attained
last year. The crop OF newcomers.
recruited from the entering classes.
gives promise Of producing cham
pions quite as great as those who
have passed from college competition
Ted Meredith, captain of the Penn
| sylYania team, will round out his col
lege career with one more season on
the cinder path. and Smith. the cham
pion sprinter for Michigan, winner
OF both the century and furtlong
dashes last May, will be on hand to
defend his laurels.
Great Rival Dlstancers.
Potter OF Cornell the two-mile
champion. will have opportunity to
fight another grueling battle with
John Overton. Yale's distance runner,
and holder OF the intercollegiate
cross-country title Worthington OF
Dartmouth, who captured the run
ming broad jump, and Wesley Oler of
Yale. who set a new record in the
running high jump, complete the list
OF 1915 title holders who will have
a chance to gain more honors in 1916.
or the men who helped Cornell
pile up it's victorious total of 40 1-2
points IN the championship games
Windnagle, second. and Irish, fifth in
the mile rum Potter. winner of tho
two-mile run. and Hoffmire, third
Starr. second: Gubb, fourth, and Lu.
kens, fifth In the high hurdles; Foss
who tied with two others for frs
, place In the pole vault; Richards
fourth in the broad jump and seconI
Z in the high jump, and McLaren, VIII
, tied for fourth in the high jump. re
b main as a nucleus for Jack Moakle
I in the development of the 1916 Cornell
! team.
J Three Point Winners Left.
3 Harvard will only have three Of III
l ! 1915 point winners in Tescher. sec
ond in the 100-yard and 220-yar,
) dashes. Wilcox second in the 440
I yard dash, and Johnstone. third il
the high jump In addition the Grim
Y son can count on half a dozen mel
5 in the sophomore class, ineligible las
4 year, who may more than make al
o. for the point getters who have bee
I graduated. Then, too, the crimson
has Bill Bingham, who was counted "A
almost certain 10 score until he fel
IN on the day Of the big meet.
1 Yale will call on three men VIII
made IA Of its % points. These ar
Il Treadway, fourth in the 100-yar
dash. and third in the furlough Poi
- ter. second in the two-mile run, an
Oler winner OF the high jump Yal
Il probably has more men of high cal
her in its sophomore class than an
II of its rivals. with Gurney. a freshma
sprinter OF year ago; Orr and Wall
l. er. a pair Of fast quarter-milers. an
Clark, a good broad jumper
l. Ted Meredith makes up the bulk
l. Pennsylvania's 1915 veterans. Mer
dith with his 10 points. score in vii
T. ming the quarter and half mile run
and Lockwood, fourth in the IN
IL long dash, comprise Penn's total
~ points left over from the full SEQ
II of 2i. Nor have the Quakers any m'
Of real prowess save perhaps Howai
d Berry. 10 iill up the deficiencies
Princeton retains only points
}. the 2l scored by the Tigers, Ric
ardson. fourth in the half-mile ru
ii and Crawford, fifth in the low hnrdl'
being the only 1915 point-winne
E. left. although Captain Moore shuu
Id be able to make a showing IN Z
st quarter The material available
Princeton. however, Is none too goo
iit Strong Nucleus.
I'd Michigan loses not p man OF
1915 brigade. Smith. the sprint cha
lit pion. Carol. who was third in {
mile and Wilson. fifth in the pc
'it vault. all being back in their
points.
Dartmouth will have Worthingt'
vt the broad jump winner; Riley. nj
In the Quarter-milo. and Spears -four
h. in the shot-put. representing s Of
IA points Columbia loses its emit
Dit 10 points and Maine. through
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